New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-22

.d a. Al tbese works and brief description of tho
PROCESS " which IL IL subjected may prove interesting
h. AZ least me elsss 81 our renders. we w axe, ior
sfsmpe ladys dress and follow IT from the time that
n Il dcositsd NJ the rsceying In John oy the
,s.S, ,,tI IL Ia returned there In finished state.
WIEN ne order has been taken BY one OF inc ce.As,
10 enters The name ~ the party leaving u against.
sssbsf IN the orderbook, and then pms pspsl VII
= e1,,.soondluo narnLer and specimen Of the color
fsGsised % ne staff When the package Is receives
Al he zoks he dfess which il usually sent unpcked,
IL taetsd t6gsfher In single length, and tne mum
ksf il rots1 in 81 the corners, 20 az 10 Do again
sssiIy rse1gnzabis. The cloth "a tnen "ouna sgh'y
IN 4 composition reel, which can be extended by
feseu ~ aaT width not exceeding nifty inches, ana
sc1gfed II The material be slk, BY boiling " IN soap
snd vs,er fm the purpose Of extracting the color ana
gffsssspots For wool an srnm0nseal preparation ora
weak IL carbonate Of coda 10 generally used IN place
u snap The cloth il now ready for dyeing and beng
stripped O the reel IL immersed in bath OF the color
oreeTed, and IN the manner already described. III 10
then rough dsd n the open air, after which u Is sent
70 The finishing ROOM where Il IL again unpcket, SIZED,
ard finished oh On the steam cylinders II is then sent
10 the packing room, which forms large department
IN itsel i there checked OF BY the receiving clerk,
and forwarded 10 town in its regular course.
When il il desired 10 give surface pattern TO plain
eods they undergo the processes OF either waterngor
eIubosgiBg both OF which effected by means OF ma
chuery Tie mode in which the hrst OF these enectsn
produced ia b. simply passing double fold OF the cotn
laid together with mach precision a. possible
equality of the threads of which the web Il composed,
crushing down parts OF the surface at intervals aud
leaving the other parts untouched. The face OF the
cloth is by shs broken into those wayy Contrasts
of light and shade, which are so much admired when
carefully executed Enclosing is elected by cylin-
der on which the pattern is engraved and also does s
work by pressure These machines are connected with
the cottoninishDg department
We now enter the engraving room where the blocks
used in the printing of cOttons and silks are prepared
Here we find about dozen workmen buSily employedm
carving out the blocks which the patterns have been
previously traced BY tie designer There are four me.
chanical modes of printing textile hbrics rst oy small
wooden blocks worked By hand secondly by large
wooden blocks set in a frame and worked by machine
called the Perrotne; thirdly by fiat copper plates (now
but little used) and fourthly by copper cylinders
Tie blocks made OF sycamore wood or oil deal aced
with sycamore They ardgenera made about ten inches
lore and five broad with arcked handle on the back
for convenience of holding The fee is either cut IN
relief into the design required, the same object IS
obtained BY the insertion edgewise INTO the WOOD Oh
narrow slips of lattened copper wire and copper pms
in the desired CONGREGATIONS. These hlets aud pms
have one end inserted into the wood fixed by tho
taps of light hammer and are all hled down AMI pol
sbed into one horizontal plane 10 secure equality OF
impression on the several lines. The lntersuces DO
tween the copper ridges are filled up with felt Tho
wood relief and Insertion plans are ieluchtiy coih-
biped in the same block.
Passing from this room we next find ourselves in the
printing department, which forms almost separate
establishment in itself Here as we have already had
occasion TO state, there are three different Styles Oh
printing carried on: l. The printing in madden colors
in which the mordants applied to the white cloth
orsk (for IS principally confined to the printing OF
Chinese and Indian Inadvertently and the colors OF
the design afterward brought up IN the dye,oath.
Wax printing where the surface OF the cloth Is ilI
messed with figures in or resist paste, and Is
afterward subjected to general dye. j. steam col
ors in which a mixture of the mordants and dye ex-
tracts is applied to the cloth, and the chemical combl-
nation is effected by steam.
II wouM occupy more space than can afford to
devote 10 the subject were TO attempt to describe
the different processes comprised under these neads.
MANY ofthem besides apply exclusively to the printing
of cottons and do not come legitimately wthh the
limits assigned to US We WILL however, select one OF
/ tbem-the printing of a snowy blue white aud gold
silk handkerchief which we saw in progress, and VIII
endeavor 10 give readers some idea OF inc manner
in which this combination of colors Is ehected Aiter
the silk has been secured and bleached IN
the usual way the printing block IL dipped INTO
wax in state Of solution and Immediately applied
10 the surface the cloth the iottot 10 thcn God
in the indigo vat which mParts the olue coor W 'aoso
narts of il which are unprotected by the wax IL IL
then dried and receives second waxing over portion
of the blue after which it is immersed IN bath OF d.
uted nitric acid which destroys part OF the blue and
converts it into bright gold color There certain
class of patterns which only be produced In TINS
way Brown, blue and white, and brown, crimson aud
white can only be combined by the aid OF wax
We have now, be believe, described all the principal
features of this interesting establishment lea'ng now
ever a GOOD many others untouched which had no re-
laton TO the subject that has brought it under our
notice Ii is sufficient to state, that there are dis
tnct departments for the securing Of carpets and wear
ING apparel the making and repairing of machinery the
manufacture of charcoal aud pyroigneous acid and the
preparation of all the cOlors used on the premises
The arrangements for drying tho goods alter they
leave the washing machines and dyeng watts are 20 ex
tepsiye and perfect of their kind that however humid
the atmosphere may be- upward of one thousand pieces
fcaco or any other cloth be dried in the course Oh
few hours The drying houses consist OF long ranges
of buildings with galleries running round them, tho
sides being composed of scantlngs laid at intervals
of about two inches that the air circulate free
" through every part of them. When great rapdity
reoured or when the nature OF the articles calls Tor
that particular mode Of treatment the process OF dry
ing il effected by passing the cloth through series OF
lot air cylinders.
/ There are good many women and children employed
in the establishment The latter principally con-
fined to the printing department, each OF the sixty
printers engaged there being allowed child for the
burmese Of adjusting or distributing the color evenly
previous to each application of the block The rates
OF wages paid in this establishment a e. we under
stand as follows: the printers and block makers are
paid By the piece and when in full work can earn from
$50 TO $40 month; the dyers and other woFkmen re-
ceive from to 10 shilings day the women from 20
/ 10 Sl2 a month, and the children from 50 to s..
TIE LATE FREsHEr-The Brat,LeJorO WI Eagle, OF
the 18th gives the following particulars OF the damage by
the late freshct in the, vicinity
Milestone Brook, which runs through this town and