The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-23
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MANUFACTURING WAGONS

| 4h1A1S ~ fAOA y W aJONS.
! Edward Balm manufactures wagons
He has been Il manufacturer for about
4 twenty-five years perhaps more. For
a time he manufactured buggies OF
Ispring work as we'll as wagons. Some
fifteen or more years ago he dropped
all spring work and made wagons only
till within the last three or four years,
during which he has manufactured
three kinds-Wagons, platform wagons
and spring wagons. He makes 10000
wagons in year, ranging in value per
wagon from $50 to $175. 10 make
them requires the use every day Of
100000 feet Of wood, the timber COM
ing principally from Michigan and In
diana. Six tons OF iron are also re-
CURED every day, or one carload every
two days.
In the manufacture of wagons Mr..
Balm employs over 300 men whose pay
role amounts to over 50 900 every week,
which he pays every week.
Large as his manufactures are, he
is constantly adding new facilities and
enlarging his works. He is now add
my Il iluW 100 horse power engine.
The wagons find sale principally in
Colorado, Nevada, the Pacific States,
and the territories. Before there was
a railroad to California Mr.. Balm ship
ped wagons to the Pacific coast via
New York. Now they 60 by railroad,
We hear from those who have seen
them that they are a favorite wagon
OH the mountain slopes and in the Pa
cific States and territory.
Mr. Balm does not advertise in the
Kenosha papers, and his business has
rather outgrown being much benefited
by advertising in them His business
having outgrown being benefited by
advertising at home he has seemed to
think that his job printing could not
be done at home. This we think is a
mistake. We believe the most Of his
printing could be done at home as well
as elsewhere. We have done some
printing for his wagon business, and
we believe all the printing for lis fam
lily for parties, festivals, &c, has been
done at the Telegraph Printing Office.
Nh. Balm and two of his employees are
and have always been subscribers for
the TELEGRAPH and always pay
promptly for it in advance if called for.
Others o. his employees are subscribers
for the TELEGRAPH and, as far us we
know them, always pay for it, Dut how
many Of them are subscribers we do
not know.
| LEATHER.
n. r. Allen & Sons manufacture
leather. Their tannery was construct
ed and the manufacturing commenced
by Grant and Allen in 1857, and was
the first we believe, and is now the on
| ly one in Kenosha. After q time
Grant (LevD went out or sold out to
| William FL. Smith, and then the bus
ness was carried On by Allen and
Smith till after Smith went to Rock
ford, and till Smith went out some
| time during the war. Since that
MI. Allen carried on the business alone
till his oldest son became Of age ana
went into business with him under the
| firm name OF Allen x Son. The firm
and name continued till the youngest
son and brother became of age and
went into the firm, which then took
the title of Allen & Sons, who now car
ry on the business.
The manufuctory has been greatly
enlarged since it's commencement, and
| its manufactures are now the second
in Importance III KenOsha, being sec
Ond only to the wagon manufactures.
Calf, kip, upper and harness leather is
manufactured to the value of 100000
a year. This requires the use of 5000
cords of tan bark and the employment
OF so men, who are paid every week.
The leather being sold in quantity
out Of the place the firm does not ad-
vertise, which would be of no adval-
tage to them except as to buying of
hides. The job printing for the tame
ny we believe has been principally done
in Chicago under the erroneous suppo-
sition that it could be done cheaper in
! Chicago than in Kenosha. At any rate,
We do not remember to have done any
OF it's printing since 1869 and 1871, and
then but small quantity. Nor do we
remember any one coming to the Tel
egraph Printing Office to ascertain
what job printing would be done for.
n. r. Allen has always been subscri
ter fol the TELEGRAPH. And several
OF his employees are subscribers, but
how many we do not know. AS far as
we know them they always pay their
subscriptions.
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