Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-11-03
AN IMMENSE PLACE.
ONE OF THE LARGEST EsTA5-
LlsHMENTs IN DELAWARE.
a visit TO the o. n. Treat UompAny's
MRAufaOtOry at oeOrEstOwD, DeiA.
waTs-A Hive Of IuauBtFy-
Very Large BaildiDgs.

ment Was Waited frat; here the gum
| logs are boile1 for several hours in lArst
7sts TO softan and prepare them TO b,
worked. When thsy are taken cut tn
outslda is chopptd on hy couple o.
nen, after which the stsamiDg log Il
taken Into another room, where 1t Il
| placed in q machine which, as 1t re
wolves, pares II into ghAvingg about one
sixteeBth Of an inch In thickness, Bn6
oi the proper width for whAteveE uSe II
q Intended
Some OF these strips are taken 10 tbt
berry box machine, whers they ere cu
The proper size and creased by ono
stroke Of q powerful die, ready TO b.
put together. 0her strips are taken to
the butter boz machine, where q die o
the proper siss and shape stamps then
out roAdy for the hniahers, after wDict
they are carried up stairs ann PLACED
Slngly IN rscks, in . room Whera thu
| temperature In something over 1COo, for
the purpose OF being partially dried
After remaining In tn q room for seveTa
hOnrs they are taken to tho dnishinR
room, whtri slmost ell the work is done
by women and girls, This Is lerge,
wtll-lighhd d room on the second floor,
which Is hGatnd by steam In the wintsI
and kept cool daring the summer
and Ia certainly a busy plAce. Thevt
are benches on each side extending the
whole length, supplemented by another
BEECH ACROSS the end, along which girls
are sitting as close ss eposGihle 10 ALLOW
them room TO work. .-....
Ths beuohts on one Eidh Of the room
have singular looking On sobiDeS on them,
aud In front Of each there iA ARirl. who
o'cks up the plecis int(n1ed for butter
boxes, and By daxleSouS twist Of thF
anRefs puts them in shspe. after which
\ piece OF tin about two and a half
inches long, that bias previously beer
Dsnt to the proper shape, is laid acrost
the end, which is placed under one Of
these machines, binding the end and
eidsB h'mly together These pieces OF
tin are maze OF scraps from the can.
merry, aud millions Of them are used
dusirg a year. They ore bent Into the
proper shape by boys Rnd girls, who
hAndle them SO quickly that Il iB Almoit
impossible to follow T1Is motionB Of
taeir BERsrs. At the rear tnd OF the
room, aud on . part OF one side, there
was q number of girls putting beTT!
boxes together, and II is osItsinly won
detful now quick this work 10 done.
After the bnlter and berry boxes are
put together they are taken to another
large liable 10 the, centre Of the room,
ahere thsy are inspected, and all
having the silshtest dessot ere thrown
out.
They are neat counted and packed
In crates, after Whioh they are ready
tOr the mNrkst Last WeeR the output
was 800 O)O butter toxes in addition t.
the barFy boxes. Mr. BanEhArt, the
superintendent, explained that while
! -. 49, fnH - "a
geR9On u9 the year, they oonrihued 10
Mauufacture them and store them away
until spftRg, for the purpose OF keeping
,hsir hsndB employed.
On this aOor, but In AnotteT room, tbs
wooden pic plAtss and plaques uTt
m Ade, she q fst belDS 4 atBdi aud Nsio
10 be teaer than tin or earthenWare foi
baking purposes.
On ths lover Anor thers is = sxwmll
sud crate room, wfsre psaoh and
berry crates are It anufRotire1. This II
now Idle, bat about the hrst of mex
month number Of hands will be put
. % work 10 this dspartmsDts mAkias
crates for next season,
There Ia another large factory ahoT
t distance from the p,AiR BRifdfRK, Wher'
, uesoh baskets and barrels ere mAnufao
/. tuTed. During the fruit season Ih.
company also runs a large csnnery snt
tbres evapoIatorE, BffJrding the farmer
Tor miles AiGnra szia,S ass sCTT ihel
= fruit and vegetables, GRd .iHRnisainl
!. employment for large number o
s sAnds during th . gCASop.. ,Iu connection
y slth his, thsgs Is department Ther
2 al the cans usad Ia the bu4ldlng ar
. man ulaotrIaA .Ths oompAp also manu-
;. faoture ap ,thsl= TN 5S=sA!!-es5i = =sA!!=-ses7s55i 81
8 bRvs o shop, where tHo hrst-olAss ma
D abinlsts ara given steady employ men'
8 f.r this especial purpose. A'l OF tt
machinery psed about the works wa
invented by Mr.. TrAat himsalf, and oou
{ a quentlS each piece Is adapted TO th
, sork for which 1t is intendej. TIL
prinoiptl business OF tho company lie th
map uis0tuFs OF iFu!E nacke9as. lhntiH
iishea or rxsS, wood pis plates, peAel
q barkslp, plsquesi gtspa cfs.sa ana mas
e ks's, &N.
b The greater number Of the butte
Q ilAdgs aud Rfapa baskets are sent &
/ New York, where the demand for th
! farmer especially seen to be on the in
o., Asa. A Ehe present time the oom
= DAny is using about two Ear!oa1H o
: wood daily. A part Of this ia b:ongh
- the factory In cars, there bein9
siding inmt mtalsiely alOpgaidn the. build
, Ing, VII L. great eAl OF 1t Is hAulo,
by the c>mpaNy With their forty hesi
Of horses ard mules. B,fore this fac
tory wa3 established the land owners Il
, Sussex County burned the greater psi
/ OF theiF gum wood on the ground. ~ l
VAs dc med useless, sxospt for hubl
> hut is tcuRhteEs and tho c5nsequen
liffioulty OF working It without p1ws
1 vas Rn atfsotual bar to many Of the't
helng made. Another difficulty wa
tho coat OF getting the huts to Philu
de phiR after they were out, as th
. freight generally amounted TO nearly 0
Z quite as much As the unturned hub
: would brlpR.
7 Now, however, this wool is vAluable
=, as Mr. Treat buys all shat he can GO, 4
. addition to sAp pins aud ether kinds Q
Vcod. Thus this Industry conduoss II
a q direct manner 10 make land In 6u $50,
county more valuable, as 1t furnishes
~ srkss for material which before II Wa
established WAS practically uEelese.
D also furnishes employment at the pres
Q ent time for 1866 hands, soma OF whom
u sr0 widows with small children, VIII
n have no othsF means OF earning n liv
s ing. It brings tens OF thougAldH Of do
+ lars annually into George own, whic
In turn Is paid ont for lumber, f.utl
vegetables aad labor. The establish
nent Of tha Treat Company is the laraes
+ and mott extensive industry In Suisse
b county, and has done much to AdVAuo
5 the interests OF that section. The en-
} ployes al Esem happy and contentet
and the fAc5 thst many OF them hAv
hssn in tae emplCy OF the o1mpsny 10
, sEra is conclusive sFidsnos thst the
], are sS,isflsd with the manner In wh!o
IL conducts itH business.