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OUMBUSCENQUIREH-SITN, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1 m. 21 3ome of the Largest Manufactories in the South. Ueurgia Lon (In the South and Columbus Lends Georgia—Short History of the Largest Textile Manufactory in the Southern Stales—Other Textile Institutions Which Set as Coronets in Columbus’ Crown—Industries in Other Lines Which Add a Full Share to the Success of the City. (Columbus haB long since been specially noted jut a manufacturing town. It has been thought 1 #y many that our cotton factories alone give the ,*jty this distinction. This is not the case, though cotton manufacturing is the principle industry, as a careful perusal of this paper will demonstrate. It will also show beyond all con* iroversy that the industries of the city are us diversified as those of uny city in the southern states. Columbus has the largest iron foundry in the south. Here we have as com plete a fertilizer factory as can be found any where. Our oil mills are equal to any. More enterprising institutions than scores of others *re not to be found anywhere. A round of the cotton factories of the city by an Hnqciker-Sun representative shows an eminent ly satisfactory condition of the labor which these uiillwhave to do. The cotton mills of eveiy city employ the larger proportion of its factory labor. A flour mill with $100,000 capital will employ twenty or twenty-five hands, an iron foundry double as many, whde acotton mill of that capital would give employment to perhaps '2f>0or300. All the mills are running lull time and are selling all the goods they can make. The labor generally is at p cscnt in better condition than at any time heretofore in the city and better than that of any other manufacturing city in all the country. The basis of this is the high maximum of wages paid, the high rate of health and moral, the homo surroundings and personal appearance of fche operatives. lu tiie columns below will be found more par ticular mention of some of the leading inatitu- ttons of the city. KAGLK AND PllKMX MILLS. The Largest Textile Manufacturing Coin puny In the South—Something About it* Organization and its Preseut Work. The cut of this leading industry of our city, which is given elsewhere, fails to represent the magnitude of their work, many of the important buildings being hid from view, and others built subsequent to its execution. This company was organized in 1866, a.most immediately succeed ing the war, the first mill being builton the ruins •f the Eagle Manufacturing Company, destroyed by the torch of the federal troops. The long period of profitable manufacturing by the Eagle Manufacturing Company, established the fact that textile manufacturing in the south was not enly a business to be sought as a means of profit able investment, but a most important factor in promoting the general prosperity of the commu nities where established. TneEagle and PhenixManufucturingCompany, rising pheenix-like from the ashes of its prede cessor, has continued to grow in magnitude and importance, covering now seven acres of ground within its walls. ITS MANUFACTUttKA embrace nearly one hundred itilfeient styles of goods, the quality and salableness of which are not surpassed by the longest established mills of the east and north. THKIR TBADfl embraces every southern state, and includes the great northwest and California, while many of their fabrics are sold aired to the merchants of New York. One of the most promising features of an increasing trade is found in the constantly growing demand by the west for their manufac tures. That section of our country,teeming with its millions of people, buys with such avidity their goods that it has been impossible to supply the demand from tout section. TUB INCREASE OF POPULATION by these immense woiks is estimated at fully 10,0(h» persons, of which about 6000 are dependent for their living through employment furnished them and heads of families, besides which it has influenced merchants, bankers, professional and other business men, and all classes of artisans and mechanics to locate in our midst. The trade of the city is immeasurably benefited by the necessarily large amount of wages distributed oy such extensive works, and hardly an individual, from the mechanic to the banker through all grades of business, but feel the beneticieut effects of the largest manufacturing company south lo cated in our midst. ns annual pitqpucT varying ftrom $1,500,000 to $1,750,000, and accoid- ing to market prices is returned to circulate among our people. THE SAVINGS DBPARTMBKT of this institution is a notable feature. The un equalled security offered depositors and its proper management, has rendered it a complete success. It has attracted the attention of for distant communities; the deposits being represented b seventeen states and territories. The depositors compose all classes, the*thrifty negro, the sensi hie and careful among our operators, mechanics and-laborers, trust moneys ami the capitalist. It is an educator of economy aiuMhritt in our midst. THE a.AvV MAT EH IA I. wrought into marketab e fabrics is equal to l.