Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-01

Proprietor OF the Pacific wheel and Car
rI.1o u1As fo n Ssroos

Proprietor OF the Pacific wheel and Car
rIage Works, 1901 to 1913 J Street.
The Pacific Wheel and Carriage Works
are the largest in the interior of the State
where carriage and wagon wheels, bodies,
gears, light carriages, buggies, express and
thorough brace and quartz wagons are
made, and by which carriage and wagon
material is imported and kept in supply
for the trade of the coast. It's offices are
located at 1907 j street, where also is
very spacious ware-room in which the fin.
ished fine work of the factory is stored.
Mr.. Hills extensive works occupy the
larger portion of the south half of
AN ENTIRE BLOCK.
So rapid and permanent has been the ex.
tension of his business, that enlargement
has followed enlargement from year to
year, and lately additions have been made
in the form Of three. story brick build
ing, in the rear of the main works, 40 by
so, with wings on either side, 20 by 60
feet, increasing the floor area thousands of
square feet. The machinery in these works
is of the latest and best patterns, and is
equal to any kind of work demanded by
the trade. The works now manufacture.
supplies heretofore imported from the East,
and can even more fully than ever supply
the trade. Some of the new machinery in
Mr.. Hills works is the first of its kind
ever introduced upon the coast.
THE HUB-MAKING
Machinery is the completest of its class,
and of large capacity. The spokes for
wheels he receives mainly from the East,
and finishes them here by machinery of
the highest order, made for the purpose.
Felloe material is taken in the rough, and
by the aid of new and late machinery land
which Mr.. Hill alone possesses of all man.
ufacturers on the coast), it is turned out in
the most perfect manner, and far truer
than could possibly be done by hand. The
felloes made by it, of any size, are posi-
lively true and of the same size at every
point, and therefore every spoke has the
same bearing, and there is perfectly uni.
form bearing for the tire. All familiar with
the construction of vehicles will recognize
this great improvement over all former
methods.
ONE OF THE FINE MACHINES
Used is the Irregular Dresser, by which
wood. gearing of all kinds can be cut almost
instantaneously into any required shape,
to conform to pattern, doing in moment
what would take skilled hand-workman
hours to accomplish. One large section of
one of the larger brick buildings is given
up for drying and storage OF stock, so as to
secure perfect climatic seasoning OF all
material used. The advantage of this plan
is obvious, as the materials thus prepared
are far more enduring in this climate than
that worked up at the East in more
humid atmosphere, and then brought into
these dry valleys, where it so often shrinks
and falls to pieces. The temperature of
this drying and seasoning room is kept, by
steam pipes, up to and above 100 degrees
day and night. Work is, by Mr.. Hills
process, rendered absolutely free from
shrinkage or change. The slightest shrink
age after carriage or wagon is put togeth-
er not only spoils the finish but greatly
lessons the strength and durability of the
vehicle.
TO THE TRADE
Mr.. Hills works present themselves with
force. They are equal to all demands;
they can supply at shortest notice, and at
prices that defy competition the works
are conducted at far less cost than is pos
sible at the metropolis, as less capital is re.
quired to be locked up in costly property
there is no charge for wharfage or dray
age he employs only the oest skilled Ia
Dor. He has worked all these thirty con-
secutive years to bring the product of his
labor to the highest standard, and now
that he has accomplished it, he cannot, it
will be seen, afford to mar the reputation
of his work by permitting any i'll product
to come from the establishment. All car.
rage and wagon.makers on the coast can
be supplied by Mr.. HILL with all kinds and
descriptions of frst-class carriage and
woodwork, which, by reason OF the ex-
tent of his works and the facilities and
advantages he enjoys, and that have been
briefly referred to above, he can supply at
lower rates than they cost him in the past,
and hence at prices that are beyond COM
petition. During 1882 Mr.. Hills business
increased 25 per cent. In conclusion, it is
a fact worthy of special note, that Hills
"Cottsge Gig" is one of the popular prod.
ucts of his works, and thai in the past
summer he made and sold over 500 of these
light and economical vehicles.