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Mansfield Workshop & Factory Report, 1886

source:  Mansfield Herald:  28 January 1886.  The following week's paper (2/11/1886) contained some further descriptions of these shops.
Name Business Description Address Males Females Minors Condition
Humphrey's Mfg. Co. iron and brass pumps Bloom St. 53 - 3 good
Schreidt, Miller & Co carriage supplies E. Bloom St. 35 2 5 good
Hautzenroeder & Co. cigars 96-102 N. Main St. 25 75 50 Note 1
Crawford & Taylor crackers and cakes Walnut & Bloom Sts. 50 15 2 good
Buckeye Suspender Co. suspenders cor. Bloom & E. Diamond Sts. 12 62 2 Note 2
S.N. Ford & Co. planing mill Elm St. 70 - 4 good
Gilbert, Waugh & Co. flour cor. Main & Bloom Sts. - 22 1 Note 3
Baxter Stove Works stoves Bloom St. 98 - 10 Note 4
Hicks, Brown & Co. flour and feed near B. & O. depot 45 - 2 first class
Mansfield Brass Works brass goods of all kinds 231 N. Main St. 20 - 2 Note 5
Mansfield Machine Works machines of all kinds E. Diamond St. 100 - - Note 6
Aultman, Taylor & Co. mowers, reapers, threshers N. Main St. 400 2 - good
C.H. Porch cigar boxes 21 John St. 3 5 1 good
Union Foundry & Machine Works gray iron castings & machinery Main St. 8 - 1 good
Bell Foundry Works bells, castings of all kinds cor. Bloom & Water Sts. 4 - - Note 5
Nail, Conley & Co. planing mill foot of Mulberry St. 35 - 2 Note 7
Bissman & Co. roasting coffee N. Park St. 3 3 - good
Mansfield Bending Works steaming and bending wood cor. Bloom & Elm Sts. 12 - 1 Note 8
Western Suspender Co. suspenders 16 E. Diamond St. 22 50 12 Note 9
Tracy & Avery coffee and spice 11 N. Main St. 11 5 - Note 10
Gross Bros. bar room and barber shop fixtures cor. Market & Walnut Sts. 7 - 7 Note 11
Faust & Wappner furniture 50 S. Water St. 9 - 3 Note 5
Blymyer Bros. Co. sheet iron and tin ware 47 N. Main St. 6 - - Note 12
Mansfield Paper Co. n/a Oak St. 9 2 2 Note 13
W.H. White & Taylor brackets 59½ N. Main St. 2 3 - good
Cassell, Forney & Co. pressed linseed oil John St. 10 - - Note 5
Shield & Banner Printing Co. newspaper and printing 5½ N. Park St. 6 - 1 good
H.C. Foulk & Co. printing E. Fourth St. 7 - 1 good
Shonfield & Friedrich tailor and clothing house 60 N. Main St. 17 3 2 good
Mansfield Buggy Co. buggies near N.Y.P. & O. R.R. depot 50 1 4 Note 14
Mansfield Herald newspaper E. Fourth St. 30 - 3 Note 15

Note 1 = ordered to fix balcony fire escapes on front of building

Note 2 = need to place a railing around elevator opening

Note 3 = need to add railing around large wheel in basement;  add fire escape on Bloom St. front

Note 4 = add railing around fly wheel and elevator openings

Note 5 = add railing around fly wheel

Note 6 = add fire escape

Note 7 = add railing around fly wheel and casing around two pulleys

Note 8 = add ventilator on roof

Note 9 = add railing around elevator openings on first and second floors

Note 10 = add railing around elevator openings on each floor

Note 11 = add railing around stairway openings on second and third floors

Note 12 = add railing around elevator openings

Note 13 = add casing around pulleys on first floor, and add railing around fly wheel

Note 14 = add railing around elevator openings on second and third floors, and add fire escape on front of main building

Note 15 = add a water closet

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