The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-07-09
THE NEW CHAIR FACTORY.
The Ohio Chair Company Given De-
lightfal House. Warming at Their
New Building.

The Ohio Chair Company is direct out
growth Of the Boulware Chair Factory,
which was destroyed by fire December
20, 1890. Unfortunate as that concern
was through its brief and complicated
history, enough was accomplished to
demonstrate that Hillsboro Is advantage.
ously situated for carrying on the man.
ufacture of chairs on account OF its sup.
plies Of material and convenient location.
The citizens Of Hillsboro generously
guaranteed a bonus of $1,000 and in
March company was formed and in.
corporated. John Strain was elected
President, W. B. Edgar Vice President,
j H. Bowers Secretary, l.. s. Smith
Treasurer and d. J. Flynn Superin.
tendent.. g. w. Bowers is also one OF
the directors and VIM. Hoyt . stock.
holder. Ground was Immediately pur-
chased at the corner OF Beech street and
theB & o. g.. w. r. R. and the work Of
construction has been pushed forward
with dispatch until the main building is
now completed and ready for occupancy.
The work was all let to local contractors,
Mcclellan and Coins doing the masonry,
Whistler & Co. the carpenter work and
Rockhold Bros. the iron work. The
building is two stories in height and is
150x6O feet. 1t is as nearly fire proof as
it is possible to be owing to the nature
of the work. The sides are covered with
corrugated iron and on each floor is a
stand pipe connected with the boiler
having sufficient pressure to throw a
| strong stream on q moments notice.
The first floor is already filed with
machinery, which is being placed in
position. Besides the machinery saved
from the burning of the old factory q
large number of new and improved
machines have been added to the plant.
The arrangement of the machinery il
the result of much experience and study
the object aimed at being to handle the
material in the quickest, cheapest and
| IuOSL couVculouI Hlduuer.
The wareroom Is being erected clos,
!, by the track for convenience in shipping
and will be connected with the mair
building by tramway running ovel
the reservoir. The manifest advantage
Of the arrangement is that it affor1
further immunity In case Of Are. AL
paints, vafnishes and ihAatnmable sub
stances will be kept III d separate build
ing,, thus still further reducing th,
dancer.
The power for the new works will b,
.supplfed by the engine of the Electro
Light aid Gas Company in accordance
with contract entered into with them
Work will begin within two weeks, ,wher
it is expected to give employment t.
forty men. The illustrated catalogue o
the company shows sixty new styles o
chairs designed by Mr.. Flynn. Onl,
number one and medium class work viii
be turned out. The material used viii
be oak and hard maple, upholstered il
leather, plush and fine cane. The wood
adapted to the use OF the factory grow il
inexhaustible supply in this and neigh
boringcounties. The company has nov
over 100000 feet of lumber upon which
to begin work. The output of the fac
tory will be fifty dozen chairs a day whel
running to its full capacity. Two mel
will be put on the road at an early day
and it is expected to hold the trad
which was beginning to come to the oil,
factory when it went under.
The interest to the public in the sue
cess of this new enterprise lies in tn
fact that it will not he long till hundred
of persons will find in it employment AM
the means of earning livelihood.