Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-22

4 ELoJ8l1AISG mDgSIRY.
The HAIL Z Paulssn FaSnissBe Cen.
pssy's Basiness lacreasaAg.
One Of the most fourishing, and BY
no means the least important. of the in
dustries of this city is the mandatory
of the Hall d Panlson Furniture Com
pany. For some seven or eight years
Messrs. Hall d Paulson carried on the
business on limited scale as private
partners, but realizing the increasing
importance Of the business and the rapid
growth Of the city, they concluded TO
enlarge the scope Of their operations.
In April Of the present year, sssociating
with them two other gentlemen.
TIE HALL q PAUIsos FURSTTUKE coa
PANY
Was incorporated, in accordance with
the Territorial laws, with capital stock
of $4,000. Messrs. Geo. w. Hall. Paul
Pauls0n, w. X. Forrest and S. G. Crock
EFT constitute the company.
THE LOCATION or THE WORKS
| Is at the foot of Commercial street,
where the company have the advantage.
not only Of an adjacent wharf for ship
ping purposes, but Of boom yard for
the lumber they use.
THE FACTORY BUILDINGS
Occupied by the company average 50
feet in width by lW feet in length, the
superficial area occupied amounting I'd
nearly 8 800 fest. On the east eide Of
the building IL the boiler and engine
room, tho latter being about 30 horse
power. In this building also il located
the muley saw, with a capacity u about
1000 feet per day, which cuts tue logs
into rough lumber, which is thence
transferred to the shaping and from
| there 70 the finishing rooms.
| ADJOINING THE ENGINE ROOM
Is the shaping room. Among the ma
chimes 70 DO found here are planer, q
sticker or moulding machine, q shaper,
band saw, tenn0ning machine, boring
machine, a dowellsr, a post aud bed rail
machine and two turning lathes. In the
upper story are three rip and three cut
of SAWS. In these apartments the curl
ously inclined can watch the process of
converting IN unsightly log into those
elegant articles Of furniture which adOrn
the pleasant homes of our city and VI
cinity. The inventive ingenuity of man,
the Transforming power of machinery
and the wonder working force of steam,
are here well illustrated, not more 10,
perhaps, than in dozen otter places IN
Seattle; but for all that, this furniture
factory would be good place for the
man or woman who sneers at ''the tOiler
to bis task work bound" to visit and
learn how much the world owes to the
| men who labor with their hands.
n THIS FACTORY
Are employed number of hands aver
| aging from Is to -, receiving an aver
age wage Of $3.50 per day. the pay roll
amounting to between $4,000 and *15.-
600 per year.
THE NATIVE WOODS Used
| In the mandatory are alder, maple,
ash, cottonwood, spruce, cedar and fir,
the supply of which is brought princi-
pally from White River, in this county,
and the Puyallup River in Pierce
County; laurel from Southern Califor-
mia, walnut from the east and toawood
from Mexico are largely used in finish
ing and IN panel work.
THE COMPANY MANUFACTURES
Bedsteads, bureaus, washstands, COM
modes, stools, lounges, Office furniture,
library, center. dining, breakfast. ex-
tension and kitchen tables, and have but
recently commenced the manufacture
Of 4 new style Of fireplace front and
mantel with a superstructure which COM
bines beauty, elegance and utility in a
remarkable manner. 1t is one of the
few things the reporter has seon which
he prefers to recommend for q personal
inspection. rather than attempt to de-
scribe. Above the mantel shelf, how
ever, Is panel for mirror, say 24x3O
inches, with smaller panel on each side
say 8x4 inches, in which can be insert
ed either smaller mirrors or fruit, flower
or landscape pieces with fine effect. Still
above, il baloonied shelf, where brio
a-brac or hot house plants in ornamental
vases can BIO placed. Scroll, pillar and
other fancy work adorn these new ad-
diti0ns to the beauty Of our homes, and
on the whole they are something which
everybody who can afford one ought to
have.
A PLEASING REMINDER
VI the new era now dawning ON the Ter
ritorial University was seen in their
work shop in the shape Of 60iron frames
OF seats and desks. of the most approved
pattern. which the company are prepar-
ing to set up for use in that institution.
THE SALES ROOMS
" the company are located on CONNER
~ nj CD nss~~ Ia n
r0ughfare to the alley in the rear, being
!zOxU fest in Dimensions. Here are to
90 seon many noticeable proofs Of their
skill and taste In manufacture. A book
case, with writing desk and other c0m-
oinatlons. nnished in burl ash, il not
only noticeable for elegance Of design,
but ought TO convince anybody that our
wrought into forms which OUGHT Ia
please the most fastidi0us. Bed room
sets ct the same wood, at the low price
OF $50 per sot, and others At higher rates.
to say nothing of chairs. lOunOes and
other insepsrable parts Of well fur
any CITY tor furniture wholly unneces-
Sary.
THE urHoIsrE1Na
brancn OF too business neCe8aitate9 the
employment Of i've hands, who. under
Instructions from their employers, are
prepared to furnish anything in Chat
line from a window shade to spring
mattress.
coNcERNINa rHK PRESENT
Demand for their goods and the ont
look for the future, the COMPANY soy
that they are driven by work, and have
orders far In advance Of their capacitv
TO supply; and this in spite Of the Ian
that they have been making constant
additions to their works from the start.
They will proceed TO ''enlarRe their bor-
ders" rs rapidly as possible, il being
their purpose ~ manufacture Qpods ~
such quality and excellence OF fiuish IA
Will leave no possible excuse for a fail
ure on the part Of the people Of Seattle
to patronixe home industry. The conn
pany originate their own styles, and are
consequently able to offer Rooda Of
class and design which are mot met With
every day In establishments which Inv
their goods from wholesale Eastern
manufacturers
IN CONCLUSION,
The readers Of this iournal mad ho~.a1,