Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-09-18

utensils of iron, and heavier tools for all the
various wood and iron workers. In front of
this section are to be seen samples in general,
of heavy shop, farm and house hardware,
with samples of hose, betting, light ma
chinery, ETC., in variety altogether too great
to be enumerated here, for it is not the pur-
pose to make this review take on the char
acter of mere catalogue, but rather to indi-
cate in general way the kind Of goods which
this vast establishment carries, and to name
those objects which are most prominent to
the eye Of the general visitor.
PASSING TO THE FRONT STREET SECTION,
West, through the managers Office, the WIS.,
itor finds himself in a room under one span
of the roof, which is no less than So feet in
width by 80 feet in length. and which greets
the eye with agricultural and farm machinery
in regular order placed, which would require
half days industrious application to cata-
logue or critically examine. This depart
mens is full of interest, and the variety of the
goods and the novel labor-saving machinery
awaken the interest of the dullest-witted per-
son who enters this depot of farm implements.
Running entirely around the sides of this
great room are galleries some ten feet in
width, which give the apartment a series of
second floors and increase its storage capacity
largely. Here are to be seen the Ames porta-
bic engines i'll variety of form, size and
power, and in such number that one could
scarcely go amiss in selecting desirable mo-
tor for shop, farm or barn. The Buffalo
Pitts threshing machine is here to be exam
ined, all its working parts being in order to be
operated, that visitors may see it in motion.
Horse powers are near by, also arranged for
the close inspection of all their parts.
These are also accomplishments to the thresh-
ers, or are sold separately and are adapted to
any of the purposes for which an economical
horse power is desired. Here, too, are the
celebrated Case headers, the Buckeye mowers
and reapers, the Champion mowers and reap.
ers, the Hollingsworth wheeled rake, the
Tiger sell. dumping rake, tanning mills Of
varied patterns regular burr mills all set uI
and capable of being put into operation in ten
minutes after delivery upon the farm or al
the mill-house the Buckeye cider mill and
press in varied sizes; hay presses OF different
patterns and powers, lawn mowers of all sizes
and styles, garden barrows, garden and farm
seed drills, corn planters, store and barn trucks
corn shelters, churns direct and rotary ant
in great variety betting, leather and rubber
in full variety as to width and texture, pack
ing, heavy wire-cloth, cordage, street brooms
sack Irvine, pumps of all kinds and sizes
scales in variety, scythes, sDaths, and ,
hundred other kinds of goods, and many
novel machines which cannot now be ever
named The central space of this great SEQ
ton is largely occupied by cases of good
similar to the samples shown, and these ar
all packed and tagged, so that an order re
ceived may be filed as quickly as the packag
can be placed on the truck and wheeled owe
to the depot, only eighty feet distant, or til
steamboat landing, but 600 feet away. Blu
one of the most interesting sections of thi
room is
THE WAGON DEPARTMENT,
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wagon, an article that this firm has lonl
dealt in, and has introduced to the great sat
isfaction of the farmers of the valleys. Thes
wagons are shown of all usual sizes an
weights. Here too are shown samples of a
the wagons made by the Sweepstake Plov
Company factory, which is an establishment
at San Leandro,
OWNED AND OPERATED By BAKER & HANIL
TON,
And to which reference will be made herea
ter These wagons made by the firm ar
spring, heavy. header, road, express grocery
freight, valley and mountain wagons, in fac
of every variety known, and built for any an
all trades and sections. What is claimed TO
| these wagons, is so apparently true AM
sound, that the mere statement is suff
Gent to present it to every min
with great force, to wit: Tha
| wagons made in this cl,mat
endure better here than those from distar
parts. The lumber seasoned in the dry a
mosphere of this coast, the wagons put u
here in the dry season, cannot but wear be
ter than those made abroad, where the CT
matte conditions are almost the opposite
those of the Pacific slope. Wagons bui
here are not called upon to undergo Weiss
tudes of climate which cause the wood
shrink, check. warp or decay. Besides thi
the builder here has local reputation
maintain which he cannot afford to sacrifc
by sending out work that viii prove rebuk
to him. There is one kind of wagon mad
by this firm which deserves special notice
Il is the all iron wagon. This vehicl
is decided novelty. Save and excep
the reach and pole, there is no wood wor
about it, and save and except the outer hu