Evening journal., 1907-04-16
HOSIERY COMPANY
IN NEW QUARTERS
Modern Sanitary Arrange.
mentS a Feature Of Della
ware COmpany'S Mills

Wilmington Is making rapid strides
as manufacturing city. ard on every
hand new mills and factories are aris.
ing. furnishing employment to those
who labor for a livelihood.
One of the finest and most modern
factories IN this city is that owned and
occupied by the Delaware Hosiery
Manufacturing Company at Fifteenth
and Walnut streets, IN which three
hundred hands are kept busy making
all manner of hosiery. from the dainty
little sock Of the infan. to tho f4n
fashioned hosiery used by adults
The building. which was completed
but few weeks ago. is of four stories.
built of Wawaset limestone, and has
a frontage ON Walnut street OF 60 feet
and depth OF 13s feet on Fifteenth
street
In the FIRST floor are located The
boarding drying and pressing depart
mentss and here an immense hydraulic
press capable Of eXerting pressure OF
5000 pounds is kept busy giving shape
to the finished goods prior TO their
shipment to all parts Of the world.
Here, in am addition. is located a
$50 horse power boiler ana a Corliss
engine Of 100 horsepower. as well as a
splendid electric light plant which fur
nishes the current for a system Of sac
incandescent bulbs with which the
building is equipped.
On the second and other stories ara
/ located six hundred &c the latest. Inn
| proved automatic knitting machines
with the necessary equiumCnt Of loop
ers and other devices used IN the man
ufacture Of this class Of goods.
Connecting each Of ne floors is ar
l elevator Of the latest construction. and
! from every department an elaborate
! system Of electric signals communicat
ed with the engine room. so that 81
case OF an emergency .he power car
| be shut off instantly Accidents how.
ever are rendered almost impossible b,
/ reason of all the shaftipg, belts ant
other machinery being almost entirei,
enclosed in heavy boxes OF yellow pine
The interior Of the entire buHdin,
is as light as an unusually large mum.
her of large windows can make ii, tn,
/ light from these being reflected by TN,
snowy whiteness Of the finish Of Tn,
walls.
on every floor has been installed
complete system OF sanitary plumbing
the conveniences afforded r5valing thos,
found in dwellings in the city
Orders are now on hand tn assure tn
operation Of the plant TO its utmos
capacity until late in the fall. and ar
constantly pouring In. The goods. O
which 5000 dozen are made daily ar
shipped 10 every point Of the compass
through the famous iobbing firm q
Berry and Smith, of New York
The firm IS made up Of Major WI
liam II. Berry, Of New York. president
G. r. Greenaway Smith, Of New York
vice-president; Clarence Prettylnar
treasurer and general manager. Ed
ward Prettyman is also a director /
the enterprise. The superintendent {
charge Is r. L. Holland. an expert 8
his line Of business.
} Work win also be commenced durin
= the next ten days on a large dye hous
to be erected by the ..rm on the },
adjoining the factory and when CON
pleted VIII greatly add TO the outpt
Of finished goods.
Yesterday a member Of the firm sal
that the only difficulty TO contend wit
IS the scarcity Of help, and that a plac
: awaited any good girl who knew N
business or who was Wiling to learn.