The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-21
MORE ABOUT CHICAGO.
Mr.. Wim Tells of His Visit TO MANY
Places of Interest i'm That Great
City, and of His Kind Trcatopnt by
It's People.
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! closed my last letter amidst the
roar OF the great city Of Chicago and
now will finish the account Of nv
trip hearing the gentle murmur Of
the breeze in the pine tops of Sum-
ter. Before leaving home nv frienCs
the d. j. Chandler Clothing Co.. kind
ly gave me a letter of Introduction TO
Messrs. Hart, Schafner &, Marx. per-
haps the largest clothing manufacture
ers in the world, and from whom
they buy some Of their best grades
OF clothing. / presented the letter to
Mr.. T. F. Balm, who met me at the
entrance of the building and introdu-
ced me to Mr.. NJ. w. Cresof in the
office, and he introduced me to Mr..
Hart, one of the firm. 1 received
pleasant and warm welcome and shall
always remember with pleasure their
kindly manner and courtesy. They
sent young man with me, Mr.. c. F.
Bennett, to inspect the large building.
We first looked over the ground floor.
used as an office and here were 400
employees, most Of them girls, all
busy with books, typewriters, letters
and all that enters into the financial
of
took the elevator to the eleventh floor
and ascended the stairs to the 18th,
here the goods are received in large
rolls, beautiful patterns and the best
quality, all wool. They go through
the shrinking process and then
through the drying room, after which
each piece is carefully inspected for
flaws in the weave. They are then
measured, folded and sent down to
the cutters. Every floor is the same
size and covers about IA of the large
square Of the city. In the cutting
room we saw electric cutting ma
chimes that cut IA thickness Of wool
goods, with as much ease as a pair of
sharp scissors would a piece of news
paper. The different pieces of gar
ments were assembled in bundles with
all the necessary trimmings and plac-
ed in large boxes on rollers and ready
to. be carried to the different build
lngs in the city where the goods are
made up. This entire building being
simply to prepare the cloth for MAX
ing up and storing the finished gar
ments, and the office. I also visited
one of the factories where the cloth
ing is sewed together and made into
the beautiful finished garments, sew
ing machines humming like bees, and
everything being done with thorough
ness and dispatch. I was in the cloth
ing business for ten years and never
saw goods better handled and made
and greater care taken to give a per-
feet garment. The finished garments
or all sizes were piled in rows about
five feet high, and covered perhaps
six floors Of the large building. They
also have large stores in New York
and Boston and smaller ones in a
good many other cities. Sixteen hum
dred are employed in the main build
ing in Chicago.
was also kindly favored with
letter Of introduction from the Sum-
ter Telephone Mfg. Co. to the general
sheet iron trade rolling mills of the
west. This letter I took to Messrs.
Montgomery, Ward & Co. and asked
to see the manager OF the sheet metal
department and on giving my name
and handing him the letter, he gave
me warm reception and handed me
card with the name Of Mr.. r. S.
Coombs, Sales Agent, of the Berge
Mig. Co., of Canton, Ohio, whose Of
nee was at SS Dearborn ST., Chicago,
After taking a hasty glance at the
immense store of Montgomery. Ward
q Co., where one of the largest mail
order businesses of the world is done
" N'O'S oil liIie VI use OF OrIla-
ment and who can take your order
Tor present to any missionary in the
world and deliver it to them with
safety and dispatch. Here 5000 are
employed and it was wonderful
sight to see them coming from the
building when the days work was
done. Looked like circus dav IN
Sumter, when the show lets out. I
went next morning to see Mr.. Coombs
and on handing him the card and
letter from the Telephone Company,
and stating my business, I was treat
ed like an old friend. After a pleas
ant interview, he dictated two letters