**,00u commercial bales of ow»ton a-ml several hundred thousand pounds of wool. These manufacture-, are planned with regard to tlie demands of the trade over threc-lourths «.f the union and executed with such perfection that no mills making the same class of goods can claim a su periority of manufacture. The mill* contain. 15.646 spindles and 1531 looms. It was found net- esiar.v to meet the existing demand for their popular goods, to’order additional looms, which will soon be in position. r In the year 82-sthe president of this company, Mr. W. H. Young, stood on the spot where these mills are now located, and expres ed the cp nion that it was the proper place to locate a manufac turing company. Subsequently, in 1819, he or ganized and operated the Eagle Manufacturing Company, and was principal and active < rg.u.- izerofthe Eagle and Phonix Mills. Ml’SC'OGKK OIL MILL*. Another Rig Institution vriiicli Does Credit to the City—The Finest Oil Mills in the South Tin- Men who Mamure It. The Muscogee Oil Company is another live and busy institution. About thirty hands are kept bard at work from early morn till dewy eve, and the result of their labors is about 750 gallons of first-class oil per day. The mills consume about twenty tons of cotton seed daily. This turns out about 750 pounds of cotton seed meal to the ton. The mills are already thoroughly identified with the community, as they have been in active operation for a number of years. The demand for the goods which they mannfucture is great, and is continually i creasing. The character of •he oil they make ranks high in the estimation of the commercial world, and is « agerly sought for by the consumers. There is a big demand f ur their meal also, which is ef a most excellent ‘malHy. *'«? following gentlemen are directors of the Ilii sth, secretary and treasurer aud manager; T. one of them is imprinted the stamp of excellence h. Blanchard, P. J. Jenkins and O. A. Klink. ! and beauty. n er the management of these able gentle-j They are also manufacturing many elegant men aud influential business men the affairs of ! novelties in window curtains. The designs in to company could not be otherwise than pros- , those goods are very rich, and the colors are fast perous. The company have spared no means aud do not fade. w i cli would make the mills all that they should The immense trade which is carried ou by this n*. The result is they have the finest in the company is a fitting tribute to the worth of the Noutli, and it is a treat to go through them. They gentlemen who have the factory in charge. We get as many seed as they can use and there is a i feel safe in predicting for them a bright and un steady market for the entire product. clonded future. The Swift Manufacturing Com pile company run a ginnery iu connection with pany is a luminous gem in Columbus’ coronet of the oil mills, an ! pay the highest price for cot- jewels, ton seed. We cheerfully recommend the Muscogee Oil Company to any one who may need oil or cotton seed meal, also to parties who have cotton to gin or seed to sell. They will be treated with kindness and consideration, and can find no place where they can trade on better terms. GOLDEN BROTHKltS* FOUNDRY. Young Men Who Have- Built Their Wnj in the World—Proprietor grensive Institutions in the Pity—A Word About Their Business. POLL 11 IlliS IRON WORKS. One of the. Jewels of Pol uni Inn The Largest and Most Successful Establishments of the Kind in | ft ho Country—What It In lining for Itself and for Columbus. It lias been said of Columbus that she makes a great deal of noise about the jewels which adorn the coronet of her aggressive enterprise,and those which are constantly being added to this circlet - p .. „ . * uv 1 of her glory aud never .sated ambition. This may of One of the Most Pro- ! . . . rn , . * be very true, in one sense of the word, but any city in America should be proud to beast of such au enterprise ami such a jewel as the (■.olden Brothers' foundry and machine shop is columuus iron works. a livelj and busy place. A full force of skilled Time and again have we written that "CJolum- I workmen are kept constantly employed. They bus 1ms the lawst Iron workR south of Hlch- manulhcture at their shops safe cotton screws, mond| .. am i w ltile we were able to sny this right enne mills, K iu gearing, evaporators, engines, year9 Bg0 , ttu .se works have since re.iclie.i such boilers, etc. They do also nil kinds of repairing proportions that they to-dny loud nil the south in ami pipe fitting. They do ail kinds of plantation their particular line. Tl.e history ol the Oolum- nnd mill work in their line, and