The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-05-19


Monthly What Winston Salem
Makes Besides Tobacco and How
/ Much.
| Winston-Salem is a manufacturing
city. Besides the thirty six tobacco
factories employing in round numbers
5000 people there are "a other
purely manufacturing enterprises
employing more than 916 people
and with monthly pay roll of $685.
325.
This includes the industries that
are in actual operation today and
not those that are building or to be
built.
The following is the list that speaks
for ITSELF
COTTON AND WOOLEN GOODS.
Arista Gotten Mills built by F.
and H. Fries in 1880, contains 4 )
500 spindles and $50 looms, driven
by a 200 horse power engine and
lighted with electricity Product ex
ceeds 5000 yards of standard sheet
ing day, which together with the
yarns and warps, makes the con-
sumption over 1890 pounds per day;
1856 employees.
Salem Woolen Mills, established
1916. Manufacturers of Salem jeans,
yarns and rolls; consumes zoo, 900
pounds of wool annually; IA employ
ees. Total pay roll of Arista and
wooden mills, 3 800 per month.
Wachovia FIGURING Mills, esta blish-
Ell 1877, F. and H. Fries, proprietors
and manufacturers of all grades of
-four; IA men employed, pay roll
$500 per month, capacity one car
load per day.
Nissen Wagon Works, George E..
Nissen & Co., proprietors, estab-
lished 1884; builds 1,200 wagons per
year; 100 employees with pay roll of
$5, 900 per month.
C. F. Nissen & Co., wagon manu-
facturers, established 1882; capacity
800 wagons pc, year; 40 employees;
pay roll, ST. 200 per month.
Spach Bros, established 1884, ca
pacity 800 wagons per year; 20 en-
ployees; pay roll $4O0 per month.
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
Fogle Bros, proprietors Sash, Door
and Blind Factory, established 1869;
IS employees with pay roll of So, 900
per month.
Miller Bros, established 1871,
manufacturers of builders material;
100 employees; pay roll $4,000 per
month.
Spach Bros, manufacturers Of
builders material; established 1890;
20 employees; pay roll 500 per
month.
MACHINE SHOPS AND FoUNDRIEs.
Salem Iron Works, G. A. Hege &
Co., proprietors, established 1878,
manufacturers of circular saw mills,
dressing machines, shafting, pulleys.
tobacco machinery, etc. 80 employ
ees; pay roll 81 900 per month.
Kester Brothers, proprietors Wins
ton Iron Works, established 1888,
manufacturers of saw mills, dressing
machines. water wheels. shafting,
pulleys and hangers, tobacco box
presses and tobacco shapes; % en-
ployees; pay roll $500 per month.
Vance & Shaffner, proprietors ma
chine shop and foundry, established
1888: manufacture saw mills, wood
working planers and general machine
work; "a employees; pay roll 5000
per month.
CARRIAGE WORKS.
J. A. White e Son, established
1871, manufacturers buggies, car
riages, drays, road carts and all
kinds of vehicles generally; en-
ployees with a pay roll of 5000 per
month.
F. G. Meinung, established 1887,
manufactures buggies, carriages,
drays, business wagons, etc.; 6 en-
ployees; pay roll $120 per month.
WINSTON GRANITE WORKS.
C. A. McGalliard, proprietor, es
tabllshed 1880; 5 employees; pay
roll $500 per month.
OTHER INDUSTRIES.
Charles H. Tise, manufacturer of
Tise's patent well fixtures; 20 em
ployees; pay roll $500 per month.
D. III. King, proprietor of the
Winston ice plant; capacity twelve
tons per day; also proprietor of
Winston bottling works; 20 employ
ees; pay roll $500 per month.
Twin City Bottling Works, Peter
Valor proprietor; employees; pay
roll $500 per month.
Five newspaper and job printing
concerns employing thirty four peo.
pie with total pay roll of 1,275
per month.
Electric Light and Street Railway
Company; 63 employees; pay roll
ST. 300 per month.