New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-05


IL. liability 20 become hard solid was. 70 sonlf eA-
tent, obvated Ind Of the hest materials for sqnng
purposes tie result By this improvement the HOOKS
were Increased 20 per cent ia marketable value shl
Mr. Grist and his cons, keeping the invention secret
realized large fortune IN very short time, as the de-
mand soon became very considerable There - scarce
" a town in England scotland where min-puh has
not become article Of daily among the bed aud
mattress Manufacturers. Many have been the az
tempts especially in Yorkshire . imste these goods
bnt without success till the sprDg Of l-j2 when MI
Henry : Club, of Manchester mvented machine
AID process Of mixing certain sorts OF wool ant
Of manufacture by which stl more elastic material
was produced. This be called - uTled wool II mss
been pronounced BY the trade superior IN elasticity
and in the quality oil filing to any other description
Of wool ever employed for stUiiIg The newest AMI
longest wool is inferior for stuing purposes to this
short, curIed material. This manufacture l. now car
re on In Manchester by the brother OF the inventor
Of the firm Of Club. Howorth & Co
Tie most that can be- said Of wool for stuiing Is ta'
it supplies article Of medium quality and price, oe
ing neither good NOT 50 expensive as hair or eah
erE, and much superior and a little moro expensive
than sea-R eed straw and the c0tton-waste' which Is
used so extensively in England for the cOmnones1
kinds Of beds and mattresses. The Improvements
above described and the cheapaess OF these articles
compared with hair and feathers have tended q bring
wool for stuing into greater favor and the result Is
that the demand for the various kinds OF wooden Hooks
i'll England and Scotland amounts 10 several thousand
tuns year
In tie department of the Crystal Palace devoted to
Holland is displayed the largest and most complete as,
sOrtment of blankets. Holland wool Is very long and
neecy it being commonly known to grow ten inches in
length These blankets are peculiar a. having an eA-
traordnary length of nap. resembling the coat oil a
white polar bear. The wool OF which they are made
is undoubtedly Of excellent quality being Whlte ana
strong. Tie spinning and weaving are good ana so
full and strong is the nap that when looked at edge
wise some OF them appear TO be threequarters Of an
inch in thickness They possess the quality OF soiness
in preeminent degree, and we have no doubt VIII be
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The counties of Somersetshire, Wiltshire, Devon.
shire Gloucestershre and DOrsethre have long been
famous for the production Of the best broadeioth and
although the West Riding OF Yorkshire has become
successful rival in the market IT Is not on account Of
any intrinsic superiority of its goods bat the cheap
ness of It's prices aud the excellence OF ITS hmsh.
The remarks of our contemporary, the Courier des
Etos Ls speaking OF British manufacturers, that they
possess in the highest degree the art OF giving good
appearance to the most inferior articles, must be
regarded as referring TO the Yorkshire manufacturers
rather than to those of the West OF England All re-
spectacle tailors in England profess to use West OF
England goods and yet Yorkshire is stated by MeCul-
och to have employed supported c5OJ6 families IN
1881, in the cloth manufacture, whilst the Wet OF
England employed only 2O,S5l in the same period.
There is no doubt but large quantity OF iorkshire
goods are sold for West Of England productions In or
der TO meet tie pre- udlce which exists and win rea-
son 10 strongly in favor Of these goods II is due to
the West of England manufacturers 10 say inst they
have well sustained the character OF English goods
whilst they have had the cheap prices OF the munso
traders of Yorkshire to compete with some account
therefore. of the processes by when TINS high
character has been secured will be useful to the manu-
acturer as well as interesting to the general reader
The great distinction between the WOODEN manuiac-
lures of the West of England and that OF the hOrth
consists in the entire use OF new wool, prhelPall
German and Australian, many of the manufacturers oil
the West being anxious tOpreserve tnef character
for strength and durability of quality to allow the mix
ture ofold material mungo with any OF their goods
Tie wooden manufacture IA divided INTO TWO ihiPoIc
FAINT branches produced by two leading quallteS OF
wool The wooden manufacture" in its precise or
restricted meaning, applies only 10 CLOTHS dne vi 'e
short wool and such AS possess the quaiity oil ,eng
or adhering together and O elasticity the 0ther Drahch
is called the "wOrsed manufacture III Which ion2
wool and such as possesses no particular tenacy fab
rio is used The first process therefore, is to separate
the wool into long aud short The latter is passed on
to assOrters. or as they are commonly called, sort
ers" In this process, the senses oil touch ana
sight. become peculiarly active. Each bale OF
wool contains many different degrees of fntResS, SOFT
ness strength color, eGaRess and weIgh; aud each oil
these are particularly regarded by the sOrter who sepa
rates the wool into the following kinds prime
"cLoice." super" head" "downrights" sec
"onds." d" fne abb" coarse abb" Livery, &e. A
great deal depends upon this process and 1t partly
owing TO the pains taken BY the West OF England man
ulactures TO the requisite proportion oil eaen
quality in the goods they manuiactur that they nave
been so senally successful Each kind being thus
separated is subec ted to the action OF strong ley
made of stale urine and soap, at a temperature OF
about 100 degrees After soaking considerable tlule
according to the requirement OF the wool, II Is rhsed
in cold water. Ii is then pressed by passing through
rollers and the result il 70 remove, not only the art
wafer .nd diseoorng matter from the wool. but Wnat
is of eaua importance, the natural grease a. wei
This operation he not well done. all subsequent opera
lions viii BE- nnpeded The quantity OF soap used IN
ENGLAND Tor tie cleaning OF WOOL amounts 10 over
fourteen million lbs year.
The next operation dyCiHg. when II is intended 10
make. cloth dyed in the wool The usual proportions
for coed black dy for every 100 lbs OF WOOL prev
ouslv ndieoed are , lbs OF coppcras > lbs oil nu--
oils bruised and 30 lbs of logwOod. The wool i
first dipped in tie solution Of gall and IS then passed
through the decoctiOn Of l0gwOod, in which ne cop
perss is dissolved Pyrolgnite OF iron Is used 10 TX
The black dye.
Willing or wlowing is performed next i olsen
annes the locks o wool and clclu,es 10 from sand aud
AM loose dirt The machine used for this purpose - a
Kind Of hollow truacated having am axis running
through its center On this aAi, fixed three wheels
of different 1ame'ors bearing their circumference
four longitudinal bars studded with sharp spikes ne
cone reyoyes with the rapdIy ol three or four hum
JreJ revolutions minute. within an outer cylindrical
CASING tle inner suri CO OF which Is armed with similar
mixes The machine :. I'D o. means o. ~ endless
cloth ar cre.per witt WOOL which enters NJ tAe small
end of the cone and travels 90 the larger end Wy 'fue
al the centIifuaal force produced ht thc ioia'.n a
ir usss,, onward between and among The spikes 10
iac.,s opeued and diseutsnlled. tie htres OF ea.h
lock ,enarated and the impurities detached Du' va
+. not all When tie wool has reached lHe owe. elI
f m. cone I'll passes iutO % zee rtaric NAere l"-
,l,ir, With cra,t r.piiity. by which current "i
air /. generated sufic ent 20 blow aWaf All lAe aus
mixed with tie wool Wilde 90 the sane I'm ".i' %
revolving cage distributes the Wool a Da' 'i','y
I,,sr The inferior kind Of VOL requires % l-l's"
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