The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-15
An IMMENSE TIN HOUSE.
ANEW ENTERPRISE WHICH TELLS OF
RICHMOND's PROGRESS.
An Institution on Church Hill which En-
pioyes $50 People. Has q Big Pay Roll
and 10 Bringing Trade to Our City.

S'Hr VI uS tCo rarely get over on
| Church HILL There may be some who
look upon our friends who live east Of
Twenty-irst street as being out OF the
/ corporate limits. but go TO Church Hill
as did yesterday ard you will see how
| much you are mistaken Go1l streets
Pretty homes. electric car lines, stores
ard manufacturing establishments there
meet your gaze, turn which way you
VIII. The manufacturing centre, how
ever, In that section Of the city is at
| Twenty-fourth and Verable streets. for
there stands the enormous establishment
Of the Hasker & Marcuse Manufacturing
Comp any.
AS l neared tie place yesterday. bound
on business mission. truly did I marvel
TO see before me a great brick building
four storiss high, with a cJpola and water
tank on top. Curiosity got the better Of
me and I applied for admission and was
shown around by the manager. Mr..
Charles II. Hasker 1t does not take one
long to find out what they make there.
There is tin everywhere about the place,
In every conceivable shape AMI condition.
Tin boxes. tin buckets, tin tags. tin signs,
tin chow cards. and in fact everything
that can be well made from tin.
About 80 people find steady employment
In this tin beehive. which in dimensions
Is ls2xl40 feet, four stories high. with a
floor capacity OF 5000 square feet. They
are crowded, however, even with all that
space, and the contract will be given in
few days for an immense addition.
which will transform the presen, L"
shaped factory 10 a square building. and
will give $500 square feet OF floor space.
Had you any idea that there was such
an establishment on Church Hill? 1 in
tended 10 speak OF my trip through the
factory. but my mind is so taken UP with
the great size OF the institution that I
keep drifting back to IT,
First, we visited the tin-tag department,
on the first floor. Here are long rows OF
rapidly moving machines. which are fed
by men and boys. and they pound and
chop and punch at sheets OF tin Of every
size and color. The effect OF all this work
is curious indeed. Tags OF every sort roll
from the machines. There are the little
red and blue fellows. not much bigger
than pin head, and they are sold by the
hnrrel. Then. there are round tags
square tags. oblong tags. embossed tags,
little and big tags. and tags OF every
hue and every color.
Leaving that department with all the
hustle and activity necessary 10 the tag
makers shop we went up 70 The box de-
partment and there We found even more
noise. more people. more machines and
more work icing dcre than in the room
below Wei, l thought I had seen tin
boxes before, but must have been mis-
taken, / saw them yesterday, however.
Boxes and buckets and cannlsters, great
piles OF them, cases and big dry goods
boxes full OF them. There they were In
every state Of completion from fiat sheets
OF tin 20 boxes or buckets complete In
every detail. Some OF plain tin, some
embossed and others autographed most
- al ffzaH ~ tobacco
manufacturers for packing their goods
in. and no wonder that they add ~ the
sale Of the tobacco, for any man IS glad
10 have after he uses his tobacco a splen-
did tea-caddy, a tin bucket or a useful
tin box with top and hinges complete.
There Is no more complete establishment
OF its character IN the country than this
in every department. The machines are
the most improved that money can pur-
chase, either in this country or in Europe,
and some OF them cannot be duplicated
at all. as they rave been made especially
for this place and patented. The box de-
partment is under the Immediate super
vision Of a perfect master OF his trade.
He has large machine-rOOm adIOin-
ing his department. where number OF
men are constantly at work. and all OF
the tools used in the factory are made
right there.
Then up we 90 another fight OF stairs
and into another department. This IS
where they make paper tags. Here are
printing presses, bronZing machines, gum
ming machines. girls and everything nc
cessary for the rapid manufacture Ct
these little slips OF g.mmed paper. Then
UP on the fourth floor is the litnograph-
ing department. The most improved
presses are there, and the big sheets OF
plain tin are soon converted into beautiful
specimens OF the photographers art.
These sheets are printed in such man.
ner that when they are made into boxes
the wording and pictures 1t exactly on
the various sides.
Besides all that I have told you about
there are many other departments, but
cannot attempt 10 describe them all.
One department, however, should not be
overlooked-that is the art department.
There are the photographers drawing on
the stones. the steel and wood engravers
and the pen and ink artists. a busy
room filled with high-priced men. When
the time comes TO close on Saturday Their
there is life and activity. The payroll
is now over 1900 per week. and the out
put OF business is $50 600 per month.
When one stops TO consider that year
ago to-day there was no such establish
ment in existence here what we now see
is truly wonderful. IL goes 10 show that
there Is much more life and prosperity in
our city than even We ourselves realize.
Every section OF the country. however,
has begun 10 look towards Richmond as
a growing manufacturing centre. Even
here in this tag and box business, not YET
a year old. there is an enormous trade
coming from the North, the West and
the South. 10 say nothing OF the tobacco
trade right here in Richmond.
one order in particular deserves men
ton. II was for 10000 tin boxes for a
firm in the West Ii is noticeable that
almost every tobacco firm In Richmond
give their patronage 10 this home indus
try.
There IS no question OF prosperity here.
II is self-evident on every side, and IS
even proven by the happy smiles OF the
owners and me gers q the enterprise.
The field which they have before theu
Is a large one. and enc which VIII bring
in even more abundant fruit than what
has been already reapcd. Those who own
the plant ire among the wealthiest and
Nest successful OF our business Haen. and
they are proud OF this enterprise. and
every citizen OF Richmond and OF Virginia
should rejoice in this evidence Of the
prosperity OF cur Southland. The Of
dC ers and directors OF the Hasker 8. Mar
cusc Manufacturing Company are IS fol-
lows:
@ arles E. Whitlock, president; Moses
,iilihiser. vice-president; John q. Far
land. secretary and treasurer \. J. Mar
cuse. general buyer and salesman; c. II.
Hasker. general manager; VI. Z. Marcuse,
assistant manager. Directors-C. r. Whit
lock, II. Aiillhiser. J. " Boyd. E Raab.
Samuel Freddy (of CardweN Machine
works). Charles II. Hasker. B. F. Smith.
Jonas Marcuse. Alex J. Marcuse. J. J.
lTarctfsa Milton E. Marcuse.