The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-19
OUR WORKSHOPS.
Ninth Day Of the Exhibition.

tendance on the Exhibition, and In the evening
the hall was literally packed The vase for the
Industrial Exhibition was begun at the pottery
stand. 1t will be finished this evening, and
afterwards presented to Mr.. G. 2. Kimball, the
President. Another will be made during the
Exhibition for Mayor Wescott. A strong pres
sure has been brought to bear upon the com.
mittee to continue the exhibition a few days
next week.
BY typographical error we were made TO
state the monthly payroll of j. T. Lewis & Co
as $4,000. The firm does heavy business,
but hardly so large as that. 1t should read
$4,000.
SUSPENDERS.
The Portland Suspender Company make
very fine show of suspenders of twenty-five
different grades, ranging from the gold buckled
to the ordinary article. The business is one OF
the growing industries OF the city. 1t was
started on small scale comparatively, in 1870,
and in four years has increased amazingly.
Within a year past the sales have doubled,
and now amount to 100000 year. 1000 dozen
a month are turned out. The market is chiefly
in the large cities West and South and with
the jobbing trade here. About one hundred
numbers are manufactured. The grades all
stand very high. and the wares are the best in
the domestic market. The monthly payroll
is $500.
CANNED HADDIEs.
William Sharp has entered for exhibition
number of cans of preserved haddies. Fresh
haddes so prepared are very palatable, and
decided improvement on the common smoked
fish, being of much more delicate flavor.
..o1,
up is an additional recommendation. Mr..
Sharp has patents for canning all smoked fish
in the United States for seventeen years. and
in Canada for fifteen. His market 10 in Canada
and the States, and he is doing flourishing
business, daily on the increase.
ENGRAVING.
From the dey-known jewelry establish
ment of Abner Lowell comes an elega piece
of engraving on silver which would do credit
to any establishment of the kind in the coun-
try. 1t is executed by N. S. Lowell and B. F.
Green, and it is safe to say that no finer piece
of work can be done in New York. 1t is to be
seen in the show case where Loriug, Short &
Harmon exhibit their books. The resources of
this extensive jewelry establishment, the
largest in the State enables it to turn out first
class work. To set off pedestal in the furni-
ture gallery one of the admirable Rogers
groups, for which the firm is selling agent, has
been placed on it
PLATED WARE.
Moses Pearson and Co., the Oldest silver
smiths in the state, having been in business
thirty years, make handsome display of ware
in solid metal and in plate. They are the only
firm N the who manufacturer silver
spoons. In table ware the exhibition is good,
and in gold ware noticeable.
A. H. Atwood makes brilliant display of
plated ware lin large show case near the
| platform. EveIy variety Of plated goods,
turned out in that highly finished style char
| acterstc of this thorough workman, greets
| the eye, and combines to make one of the fin.
est exhibitions in the hall. Some of the speci-
| mems are of admirable finish, not to be excel
| ed anywhere.
| BOOTS, SHOES AND LEATHER.
Shaw, Cooling & Co., make one of the most
| interesting displays in the hall Six men
working the necessary machinery, take work
| from the stitchers' hands and finish it, turnn G
| out handsome boots and shoes. The machinery
is under the left gallery, near the platform, and
"Ouiu uC HOiy SoucpCuOuo WClC ~ hOu ioI 1uC
| crowd Of people constantly about it. The firm
makes the largest assortment OF ladies', misses
and ichldren's boots and shoes in the state,
ranging from medium grade to the finest pro-
duced east of New York. Full three
quarters of all the goods the house
sell is cut and made by it.,
and the annual production amounts
to about 100000 pairs. In the making
of these goods from 100 to 125 hands en-
ployed on an average, and the amount paid
for labor exceeds thousand dollars a week.
The goods find ready market all over the
state, and ar increasing sale throughout New
England. For several seasons past many have
| been sold to Western jobbers, and there is a
| growing trade in that direction. To fine
| goods in French and American kid, fox and
| serge, such as are in process of making by the
skilled workmen at the hall the firm give
| particular attention. Ten hours work is put
| into every days production-torty pairs to
five men. The elegance in style, excellence of
stock and beauty of finish justify the liberal
patronage accorded to the firm.
Sylvan Shurtleff & Co, have a machine in
operation for pegging boots and shoes with the
celebrated cable screw wire. 1t attracts great
and deserved attention. This firm turn out an
immense quantity Of goods, and employ a large
number of hands.
Caldwell & Hodsdon display long cases of
| samples of boots and shoes, of fine make and
finish. They turn out large amount of work
and ship weekly great number of cases to the
! South and West.
| William Lowell has long table covered
l xxr;%I, o1a sI,o
used by shoe manufacturers in their bust
| ness
G. w. Davee displays case of very hand
some and stylish boots and shoes, made to
ORDER
G. f. Jefferson displays work that can't be
beat in nicely of finish, quality of stock, and
style of get-up. The pair of toilet slippers in
white kid, with a wreath of flowers worked in
silk and monogram worked in gold, would be
fit for Sartoris himself. A hat-seamed shoe is
also shown, exhibiting the very perfection OF
stitching. Thoroughly finished calf and pa
tent leather boots of the best of stock, and sty-
lish enough for Broadway, attract much at
| tention. There is to be seen too, pair OF
those idiotic French-heeled shoes which some
women persist in wearing to make their feet
look short. Taking it all in all the show is
one not easily excelled.
Rufus Hinckley makes very fiue show of
leather OF substantial quality in various grades.
Of this class of goods he turns out an enormous
quantity from his tannery, and ranks as one Of
the largest concerns in the state.
CARRIAGES AND CARRIAGE WORK.
The manufacture of carriages is one of the
great industries OF Portland, and has not yet
reached its elimination. The business probab.
ly reaches half million a year, and gives
employment to great number of men, The
market is the whole country, and even beyond
for fiourishing trade, constantly on the in
crease, has been built up in South America
Portland carriages are 'favorably known in
every city of the Union by the superior.quality
OF tie work put into then, by the excellence O.
the material, and by the admirable style OF
finish.
The widely known house of c. P. Kimbal
shows two fine carriages, oneI thel celebrated
basket phaeton with canopy top, and the other
three spring phaeton, and the popular sleigh
with the patent fast clip.
a. Thompson shows two handsome carriages