are prepared to )ms ironworks is thoroughly identified with turn out castings ot every description. They j have in their employ one of the best moulders in J the south, and the work he does is a marvel of beauty aud durability. Loug study and close application to business, with a natural mechan ical talent inherited from their father, the la- j men ted Mr. George Golden, one of the best me chanics who ever piicd a tool in Columbus, has made them masters in all kinds of work in iron and brass. All friends of Columbus can but be pleased to note the progress of these young men, and will do all in their power to promote the interest of an enterprise so important to the city. As rapid as has been the growth of the business of this firm during the past llw years, every indication is that a still richer har vest awaits them. The firm have established riicmselves securely, and are determined not to turn out any inferior work and to do their work as cli ap as anybody. They have carried out this determination in the past, and we see no reason to doubt that they will do so in the future. They ; , have the pluck and business qualifications to carry out anything they undertake. Abundant success to Golden Bros., say we, and may they , reap a golden harvest of gain. Golden Bros, have penetrated sections remote from Columbus with their work and reputation. When the iron work of a mill, or of any other piece of machinery breaks in the sections of coun try adjacent to Columbus, the first thought is to either take the broken piece to Golden Bros., or if this is impracticable, to send to their shops for a skilled workman to do the repairing. It has too long been a popular fallacy among people progress and success; nor could it be otherwise than successful under its able management. Mr. W. K. Brown, the president, is one of Columbus’ most substantial and sol d business men, and the other directors or stockholders, whose names appear in the handsome display “ud” on another page, are also among the best citizens of Colum bus. The EnqimrkrSin representative went through the establishment u few days ago and found over ‘200 hand* engaged in working iu the iron, steel and wood. The pay roll amounts each week to over $2000, thus giving support to about 1309 people. Of this number of machinists there are about 175 who are in the Iron department, while about 60 are engaged in the wood .1-p~"‘- ment or the department of builders’ supplies. W If AT T11E V M AN U F A CTU R B would be a long and tedious tale, and would take whole volumes in folio to enumerate. AI most anything in the world that is made of iron would come nearer answering the question. They own the Southern Plow Company, and their manu factures find their way to all the states in the south aud west. The improved machinery used enables the firm to turn out work so mpidiy that the great expense of labor is saved, and a cor responding benefit cun be derived by all who patronize them. The quantity of work done is equal to that done anywhere, and their expen sive and IMPROVED MACHINERY and experienced and competent workmen en able them to turn out a better class of work than is done in a majority of the southern planing mills. Rival establishments cannot compete suc- wlio are uninformed that the most delicate and ! cessfully with their improved and expensive durable and intricate machine work is done only 1 machinery. This institution allows no trouble in the north, or at least in the north and in the : or expense to interfere with their upward stride largest cities of the south. Firms like Golden of progress. They believe in Bros. are an ever-present rebuke , light ratiihr than darkness and refutation of this unfounded and are agents for the United States Lighting and unreasonable belief. The foundry ! Company. The Iron Works have one of tlieir in work done in Columbus by Golden Brothers will compare with that done anywhere north or south. They have the skilled craftsmen, the latest improved tools aud every other facility. They give the best work for the cheapest prices, and nothing half done or rude or hastily candescent plants of one hundred lights in their establishment, and are prepared to furnish esti mates. There is no safer firm to deal with in the union. Iu making a practical application one cannot tail to observe the great amount of st rue ted is ever allowed to leave their establish- good that is done the country by this fraud i incut. The Golden Brothers are known among their neigh bora and throughout the city as men of the strictest honesty and integrity, and their reputation is a sufficient guarantee of the efficacy of their work. THE ONLY ONE IN GEORGIA. A Deep at the Columbus Bagging Factory. Which Shows Up a Large aud Prosperous I ns t it ti ll e n. Columbus has the honor of having the only bagging factory in the state. Besides b< ing the only one iu the state, it is the largest institution