| Show Z C 31 1 I SHOE FACTORY A DETAILED DE description OF THE establishment INCLUDING AN incidental MENTION OP OF OTHER departments the subject of manufactures in utah Is of much importance to her citizens tor tills this reason we vve devote some of our space to an extended notice of the M I 1 shoe factory giving details of the systematic mode of manufacturing ind boots and shoes there are one hun dred dand and fifty alf ty persons employed in this th IS business bugloss including men boys doys and young ladles ladies in THE cutting room KOOM a dozen of the number are employed in this room the first part of 0 f the manual labor labon is done care skill and judgment are highly essential qualifications of the workmen in this department as the materials used in cutting are expensive 9 and a 9 considerable de degree ree of ingenuity Is required to cut the stock to advantage and with the least possible waste the cost of material and labor in the uppers averages about one half hal hai f the value of the finished article there are nearly one hundred styles style of boots and shoes made in the establishment and the large number of patterns required is surprising each shoe upper Is made of sl six x or more pieces and in cutting a set of sizes of ladles ladies shoes there are frequently upwards of fifty patterns used manager rowe lowe Is the designer odthe of the multitude lEde ihde of patterns patter mt which constitute an invaluable adjunct of the business nearly all the work in this department is done by hand there are no two sides bides of leather or skins exactly alike it is therefore hardly possible to use machinery in cutting uppers a few dies and some small smail machines ina lna chines for cutting strips is all that Is used here we must not omit noticing however a remarkable ingenious machine in inthis this room torreas aring leather ieather li ather no matter how arregu lar in form nor how many holes there may be in le the leather the indicator of i the machine will instantly show the precise quantity of surface in the side or skin placed on it about half hail of the s material required for the uppers is I 1 am ii i ported ut we are pleased to state i a laree large lar e amount is now made at the Z S C if 1 I tannery and J W summer hays bays co of this city furnish f most of the lining skins and roans that are used the uppers after being cut and I 1 stamped stamp edwith with sizes and order numbers r i are assorted in what Is called case lots that Is five dozen pairs of shoes or one dozen pairs of boots and are passed into THE FITTING roo noo room r A work ticket accompanies each cach case lot on which is detailed a description of the goods order no who for when wante wanted beal beai scale e of sizes and number of pairs pain of each size with lines on which to write the name of each person who does doer any of the various designated desi portions of the work we will here mention that in the making of each pair of boots or shoes the labor of over thirty persons Is represented in room an otto silent gas engine of seven horsepower horse power is located this piece of mechanism was partially I 1 described in the NEWS a few months ago A peculiarity which every visitor notes in regard to the engine is that it is kept locked up in a glass enclosed room and that it has no attendant it i needs no attention except to oil clean j start or stop it and can be started or stopped in one minute there Is no j boiler no fire no smoke no dust no i noise no danger connected with it it feeds itself and consumes no more gas than it needs is therefore decidedly j economical and is truly one of the I 1 wonders of the nineteenth century this en engine ine lne runs 7 75 5 machines belonging to the shoe and clothing factories the process of making makin the uppers is com uy passing edges of the leather ieather leat her which have to be sewn under a revolving knife which rapidly takes loff loti a shaff shavis ru and reduces the edge to ani InI uniform forin thickness the fitters paste i the various parts of the uppers in pro per lier position and otherwise prepare the woric works for the sewing machine the operators receive the tho uppers thus prepared and govern the lively moving sewing machine while it stitches the curvet curved curved scalloped ped or straight seams A light pressure of the foot suffices to sim sig tart or sto stop atop the sewing machine in et at antly the tp he exhaustive labor of feet and limbs is no longer necessary and the engine proves a blessed boon to the youn ol 01 u n glady a d Y employees it is exceedingly 1 yul yel interesting t to observe the astonishing Js 3 ing movement and beauty of work done by the machines intricate designs in stitching being worked with the great greatest precision under the woe puit putt g gullane gu inane lUane bit uit 0 tho th operators A buttonhole button hole machine that cally guides itself making buttonholes buttonholer button holes hoies at tiie tile rate of two per minute with a perfection of stitch unequalled unequal led by hand Is one of the most mo st admired of the sewing machines several other machines in this room seem almost endowed with intelligence among them being the puncher e r and ey eleter this machine punches holes regulating the distance betwee fastens eyelets with great rapidity and perfect workmanship the waxed thread machines are large and strong I 1 being capable of easily easil sewing through leather a half inch thick I 1 lick and several of them carr carry y two needles each for or stitching double seams geams on shoe fronts etc the rooms described connected with which are the packing de department P a r M e stand and office are located in the second r e c tn story sto west end of jennings em emporium orium orlum buildings erom from there we can descend by ar an elevator to the basement or SOLE leather ATHER room BOOM A fifteen horsepower horse power steam engine built at the salt lake iron works operates the machines in this and the bottoming departments connecting with the south end of the basement Is a boiler room in which there are two twenty horsepower horse power boilers one furnishing steam for 10 r the engine the other to heat the entire premises the hands employed in the sole leather room boom cut and prepare the material required for the bottoms and heels ot of boots and shoes the T he number of pieces thus thiis p prepared averages 24 to each pair of boots or shoes and as there is a daily production of pairs there are consequently nearly loom pieces ol of leather cut and fitted up everyday every eveny day in this room the sole leather used use Is the best quality of california oak tan the machinery employed