The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-09-21

0En XA90ACHUn1fTS 0RORMAKRRB.
HsW they Compare with the MaeAsue Shoe.
makers ef the Present Day.
RANDOLPH, Mass, Sept. 15.-The attention
Of the stranger In this old town ia often attract
ed by small. one-story buildings 15x20 fect at
tached to many Of tho cottages Of the mechan-
les. Although too substantially built for wood
sheds and outbuildinss. they are now used az
such. They belong to an interesting era In tho
history OF the manufacture Of boota and shoes
In eastern Massachusetts,. before the advent Of
machinery revolutionlzed tho business. and
before the bringing OF It into huge steam fso-
tories lett tho little shops Of former days TO do
inRlorious duty a. henhouses or rubbish bins.
Stop back over the pathway Of time thirty
years and pay visit to one of these shops.
Say that II IL cold frosty night In the fall for
the men worked In the evening whom the
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crowded into itss room. bslsSiS We %orrina 81
sho iight Of lamps suspendsd from the ceiling.
LAYER Of lssth;s ehips, 4 foot deem: From tho
ns % re Chimney Il he shd. S oard n placed
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c3nyorsation was easily carried ON. and habits
OF discussion natpray formed 80 that prscti
sma scale fhas i was that IL !hsss ' shops Ss q
he time IKE. SH hst spirit 81 In
chusetts are noted to-day.
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Improvement. and they were one OF the most
ttntelligent bodies OF mechanics in the country.
Wsoa h ~ sni \: a wsSy
WHO Worked ia Briisevats a D and '" was M' not
Mr. Harris arose from hia bench In moment
o. temper. and Selling hammer. nailed tho
the wall. and. leaving the shop remarked that
he was done with shoemaking forever. He
with the peg hammer and awl
featuring. boots and shoes Rtss TRs S0 ttls e one
story buildings have been replaced by huge
:: sss 1S at nns s rsas
out. lie bus one certain mart assigned to him,
and does nothing else. On the lower floor Of
leather Is rsceiysd IN rolls Of two or three hum s
bred pounds. This. after being soaked In water
no sns sE sosd az T asa
; ;Ss i pssSs SS! n toll NM heels
chInery. It Is a rare thing to find such a room
minus anssr o. sSanS: sonssiSss irisssiSf
accidents occur; The racer. huge nnchine
ssa stet u
Into strips.. 1t contains a knife four feet long
that would cut : mans arm Of as easy as
In the cutting room we tlnd long ROVE Of men
for vanps. This, is worry. pariicu lar work. and
ting room the leather Is broGght to the stitch
yysmps tosethsr and preparing than for the
The bottoming room. which we next visit, is
t tf largest IN the factory. Here the stock"
sIdss bsnshes are arranged At Which the issters
saS 'e 5,
has not yet been aocomp ishsd In satisfactory
'n sTR Mi the 1su,s ss o. 5 TG s
sefs On nt Ss . .s.. H5 hS 's ~h9
old f. shoss Ss
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troduoed into the business, and has probably
done more to break up the old system Of man
uiacture than any other. 1t does the work OF
twenty or, twenty.nye men. the work 10 done
than two men. The lasts are next drawn out.
and the work IL taken In hand by the edger.
The edging machine. like most Of the boot and
shoe machinery, does the work Of twenty men.
The work IL now transferred to the heoliDg
department. Tho, heeling OF shoes by ma
chinery 10 one Of the most interesting opera
tons 70 be seen in the factory. The heels come
machine, and are fed in one at a time. Tho
shoe 70 placed tn position. the nails driven. the
heel shaved, and tho shoe released. all in four
can heel coo pairs Of shoes per so day. op''A'0''
The shoes arc now made and ready to be
finished. In The finishing room the bottoms
are seoured and brushed aud tho hsels secured
and FURNISHED by steam power and the work
to 50 per cent. OF labor. When finished the
shoes arc taken to the freeing room. Here the
vAmps SECURE the handsome forhi and hnely-
which make the ssos g At
by hand. A. I'll upon the freeing that many
grades OF work depend for their sale. they re-
aulre closer attention to details than q ma
Soods pSckss Tor IL boTs
tanning case each. When boots are spoken OF
. case means twelve pairs; In regard TO shoes
twenty;four pairs is . case. The average fac
* sRoa q sas are ose
brated for the enthusiasm with which they vel
come that class OF public questions vaguely re-
ferred TO as isms. In their turn abolitionism.
fsssotslism 1 Toman 81 sSFag
Warmest advocates and stoutest defenders
among the Knights OF st. Crispin.
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