of the kind in the south. The members of the firm, Messrs. Hinde, Freer Si Illges, are among the best business men of the city, and are mak ing a gieat success of the business. The factory has been in operation here about eight years, and has been paying well from the start. The capital used is $75,000. all of it being their own. The mill has eight looms, and daily converts 6000 pounds of jute into 3000 yards of bagging. These goods find ready sale in Georgia, Alabama, Florida and other states in the cotton belt, aud the factory here finds no trouble iu competing with northern prices. The /factory employs on an average about sixty-five hands, most of whom are females. They work ten horn's a day and are paid well. The firm furnishes bagging for thousands and thousands of bales of cotton which find their way into this market. The enterprising mem bers of the firm do all that is possible to accom modate their patrons and the success with which they have met is a monument to their integrity and enterprise. Tfce history of this factory proves that ii! done i o nine- point . inufacturing of this kin the south; and inorec n be prolital it pr tablishmcnt, and many will coincide with us that the institution is a necessity. Wc do not refer to the hundreds to whom it gives steady employment with remunerative wages, nor to the I thousands who are supported thereby, but to the fact that it so cliorpens labor that she improved implements and substantial and ornamental house material is placed witiiin the roach of all. Their machinery is of such character that the work of days on the old plan is now but \ ht- work of a few minutes. They furnish sne.h articles as are in demand all over the country, ano furnish them at such low figures that it is really cheaper to buy a house of them ready made than to make it yourself and count the labor as nothing. The Columbus Iron Works is a great institution, and we are proud to class it among the gems of Co lumbus. I'llK MUSCOGEE MILL*. Ail Excellent lU-pulatiou Hom-tlv Earned nun Well Deserved—Facts About the Institution. The Men Who Mnnnue It. Among the many nianutfacturing enterprises , that have arisen in Columbus great and small, no industrial establishment has achieved large]- j success for the capital invested than the Musco- • gee Manufacturing Company, whose mills are situated at the head of the rock dam near the upper bridge Many handsome improvements ! have been recently made, and a large amount of : first-class machinery added. The productive : capacity of these mills may be briefly summed up ns follows: Looms, 258; spindb-s. 6090; cotton , consumed per week, 10 bales, and 13,(’GO yard of cloth per day, containing 35,280.(00 yards of Unread. The number of operatives employed fa ‘ huge institutions, hut there nro few outside of , those directly interested who ate aware of what ! it lakes in the way of uiftive power to turn over •' 20,000 looms aud 60,000 jpindles. It requires . eighteen wheels with .tons horse-power, besides | four stenui engines with 315 horse power, and 1 elevcu boilers with 975 horso-power. The bands | on the wheels go at the lightning speed of about j a mile a minute, but in order to drive them at | this rate for eleven hours a day it takes 38,000 pounds of coal per day, besides the water-power j used by the eighteen wheels During the day there are 206,000 pound® of water converted into i steam. Speaking of the factories reminds us that cot ton is a gri at thing, hut the process of convert- 1 ing a bale of cotton into a square inch or so of I domestic is a very simple one, and amazingly easy and rapid. Ah in so many other eases, the first step is half the journey. The person who, with bent and aching back and cramped fingers, pulls the fleecy lock from the burr on the stalk 1 expends more* effort and consumes more piiysical tissue than docs any other one of the small army of individuals through whose hands or under ■ whose eye it passes on its way to the counter and j . into your possession. Once in the picker’s bag, i , human fingers are well nigh done with it. From I he gin to the loom it knows no touch softer than i steel aud is torn and stretched and carded and beaten and pressed and polled nud twisted and 1 reeled and banged and washed and starched and stretched and brushed and baked and fanned and wound and unwound and measured and | rolled and stamped and pressed aud baled and worried and hauled about after a fashion that 1 falls to the lot of perhaps no other material or element under tin-sun. And yet all this process : is, as said, an amazingly easy and rapid one, ■ when yon arc properly prepared to undertake it. ; When it in given ton factory like tlio.se of ours who have all ihe late st and most improve d ma chinery, it is a matte? of course and of very few minutes. TilK CLEGG MILLS. in Institution ilia Hanks Am com Hip Healthiest in the Stale Some of Hit- Curricula™ Concern ing It. The reporter’s veins always thrill witl pleas ure when he begins to write about the institu tions and industries which make Columbus what she is. lie loves to linger over them ca- - re.ssingly, nml, finally, to bring them into prom- 1 j iuence before people, well knowing that the highest terms of prafac he can bestow is no more ; than they merit. Just now our attention is j turned to Clegg’s Manufacturing Company, an extended notice of which appears elsewhere in ! i these columns. While this factory is compara tively a small one, there is none in the south , that is in a healthier condition, or which mauu- tUcturc-s a better quality of goods. In fact the product of their looms is a marvel of beauty «nd : excellence, and the demand for them is so great ; ! that it is impossible, with the present capacity, j I to keep it .supplied. So flattering is the outlook , for the future of the mills that capitalists are eager in their overtures to form a joint stock company, knowing that their money could not be more judiciously invested. Mr. Clegg is one of the best mill men in the south. One has only to go through the estub* Lament and examine the* Iri.ito of its looms to find this out. Me has had many years' expe rience in the ruuiufaetur'ng business, and is a live, progressive man, who keeps fully abreast with the limes. The mills are equipped with all the latest and most, approved improvements in machinery. The factory building itself is new 1 is very de-fira- ond avenue. Us .ire the mag- .rich are in such looms arc con- iu.it)wfiuturo ot nr looms which ney designs in an .f..cturod by lountains to the d beauty. 'Fite ntry -.:m find no in this HILL & LAW. We lake great pleasure in announcing lo our many friends aud the public in general that we are now ready with an eleganl and well assorted slock of Dry Goods! No lime and trouble lias been spared lo make our stock attractivc aud superior to anything ever shown in this section before. Ever since we have been in business we have tried lo put before our friends and customers Ihe very best article al the very lowest price, and we now leave il to them to say whether we have succeeded or not. Silks ! Silks ! Silks ! Silks ! The very best value iu these goods can be found at our Store. A11 parties desiring lo make purchases will save money by examining our slock. Our entire stock of Silks and Dress Goods will be closed out within Ihe next two weeks al greatly reduced prices. GLOVES! GLOVES! GLOVES! GLOVES! HILL & LAW will offer this week Ihe largest and most elegant stock of Gloves ever shown here before. Every nov elty. every style and any price Glove can be found here. Kid Gloves, dressed and undressed, in all the latest and most fashionable shades, Wool (Roves and Mitts. These good* are sold at such low prices that il p shun ids even our sales men. and attractive in app(-iianeo bly located near Hie depot on A niong the proiI net s of Hie lrificenl Miihelii.c Pod-spr.ud huge demand just staidly engaged in the exclu- thene goods, which are turn-.a ccivobie variety. They hav< make exclusively rare and Turkish towels. The quality of the check; those mills au* noted f: seaboard for their sup* 1 v.g.i Hie • Horn thro . the i • to buy everything tin The live and progressive spirit of enterprise which has chnrnc. c-rizori the history of this fac tory in the past foreshadows for it an intensely brilliant future. Time will add to its mugnifi ccfice and enhance its already spotless repatu- HI!WAVE'S fOriGN FACTORY. A ant bt-r Mans fart uriug Institution whirfa Plser* IhIu-s Irik* a Green Ihiy Tree. Another one of our factories is that on upper First avenue, owned and operated by Mr. J. Rhodes Browne, one of our most worthy and substantial business men The factory runs 4000 spindles, employs 90 bauds and consumes 1200 bales of cotton annually. They manufacture fine yarns, warps, sewing thread and batting. The thread they make is of an unusually, tine quality, and all of the goods they manufacture find ready salt* at fair profits. Mr. Mu plenty actorv. unhid the hi had t Ik- 400 . We take just pride : our bagging fa ■d other furiori plaids. >»pe. Tin st FUTI K V. nDJFtX I. r Wl-M Phi. h.Lm ray tun! 15 Coiv-pit-uotis among the ma.i tution> oft' d.unbns -indeed, v smith - is that of the Swift .Mai pany, which sprang into active her of years ago. No institutio opened its doors to the world n better auspices, and in the « southern cotton mills there c one that Inis risen more rapidly atni high standing in the nierca lufacturing ('•om- ex fate nee a mim- n of the kind ever nder brighter or -ntire history of an be found not into prominence utile world. The knn invaluable to be lucky »cr vices. Mr. Will iu ic-nt .superintendent i ii thrifty and pa is thor- of the busi- im-ntly capable itli wliieli he is Ii! i i throughout, re paws which are • d i: eel ion of Mr. er improvements a r-w being