Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-12-26
FOR THOSE WHO RIDE
TWENTY THOUSAND CARRIAGE FAC
TORIES ARE At THEIR SERVICE.
New M.thsas es ,as.sf.stsrs Cen,rssted
with the s0id-Fashiea's Decree - 10 the
style Fer the Ossssiss-An Innsnss In
dustry Expiainsd.
fepecial Correspondence.l I

Especial Correspondence.l
BOSTON, Dec. 2i.-There are some 90.
900 carriage making establishments, big
and little, In the country. employing
thousands Of workmen. Millions OF dol.
lars In manufactured work are produced
every year. This Is the reason carriages
are 20 plenty for those who can AFFORD to
own them.
The different kindsof carriages are be-
wildering In number. and every season
sees some new traps upon the market ~
well as improved designs In the standard
lines. Fashion has now designated the
proper kind OF vehicle for each special
use. The family carriage shall be .
brougham. The madam shall ride In
this when shopping or in pleasant
weather shall use her victoria, while the
loop phaeton Is for her use when out for
. drive and desiring to handle the reins.
For gentleman . narrow, open buggy
Or stanhope topbuggy is the proper thing,
and sx, eight or ten passenger break
when he wants to take party Of friends
out. The young people have their four
passenger fancy traps for drive In com.
pany, but for one or two the fancy two
wheelers and odd shaped vehicles must
be used.
Carriages Long Ago.
In early times the carriage factories
were little wayside smithies and one
room carpenter shops. where the iron
work was all hammered out by the smith,
and the body, wheels, thills and head
were sawed, planed and fitted by the car
penter. Then the painter and upholster-
er took It In hand, each at his respective
place OF business, completing the vehicle
In perhaps months Of labor. After the
chaise was finished, II not an ordered
Job, II was hauled to market and sought
q not easily found purchaser II the price
was rs high as 500. That amount Of
money In the days Of our great-grsndfs'
theirs was almost fortune.
Workinen In those days considered 0
DAYS work TO be from sunrise to sunset
In summer, and In winter they were ex.
pected to work until o o'clock four even.
ings In the week. But they had work
every day In the year II they wished IL.
For this labor spprentices-for the car.
rage maker employed one helper. and
he was an spprentice-received board.
t2J and three months schooling the first
year, go and two months schooling the
second. and 90 increasing . per year for
four years.
Now. eight or ten hours Is the days
limit for workmen. and they receive all
the way from 81 to $3.50 per day or more.
but large part Of the more lsborious
work is done by machines. The wood.
work Of the gear and wheels Is hickory,
and 1t is sawed from the rough planks
and planed, shaped and slnootlled by
machinery. The frame Of the body Is OF
the same wood. and It Is mortised, ten.
oned, punctured with screwholes and
made ready to be united and held In
place by glue and screws. The panels
Of the body are sawed ont by band
saw from wide, half inch boards Of the
greenish colored. knotless white wood,
and the body maker fits and fastens
these In place and smooths the joints
with sandpaper.
Made By Machinery.
In q separate department OF the great
factory, where all parts arc now made
simultaneously. the designing drafts