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Corn Exchange Bag, Rope und Twine Manufactory, John T. Bailey & Co.
| Name | Corn Exchange Bag, Rope und Twine Manufactory, John T. Bailey & Co. |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Straße | Otsego Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Seilwarenfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Lage (1875/79): Otsego Street, Morris Street und Tasker Street (Südost-Ecke); 1891: Front Street und Tasker Street. Stellt Hanfseile her. |
| Quellenangaben | [Hexamer General Surveys, Plates 928+1350 (1875+1879)] [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 145] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1830 |
Geburt von John T. Bailey in Irland |
| Juni 1851 |
John T. Bailey kommt aus Irland in den USA an |
| 1857 |
John T. Bailey beginnt die Produktion in kleinem Unfang in der Arch Street oberhalb der Front Street |
| 1861 |
Die Sackfabrik zieht zur Front Street, oberhalb Arch Street um, um Platz zu gewinnen |
| 1868 |
Tod des jüngeren Teilhabers, Mr. Cascaden |
| 1869 |
Die $50.000 Anteile des verstorbenen Teilhabers Cascaden werden zurückgezogen |
| 1875 |
Völlig umgebaut |
| 1876 |
Höchste Auszeichnung durch Medaille und Diplom auf der Weltausstellung in Philadelphia |
| 1878 |
Errichtung der südlichen Anbauten an der Otsego Street |
| 1881 |
Vergrößerung der Fabrik an Otsego und Morris Street |
| 1881 |
Gründung eines Zweighaues von "John T. Bailey & Co." (Philadelphia) in Baltimore |
| 1883 |
William G. Bailey, Sohn von John T. Bailey, tritt in die Firma ein |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Hanfseile |
1875 |
[Hexamer] |
1879 |
[Hexamer] |
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| Zeit |
Objekt |
Anz. |
Betriebsteil |
Hersteller |
Kennwert |
Wert |
[...] |
Beschreibung |
Verwendung |
| 1875 |
Dampfkessel |
1 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1879 |
Dampfkessel |
2 |
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unbekannt |
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| Zeit |
gesamt |
Arbeiter |
Angest. |
Lehrl. |
männl. |
weibl. |
Kommentar |
| 1875 |
55 |
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10 Männer, 31 Jungen, 14 Mädchen) |
| 1879 |
55 |
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10 Männer, 31 Jungen, 14 Mädchen |
| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | A greater quantity of twine and burlap bags are made by the Corn Exchange Bag, Rope and Twine Manufactory, John T. Bailey & Co., proprietors, than by any other firm in the United States. The factories at Front and Tasker streets have all the improved machinery and appliances, and they give employment to 800 hands, and at their factory in Baltimore there are also a large number of employees. The Philadelphia factory being close to the river front, and on the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, gives great facilities for the receipt of raw material, and for transportation to any part of the world for the manufactured goods. Mr. John T. Bailey, the senior member of the present firm, began in 1857 to manufacture bags in a small way in an establishment on Arch street above Front. He was the founder of the business and was born in Ireland in 1S30. He arrived in the United States in June 1851 and established the existing house as before stated in 1857. Mr. John T. Bailey is a prominent member of the Commercial Exchange and has been its president. He was a member of the original Committee of One Hundred and for two years sat in Councils. At the commencement of his business all cloth bags used for commercial purposes were sewed by hand, and the output was then about forty bags each, daily, twenty seamstresses beiug employed. Six months after the starting of the factory. Mr. James Cascaden was admitted into partnership. The machinery for preparing the bags for the market at that day was so crude that instead of printing the labels on the bags they were done by hand with stencils. In 1862, owing to the civil war, the high price of cotton made it necessary to secure some substitute for the manufacture of bags. The burlaps then made solely at the
Dundee Mills, Scotland, were selected and this enabled them to compete successfully with the other cheap bags. The price of labor advancing, power machines of various qualities were introduced, and this change increased the business
