A Big Factory.
SfaaebaKe^^Brot^rs; ] waggon -and carriage builders, of Sbuthbend, Ind. f bare recently fiubliahed a ! eiceiilar containing the following "Jfacts regarding tbe'extent of tbeir business i^" Thfr force employed is 12()0. men. Wa«es paid but, 4i,000 dollars per tiaont^vl The wdcks are fonr. storeysiliaaliaSght. il'be floorage surface is 20 acres. Tha works are lighted by '58 J elec& lamps. The buildings, lamber-sheds, yardi, &0.,--co?er 80 e l 4atttber; 3 u 3 eac3sl ' seasoned iirdm; three to iiTe iyears befbrai being worked.! ,she"peodacfcion/df:wayJsv.v gons « and . carriages i^or! 1882 i wab rthoio largest; eiev turned' out by^apsingle firm u; m the 'history -of the;; world, Jianiely: nearly 30.C00 tehioles. If all th'eht vehicles made by- -the — Studebaker brothers were driven itf a Btr«li{* f htife¥ t O a: trifle more than a square apart; the' procession- would reach round theglobe, s They turn out a perfected waggon or ' carriage every five minutes."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 213, 13 August 1883, Page 2
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151A Big Factory. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 213, 13 August 1883, Page 2
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