[Geo. P. Rowell & Co's American Newspaper Directory, containing Accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and Territories, and the Dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America; together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published, 1870] Page: 50
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50 THE MEN WHO ADVERTISE.
ready for use by the 22d day of February, and in twenty-five days' time the
buildings now standing were erected, enclosed, plastered, machinery in and
men at work-an example of indomitable energy and perseverance rarely
equaled, and two of the chief characteristics of the man, Jacob Estey. In
January, 1865, Mr. Estey took in two partners, and the firm was known as
J. Estey & Co., which continued until April, 1866, when these partners
retired, Mr. Estey taking in two others, his son-in-law, Levi K. Fuller, and
son, Julius J. Estey, the name of the firm continuing the same. Immediately
afterward, the new firm purchased two acres of ground on Flat street,
and commenced the erection of new and extensive buildings thereon, the ones
already in use being entirely inadequate to the demands of their still rapidlyincreasing
business. The new building was up and occupied on the 1st day
of September, 1866. All of their factories have been, since that time, and
are now, in full blast; they employ two hundred hands; turn out over three
hundred instruments per month; pay about one hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars per year for help alone; own over ten thousand dollars'
worth of real estate, and have invested, in the village of Brattleboro, about
two hundred thousand dollars.
Having thus given a brief history of the rise and progress of the important
enterprise, let us pass to a more critical examination of the buildings
and the details of the business.
The old factory is so called because it was erected prior to the other,
not because it is essentially an old structure. Another building is the " dryhouse,"
where the wood used in the manufacture of the celebrated cottage
organs is properly seasoned. The heat in this dry-house, which is supplied
by a network of large and small steam-pipes, is kept at an average height ot
one hundred and thirty degrees. The lumber is kept here-after having been
cut two years at least-frtiom three to six months, rosewood excepted, it being
subjected to at least a ten months' heating and drying process.
A large building is the property known as the "old factory," it being
the one so expeditiously erected in 1864. The small "L" between the dryhouse
and main building contains a thirty-horse power engine which runs the
machinery, not only of this establishment, but of another across the street,
being connected with the latter by a shaft laid under the road. Upon the
first floor of the l old factory"' the stuff is sawed out and placed ready for
use in the manufacture of the organ cases, which are made on the next floor
above and put together upon the third floor. Upon the third floor in the
rear, in rooms especially set apart for these purposes, are carried on by experienced
workmen two of the most delicate portions of work connected
with the manufacture of the celebrated "cottage organ "-the making of the
"reeds" and the " reed-boards." The "reeds" manufactured by Estey &
Co. have a wide reputation for sweetness and durability. The machinery by
which they are made is patented affd owned by the firm, and new improvements
are being constantly added. Some six or eight tons per year of brass
are used in the manufacture of the reeds-which are in reality the instrument,
for upon their excellence depends the tone and quality of the organ when
finished. In the room where the reed-boards are made may be found some
of the finest-working and most delicately-arranged machinery in the whole
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Geo. P. Rowell & Co. [Geo. P. Rowell & Co's American Newspaper Directory, containing Accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and Territories, and the Dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America; together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published, 1870], book, 1870; New York. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9264/m1/48/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .