Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-12-15
TUE sHOF SHOPS.
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The Bethel Shoe Co. started II
business the first of the present yeal
with capital of $4,000, and tn,
year, now nearly ended, has been a
successful one for this company. The
company was organized with a. A,
Brooks, president J. G. Sargent,
treasurer; w IL. Dreamer, superin-
tendent and, with these men in the
management, the necessary capital
was raised in a very few hours. A
building of two stories and basement
j0xl25 feet was erected upon the fiat
aud sidehill west Of, and opposite, the
railway station. with two entrances
from the railway side. A 10 II. P.
Putnam engine was put in, and the
boilers that furnish steam for the en-
CINE furnish heat for the building.
The superintendent, a practical, level
headed man of experience, planned for
proiit-making business and, to this
end. the building was so constructed
that, from the time the stock used
reaches the railway station, opposite
the shops, until it goes out in mann
featured state, there is no labor wasted
in carrying from one part of the build.
ing to another. In these days of sharp
competition and improved machinery, a
manufacturing company cannot afford
to be handicapped by old machinery so
the latest improvements were bought.
Perfection is to the most capable, even
though always long way off; but this
company comes very near attaining the
maximum of production with the mini
mum of cost, and has made its enter,
prise successful from the start. 1t
manufactures women's and misses
cheap sewed shoes and standard screw
shoes. 1t has no, y capacity of about
1000 pairs per day, but is finishing
but little more than 700 pairs. III
employs 100 persons and would make
more shoes had it more educated help.
1t could use 10 persons and manufac-
ture 1000 pairs of shoes daily. Mr..
Creamer informs us that the shoe bust
ness has not been more prosperous in
the past IL years than now; this COM
pany is now doing business that
amounts to from $4,000 to Sl2, 900
per month. 1t has been offered
chance to manufacture shoes TOR the
English market and could make good
profit doing this. 1t is in the power
of the Central Vermont to make or
mar the future of Vermont towns lying
along its line it has done all that has
been asked Of it here and it seems in
clined to build up the State as whole.
The towns should do their part. The
Shoe Co. has secured an option of the
fine water privilege near its shops, and
may commence using water to drive
its machines in the spring.
THE TANNERl.
The old firm of Alley Bros. q Place
has given place to the new firm of G..
& +. G.. Place, which has made large
additions to the original plant during
the year and now has one of the largest
tanneries in the country, the largest in
Vermont, and the largest in New Eng
land outside the great tanning center.
Among the Improvements added is an
that teaches the bark so that
hardly a drop Of the liquid is lost and
by which great saving is made. A
new hide house with capacity of from
10000 to $4,000 hides, and a new en-
CINE house have been built. New
''lav-aways" have been built and the
tanning is done in cold instead of in
hot liquor, as formerly. There are
now 40 men employed, and 800 hides
are worked in each week. Supt. NJ.
G.. Stafford is one of the busiest of the
men employed here. The engine is
fed with bark taken from the watts by a |
carrier that runs between rolls which
press out the moisture, and the bark
makes hot fire The hides used in
one year cost 500, 900, and the bark.
S25, 900. The pay roll amounts 10
$3.50 per week. Three-fourths of all
the hides bought are bought in this
State and the bark comes from YER
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