Identifier: storyofstreatorb00will (find matches)
Title: The story of Streator. Being an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Williams, John Elias, 1853-1919
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Publisher: Streator, Ill. : The Independent-Times
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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The Hoban Factory. tory, and brings home to Streator the girlquestion in a real and practical form. Formost of the girls of Streator would rather workin Mr. Hobans factory than in any kitchen inthe town. He now employs 125 women, mostof thtm bright, intelligent, cheerful and healthy work in. The hours of labor are nine per day,and the employes are paid better than in mostany other kind of factory labor for women.The average earnings are about $6.50 a week.The factory was recently inspected bythe state inspector, who reported it one of THK STOKV OK STRKATOH. 29 tlie hesl fiictorios lio had seen in the state. Thefjirls take a half hour for lunch at noon, andhot coffee is sniiplied them by the company atten cents a week. What do they make? Mr. Iloban manufac-tnrcs an adjnnct of nude ajjparel known as theParis (Jartcr, wiiich is the most iiuished andpoindar device of its kind on the market. Thefactory has a cajiacity of 10,000 pairs of gar-ters per day, and the entire ontjnit is taken by
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.luhn iloban. one Cliicago liouse—the h(nise of A. Stein &Co.., wliicli owns tlic patent on tlie garter device. Tlie plant ccinipincnt consisls of one hun-dred Singer sewing ma<hines and a number ofspecially designed i)resses to stamp and as-semble the parts. All are operated bv electri-city. The building is of brick, one-story liigh,1.30x30 feet, amply jjrovidcd with windowsfrom which conn- an abundant supi)ly of ligliTand air, cooled by electric fans in summer andwanned by steam heat in winter. Decachedand practically lire-proof, it is free from thedangers that menace the factories employingwoman labor in tlie cities. Asked why he preferred to operate in Strea-tor rather than in Chicago, Mr. Hoban replied:• We have a better class of employes, and theyare steadier. There is not the temptation towander from factory to factory, hence not somuch is lost in breaking in new girls. Mr. John Hoban is a Streator product. Hewas born here in 1878, grew up here, and after FflRlS KALE

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