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amount of $230,000. The amount paid by them for seating, is $18,000 annually. In addition to the above, the same company manufacture 50,000 gallons of varnish annually, valued at $83,000, 8,000 of which is used by themselves in finishing chairs. The business of this company in 1849, was one hundred thousand dollars: in 1859, three hundred thousand dollars. Their office in Boston is 113 Fulton street.
The following table will show the amount of chair business done by individuals and companies, at the present time:
| Annual Amt. of Business. |
Number of hands employed. |
Number of Chairs. |
Amount paid for Seating. | |||
| Heywood Chair Manuf. Col., |
(Chairs,) (Varnish,) |
$230,000 70,000 |
210 |
200,000 |
$18,000 | |
| Collester, Rugg & Co., | 30,000 | 20 | 25,000 | 3,500 | ||
| L. H. Sawin, | 24,000 | 17 | 30,000 | 4,000 | ||
| E. Wright & Co., | 24,000 | 15 | 40,000 | 3,000 | ||
| P. Derby, | 16,000 | 17 | 16,000 | 2,000 | ||
| A. White & Co., | 20,000 | 25 | 36,000 | 4,000 | ||
| Greenwood & Wright, | 75,000 | 40 | 100,000 | 8,000 | ||
| S. K. Pierce, | 60,000 | 45 | 50,000 | 7,000 | ||
| W. Hogan & Co., | 40,000 | 30 | 80,000 | 5,000 | ||
| Greenwood & Nichols, | 10,000 | 5 | 7,800 | 1,000 | ||
| John Sawin & Co., | 8,000 | 7 | 26,000 | |||
| E. C. & O. A. Travers, | 6,000 | 4 | 10,000 | 700 | ||
| Asa Perley, | 5,000 | 7 | 6,000 | 400 | ||
The apparent discrepancy in the above table,
