The founder of this large concern is Mr. John T. Waring, who first began manufacturing hats in Yonkers in 1840, and by whose perseverance and energy many ol the most important improvements in this industry have been developed. The company is probably, as to the number of hats manufactured, the largest hat factory in the world, producing in the main plant, on Vark Street, about fifteen thousand felt hats daily. The factory covers a plot of ground embraced in two entire city blocks, and their pay roll averages about $17,000 a week.
In branch factories ribbons are woven, sheepskins tanned, colored, and finished for the hat leathers. At the Elm Street branch about forty thousand English and French rabbit skins are cut up daily, from which the hat felts are made.