almost at once, improvements were introduced everv year. The sewing machine greatly augmented the output of the establishment and another long step in advance was taken when the antiquated stenciling was replaced by clear cut printing. The junior partner, Mr. Cascaden, died in 1S6S, and the $60,000 which he had invested in the firm was withdrawn in 1869. Mr. Christopher Bailey, a twine manufacturer of Dublin, Ireland, was invited by his brother Mr. John T. Bailey to associate himself with him in twine making in Philadelphia. Mr. Christopher Bailey was an expert in this business and the new department entered upon a prosperous career from the start. It was not a very large building near the Delaware river at Otsego and Morris streets in which the manufacture of twine was begun. At this time much of the twine used in the United States was imported from England, but after the firm of John T. Bailey & Co. introduced power machinery they shipped twine to all parts of the United States and to Canada. There was a large opposition at the beginning to machine made twine but at last the public became familiarized with its use. Many of the improvements in the machinery are the inventions of Mr. Christopher Bailey, and the best foreign machines have been imported. No twine is today imported to this country. John T. Bailey & Co. make more than any other four mills in the United States. Enormous quantities are sent to the grain binding machines in the far west. Every quality of twine is produced and thousands of pounds arc turned out for tying cards, for wood, paper, cotton, wool and all the other innumerable purposes for which twine is used. The raw hemp is of various kinds, the American or what is called the Kentucky hemp, Russian, Italian and India hemps, and the sisal grass of Mexico. In 188l, the mill at Otsego and Morris street was enlarged. In 1882 it turned out 75,000 pounds a week, to-day the same mill produces over 100,000 pounds per week, the yearly value being 725.000. There are employed 300 persons and the work they accomplish could not have been done by 3.000 work people when twine making was done by hand. In 1861, the bag factory of the firm was removed, because of the necessity of more room, from Arch street above Front, to Front street above Arch. The increasing demand for greater accommodations required another removal to Water and Market streets and again in 1873 to 118 Chestnut street. The adjoining building No. 120 was soon secured and in 1880, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street were added for the sewing department. All the hands in the sewing department are now transferred to the new mill at Otsego and Morris streets.
The sales of the Philadelphia house in bags alone amount to 800.000 per year, while the volume of the entire business
exceeds 2.000.000 per vear. The twine and rope of this house were awarded a medal and diploma for the highest merit at the Centennial Exhibition in 1876. Mr. Frank Cascaden, a half brother of the former partner, James Cascaden, entered the employ of the house when eighteen years of age, and since 1865 has been connected with the bag department. He came into the firm in 1870, his special duties being the sale of the phosphate and fertilizer bags and to the attention of the trade of the flour mills of St. Louis, Milwaukee and Minneapolis. Mr. William G. Bailey, son of John T. Bailcv, was admitted into the firm in 1883. He completed his scholastic education under the tuition of his uncle Christopher Bailey and then made a thorough study of twine and bag manufacture, and so gained a knowledge that would enable him to manage the business of the entire firm or any one of its branches. There are, besides, two other sons, Albert B. and Walter A., each having charge of a separate department, are members of the firm and thoroughly acquainted with all the details of the business. Mr. Bailey congratulates himself upon nothing so much as the valuable assistance rendered him by his
sons. Mr. Samuel C. Miller, the cashier and chief bookkeeper, was formerly with the Corn Exchange Bank and brought with him the highest recommendations, which have been fully justified throughout his connection with the house. At the branch house established in Baltimore in 1881, two hundred hands are employed in the bag factory the product going south. The head of this branch is John C. Maurice, and much of its success is acknowledged to be due to his energy. The sales here in 1888 were 600.000. The sales since that year have steadily increased. The sales departments of the firm are now located at the new building erected by the Girard Estate at 1238 Market street, where the products of the mills are displayed. These buildings are among the most impressive of the many magnificent structures in this city now noted for its massive specimens of architecture. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 145] |
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