The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-12-11

The surface. This but serves 10 ahow how
much the public is dependent upon The
conscientious care Of tie manufacturer In
selecting and using material for the con-
struetiOn Of their carriages and buEgies.
THE sMiTH DEPARTMENT
Ia In charge OtMr. Lewis, who has an OF.
perlsnco Of thirty years In his branch Of
the business. The axles are made Of the
very best iron, The springs used by the
company arc from the isoiory Of Harvey
Rowland, Of Philadelphia, Pa, aud are
grade manufactured specially for this
company. They are Of the most costly
material used In the manufacture Of
springs, they combine great elasticity
with great strength. Mr.. Donaldson In
forms Us that he has never known one Of
them TO break.
THE RlNlsHBR
is Mr., Charles ALL, whose tools are all
most exclusively the fle and hammer,
no lini,hes and puts the work together.
Twenty-Five years have made him master
Of his department.
THE BODY DEPARTMENT.
While Mr.. Donaldson has the general
overnight Of all branches Of the business,
he pays special attention to the making
Of the buggy and carriage bodies. Light
ness. with strength, are now the grand
prerequisites Of all pleasure vehicles,
which can only be obtained by the use Of
the best material put together in the very
best manner. For open aud top bugsies
the prevsiIing model seems to be the
Piano box, which ls pretty, very light and
very strong, Every point liable to give
way under a sudden or heavy strain Is
securely guarded by very light but very
tough iron plates. For physicians and
ladies, the PhastOn style Of body is much
in favor, These are made III the same
careful and wOrkmsn.llks style and Of
the very latest patterns.
MR, W. II. LITTLE
has charge Of the paint and yarnish de.
partmOnt, and with an experience Of
twenty.eight years he ought to be, as he
is, very thorough workman. The fn-
ishing varnishes are OF English make
and Of the very beat brands of cOlorS, and
as to the manner in which the material
is applied the carriages and buSgiss tell
better than we can paint ii In words.
THE TRIMMING DEPARTMENT
is in charge Of Joseph H, Connolly, an
other veteran OF nineteen years in the
service, who is a practical trimmer and
has no superior in any establishment In
the country. The feathers used in trim =.
ming are from Halsey's establishment in
Newark, New Jersey, and have the best
reputation Of any make in the United
States, The cloths are Of English man:
uiacturs, and the company use none but
the very best Ia the market. In this de.
partmsnt all straps and faAtenings that
are subject to much use are Sewed on by
handSAothing but the fancy work is done
by the sewing machine.
The bows used in the construction Of
carriage tops are made Of tubular steel,
which secures lightness with great
strength, and the back bow, which when
the top is let down comes in cOntact::witt
the back Of the seat and sustains the
whole weight of the top is further
strengthened by the insertion of a strip oil
steel edgwise in the tube.
Messrs. Donaldson, Lewis & Co. give
employment to from fifteen to twenty
wOrkmen AID their Establishment has a
capacity OF from ssventy.ive to one hun,
dred Jobs in addition to the large amount
Of repair work that they are called upon
10 do. Their work embraces all classes Of
vehicles from the ligh,Ost track wagon Of
ninety pounds weight up to heavier
buggies, open and top, running from one