Industrial history of Milwaukee, the commercial, manufacturing and railway metropolis of the North-west : its great natural resources and advantageous location as a shipping point, with a review of its general business interests, including history of Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, statistical and descriptive, to which is added a series of sketches of the prominent places and people of the Cream City, the rise and progress of firms, institutions, and corporations . ious and commodious, compris-ing a splendid four-story building for the works is Nos. 179 to 195 Becher streetin Kinnickinnic Valle
Industrial history of Milwaukee, the commercial, manufacturing and railway metropolis of the North-west : its great natural resources and advantageous location as a shipping point, with a review of its general business interests, including history of Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, statistical and descriptive, to which is added a series of sketches of the prominent places and people of the Cream City, the rise and progress of firms, institutions, and corporations . ious and commodious, compris-ing a splendid four-story building for the works is Nos. 179 to 195 Becher streetin Kinnickinnic Valley, which gives themall the advantages of lake transportation aswell as railroad facilities. The city officesand salesrooms are situated, at No. 234West Water st. The centennial commis-sion recognized the merits of this machmein their awards for the most rapidlyrunning sewing machine. The inventorand manufacturers of the new WhitehillSewing Machine have been guided intheir new enterprise by a practical knowl-edge of the wants of the public and therequirements of a perfect sewing this aim in view they have selectedthe best tools and machinery, and themoulding, cleaning, inspecting and an-nealing departments are models in theirarrangements. The Whitehill Machinesare now manufactured in the bestequipped factory in the country, whereevery detail of each machine receives athorough inspection and a careful re-ad-justment which insures perfection. The. Works of the Whitehill Sewing Machine Co. main department, while in the rear istheir large and well arranged machines are regular home-com-forts, and meet the requirements of thepublic so well that they are styled Everybodys Favorite. One engineof 150 horse-power and a battery of boil-ers are required to move the machinery,much of it complex, and all of it inventedor adapted especially for the performanceof special work. The location of these(9) main requirements of a good machine aresimplicity, durability, eas
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