Daily Republican., 1880-11-15
AMONG TH E CARNAGE mAKERs'

AMONG q Th X CAR8AAGE EAkkRf
An Indassry's RetRrneG Prospect
ty- The state Of she CAFFiag
Trade Satisfactory, snd sse oai
look Altogether FiatteriRg,
The carriage. trade in Wiln.ingtol
will never assume its former proper
tions. This is not even hoped for b,
those engaged in the business. Bu
that II has In q large measure recover
I'd the prosperity which II once enjoy
cd, and Ia rapidly gaining much 81 th
streOgth which 3 few years ago hA'
been despsired Of, Is plsiniy apparent
Ten yoars ago carriage manufaeturipl
was one Of the principal industries II
Wilmington. The city was considsre,
the greatest centre in this branch o
trade, and it won q fame which extend
ed wherever the people we're civilizsc
enough to appreciate, and prssperoui
enough to afford, the luxury Of car
riages. The immense carriage shop
we're then the pride Of the city. and al
were running to their fullest capacity
employing thousands Of hands aut
bringing hundreds Of thousands Of dol
lars TO Wilmington every year.
When the great crash came the oar
riags business was the frst to be Of
fsotsd and II suffered worst ofa Those
engaged In II, In many instances, LOST
all they had made, and closed thei,
doors, never expecting to open them
again. For some years this stats Of Of.
fairs continued with the business 10.
tally inactive, and apparently dead
With the first approaoh OF returning
! prosperity, however, 1t began to pick up
and shop after shop slowly resumed
operations on q limited scale. Since
then the csrriage trade has improved
until now Il may be said to be prosper.
ous again, bu. with no probability, sc
stated, Of reE1ming the proportions ol
these years before the panic. This ID
due to the fact that great establish
ments have sprung up el,ewhere--par'
ticularly In the " eat, which turn out
cheap work in large quantities and
almsBt exclusively control the southern
trade. In Cincinnati alone there are
several factories of this kind each Of
which turn cut over 200 jobs week.
The REPuBLIcAE to-day gives It's
readers the third Of the series Of indus.
trial articles nov in course Of publica-
tion in its columns and makes the car.
rlsge trade the subjco.. Much space is
occupied but the matter 10 deeMei Of
sufficient importance ~ render an apol
ogy wholly unne:e sssry. The result
of a round OF nearly all the carriage
factories by reporters OF this paper is
given herewith.
r. r. CLYhER.
Mr.. F. T. Clyme-, body maker, said
that trade had been exceedingly good
during the year, and showed very
rapid and continuous increase. Indeed,
so prosperous had been his business
that he had been oompelled TO intro
duos new machinery Of the newest and
most improved pattern, comprising q
jointer, plsneE, band saw, improved
dressing machine, shGping machine,
rabbitiug, mortisipg and boreing ma,
chimes, aud many others. In addition
to this he had introduced an Otto silent
gas engine OF over 7-horse poEer. All
OF this has just doubled the capacity OF
his establishment. He stated that
business had commenced to increase
during last fall, when, In November he
took an order for 40 jobs from ouc firm.
He Is confident Of q grest increase dur
ing the present J ear, is at present'sm.
pIoying IA body makers and needs more
hands. Skilled labor in his branch is
scarce, and wages are good, having
been increased from 20 to 80 per cent.
during the year. At PIE ,ent he is
filing one order OF go jobs.
Being asked by the reporter II he
thought the result Of the election had
tended to strengthen the carriage bust.
ness, in common with others, Mr.. ely
mer replied that it had, and said that
for week or two pre- eeding the eleO-
tion business had been rather dull, but
as soon az the result was known beyond
doubt there was q very perceptible le
brisking up aud orders largely increas-
cd. Mr.. Clymer's trade Is quite ex'en.
sivc and covers some IL or 20 States.
xsLsAR ; KENDALL.
McLesr and Kendall, the leading car.
riagc firm in tho city, and probably the
- .,,l s.osk favoHabIv Innmu IN Nh 4.
county reported that the carriage trade
has heea helter this year than any
year since the panic in Wilmington,
and the prospects are excellent for a
good Lusisess next year. Il looks ss
II next years. trade would be much
letter than that which We have had
during the season just closed.
JoNRs GUTHRIE 4 co.
This firm has experienced year Of
general prosperity. Trade has bean
considerably better than II wai last
year, in fact 1t has been better than fOr
the last Ave years. Twenty men, the
same number that we're employed last
year, are now furnished with work.
Mr.. Guthrie thinks, since great many
carriage manufacturers are Republi-
cans, that the Republican vistory will
have a peroeptihle effect upon the bust
ness. /. Is quite probable that prices
will advance. This depends, however,
on the price Of the material used in
constructing q carriage.
8. q. PAsCHklL.
Mr.. Pasohall, ON Saturday afternoon,
remarked to a REPUBLICAN, reporter that
his sales this year, up to the month OF
Be sptember, we're twenty per cent. het-
ter than they we're last year. Prizes
have been very good, and owing to his
increased business he has opened . ear
risgs repository at Nos. 200 and I'll
Shirley street. His busiest season was