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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treasurer and principalstockholder of the com))any is ^fr. R. NV. Craw-ford, lie is also its active and actual head inall departments. The vice-president and gen-eral coun.sel is )\lr. P. .1. Lucey. William J. liallis assistant to the president and mechanicalengineer; A. M. Oliver, secretary; Z. Courtney,assistant secretary and treasurer; M. L. Rey-nolds, superintendent. The corporation is capi-talized at $1,000,000. 28 THE STORY OP STREATOR. THE HOBAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY The one institution in Streator devoted tothe work of women is the factory of the Hoban^Manufacturing Company. In many ways itrepresents the spirit of the new age. It illus-trates the world-wide movement of the passingof women from domestic service into the fac- young girls; and he says he could get a hundredmore by raising his finger if he had the roomfor them. Seldom does any one leave his em-ployment except to get married. There is a reason: He gives them a large,airy, well-heated and well ventilated facton- to
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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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