The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-08 00:00:00

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Mr. Titus Salt, of Bradford, some months ago,
commenced the erection of extensive manufacturing
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premises at Saltaire, in the neighbourhood Ship-
ley,
with a view to concentrate his now many scats
tered establishments into one vast whole, wherein the
utmost economy of labour may be combined with
every recent practical improvement in the alpaca and
mohair manufactures. A partial and—in some im-
portant respects—erroneous description of this under-
taking has found its way into the London journals,
and we have therefore been induced to visit the works,
in order to furnish the public with a just view of their
extent and importance. The estate on which these
buildings are being erected stretches from the lower
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of the estate devoted to the works we are about
to describe is one of the many beautiful spots so
between the railway passing through Skipton to abundant in the beautiful valley of the Aire. It lies
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caster and Glasgow, and the Leeds and Liverpool
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55,600 yards, or Ilf acres. The mill, which runs
eludes six storeys, and is constructed of massive
stone work in the boldest style of Italian archi-
tecture. The walls look more like those of a fortified
town than that of a building destined to the peace-
ful pursuits of commerce. The floors are formed on
arches
of hollow brick made on the ground by Clay-
ton's patent process; the openings in the bricks being
used for the purposes of ventilation. Rows of orna-
mental cast-iron columns and massive cast-iron beams
support the arches. The roof will be of iron. The
windows of large size are to be entirely filled with
immense squares of plate glass. The whole of this
building will be fireproof. From the centre of the
mill running northward to the bank of the canal, a
distance of 330 feet, are the warehouses, which at the
lower end are 90 above the water. In the angle
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formed by the mill and warehouses to the eastward,
comprising and area of 81400 yards, are the weft
room and weaving shed, communicating with' the
several fl.)ors in the mill and warehouses by fire-proof,
hoists. The weaving shed will hold 1,200 looms.
The shafting will run in vaults under the floor, thus
preserving the vast room above free from every ob-
F,truction. The corresponding angle on the western
side of the warehouses will be occupied by an im-
mense shed for combining machines, and chambers for
washing, drying, and sorting the wool, and by reeling
and packing rooms. Beneath this shed there is an
enormous filter and reservoir, capable of containing
500,000 gallons, into which the rain-water will be
conducted from all the roofs, to be applied to the
process of scouring wool. The offices and store-
rooms, extending to a length of 240 feet, with a very
handsome fa9sde, form the western boundary of the
works, and face a new road made by Mr. Salt, which
will extend from the Bingley turnpike road, crossing
the railway by a handsome cast-iron bridge, and the
canal and river by a wrought-iron tubular girder
bridge, 450 feet in length, to the edge of Baildon-
green ; thus connecting the estate on the north bank
of the river with the more accessible parts on the
south. The arrangement, design, and construction
of the buildings are confided to Messrs. Henry F.
Lockwood and William Mawson, architects, of Brad-
ford. The engines, boilers, and machinery are en-
trusted to the eminent firm of Messrs. William Fair-
bairn and Son, of Manchester. The engines are of
beautiful design, and consist of two pairs, nominally
of 400-horse power. The boilers will be constructed
of the
partly on the tubular principle, and placed ,beneath
the level of the ground to the southward
mill, and communicate with the chimney (250 feet
high) at the eastern extremity of the works, to
which is given the effect of an Italian campanile.
The engine houses are situated on either side
of the principal entrance to the mill ; and some
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idea of the magnitude of these vast
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gathered from the fact, that the en
sorbed upwards of 1,200 tons of solid stone. The
engines will be supplied with water by means
.of
tunnels passing below the canal and communicating
with the Aire. Another series of tunnels will return
the water back to the river when used. A branch
from the railway will pass under the central arches of
the mill, at which point there will be two hoists for
loading and unloading railway trucks, and two for
ordinary waggons ; and at the north end of the ware-
houses the same number of hoists will be provided,
two for waggons and two for loading and unloading
vessels on the canal. The whole of the works thus
described are being constructed of stone, supplied by
twenty quarries in the surrounding neighbourhood,
and for extreme massivenessand solidity have no equal
in this or any other country. The gasworks, to be
situated between the canal and the river, are to be upon
White's hydro-carbon system, and nre calculated to
supply 100,000 ft. per day for s,oooligbts,in the mills,
sheds, streets, and houses of the workpeople. When
the works are finished, 4,500 bands will be required
to keep them going. This will involve an addition to
the population of Saltaire of from nine to ten thou-
sand persons. To accommodate these, Mr. Salt pro-
poses to erect forthwith 700 d welling houses of various
classes, replete with every convenience requisite for
the health and comfort and well being of the inhabi-
tants. The architects are expressly enjoined to use
every precaution to prevent the pollution of the air
by smoke, or the water by sewerage or other impu-
rity. Wide streets, spacious squares, with gardens
attached, ground for recreation, a large dining hall
and kitchens, baths and warehouses, a covered market,
schools, and a church, each combining every improve-
ment that modern art and science has brought to light,
are ordered to be proceeded with by the gentleman
who has originated this undertaking. In the Times
and Daily News the expense of this gigantic under-
taking is set down at half a million of money, but we
believe every expense connected with it will be more
than met by less than half of the sum named.—
Bradford Observer.

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During the past fortnight there hare been several
large remittances of gold to the continent, in addition to the
shipments of sovereigns to Australia. This has been caused
by the increased importations of the leading articles rf pro-
duce. as shown in the Board of Trade returns, and the stocks
of which had been suffered to become unprecedentedly low.
At the came time the arrivals of specie from the United
States have been less than usual, owing to the Pennsylvania
and other lona lately taken on London account.