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Philadelphia Textile Drier used in
drying the veneers. This drier was
a hundred and ten feet long. |
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| 1891 - Hatteberg raises $18,000 of $25,000 needed for stock company. |
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| At an organizational meeting on April 3, 1891, stockholders elected Hatteberg president and Peter Prescott secretary and treasurer. The board of directors included Hatteberg, W.H. Upham and Henry Thuss. By July 1891, $18,000 of the $25,000 needed for the stock company, had been subscribed. A list of stockholders published at that time included in addition to the directors, John Prescott, Herman Kohrberg, A.B. Cole, John Cole and Thomas Norton. |
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| July 1891 - Hatteberg Veneer Company established. |
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| 1891 In July 1891, the $18,000 stock company was established as the Hatteberg Veneer Company in Marshfield, WI. The original manufacturing plant built in 1891 by Mr. Hatteberg was a small one-story building. It started out as a veneer cutting operation and produced butter tubs and cheese boxes with an initial crew of 20. The company utilized a veneer cutter developed by its founder, which was the heart of the infant manufacturing company. He also perfected a veneer dryer. But it was the veneer cutter of which the inventor was particularly proud. It was, he boasted, the largest in the country capable of handling a log of 10 feet long and 4 feet in diameter. And, he added, "with the veneer and drying machine which I have constructed, the veneer can be put on the market inside of 24 hours from the time of its manufacture." Hatteberg’s veneer cutter alone required the services of three men and two boys. The work week was six days long with 10 hour days. Skilled workers received $2.50 per day, but the average rate of pay for men was $1.50 per day. Boys took home $1.00 per day. |
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View of plant showing one of three Linerman Dovetail Jointers. These machines are nearly fifty feet long and were said to be the finest wood working machines made. |
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