includes two sole cutting presses a guillotine knife for cuttin cutting strips a splitter to reduce the leather leathe r to uniform thickness a heavy ro roller I 1 ler ier through which the rough pieces are passes passed under great press pressure ure makin making the leai leaf leacher her firm and sm smooth 0 0 t h a motif moulder which moulds the s soles 0 1 el into the curved form of a last a powerful heel press and a variety of smaller machines for trimming skiving g etc one of these small machines is an ingenious contrivance for making nail holes it accurately grages the distance from the edge and b between een cen the holes hoies ho es and nd punches them with astonishing toni shing ng rapidity an important and costly tem item III in this department is the axtens cs extensive ve assortment of steel dies required for cutting soles heel lifts etc used in connection with the two sole cutting presses attention Is called to the fact that no shoddy shoddy is used a careful inspection of bac each lot ot of stock will invariably show that nothing but genuine and good leather enters into the he goods 0 0 q I 1 in that hat respect differing T vastly vasely astl asti Y from f I 1 0 o in v a arg large proportion ot oi the b boots ot an and I 1 shoes imported into the territory THE BOTTOMING ROOM the incessant pounding of shoemakers hammers whirr of machinery lively movements of the workmen and ana array of racks filled with boots and shoes in process of manufacture combine to make a picture of industry that ansti instinctively natively calls to mind a hive of busy be bees becs esThe The method of fastening soles on boots and shoes adopted in this workshop is the same as has for many man years extensively prevailed in england n lanz and is now becoming popular in america it Is called the clinching screw process unquestionably the best in the world solid iron lasts are used the clinch clinching screws are driven into the soles with a stout ilat file flie the points of the nails turn on the last after passing through the inner sole 9 and they are til then len ien firmly riveted or clinched by blows of a heavy hammer after the soles and heels are securely se curel v fastened on the boots or shoes having passed through the hands of lasters tasters bailers and heelers are then given to the heel who wio who manipulates a machine which chat at one slice cuts through the six or more of sole leather comprising le the heel and leaves a breast next to the shank the tile heel trimmer next receives the goods an old fashioned shoemaker accustomed to spend an hour or more in whittling a pair of boot heels into good sha shape P e would almost be inclined to think that the magic ar art t had bad been introduced in th the e modern method of heel trimming as done in this establishment the rapidity with which heels are trimmed by machine into the most perfect forms has tle tae the appearance of a sleight of hand trick Although highly interesting in to a personal observer it would be te tedious alous to a reader to follow a detailed description d of the many splendid machines used in this department each machine is the most perfect berfect that can be obtained iye vve we will simply name them thein in the order in which they are used next nest to the heel trimmer Is the heel f iler ller and scour er then the edge trimmer edge setter or burnisher heel hoel burnisher machine or buffer for scouring the lest iest less following them are the ba bottom finishing lugina machines chines including revolving vol voi ving bru brushes blies siles for appl appi applying yinK colors polishing nl etc also a machine with heated bated steel stamps of various designs for stamping a trade mark in ark on the so soles 0 es and an embossing inac machine hine for gilding the tops of boots 0 erom from this room the goods are nrc conveyed on the elevator up to the floo 1100 where THE PACKING roon room Is located the process of cle cie cleanie cleaning anin b and packing boots and shoes includes s more labor than Is generally understood their attractive appearance or the reverse depends greatly qu on the anant of chanbers chanters chan cran bers kers antt antl all boots are subjected to three or four rubbing and dressing dressing operations on boot trees before t they ey are sufficiently smooth and polished to present to to the public and ordinary leather or calf shoes are similarly treated there are competent foremen in each department of the factory who are specially instructed to permit no poor stock to be used or imperfect work done on the goods and their duty is to carefully examine all goods as they vass pabs ass through the various hands 9 in each room by this means ever every evert y fair pair of boots and shoes is subjected to tl frequent inspection damaged damaged or poor or goods are laid aside and on only y 1 the best e 5 t packed for market to properly conclude our observations we will now look into tilt OFFICE in this quiet corner comer where we see at a glance a hundred elegant gair saiR samples ples pies of goods made in the establishment is generally to be found the principal moving power of the whole concern W chowe H howe rowe esq lie he Is one of 0 those human electric machines whose business force is f felt elt by all ali with whom he is associated the successful working of this factory speaks iol loi loudly adly for his acquaintance with details and managing ability in addition to supervising the shoe factory mr rowe Is mana manager er also of the lannery tannery and clothing factory the employees of these manufacturing departments of Z C INI L I 1 have established by mr rowes howes advice a MUTUAL AID SOCIETY which has hag proved highly beneficial to them the members of this society pay a very small sum monthly into a in n d from which they receive aid in case of sickness and they the hold hoid meetings frequently for social enjoyment and mental improvement in all matters connected with the growth of these manufacturing enterprises mr rowe has had efficient aid in the services of D 31 mcallister McAll lster ister and other faithful em employees mt lopees men boys and gir girls is that thal these manufacturing concerns are ace accomplishing peishing ril rii shing much good Is a remark hardly necessary to make every person can readily comprehend that that the large number of people employed are not the only persons persona benent bene fitted ted but that the whole territory indirectly participates in the adv advantages antares we heartily commend the laudable example of Z C M 1 I in estable establishing shing and fostering those these branches of industry and earnestly recommend others who can to go and do likewise |
