The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-05-05
Carriages and Horses.

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voCATE, t'there are more than fifty carriages
| in Carroll to-day where there was one twenty.
| five years ago. Why | can remember when d
carriage was rarity, and everybody rode
! horse back.
| Continuing his perambulatious the ADvo-
| CATE representa- We sauntered out Liberty
street to George and dropped in to see John
! t. Eckenrode. Ir. Eckenrode was found II
! his new shoj.s hiilt this spring, his former
ones having been sold to ". S. Myer Bro,
who have demolished them and will erect ON
their site a cooper shop and fertilizer ware
house The shops are not yet finished but
arc roomy and convenient, and SO located
that workmen will not be annoyed by dust III
finishing new work, the shops standing back
from Liberty on George street where there Is
no travel. II have no fine work to exhibit
Just now,' said Mr.. Eckenrode, "but that
snowy carriage, on the Dayton style, of Mr..
John L. Reifsnider is one that | turned out
recently. Here is a good style buggy point,
ing to a roOmy lght-looking vehicle, land
here is one am repairing and putting in or
der for Judge Hayden. | have a number OF
/ orders on hand and some repairing to do.
At present have eight hands employed, and
give all work personal supervision. | sup
pose | can turn out from forty to fifty carriages
year, with my present force. | have been
in business here six years, was at Stonersvllle
some years, and my increasing business is the
best evidence of the good quality of my work.
The use of carriages has greatly increased
since | begun business. They are as numer-
Gus as sewing machines A family only has
one machine, while nearly every family has
from one to three carriages.
Still on his rounds, the representative called
to see Herr Bros at the old Taylor Works.
in bn ole
shop, and scattered around in the various
shops were fifteen other workmen all busy.
When the firm was burned out several weeks
ago they had thirty orders on hand to be de-
livered bv June LIST. The destruction of their
shops, with some partly finished work and a
large amount of material seriously interfered
with their operations. Said Mr.. Herr-''W e
are just fairly getting to work again. We will
lose some of our orders, because our custom
ers cannot wait on us. Some will. My
brother has just taken out some work to-day
to Baltimore, and here is one of our West
minister carriages that goes to North Carolina
in few days This is the carriage on which
we lately received patent. The carriage Is
a vast improvement on the Dayton Wagon,
though modelled somewhat on that plan
The patent is on the spring. You will OBJ
serve that the spring is sunk into the body,
which makes it four inches lower, and makes
it more convenient to get in and out. In the
Dayton it is high step for ladies, and this
door here enables persons to get IN without
stepping over the seats or the high body. Be
hind, too. we have door, which allows the
putting in of parcels without difficulty. The
principal resemblance between the Dayton
and the Westminster carriage Is IN the color,
both being finished to show the natural colors
of the wood. We use hickory and ash, put
on three coats of English permanent wood
filling and follow it with three of varnsh.
The iron, You will observe, is painted black.
Mr.. Herr then explained how the iron work
was so arranged as to give great strength
and also to make the carriage appear hight.
The firm will sell shop rights for the use OF
their patent. Some handsome buggles and
family carriages were next shown, and then
the latest and most approved aXles, all OF
which were more durable and more conve-
nient to keep in order than those in use few
wears ago. 1.-The fire hurt us considerably,
but friends have been more than kind and we
will soon be better than ever prepared to turn
out work. We have already begun to rebuild.
On the back of our lot the foundations are
ready for two of our shops In one will be
our wood work department on the first floor,
with trimming shop above. The blacksmith
shop will be adjoining. Our repository Will
front on Nam street 20 leeI, anu run piCh IVY,
and will be of brick. In the second story will
be the paint shop and finishing room.
Besides these two manufactures many bug
gies are sold here by agents, and carriages
are numerous indeed here. Most of the fam
lilies in the city have their private carriages
for pleasure, and on pleasant evenings the
streets are alive with elegant vehicles, drawn
by handsome and feetfooted steppers. The
latest additions to the pleasure carriages are
those of Chas. I. Reifsnider, Esq. One is a
handsome and stylish two seated carriage OF
new design, and the other a village cart the
only one owned here. 1t is attractive IN APP
Dearance, and the harness used Is OF the nat
ural yellow color of the leather, which con-
trasts prettily with his handsome black horse
There has been vast improvement IN the
horses of the county, too. The draft animals
have often been the subject ofadmiration, and
there are very many handsome carriage horses
also. Recently Lynch and Albaugh have got
ten in a lot of fine Kentucky animals, we'll
bred, well broken, handsome and fine trotters.
Frank Beaver always has on hand some fine
Virginia stock, and Ed. Hoppe is ever
ready to supply you with something stylish
and fast.
For horses and carriages this city and
county is becoming famous. Many horses
are sold to citizens Of Baltimore, and the
carriage factories send vehicles in all direc-
tons, beside largely supplying the home trade
For the best of both, come to Westminster.