Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-01
BUSINESS REVIEW.
Confirmation of Special Review of Leading
Business Houses of Sacramento
u. N. BERN.RD.
Carriage and Wagon Maker, Corner sixth

and streets.
Mr.. Bernard is the pioneer carriage
builder in California, and is moreover, as a
manufacturer, surpassed by none and
equaled by few. His goods are fairly hung
all over with gold and silver medals,
diplomas and premiums, taken at State
and other fairs by sample exhibits of his
work. His speciality is fine buggies,
phaetons, carriages, trotting and driving We
hicles, road wagons, light and heavy express
and delivery wagons, etc Mr.. Bernard's
factory as strongly as any in Sacramento
daily gives testimony of the advantages of
Sacramento as a manufacturing and ship
ping and trade center. Goods put up by
him here endure better in all climates, not
only because Of the superiority of work
manship, but because of climatic advan-
tages directly affecting materials used
Mr.. Bernard's trade extends to Montana
and other Territories, Nevada and all the
north and central regions. Recently his
far distant patrons have called ON him to
manufacture sleighing vehicles, and he
has accordingly made to order some
exceedingly handsome and stylish
cutters and shipped them to fill the orders.
Mr.. Bernard adopts all the latest improve
ments and styles of value in construction,
trimming ana finish of vehicles, and thus
keeps pace with the march of his voca-
ton, and in all his work uses none but the
best Eastern seasoned material. His
bodies and wheels are all built one year in
advance, and the wheels are tired in the
summer for the following season. This
method is one of the open secrets of the
superiority OF his work, and while it locks
up capital 1t compensates doubly by the
final results. The object of this method is
obvious buggy bodies being made up are
given eight and nine coats of paint rubbed
down, and then being thus prepared and
stored away In dry climate for many
months, come back to be set up and finished
in state chat insures their durability in
any climate and under the most trying sit.
nations. So, too, with wheels prepared
and set aside for seasoning after being
made. Mr. Bernard is now constructing
some very superior thoroughbrace wagons
tofll San Francisco orders, and this factis in
itself voluntary confession by San Fran.
cisco of the advantages of Sacramento as
a place of manufacture Mr. Bernard
makes side-bar buck-b board which is a
novelty. 1t is stylish as buggy, as easy
as cradle, and as strong as wagon. 1t
carries easily 600 pounds. It has two
Whitney springs, two side-bar springs and
two full,seat syringe, and aI-steel axles In
this connection it should be remembered
that Mr.. Bernard uses only axles steel en-
tirely across and with silver. finished nut.
He says he is the only manufacturer in the
city who uses all steel axles. He finds in
them true economy. Livery men prefer
them to all others and give verdict in favor
of Bernard's work as the most durable made.
He guarantees that one of his vehicles
outlasts six Of the Eastern vehicles put TO-
gether to sell and sent here to be sold for
what they viii bring. Mr. Demands work,
it may be said, has national reputation
and is known from ocean to ocean, and has
no superior in any manufacturing market.
His works comprises Repository wood and
iron shops 60x40, trimming and paint
shop 7Ox4O, storage yard 3Ox4O-in all
ground area, l60x40 feet.