Telegram-herald., 1889-10-19

e plAued, moulded, 0OVe-s4iled, and
tenants and mOrtlces made. Tins IS
where the embryo cabinet, chenOnier or
bed dstead Is seen. In the next room t
mas taken more dennte shape, and the
piece. OF lumber ar6 cut into the out
line VI the past &c is 10 be Ia, chairs, OF
table, OF cabl.et. Then on 10 the cary
ing machine room, where those most
wonderful OF human inventions were
seen cutting with precision and speed
tne exquisite patterns O- carving "hch
ls seen on Grand Rapids furniture.
One Ol the delegates from Brazll SAID
that as a general thing he had no taste
for visiting manufacturing establish
meuIa, bat this factory surpassed any
tang ne had ever dreamed OF, and Was
O. Alul the most interesting sight tnat
Ae had vet seen IN tnIs country.
Inc party moved on rapidly 10 the
hand-carylug room, the sdnd-paper-
iug room, the finishing room,
the vanishing room, and then
saw the completed products of
the factory. When they were
through some OF the delegates asked:
"Cau 10 be possible that you have other
such fact.rles as this here?' When
told that there We're many others As
large and complete in their arrange
ments, they began % gain some con-
ceptiOn Of the Importance OF the city.
Many of our own citizens III the party
had no idea Of the magnitude OF tins
factory until Yesterday. None OF them
had ever seen the inside of the carving
machine room, and lt was revelatlO Il
% them.
short stop was made at the Union
school. where many hundreds of young,
intelligent faces grouped about the en-
trance 10 welcome the guests. Above
their heads waved scores of flags. \
large proportion of the flags We're those
of the south American, Mexican and
Contra American States, and.thls tea-
ture was particularly pleasing TO the
visitors. Wherever they have been but
few flags have been seen except the
stars and stripes. Here, however, were
their own flags waving by thou sands.
The school sang our national
airs under the direction OF
Prof. MOrehcad, and gave three
rOusing cheers for the Pan-Amercans;
then the procession moved on, cross
ing the river at Bridge-st. and pro-
ceedng 10 the Bissell Carpet Sweeper
this renowned institution, which turns
out 300 carpet sweepers daily, or 2SO,OOO
year-mOre than all the other tactO-
ries of the world combined. They were
taken through the departments where
the woodwork of the sweeperS IS made
and then To the room where the brushes
are made by hand. Then they were
taken where the new automatic ma
d 81 fanxr W
the brstles placed in the machine and
with wonder saw the machine take the
brlstles, IL the proper sized bundles,
place them IA the rolls and tack them
there with all the precision OF the
human hand, with a rapidIty exceeding
human work many times. There are
three or four of these machines, and
more will be put in soon, so that the
capacity of the factory Will be nearly
doubled. They passed on 70 the room
where the boxes are put together, to
the room where the plating IS done and
saw the immense electrO-plating bat
terry, then to the paint room, where Il
number of pretty young ladies were
busy doing the artistic painting on the
boxes, and turning Oft their work with
Incredible rapldIty. IL would be hard to
tell which some OF the younger visitors
admired the mOre-the artists or their
art. Messrs. Judd and Shanahan, with
a score of their employees, guided the
party and answered the many questions
Piled 20 them. In the show room We're
shown the handsome souvenir sweepers
which are % be shipped To each Of the
delegates aad members of the press
which accompany the expedition.
Although they had been shOwered with
souvenirs from the start, TINS was one
that they appreciated more than all,
and each one was anxious 10 see his
sweeper before ne left the room.
They left this factory and passed by
a temporary 8 lk. built especially for
tac occasion, through ButtcrwOrth g
Love- iron yard 20 the warerooms of
Nelson & Matter. Messrs. Nelson and
Utlev received them .er', Mr.. Matter
and Mr. MacBrde mas been With the
party an the morning. They passed
through the room. where thousands of
Orders were ready packed for near
iv every country u the world.
ine names OF the houses TO which
the orders are 20 Doe shipped were on
the outside OF the packages, and they
read with interest the places IN all cor
ncrs of the world where Grand Rapids
furniture is shipped. They passed 70
tae second floor where they paused for
n short spell % rest AMI to partake of
dainty refreshments which were served.
Here q funny incident occurred. .
seen by p few representatives
OF the prcss 4 ragged boothlack,
with face and hands rs black and dirty
a. the shoes he brushes. managed to
work h.s way iu among the visitors and
succeeded in dOwn.nga r0us.ng bumper
0f punch Tie then seized "a box Of
sweet vafers and tuCkuug IT under his
coat made his escape with such q gr p
of succcss and anuc patton ot the feast
he would enjoy when he retired 90 Che
.ccluson of some dry goods box, that
tie scrIbcs who saw him r0arcd W th
laughter
Iu 0ns Of the smaller rooms Of
tns floor was shown the possi-
biiaes of room furnished
wt1 G-aad Rapids furniture, and it IS
doubtful 4 There IS in any palace IN
the world having ar0om furnished With
such taste and elegance.
Carriages were resumed again At
CaDaLst.. and the party was driven 20
the saIosrooms of the Phoenix Furnl-
ture Company Here a new SURPRISE
awaited them the styles and designs Of
furniture were different from those
seen AZ the other factories. They he
gan to realize that each factory has IS
speCialtes Complete prlce lists had
been taken from all the fac
torres, but here some purchases we're
made by members for personal Use.
s0 vel had the tour been managed -,
that q little time was gained and a short
rest and exchange 0f social greetings