Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-01-08

where they are stained, filed, and &
priming coat added. The next anl
last process through which the frames
pass is in Room No. where they are
varnished and polished under the di.
rection of E. E. Liddell, most
| thorough and competent workman
| The work upon the frames having
| been completed they are taken to the
| department where the springs and
edge wire are put in place and they
are then ready for the upholsteaer.
The spring department is in charge
of Fred Drown.
In the upholstering department we
were first shown the cutting room
which Is under the supervision of Miss
Farley. Here the covers are cut,
sewed together, marked and the but
tons made. In this room were two
large power sewing machines and
button machine. The tow and fillin g
material is bought by the carload and
kept in the storehouse near the sta
tion, from there it is taken to the
shops as; needed. This filling is run
through power picker; the Novelty
Tufting machine then does the filling,
burlaping and puts the buttons on.
In this room is to be seen a very
novel machine, for filing and putting
on buttons on Morris chair cushions.
This was gotten up by the company
and is possessed by no other manu-
facturer. The company has also re-
Gently gotten up machine which is
an improvement on the old method
of placing the buttons on couches.
By this the buttons are all placed alb
solutely perfect. This machine was
patented a few weeks ago. All the
tufted couches have stitched edge
which is made by new and improv-
ed process for which patent has been
applied. This room is managed by
Van Hitchcock. The couch or other
article then goes to the finishing
room which is in charge of ABB. Vance.
Here the last fine touches are added
and it is ready for sale. It is then
taken to the packing room and made
ready to ship. The increased capac-
ity of the shops to one hundred pieces
per day is more than can be stored
here and they are taken each day to
the storehouse near the point from
which they are to be shipped. AS
this is a necessity in all kinds of
weather a room has been arranged
into which the team can be driven
and the load we'll covered in case of
wet weather.
From here we were taken to the
last floor of the new building and
shown the method by which the COM
pany gets out it's fine illustrated cat
alogue using the blue print process,
the printing being done by Mrs. Bige-
low.
In the machine shop we found the
men busy making the new button
holders, many of them to be furnished
other manufacturers.
The plant is run by water power and
has been lighted until recently by
electricity furnished by this power,
some of the village lights a necessity.
The buildings are all heated by the
Sturtevant process of blowing hot air
through underground pipes to every
the steam being furnish
ed by an eighty horse power boiler in
charge of E. P. Brownell. The shaw
ings from the mill are deposited in
the engine room by the power of two
large fans.
The Office is in charge of Mr.. @. @.
the treasurer of the associa-
ton, and Miss Annie Noble who is the
bookkeeper.
During the past year the Company
has expended over ten thousand dol
lars in putting up the new addition to
the shops and in other improvements.
They have bright, Intelligent class
of help who receive good wages, their
pay roll amounted to between eight
cen and nineteen thousand dollars
during the past year.
Their trade extends throughout
New England and New York and this |
territory will be covered in thorough |
manner during the coming year. The
Company will be represented on the
road by G. V. Frazier, w. E. Bodine,
5. D. Gray and Edward Underhill, the
first two being members of the asso-
citation.
The Company claims to be the best
equipped for the class of work which
t does of any like concern in the
,ou try and an inspection of it's shops
would lead one to believe that this is