﻿Blackwell's 
  Factory. 
  

  

  105 
  

  

  times 
  as 
  much 
  of 
  them 
  as 
  all 
  the 
  rest 
  combined 
  ? 
  Facts 
  are 
  

   stubborn 
  things, 
  and 
  herein 
  are 
  they 
  exemplified. 
  About 
  

   1,000 
  cases 
  of 
  25 
  pounds 
  each 
  are 
  shipped 
  daily, 
  with 
  20,000 
  

   pounds 
  allowed 
  to 
  a 
  car 
  load, 
  and 
  these 
  shipments 
  are 
  des- 
  

   tined 
  to 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  They 
  employ 
  altogether 
  

   nearly 
  1,000 
  hands, 
  GS5 
  of 
  whom 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  factory 
  and 
  250 
  

   outside, 
  engaged 
  in 
  manufacturing 
  the 
  various 
  sizes 
  of 
  bags 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  tobacco 
  is 
  packed. 
  

  

  Those 
  emplo3'ed 
  in 
  the 
  factory 
  are 
  systematically 
  classi- 
  

   fied 
  and 
  distributed 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  DEPATME>*TS. 
  

  

  A 
  — 
  Mixing 
  and 
  Shipping, 
  

   B 
  — 
  Handling 
  Leaf, 
  

   D— 
  Cutting 
  Leaf, 
  

   E 
  — 
  Stamping, 
  Labeling, 
  etc., 
  

   F 
  — 
  Flavoring 
  and 
  Packing, 
  

   G 
  — 
  Cigarette 
  Factory, 
  

   H 
  — 
  Cutting, 
  etc., 
  of 
  Long 
  Cut, 
  

   I 
  — 
  Engines, 
  Machinery, 
  etc., 
  

   J 
  — 
  Wooden 
  Box 
  Factory, 
  

   K 
  — 
  Paper 
  Box 
  Factory, 
  

   L— 
  Printing 
  Office, 
  

   N— 
  Stables, 
  Mills, 
  Watch- 
  

   men, 
  etc., 
  

   Outside 
  Work, 
  

  

  NAMES 
  OF 
  MANAGERS. 
  

  

  HANDS. 
  

  

  G. 
  W. 
  Burch, 
  

  

  25 
  

  

  J. 
  M. 
  Blackwood, 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  J. 
  U. 
  Goodwin, 
  

  

  50 
  

  

  Z. 
  M. 
  Pearman, 
  

  

  150 
  

  

  Geo. 
  C. 
  Scruggs, 
  

   W. 
  T. 
  Speed, 
  

   C. 
  J. 
  O'Brien, 
  

  

  100 
  

  

  150 
  

  

  50 
  

  

  W. 
  H. 
  Hanks, 
  

  

  25 
  

  

  R. 
  W. 
  Denny, 
  

   J. 
  C. 
  Rogers, 
  

  

  40 
  

   25 
  

  

  C. 
  D. 
  Whitaker, 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  M. 
  C. 
  McCown. 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  Tobacco 
  Sack 
  Makers, 
  etc., 
  

  

  250 
  

  

  Total 
  number 
  of 
  hands 
  employed, 
  

  

  935 
  

  

  The 
  company 
  use 
  over 
  110,000 
  yards 
  of 
  cloth 
  a 
  month 
  for 
  

   this 
  purpose, 
  or 
  a 
  total, 
  probably, 
  of 
  1,400,000 
  yards 
  per 
  

   annum, 
  representing 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  pro- 
  

   duction 
  of 
  the 
  celebrated 
  Augusta 
  Factory 
  of 
  Georgia. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  first 
  floor 
  are 
  the 
  offices, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  elaborately 
  

   furnished 
  with 
  all 
  modeVn 
  appliances 
  to 
  simplify 
  and 
  save 
  

   time. 
  The 
  walls 
  are 
  hung 
  with 
  the 
  various 
  diplomas, 
  med- 
  

   als, 
  etc., 
  awarded 
  the 
  bull 
  brand 
  of 
  tobacco, 
  embracing 
  such 
  

   from 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world, 
  even 
  including 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  

   while 
  the 
  numerous 
  chromos, 
  paintings 
  and 
  lithographs 
  that 
  

   are 
  conversant 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  at 
  large, 
  are 
  also 
  displayed. 
  

   Adjoining 
  is 
  the 
  salesroom, 
  filled 
  with 
  goods 
  ready 
  to 
  ship. 
  

   A 
  most 
  complete 
  vault 
  is 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  chashier's 
  depart- 
  

   ment, 
  having 
  an 
  outer 
  wall 
  four 
  feet 
  thick, 
  with 
  two 
  stone 
  

   walls 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  brick 
  twelve 
  inches 
  each, 
  and 
  two 
  double 
  

  

  