Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-12-05
A NOBLE ESTABLISHMENT.

fishing full description OF The Gallego Mis-
showing hat in every respect they compared most
favoraby with The great mills in Lockpot' New
York. which we're then puffad in The papers. The
Gal!eeo Mills were then the pride oil our State
but in October, ls47, they were accidentally fired
and became mass OF smouldering ruins In the
astonishinsly short period Of llItle ever twelve
months, The huge fabric has risen from lis ashes,
much enlarged and greatly improved in sfengh
and beauty. AS we saun,ered through lis busy
and comprehensive apartments, we could not out
feel proud OF The enterprise Of IFS proprIetors
whom we cordially congratulate upon III happy
consummalion Of their heavy labors and respon-
sibilics. We learn that Mr.. Joseph Hall, We
~ YOUNG man 81 marked genius and skill, de-
serves The highest credit Tor The inception and
successful completion OF this great establishment.
He planned every thng-and The whole building,
brick-work, masonry and all, were erected under
his immediate superintendent. He may well
feel proud Of this work which must be his pass
pori To fortune and 10 fame.
Instead Of any description OF our own, we
adopt that Of The Wing, correcting it BY the data
watch clffurnishes in subsequent number. We
also strike out one passage, which blurs the rest
we refer 10 the partizan illusions Of the Wing
to the "ruinous war upon the interests Of the
country under the Democratic policy If tn
Tariff OF 1876 be "ruiDouS," how is il that this
beautiful mill and other fine manufacturing cs
Establishments in this city have grown up success
fully while that Tariff was in full operation' We,
too, are for stability in the system upon which
the Government is to be administered" and we
are terefore against changing the present Tariff
which gives ample protection 10 the manufac.
lures No hot bed system can succeed perma-
neatly and we feel satisfied, that, il things
are allowed To remain as they are, individual
enterprise and judgment will extend our manu-.
features in Richmond gradually and safely
With these remarks, we call attention 10 the
following sketch from the Wing:
THE CALICO MILESTONE Of the oh
iecs OF greatest attention u a stranger who vsi,s
III city OF Richmond Dr the first time is The i'm
mruse Flour Mills owned the orc By hessrs.
Warwick y Rark>iaie the other by The Iessrs
Haxall These Mills are believed 10 De wrhon
al equal in size ard capacity in The whole world.
AS be fiuur which Ihes iuIn out, is certainly " in.
out rival IN Gc south American marke;s-
they have a-sisicd 10 nrns The machinery en-
ployed il such establishments as nearly as posi-.
HE 10 Perfection The proprieIora bang always on
the look out Tor useful inventions and always
proving N 'mselrcs iiSerai patrons Of inventive
genus Each of them has been burnt 10 the
ground, within Inc last twenty years Each has
arisen, like The PhGoix, lrcm ihe ashes, improy-
ed in all respects, BY the fiery ordeal
The CALICO Mills. which VIC design for the
subject Of this article, were burnt to the
ground OF The night Of the 10Th of October,
lS47. Tic energetic proprietors Immediately
entered into contract with 1essrs Beazley &
Quarles. brlcklayers Of this CITY, 10 rebuilt the
walls, and they commencing in November, put
the finishing stroke 10 their part OF the work
about the middle Of last June Considering
that tho building is one hundred and s;xty-four
feet long, by ninety four feet broad, and one
hundred and tweniy.seven feet higa, from the
bottom OF the water wheels that the walls are
three bricks and half thick that the con.
TRAITORS were compelled 10 clear away an i'm.
mensc quantity Of rubbish before they could
commence operations and that large portion
of the weather between November and June
vas such rs to forbid regular work-the energy
OF the contractors cannot be too highly ap
plauded. The machinery, the most perfect Of
its kind, We learn from gentleman engaged
from MS childhood in TIE milling business, and
therefore every way competent 10 Judge, to be
found IN any other structure Of similar char
acter, was all done by Joseph Hall, ESQ a
young man of hve-and-twenty, and native
OF this cl;y-whom we take great pleasure
in introducing under such favorable cir.
cumsiances to his townsmen and the coun-
Try at large. We learn from Mr.. Warwick
that for the last Ave years-ever since he
was mere boy-he has had charge OF every
hing connected win The machinery OF the Gal
lego Nils and H., he has On all occasions man.
iesed high degree q mechanical skill. as V, II
As an unusually inventive genius. Like many
other names which rank high in the mechan-
cal world, he IS entirely set-iaushl. In compa.
ny with one OF the proprietors. we paii visit TO
The CALICO Mills, on Yesterday morning, to wit
ness the FIRST start under The new arrangement