The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-08-01
From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.
BUSINESS NOTES.
Manufacturing Interests and Improve
ments in Buff and Elsewhere.


SEWING MACHINES.
On December 18th, last year, we stated
in this column that the Wanzer Sewing
Machine Co., of Hamilton, Ont, had de-
| cided to start an establishment in this
! city 1t was then the intention TO enter
| the market at once. but the consequence
of unexpected difficulties in arrangin g
details, and their determination not to
commence until everything was just as
| they wanted it, the firm have been de-
| layed to the present time. But the chan
| ces are that the detention will prove to
have been an advantage, instead of 9th
erwise, as the time has been well spent
in getting matters in the best possible
shape for business.
The warehouse is at No. 90 Broadway,
| and the factory at POI Oak Street. The
latter is three stories high, one hundred
feet long by about thirty feet broad, fitted
up with the necessary steam power, dry
ing rooms, Japaning and vanishing
ovens, ornamenting rooms, &c. The con-
Germ will be known as the "Wanzer Sew
ing Machine Manufactory;" the firm
consisting of R. M Wanzer, T. L. Wan
zer J. NJ. Fair and j. B. McCune. For
the present it will be a branch of the
Hamilton (Ont) establishment Of the
same name But in time it is not un-
likely that this city will be made the
headquarters of the business. The Ham
ilton concern is a large one, having. a
foundry, case e-manufactory, and ware
house all combined, and giving employ
ment to about four hundred men. 1t has
capacity for a thousand machines a week,
which are shipped to all parts of the
world.
The iron work, action, frames, &c, will
41 1,,,11f
the extensive works on the other side of
the line, brought over in parts and fitted
up here A large force of Buffalo me-
chanics are now engaged in this work and
a heavy stock of machines are ready for
the market. Although the Wanzer
machine is not much known IN the Unit
ed States, never having been introduced
in this country, it has a world wide repu
tation, having taken premiums and di-
plomas at nearly all the worlds fairs held
in Europe Never having served as a
sewing machine agent, we are not quail
fed to point out just where the Wanzer
is one Of the finest machines ever made,
but to our eye it has few equals, i'll point
of simplicity of construction, ease of ac-
tion, and in compactness of model. Those
accustomed to using the ordinary machine
sold in this market would be astonished
may be operated They are SO adjusted
that they may be used in the frame with
the treadle, or on stand or table, and
worked by hand.
The greatest care is exercised in having
the machine perfect before leaving the
works After they are fitted and put
together as carefully as they can be by
skilled artisans, they are all run by steam
and subjected to a practical test before
leaving the factory. In the storeroom,
before being branded as ready for market,
they are subjected to second trlal,-this
time by lady. Not one is allowed to
pass unless she pronounces it perfect
Every machine sold will be guaranteed
for year. In case any part gets out of
order or breaks, the machine is made as
good as new, free of expense to the pur-
chaser. In regard to price we have rea
son to believe that they will be offered at
such rates as will satisfy the prevailing
demand of the day for cheap goods. The
Wanzer Company has the advantage of
its rivals in having the moulding and
two of the most difficult
branches of manufacture, done by
machinery and processes covered by their
own patents.
The saving of expense in these items
alone will enable the concern to at least
meet the prices of any OF their rivals
Moreover, the severe competition which !
this machine has had to meet and over
come in the markets of Europe, made it
necessary for the manufacturers to watch
every detail and to keep down every
item of expense in the manufactures
The fact that their trade now extends all
over the civilized world, that their pam
phlets and instruction slips are printed
in twenty three foreign languages, that
the machines have received, as already
stated, medals or testimonials of merit at
Philadelphia in 1876, at Vienna in 1864,
and medals from the governments OF
Russia, Chill, Peru, and Australia, that
the company have felt sufficient conf
dence in their machines to send their
agents to travel in China, Japan, and
South America-all this we say indicates
plainly that the Wanzer machine is a
very superior one or it could not have
attained so much success abroad. But
probably its most significant triumph
was in Ireland, where it was selected,
after an exhaustive competitive trial, by
the Board of National Education, for use
in the schools throughout that country.
Over 1000 Wanzer machines are now
doing good service in the Irish schools.
Messrs. Barnes & Bancraft have been
appointed the sole agents for Erie and
the adjoining counties. They will be
placed on the markets at their large dry
goods establishment next Monday. 1t is
the intention of the Wanzer Company to
push their trade in this country with all
possible vigor, and if they succeed, the
location of their factory here will be an
important event for Buffalo.
When you are taking a stroll in the
n Ioply II mr. a
lofty crags and fortresses, and hear
deep bass voice waking the echoes with
its resonance, do not be alarmed. 'Tis
not a bandit bold nor a Communistic
leader drilling his forces, nor yet an es-
capped lunatic. 1t is the Fourth of July
orator practising his little piece.