The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-05-28
TOBACCO NOTES.

A movement to raise prices bv
most all cigar manufacturers in our
city and other points may be looked
for.
| A New York dealer, who formerly
did business in Cincinnati, had, last
week, fifty cases of Connecticut
wrappers returned to him bv q
cleveland buyer because of ugly
burning qualities.
The factories at Ybor City are all
very bus-. Some of them are work
ling NOR cigsrmakers now than at
any time this season.. They are hav-
ling some trouble to secure all the
workmen they need, as some of the
men are leaving for Key West and
Cuba to spend the holidays. The
demand for cigars is constantly in
creasing, and the manufacturers are
working hard to keep up with the
demand. Several of the houses are
preparing holiday packages ofspecial
goods put up in attractive boxes.
The lovers of the weed will find
what they want in these goods for
gifts to friends, or to replenish their
own stock.
AS for white veins being the result
of being housed in sheds not calcu-
lated to cure tobacco, much has been
said; but an experience of thirty
years growing and curing has proved
for me that the mischief is in the field
and not in the shed. OF course there
are some seasons that are extremely
dry after tobacco is housed, when if
the shed is not we'll ventilated the
upper tiers will be papery and stiff,
without the requisite elasticity and
life, and will show veins badly. This
fault is easily remedied by the
grower, and if he neglects to rectify
it he has no one to blame but himself,
the same as he would if he failed to
keep cut worms and green worms
from it in the field.
Prescott & Fitzgerald some months
ago conceived the idea of maxim g
Port TAMPA q ci gar manufacturing
point, and TO that end have annouced
their Willingness to give substantial
aid to any factory locating here.
Their liberal inducements have been
rewarded by the location here of four
factories, with a prospect of more.
Work has been begun ON the factor
les of Garcia & Co., and Fernandez
l. Saxby, and contracts let for fac
tories for A. Suarez & Bro, and
Horace r. Kelly l. Go. The first
three mentioned will be frame, and
the latter brick. The buildings are
to be ready for the occupants by July
lst. In consequence of these coming
industries, our little city is having
somewhat boom.
Barreto & Luis, cigar manufac-
turers, Tampa, Florida, have moved
their factory. to Ocala in the same
state, the firm having received an in
vitation from the be ard of trade of
the latter place to locate there, the
citizen ms OF Ocala being wide-awake
and wishing to increase the manufac.
turing interests of their city. Bar
reto Il Luis will have the backing of
the solid men of the place, and a fine
building has been arranged for
their use. The name of the firm will
be in the future Barreto, Luis & Co.
The new addition TO the factory of
the Owl Cigar Co., Quincy, Fla,
has been opened for manufacturing
purposes. 1t is, without doubt, the
largest building in Gadsden county.
The building is two-story structure
and consists of one main hall, two
additions or wings, and large cellar
underneath the north wing. The
main hall of the first floor is 100 feet
long by 40 feet wide, while the north
and south wings are each SO feet
long by % feet wide, and the cellar
is 90 feet long by % feet wide, and
the cellar is 80 feet long by % feet
wide with ceiling IL feet in height.
An elevator affords easy communica-
ton from the cellar to the second
story. An abundance of light is as
sured by lO2 large windows. On the
first floor are located the stripping,
filler, drying, cigar machine, packing
and stem departments. There are
about 80 shippers and Is rollers on
this floor, besides the girls who feed
the bunch machines. The packing
department has not been transferred
as yet from the old building. The
room destined for the use of this
branch is well adopted to its require
ments, as it receives an abundance
of light from Is large windows. The
upper floor consists of three rooms,