Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-20
enterprises, than can be found in anv
similar city in this or any other state
FURNITURE FACTORY.


similar city in this or any other state
FiENITURE FACTORY
As one OF the most deserving OF the
industrial enterprises Of the city we place
the name of Messrs. H. x F. Winkler
first in this review. The firm consists
OF two brothe :. Germans. Henry W,
aud Frederick f. Winkler. They are
both practical cabinet makers. thor
ough hly understanding every detail Of
their business, which is the manuiac-
turc OF all kinds OF furniture except
chairs. Their factory is located on the
corner OF South and Elm streets. and
is under the Immediate supervision of
Mr.. H. Winkler; the store rooms are
on Franklin street, opposite the old
market place. and are superintended by
Nr. +. Winkler. These gentlemen COM
menced business in this city in ls5G in Il
very humble wav, but by their industry,
knowledge o! their trade, and honest
de ling, they won the confidence OF the
public, and have gradually built ap Il
business second to none of its kind in
the west. Their factory is supplied
with all the lntest and most improved
machinery, and they can as cheaply and
aI expcdltiously manufacture fine fur
niture as it can be done anywhere.
Whilst the bulk Of their manufacture is.
OF course, cheap furniture, such as Is
within the reach OF ordinary purses, we
have seen L nine hundred dollar set Of
bed room furniture turned out bv them.
which, produced by an eastern fac
tory, would probably have been held
three or four hundred dollars higher;
and which would have been pronounced
by Judges of such articles a chez
dOeurrcs anywhere Their manutacto-
rv which was built in 1870, is a substan
tal ,wo-story brick building 40xSo teet,
with drying room detached from the
main building, and large lumber yard
adjoining. The last is constantly kept
filled with boards. scantlings, &c, in
process of >easoning, about One-half of
which is walnut and the balance maple,
poplar, cottonwood and linn. The
lumber for their finest goods lies in the
ward three yea before it is used, as
these gentlemen do not believe in the
new tangled notions OF doing good work
with lumber only Kiln dried; none of
the lumber Is used under ore year from
the saw. This neccssitates their keeping
a large quantity OF lumber on hand but
the facilities tor procuring it III the Vi
cinitv beinG good, their expenses Tor this
are not :" large rs are those OF eastern
manufacturers for a ike purpose. While
all their appointments are iirst-class we
cannot refrain from mentioning the en-
ginc which drives their entire machlu-
cry. 1t IS 4 2j-horse power, built by
Mr.. Wn. Jordan, Of Lexington, and
runs as smoothly and noiselessly as
Though built yesterday and SO thorough
Is does il do its work that it is seldom
necessary to carry more than AZ or 50
pounds OF steam to run the dozen or
II enty machines which are in constant
use. We are glad 10 be able to state
that the hard times have not materially
injured the busjm"s, of the firm and that
their orders are constantly increasing.
! They have 4 heavy Wholesale trade ON
the North Missouri railroad from Mex
leo to Kansas City; on the Pacific from
jefferson city west. and Oh the LeXing-
ton branch Their retail trade ut the
ware-room> is also increasing. They
worked up last year one hundred and
! ten Thousand feet Of walnut. one hum
drcd and twenty thousand feet of other
/ fine woods. besides cheaper lumber; and
therei, a fair prospect that their goods
: will suppant all others within easy ship
! ping distance OF this place. II conver-
/ sati"n with us on the subject they as
rs =; :he people of this city and
CON :! 81 q rommendable spirit il
.i.JNS utCdusS tHtN d
,. ! at on this score
| the 've .pia its to make.
Tae.r mechanics a allLexngton men
men W ith mi';"s who are residents
not ,enizenS. a..d the several thousand
dollars which they pay out every
year for labor are consequently of much
benefit to the trade of Lexington
Among them are the following: Vim
Tacs stbuchring, Thos Johns, G Schwsb
VIM. Winkler. IL. Taegtbuehring. n
Sigwart. NJ Math, J. Alfred, K. Nicko
laus. machinists; j. Fegert, j. Wink
ler, Thos. Wallace, turner's r. Barrer
& Primer. E Schramm, j, Daehler. A
Haes. c. Primer Ii. Emde, II. Meineke
p. Rickets. Chris. Walk, OSsalt Wink
Ter. VIM. uickam, cabin, makers; ii
kiefer. G. rhanharst. II. nh, var
".. eng. eer. The
{; t.-, are Isl; &C &c
,nd ''h" Wt~'ler. Tc employ =:
NJ ", " sh continued success.
ht. to build up the manutac
tur @ TterestS of our city; and we
douE' lot thu: as now theirs is the lea,
ing factory 4 ne kind in this part OF th'
state. it will soon control the furni,
ture business for quite scope o
country,
L. BROWN.
! This gentleman is established in wha
is known as the New Railroad Hotel,
as "a manufacturer Of collins and patcn
furniture He has wonderful invcntiv,
genius. and occupies great deal of hi.
time in pertccting his own inventions. His
patent desk is one of the most convenient
that we l. We ever seen: bit in \ utiiita
rian sense last invention which he
h ladc i es &C surpass anything
which he liza, -. achieved. 1t Is a ma
chino W which to gather corn. Ii
| this he is associated equally with Mr.
VIM. Jordan; the two together having
produced the first machine at the shops
| Of the latter As the apDiicatiuns have