New-York daily tribune., 1849-04-21
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
,.rs.. Of American nnIanufactures-Carps pet
Weaving.

Weaving.
Tbs manufacture Of Carpets is among those most
..,ertlv established among us which have already
.,,sined 10 decided importance. SO far as We are
.vs-e very little was done in the way Of Carpet
Weaving in America prior TO the passage OF the
Tariff n szs-the first thoroughly Protective Tar
If we had-whch gave signal impetus 70 the
s,owtb and expansion Of our Manufacturing In
4a,try. We believe one Of the pioneers in exten-
ave and successful arpet-Weaving wss Mr.. Or
rim Thompson, whose large establishments at Tar
ig,ille and Tbompsonville, Conn. are now in ylS
o,,ss operation. There is another If we mistake
not. az Roxbury, Mass. and very large one
was commenced some three or four years since al
Lowell. Mass. 70 run new po~er-loom Just ID
vented by the famous Mr.. Bigelow Of that CITY
which makes an excellent carpet rapidly ana
cheaply-i.s draw backs being its unusual e1pen-
.ivene,s and the severe labor of tending II. There
has been Carpet Factory at PoughSeepse' Dut
we believe it is now entirely devoted to other
nses. 50 Of another at Paterson, and there IS
small one at Troy, OF which we have no definite
knowledge.
The most extensive manufacturers Of Carpets IN
America al lhl' biih' nv HNebir' - - 80 - N'o
ginsA Co whose warehouse is at 81 BrOad-st. aud
who in addition TO their two large factories at AstO
ria employing 300 persons, and one at Hsyerstraw,
Of nearly the same extent, have Just put in opera
tioo new one within the limits Of our City, be-
tween the nth and 18th Avenues, fronting
lsoutherly on 43d st.-in other words,on the North
River about three miles above the City Hall -
Hearing that such factory had gone into opera
tiop in our City, not vory far from our own resid-
epce, we called over on Monday morning and were
politely shown through it by Mr.. David B. Kerr
the foreman, who served his time IN Scotland,
some twenty odd years ago, but who has kept on
le arning his trade ever since. As such factory
ir a novelty City. and it is in itself an
interesting study, plainly oreshadowing the state
whereto Human Industry in general rapidly
though silently tending, we think few Will deem
column misapplied to such an account OF 1t m
our hurried observation will enable us to give
The main factory is four stories above the base
ment-really FIVE in a-very Substantially built
200 feet long by 50 wide, with a twostory build
ing for dyeing, warpng, &c. III the rear, so feet
long by AZ deep. Between the two, let down
upon and pinned tothe rock, is superb engine by
II. X. Donham X Co. whereby all the machinery
in either building is propclled-nOw running at
sixty horse power but capable of being brought
up to one hundred and fifty If needed. The boiler
is S. contriyed that no heat escapes by the Chin
nev, aud all parts of both buildings are warmed
by the escape heat collected in furnace above
the boiler The ground on which tins factory
stands was wild aud solitary only two years ago
p good part of It was covered by the Hudson al
high water. while the balance was a rocky banh
or LEDGE which has been blasted away to make
room for the structure. Since this factory was
commenced, a goo number Of dwellings and other
buildings have crown up around It, and the value
of land in the neighborhood has been considerably y
enhanced.
The principal material employed in the manu-
fac ure OF Carpets is the coarse, dirty Wool o
South America, though for the Brussels and Tapes
try carpetings better quality OF American Woo
is used. The latter are woven upon Hand-looms
Of which there are already some forty in the main
building, all directed by men. The Dyeing and
Coloring Departmentments are also mainly OF
entirely in their hands but the Combing, Spin
ming, Pow er-oom Weaving, &c. are chiefly super
intended by women.
Wool, DYES, Labor and Coal Uor iuel) are the
raw materials used here-the two former INTRO
duced IN their primitive rudeness The Wool
lForeign) comes here Just as 1t came oil the backs
of the hafwid sheep of Buenos Ayres-matted
and kno,ted and lull of burrs of the most adhesive
character 1t is first picked to pieces-then
passed through Parkhursts famous Burning Ma
chine-a recent Yankee invention-wh hich takes
the kinks and burs out OF It in short order throw
Ing the refuse one way, and drawing the Wool
the other. There is another machine OF rare eil-
eiency-a Yankee improvement on a Foreign IN
yention-empoyed in cOm6iRg the wool for
worsted-clearing it OF whatever dit may remain
in il and then separating the longer from the
shorter Gbres, and making special dePost OF
each. Thence the longer staple is taken to other
machines, and drawn and redrawn many times
10 make il even and free from deectsl until 1t be-
comes worsted yarn OF a choice quality. This Is
the staple of Brussels and Tapestry. The shorter
staple is devoted TO the Ingram and other common
Cnpetings
The Spinning machines are few in number, but
each draws l56 threads at once, and are oi the
most approved construction. All the Csrding is
dOoe by Condensing Cards. which we believe are
Of American inv newfoundland carding being entire
y superseded here, as it is not yet in England
The Power Looms for weaving Ingram and Three
ply are more simple than any Tor weaving figured
work we ever before saw, aud were invented by
Nj. John A. Van Ripper, who holds position IN
the establishment. The patent for this invention
having not yet issued, the looms are secluded from
the scrutiny even of those employed In other de-
psrtments OF the factory, but they seem destined
to work revolution in fancy weaving.
One OF the marves Of this conccrn--perhaps OF
enpet-weaving elsewhere in our days the
printing Of the colors in tie gam. great body
Of plain yam is wound upon gigantic cylinder
and there printed or stamped across its whole
breadth with stripe of green. then OF blue, then
oired. sc. each stripe from two to four or i've
inches wide. When the whole has been thus
stamped or printed it is taken oil the cylinder
and wound in threads 1000 yards ,or over a mile
long; and these threads, being carefully matched
At the beginning of the web and marked /, ?, $.
&c. form warp which needs but to be woves
with plsin filling 10 make II figured carpet CON-