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Show EXTENT OF WORKS. "The first object that attracts the eye of [line obscured by fold] South Bend is the aggregation of buildings, handsome in architectural design and of immense proportions, bearing the legend, "Studebaker Brothers' Manufacturing Company - Established 1852 - Labor Omnis Vincit" The above cut gives but a faint conception of the extent of these works. [The cut here referred to is a handsome representation of the manufactory of the firm, which appeared in the Deseret News of July 5th.] Since it was made there have been added a new smithshop 100x200 feet base and running up three open stories t allow the free exit of all smoke, steam and deleterious vapors, and additional woodshop 84x200 feet base and two stories high, engine room 20x50 feet, and an additional lumber house 40x100 feet, the basement of brick, and superstructure planed and painted frame. These additional buildings of a single year required 1,000,000 brick, and sixteen residences were torn away to make room for an enlargement of the grounds, that now include twenty-seven acres, covered with substantial brick buildings of an average height of three stories, lumber shed, lumber stacks, etc. Within this urbs in urbe are fourteen acres of floor room and 7,000,000 of brick in buildings, not to mention the actress of frame sheds, where whole forests of oak, poplar and hickory are seasoning. There are 1,500 feet of line shafting, 550 feet in one continuous line besides several hundred feet of counter shafts, and a perfect network of pulleys, belts, etc. Three miles of belting is used to run the machinery. The two main driving belts, on two Brown engines of 400 horsepower each, are of double leather, 35 inches wide, and contain the hides of forty-four oxen. Last year there were built in these works 18,500 vehicles. This year 20,000 will be turned out, requiring the labor of 700 persons largely engaged in directing the machinery; 12,500,000 feet of lumber, loading 2083 cars, to haul which would require fifty locomotives with over forty cars each; 3,000 tons - 300 car load - of iron, and in varnish alone, 15,000 gallons will be used. Seventy-five different styles and kinds of vehicles are made, and there is a finished assortment, equal to 2,000 complete vehicles, kept in stock. Indeed, the works now have a capacity for turning out one hundred wagons per day, or a finished wagon every six minutes of a working day of ten hours. The monthly pay roll amounts to about $5,000, and fully 3,000 mouths are fed by the immediate operations of this great factory. Though apparently in the ante-meridian of its growth and prosperity, it is claimed that the Studebaker Company have made vehicles enough to stretch, with their teams, from New York to San Francisco and back again. They have repositories at Chicago, St. Joseph, Salt Lake and Sacramento, and agents in every city, town and village in the land. There appears to be no limit to their production, and no end to the demand. The whole world appears bent on getting on "Studebaker" wheels. The Zion's Board of Trade, located at Logan, cache County, have adopted the celebrated Studebaker wagon for Cache County, and are the sole agents in that county, for the sale of their farm, freight and spring wagons, carriages, buggies, sleighs, sleds, &c., and will keep constantly on hand a full assorted stock of all kinds of the company's manufacture. The Deseret News of July 5th published a supplement setting forth this great business of wagon building, which any of our readers can procure from Mr. Fred Turner, Supt. At Logan, or Studebaker Bros. at Salt Lake City. In conclusion we would suggest to our friends throughout Cache county to visit the headquarters of the Zion's Board of Trade, examine the celebrated and improved Studebaker wagons, [???] seeing is believing and a thorough examination of this improved wagon will be of interest to all. The courteous business manager, Mr. Fred Turner, being a live, active fussiness man in every sense of the work, will take great pleasure in "showing up" all his extensive line of machinery, farm supplies and wagons |