put up. b to < olumbus to a; -ii \ !r id ion in t he •omlition. is an element i that could not I watches every n intere of the i the prosperity dispensed with :ompa ill i vhieh his skill and able about the nd cottonades r f these goods io words of com* 1. enhance their They make also the Manufacturing Com pa :: company have I ear. e qua non. His tact, rgv have been worth i amfa of dolla nu.. omental success of the mills is no sou worn.or to those who know the men who ai hading spirits in the enterprise. Mr. VV. A. hanrls. Mr. Swift, its president, is a man whose business t j ie ytuscogei vocabulary contains no such hmuil- that the enti tiling word us fail. To him tin- as a si word is a stranger. Nature aud study have en- steam-like e: (lowed him with every qualification which char acterizes a proficient business man. In Mr. (i. M. Williams, the secretary and treasurer, he has an able second. He is a man with brain power enough to propel any business enterprise he undertakes, and the marks experience are everywhere pore mills. To give an idea of the magnitude and extent of their trade, we mention that it requires 225-horse and the state of Georgia and power to drive their spindles, and over a thou sand mouths are fed by their weekly pay roll They' manufacture cheeks, pin id- of every description. The qiu is well known to the trade, an mend a lion which we may say ?11 deserved repulati . the able and J uveogee mills, >f I he company 11 is argus eye Lynch, the salesman of • t hous celebrated ami beautiful A'icheline bed spreads in the richest and loveliest designs. The com pany has sold enormous qnnnti'ies of these to the company. The Muscogee mills certainly i gratifying showing, and fairly illustrate the manufacturing spirit of Columbus. The mills are enclosed in a* magnificent structure of brick. The building is large, well ventilated and lighted, ami the operatives are well paid, healthy and cheerful. This enterprise take a in its concavity and convexity, all in ail, is a benefit to Columbus honor to the south, whose enterprise it .*>o well illustrates. In all its dealings with its many thousands of customers no breath, either of suspicion or com plaint, has ever been breathed against it. Jt ;s an institution upon which people rely with limitless confidence, like En^ri.- lmien do upon the Bank of Euglan.t. It has hoBoslly earned and it deserves its reputation. D .1. Fci This gentleman is still at the Veranda hotel, where Ik- ha stock of breads, cakes and con feet i» city, lie has also on hand a full L and cm.u*d goods of superior q nalit ha had long experience in the link and fa complete masU r of the a bread, cakes and the like. H»- enjo trade of any house of the kind in ('< popularity is by no means confined he ships extensively to Id stand under lias the largest of pickles Mr. Feilei bus taking the largest inbiis. His nfined to the city, as Ijacenl towns and Find one* nod t'uttna. villages. His trade continues to grow, and never before were his prospects for a fine business more favorable than they are this fall His past re putation for furnishing the best bread of any bakery in the city will he fully sustained in the future, f avor him with your orders, if you wish to get the best the market alFords. Salisbury \ ( row. These two young men are doing a ‘dining busi ness in ice, ffah ami oysters, ami are indebted to the public for its liberal patronage in the past. Since they began the business about a year ago, their'trade has In-en enn-tmt 1» • u tin- increase and is still extending in every direction. These- two young men merit the success with which their efforts are being crowne-l. Both of them are industrious uni enterprising and do all in Ibeir power please ami ae- umuiodi Uj their Tin- hugest and 11lost beautiful line iu Ihe market. Pi-ices ranging from 5 cents lo $1.50 each. Every purchaser gets a bargain and goes otf feeling happy. In fad. every uuw who visits our since goes away feeling the beltei for it. Another Announcement Of Great Bargains and Elegant Goods in RIBBONS, DRESS TRIMMINGS AND RDTTONS, Every conceivable shade. All Ihe latest styles and best bar gains can he found just here. Hose! Hose! Hose! Ladies’, Gents' and Children's. A big drive in this do- purlmeiil. MERINO UNDERWEAR And lift A \\ EllS to he closed oul al half price. Gents’ Furnishing Goods. Shirts, Collars and Cuffs sold cheaper here Ilian anywhere else. .1 (isI think ol our elegant Tucked Bosom Shirt, all lauudried and ready for use, for SI OD. ()lher great induce ments in I his department. si»f;< i a i;n ks : srk( iai;ri i:s i si*i<:< i alties i Table Damask and Towels; Blankets and Comfort#: <lussimeres and .leans ; Cloaks and Jackets. Shoes! Shoes! Shoes! A superb stock of Shoes to he closed oul at about one- half their original cost. Factory goods at factory prices. Don't fail to see our stock and save your money. SZIILiXa &D ZLj _iL W- 4