The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-06

here in q three-story frame factory
40x70 feet, ON tue north side of th
. n. G. railroad. The new factory wa:
as compared with the old one, a man
moth affair. but it did not long sui
fee. 1t became necessary to cree
other buildings and still others, an,
still the demand for more room wa
as incessant as the cry of the hors
leech's daughter.
THE REPUTATION OF THE GOODS
he made more than kept pace will
the increase in manufacturing re
sources and Mr.. Duke found his time
and energies so thoroughly employed
and his responsibilities so augmented
that in the spring of 1878 he admitted
two of his sons, b. n. & j. b. Duke,
to a partnership in the business, under
the firm style of w. Duke & Sons.
IN the 9th of March, same year,
Mr.. Geo. w. Watts becamea co-part-
liner and at the same time Mr.. ID. l..
!, Duke, oldest son of the founder OF
the house, who was engaged in manu-
featuring here, consolidated his bust
ness with that of his father and broth
ers, and the firm style was again
changed to w. Duke, Sons d Co. 1t
so happened that simultaneously with
these changes in firm style (of which
customers of the house were prompt.
Nv notifedD it became necessary to
advance the prices of smoking tobac-
CO, and more than one customer, no.
ticing the coincidence, wrote protests
against any more changes in firm
style If the price had to advance with
each change. Trifling as the circum-
stance was it brought about this reso.
luton: whether partners came in or
retired-whether they lived or died
so long as the factory continued in
business it should, in perpetuity, be
under the style of w. Duke, Sons
d Co. On the first of January, 1880,
Mr.. r. III. Wright became a member
of the frm, and Mr.. w. Duke retired.
Such, as briefly rs can be told. are
the changes in the firm since the bust
ness was established.
OTHER CHANGES MAY DE CHRoSI-
CLED,
however. A metamorphosis has been
wrought in the business itself and in
the premises where it is carried on
The frame buildings formerly used
for manufacturing, storage, Office and
the other multitudinous purposes
have bcenrelegatel to the background
and now, fronting the n. G. railway,
and one of the most conspicuous OBJ
jects to be seen from the car window is
THE MAMMOTH NEW FACTORY,
of brick. presenting = frontage of 1S4
feet. The architectural design is very
pleasing, and the symmetrical and no.
Bile proportions of the building not
only rest but please the eye. A broad
lawn reaches from the factory to the
railway, and il will, we hope, be sod
ded, and ornamented in such a tasty
manner as to do credit to the struct-
ure it leads up to. With one of the
firm kindly acting as ''guide, philoso-
pher and friend" the RECORDER re-
porter recently made tour of this
new factory, visited every depart
ment, and was initiated into the mys.
teries OF manufacture Of "Duke OF
Durham smoking tobacco and OF
Duke" cigarettes. Mere words will
scarcely outline, let alone describe
the points of interest encountered.-I
From roof to ground there is album
dant scope presented for the artists
pencil, and even it could do but scau-
ty Justice. In q hasty account We
will pursue different method from
that followed by the founder OF the
house;
HE BEGAN AT THE BOTTOM AND
WORKED UP;
we will begin at the top and work
down. Elevators operated by steam
are in constant use. Stepping upon
one, we are in q moments time at
the fourth floor; stairway leads to
the scuttle. and passing through it
we step upon the roof. What a grand
view is spread out before us! More
particularly how forcibly one is i'm
pressed with the future of Durham.
Beyond those points which had conf
IDENTIFY been expected few years ago
to prove the towns limits are now to
be seen elegant homes and cosy cot
tages, and at o glance the eye secs
scores of new buildings in pros
cess Of erection. To our car come
the faint whispers of near and distant
labor spread out before us are fac
tories and warehouses and stores.
churches and schools and shops, and
almost at our feet as it were is the
railway that bears from this great
factory a delightful product that
FINDS THE WORLD ITS MARKET. i
Upon the roof, and extending near
ly the entire length of the building is
tank of water;it is a mammoth affair,
100 feet long, q feet deep and 8 feet
wide close by the factory is awell of
living water and from this we'll the
tank is filled, and it in turn supplies
drinking water. feeds the boilers and
gives an abundant supply in case of
FIRE. Three stand pipes extend from
this tank to the basement, and upon
each floor are couplings with hose at
tached, ready for any sudden emer-
gency and prepared to promptly ex-
tinguish any fire that might occur.
We find the fourth floor subdivided
into two general departments, about
one-half of the space being devoted
to "graunlating tobacco, and the
other half TO the printing Office and
paper box mandatory. Immense
quantities of printed matter are an-
'nually turned out, and the manufac-
ture of the boxes required would con-
stitute a large business in itself. Up
on this floor, too, we note great guam