The Crescent Clasp Works

Junius 3-:.. ]le;il president, Dr 0. G. Darling vk-e president, C. K. McGee secret iry, treasurer and general manager, "Win. F. McGee superintendent, manufacturera oí Fine Corsets, Waists, Hose Supporters, etc. 4mong our manufacti rmg industries which have recently sprung into promin special mentkm sliould be made oi' ,inn which was organized and ineorporated under the !aws o! the ii', lese tlian Ehree years ago. The mong our ioremos! oüiycns, the president, Mi-. ell known and publil 1: r oí lie Ann Arbor CourIer. i-, DarláBg s ;l ni the faculty in the medical depari m oi llie Universlty and a leading phyiii o: tbe city. Mr. McQee, the manager ot the busine , thls cji.v in 1876 to attend the önlrerslty and afterwards became instructor in the same Inetitutioo, which po.-iition lic reaigned in 18(J1 to beccwne the manager oi the newly arganized company and it is laxgely dae to hls busilesa ab the cnterpri.se has achievfd eo anarked a Knccess. Mr. "Vm. F. McGee, the Bupermtew isa practical carset man, havlng been for severa! years coonected wlth one oi the largest corset factories at Jackstm, Micli., and is tlie original inventor and patentee of the Grescent Corset Claep, which constituí es the peculiar feature of the goods made ly UiLs tirm. Their factory upon the corner oï Main and Catharlne eontains more than 7,000 sqiuiro feet oí Hoor epace and is fully equlpped it li the ypeei:il machinery required in careet manufacture, and enjoys the reputation of being the first corset ïaciory in the country to adopt ;i nrwly invenied machine lor the ornamental Btltohing oï corsets and waists. Since organization, their business Iris grown with marvelous rapldlty. NotwithstAadlng tlie disastrous business depression of last year, their business wae !)5 per cent. aliead of L892 and the total retatl valué oí Uicir output amouuted to more than $30,000, whöe orders for the first two montas of the present year are more tlian doublé wliat tl.ey were for the same period last year. As the co.mpanys business, ïor the present, Is exmfined to the work of agente, who take orders trom house to liouse, these figures Bpeak volumes not only for tlie popuíarity oí their goods, bal mr [: , traightforwarfl and honorable methods o; dolhg business Yih their agents. The above notice i a reprint from thetrade editiou o!' The Washtejaw Evenisg.' Timbs, Mareh 20lh, 1894.