Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-05
n NOTABLE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.

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A representative of the INTELLIGENCEE
was this morning shown through the cx-
tensive carriage manufactOry Of Philip
DOersnm, 126 and 12S East Kin. street.
! The place has recently been rcmodeIed and
greatly enlarged. being now one OF the
largest buildings in the city. u has u
front on East King street Of nearly 10 feet,
aud extends through to M;lllin street, a
distance of 2l5 feet. The carriage Icposi
tory, or show room, fronts Oh East Kin.
! street. 1t is about 30 feet liz width
and 1Gj feet in depth. 1t is lighted by
! eight skyliSh,s. the largest OF which are
| 10 feet square, filled with upright sash
and glass that can be Op ned or closed ut
| pleasure. The woodwork is painted Il
| glossy white and the glass is curt;,ncd
! with blue blinds that throw Il very pleas
ant sheen upon the highly finished vehicle,
with which The room is filled. The room
is tloorcd with seasoned yellow pine, oiled.
Adjoining the show room, which contains
some forty or fifty finely finished wheel
vehicles of every variety of size and pat
tern, ,anIahOIt an equal number of slei.hs,
is the finishing room and Mr.. DoersOm's
business office, both Of which, arc fitted
up in The most convenient manner.
In rear of the show room and separated
/ y
ing clear across tic building. is the man
ufacturin. department. This is 80 feet
feet i'll length an. two stories high. The
first story contains the woodwork shop,
the blacksmith shop and the iiuiShin.
shop, all Of which are conveniently arran.
cd, and plc,. fIi! Of w"rl. in Ill ,t,-cs of
manufacture. A broad stairway leads to
the second irw UP which carriages can
bc easily drawn. On this floor is Il very
large work room, paint room and varnish
rooms, all admirably lighted heated and
ventilated. Hydrants and hose arc
placed in different parts of the bui'l-
ing is colivcnicnccS for the wolkmcn,
and Prccaution a.;aiEst fire. Iu the manu-
featuring dcpa tmcnt is I; block and tackle
for hOistiEG ard lowering carriages
speaking tubes extend from the rear of the
building wl>!iSt:in Is and water closets
arc placed ut convenient points. The
drainage from tl!. extensive roof, as we'll
as from the several hydrants, passes
through pipes leading into u sewer under
the building and thence to tho public
sewer.
Mr.. Docrspn employs constantly .tb,u!
twenty first c'sss wcrkmen, experts iii all
the various hr,tEcl!cs Of the coach trim
ming art. Tie work now oa exhibition in
lllo jAtciiDihC Z Co.stUllSiIfHcuG 'tlS SilC
ana vii! compare well with any made by
the most noted manufacturers. lii, stock
now consists If about 30 bu..ies an,
coaches AMI equal number OF sicic',s. In
the spring lii> line of carriages vii, be
twice as heavy a5 how.
While commenting the c:,tcfpris. dis,
played b. Mr.. DocrsOm in ;i:" extensive
and expensive improvements just com
pictcd by him, we must ais', give due
credit to J. Adam Burger, the builder and
contractor by whom the new bnidin.: was
erected, ansl Tie alterations made il, the
old one. Ho has done his wo1k well. aud
lifted up for Mr.. Docrsom great manu-
factory, tic heating, lighting, yentilatinc
aud general co,iyenicacc:, o: which arc not
surpassed anywhere.
Sale of Real Estate.
At the Black Horse hotel last evening
Wa sold the following property belonging
to the estate of Elizabeth Brccit, dc
ceased
Two two stnry houses at Nos. l:l ard