Michigan Furniture Company

Great progress has been made in recent years in thejurniture making art, and it is gratifying to know that Ann Arbor is in the lead in this particular line. A. person may easily satisfy himself uf this fact by visitine; the factory of the Michigan Furniture Company, located on the corner of Fourth and Wijliams street. This company turns out annually over $100,000 worth of medium priced chamber suites, that find a ready market in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, lowa, Pennsylvania and New York, and even in the eóctreme South and West. This business was established in 1866, and after being conducted for several years by different parties it became the Keek Furniture Company in 1879, and in 1884 the Michigan Furniture Company. The officers of the fiim are YV. D. Harriman, president; L. Gruner, vice-president; Chas. E. Hiscock, secretary and treasurer; Paul Snauble, superintendent and manager. This enterprise is des-' tined to a future of prominence and prosperity, being managed by men whose connection with it could not but make it an assured success from the start. Their factory which is 45X 100 feet in dimensions, four story, is built on the most modern theories of construction, combining the minimum of space with the maximum of light, convenience and safety. t is fitted with machinery of the most approved patterns, and 85 employés are kept busy summer and winter in supplying the constantly ncreasing demand for their goods. The yards occupy one block, and ïere are enormous piles of walnut, oak, maple, ash and elm lumber used in the manufacture of their elegant and handsome suites. Two of the "Andrews' patent dry kilns" are used, and these have a capacity of 48,000 feet of lumber, which is thoroughly dried before being sent to the saws. The warehouse and packng room building is three story high, 40x60 in dimensions, with an addition, 32x36. Mr. John Mayer is foreman of the manufacturing department, and G. A. DeFries acts in the same capacity in the finishing department. Their trade is exclusively with jobbers and wholesalers. Mr. Snauble makes semia'.inual trips to the principal cities tTiroughout the country, and thus kteps up a friendly business realtiun with their customers. The Michigan FurnituTe Company is destined to be one of the largest institutions of its kind in the state, and the gentlemen composing it have the material in them to accomplish this at no distant date. By liberal and judicious advertising they make their business known all over the United Stetes. In the city of Ann Arbor, the ] furniture dealer Martin Halier has the sale of these goods, and on his second floor the complete line that the company makes is on exhibition. To show how well these goods take, it may be mentioned that Mr. Haller has shipped several suites to strangers who visited his store while in the city, and learning prices ordered suites sent to their respective homes. A number of families who have resided here several years in order that their children might have the educational advantages offered by the University, have upon returning home, bought the goods here and had them shipped.