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Show 11G ClSiRS. " A Visit Made lo Paul & Nei-bar's Nei-bar's Factory. Watching the Men Make a Seventy-five Dollar Cigar. Those of Our Local Business Men Who are Using the Homo Product. The Dispatch man visited Paul & Xeibaur's cigar factory in this city this morning, and watched them turning out t lie weed. This enterprise has been in operation but a few weeks, yet is doing an immense business. The proprietors, L. M. Paul and X. A. Neibaur, arejboth Salt Lake boys. They learned their profession at the Capital, and are cood workmen. It is almost surprising to learn how quickly their business has grown. There are four hands employed, and notwithstanding notwith-standing the fact that they turn out over six thousand cigars every week. Yet they are unable to keep up with their orders. For this reason they have had to send for four more cigar makers, and they are expected to be here next week. At present but two firms arc using the product of this factory, and they are Wilson & Urown and Smith & Pitt. Knight Rros. are haying a special brand manufactured, man-ufactured, which will be known as. "The Opera," the name of their saloon. The factory has made several Urge shipments to Salt Lake and Tintic, where their goods have met with great success. Entering their workshops the visitor sees the men sitting up of benches, on which are large heaps to tobacco leaves On the left of the man is the wrapper, on the right the stock, on "stuffing," while in front is a slab on which the cigar is made. Hanging to the bench is a canvass pocket into which the trimmings, or "tailings'" are placed. The leaf, which is dampened, is first taken and spread out very smoothly on the slab. The operator then dives for a handful of stock which lie places at one end of the wrapper. He then trims the wrapping leaf, and communces to roll it up. By a dexterous movement of the lingers the shape is given to the cigar, and when perfectly rolled is secured with paste made f.om a gnm which has neither smell nor taste. Tile butt end is then neatly trimmed with a knife, and thrown into a heap behind the slab, from whence they are taken and packed into boxes. On the occasion of our visit one man vas engaged in making the best brand turned out by the factory, known as the "Garfield Heacli." This cigar has more Ilavanna stock in it than any other article made by them, and is covered with the genuine gen-uine Sumatra leaf, the best wrapper I grown. It is a light coloiv :igar, and said to be very mild. Its price is $70 per 1000. One hand is capable of turning turn-ing out from 200 to 40 ) cigars per day. while as many as 600 to 700 has been accomplished by one man; but,' of course, this is something extraordinary. extraordin-ary. Three hundred is said to be the average. 'The Golden Buck' is another fine t brand turned out by Paul & Neibaur. This, with the '-Gaiiield Beach," is becoming quit e popuUr, and is in large demand. |