Richard Newton
of 60 Dantzic Street, Manchester
1892 'MR. NEWTON'S well-known business was established seventy years ago, Messrs. George Jeeves & Sons being the founders. Mr. Newton purchased the business, which was at that time carried on at Green Street, Tib Street, in 1869. Rapid increase of trade on every hand made a removal to larger and more suitable premises absolutely necessary, so that operations were transferred from Green Street to 60, Dantzic Street, Mr. Newton’s present address. This change was effected in 1878. The business has long ago assumed far larger proportions than in the time of the founders, and is one of the largest of its kind in the country. Travellers visit the whole of the United Kingdom and Ireland, and a heavy and increasing trade is done on the Continent and in the Colonies. Mr. Newton manufactures in various forms the bristles, horsehair, and fibre which has made him so widely known, and year after year sees the spread of his operations. The premises in Dantzic Street are of the following dimensions, viz., thirty yards by ten yards, and are four stories high. On the first floor are the offices and warehouses. The second floor is devoted to the dressed bristles department and storeroom, while on the third is the department for the dressing and preparation of hair and fibre. The basement is occupied by the bass-dressing room. Upwards of sixty hands are employed, who, under the supervision of the respected owner, are all experts in their respective departments. Part of the neighbouring warehouse is also occupied, and a separate works in Rochdale Road is used for part of the processes. .....'[1]