The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-22
MORE FACTORY GIRLS.
TWENTY MORE GO ON.
NUMBER IN FACTORY BEING ADD
ED TO DAILY.

Force VIII Increase as Rapidly as
POssibIe-S. GucI<enheimer's Son
viii Begin Vacnting Building on
Jefferson and Bay Streets This
Neutrality-suspicious. Cigar CONT
.pany VIII Make Use of Entire
BuiIding-As Soon as Grocery COM
many Gets Out More Machines viii
be Unpael<ed and Put in Position.
Steadily increasing its force the
Savannah factory of the American CT
gar Company will start to work this
morning with between fifty. and sixty
young women. Each day new ones will
he put to work until a full force will
be engaged in the making of cigars
The factory opened up with twenty
eight girls and on Saturday thirty
five were at work. In the neighbour
hood of twenty have been noti-
fed to report at the Guckenheimer
building this morning and the force
will be increased daily until all of the
applicants have been cared for. About
500 young women applied for work in
the factory, but many more than that
number win be used, if they can be
obtained, after the factory is in opera
ton.
The girls are doing well for be-
ginners and those who worked last
week will probably be proficient enough
to turn out marketable cigars by the
middle of January. The representatives
of the company in this city have found
that the girls are as rule above the
average in intelligence While the.work
of learning the work is a little tedious
they are doing very well and appear to
be taking an interest in the things that
are shown them.
Guckenheimer Moving.
OF course the factory is being oper-
ated at a loss at this time. The rep
resentatives of the cigar company who
came to Savannah for the purpose of
making a deal with citizens for the
starting of a factory stated that money
would be lost by his concern for a
heimer Company moves from the build
ing it will be occupied entirely by the
cigar company. Mr.. Guckenheim.er
stated yesterday that he will begin
moving out this morning and will prob
ably be located by Jan. 1. rf
The Guckenheimer Company will go
to the old down freight warehouse of
the Central of Georgia Railway COM
pany, behind the red brick building on
West Broad street. This, however,
will only be a temporary home for the
large grocery concern. 1t has not yet
been positively determined where the
company will be- located, but it
is believed that what is now the Gem
trail passenger shed will be used.
May Occupy Central Depot Building.
This matter is still under consider
alton. In the event that the passenger
shed should be turned over to the
wholesale grocery house the Central
railway will use the Union Station. 1t
Is believed that this will be the natural
outcome of the matter. feH9a
Just as soon as Mr.. Guckenheimer
vacates the building on Jefferson and
Bay streets the cigar company will be-
gin putting in place machines that
have not yet 7been unpacKed BElause
there has been no place to put them
the machines have not been put to-
gether since their arrival.
The company will probably use the
basement of the large building as its
storehouse and the first floor on Bay
street will be used by the shipping de-
partment. On the upper floors the
cigars will be manufactured and box
ed. 1t is reasonable to expect that by
Feb. 1 the American Cigar CompanYs
factory here will be in full blast and
that at least 300 girls will be at work.