. Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians . ss-cut and long saw department, grind, glaze and block 800cuts per day ; smith and hammer department, 275 dozen hand sawsper day; finishing department, 150 dozen best saws and 285 dozenassorted saws are completed daily ; grinding department. 263 dozenper day; grinding and drawing department, 260 dozen per day;glacing department, 341 dozen per day; handle department, 350dozen hand saws, 75 dozen cut handles, and 60 dozen frames perday ; file department, 1,000 dozen of every size and descriptiondaily; tooth department, daily output 100 gross saw seredo
. Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians . ss-cut and long saw department, grind, glaze and block 800cuts per day ; smith and hammer department, 275 dozen hand sawsper day; finishing department, 150 dozen best saws and 285 dozenassorted saws are completed daily ; grinding department. 263 dozenper day; grinding and drawing department, 260 dozen per day;glacing department, 341 dozen per day; handle department, 350dozen hand saws, 75 dozen cut handles, and 60 dozen frames perday ; file department, 1,000 dozen of every size and descriptiondaily; tooth department, daily output 100 gross saw seredozen try screws, 20 dozen bevels, 50 dozen screw drivers, 50 dozenplumb and level, 20 dozen gauges, 20 sets butt hinges. In the boxand circular-saw case department, 750,000 feet of pine lumlconsumed each year. The present officers of the firm are Hamilton Disston, Presi-dent; Horace Disston, Vice-President; William Disston, SecondVice-President; Jacob Disston, Treasurer; Samuel Disston, capital invested in the plant is 55,000, PHILADELPHIA AND POPULAR PHILADELPHIANS. MANUFACTURERS. THOMAS DOLAN & COMPANY WILLIAM J. BUCK, SONS & CO. One of Philadelphias most important ami prosperous indus-tries is the great factory of Thomas Dolan & Co., known as theKeystone Knitting Wills, at the corner of Hancock and Oxfordstreets and Columbia avenue. These works cover six squares andhave an area of several acres. They give employment to manyhundred men, women and children, and they form a considerablefactor in helping to add to the importance and wealth of the QuakerCitv. Thomas Dolan, the founder of this industry, is a self-made man, he began manufacturing mens wear, fancy knit goods,and hosiery in May, 1S61. In 1866 the firm inaugurated a newindustry by the introduction of fine worsted yarns in the manufac-ture of their goods, especially of Berlin shawls. In five years thebusiness of this particular branch of the trade ran up to over onemillion dollars output, but in 1S71 it d
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