New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-15
fiax-Llnen.

EthA-Asufus
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A few facts in relation Ia Flax NsnuS.e,ar.
in State may nO be undressing 10 your reader,
The AmeTicsn Linen Company at narrcIlu.I NY
was originally orgs nized in October ISL with mo,
crate capital Last summer they demonstrated IN.
prseiicsbilty Of producing linen yarns Cor aesu u,
cost Of Gotten ys:ns, ard heespisa stock was ncrel
to sl000Co The Woclen factory OF Messrs Ms.A,,
Moses bought with me view OF Introducing ma
usly Flax Mschiacry
From experiments already made in the use Of ,n,
chry and pro invented by the Secretary Of the
Company. AMI .orrc machinery imported from Enc.
land the follow re results are obtained
The eost Of breaking snd cleaning unro,p,d Fi.,.
straw sufficient .or leo pounds Of pure lax i6re e..
than -.
Cos; Of refining. purifying bleaching and preparing
the same for hecklirs by the use OF four machines
recently inverted FOR the rurrosc. and chcrca pro
cess, sbOut 81.
1t i. found that the very expensive process Of hek
ling in tie binary way Re dispensed with by the
use o; a machine recently mventei, which takes on,
only the shorte, aSres and impurities. lesvng the
hccscd and pu,iied Flax in the silver form ready Cor
DRAWN -frones for less than two eents per pound
The Tow or waste ,sken OF; by this, consisting en-
trcy of the short dbres OF FsN with such impurities
CDly As arc lily eftEHit1 ltNNths ttEhAlSs -
suitable for combining with Woo being 6ns white and
:trcne IL is lar better for this purpose than cottcr
which Is row extensively used in twceds and osher
mixed goods.
The cosrsest Fisk. such rs Is grown cx,sn lively in
this country for seed is rendered quite fine and sot
IS the fine Flax straw, and even Hemp, by thi. new
mode Of Manufacture Is capable OF being made 6ne
Linen.
Great improvements have been made in drawing
frames by which they made mach less than
the Euelsh while they will do sbou, double the guam
tity OF work, and in the most perfect manner The
rowing and spinning frames have also been greatly inn
proved
Uuroitcd Flax straw in great abundance be pro-
cured here after the seed has been taken oil Tor s0 per
tun and al the Yves, cheaper still
From 81 20 tuns Of flax straw, tun Of pure
fax hbFe be- procured, about one tun OF linen
goods; by spinning only the purified hore IN the
beSchcd cor dtOn having al the gluten snt gummy
matter removed there is comparatively little loss IN
weight 10 subsequent bleaching
nv rising Ink in the unrotted s,ase the dbrs has all
it, original strength all the material beng capable II
running fine numbers The value ot uh's point VIII
be more fully appreciated when " v rcneniocrcd that
meet roited tax Is more or less rotfE-partaily de
csycd.
The broken uuroitcd Flax Is found TO he admirably
ADAPTED e. Cords &c nd Baggiag such ted borrower
ing ccttun balcs aud IL Is believed must ultimately take
the place OF Hemp tor thoe purposes, except perhaps
Naval COrdage, cn account OF its beng cheaper FLAX
seed more tfun pays Tor the crop eaVlng me uht clear
10 the farmer, whilo Hemp when sown tor lmt pro
duccs no seed. and when planted for seed grows too
large tor the lint e. be OF any value
Tie American Linen Company expect tc De prepared
20 SUPPLY large amount OF machinery thc coming sea
either tor manusc turing Linen t"r'age or rag
ging, by the OF either hsinp or lax.
la attempting manufacture Flax by an entirely new
process. in ytiy different manner nom any ever be-
fore used il und necessary 10 invent several ms.
chimes and processes Va order to overcome obstacles
which all Others in suilar attempts heretofore have
found in mOuntahe Many OF these are simple, while
oil ers are complicated and expensive. Ote Of them,
hicb wien viewed in It's separate individual part and
motions, appears simple, H. taken whole, more
c. mphcatcd than Chr0nometer. lt works, however,
with remarkable certainty and regularity, and, when
tended by two boys, will tho work of about y men,
and in better manner and with more economy Of ma
tersl thnn can be done by hand hecklcrs.
The expense of machinery for linen factory Will be
some Il " per cent more than for cotton with the
number OF spindcs but account OF the lee cost Of
material ard tie greater proportional expense Of
labor only about the same capital will he required
IL IL found that tie machinery all be- made in this
country OF superior quality, aud the Company
having heir na, hnery made In six different places and
have made such arrangements enable them sup
ply u reasonable terms to such perrJns wish
TO 60 into tie fax business and to large extent The
Company intend 10 throw the advantages uf their new
Improvements open ~ the public In hbernl manner,
ma TO afford such fCctes bring them into speedy
public use.
Cotton and Wooden factories can be- easily altered for
sx ihr To- ms snd some other machinery being easily
adapted 10 Linen.
Ii IL not the Intention Of this Company 10 esk the pub.
ic 10 take anything upon trust, but they viii have all
heir macLmcry tested IN their establishment, and
hen those porous who bona sds wish To go into the
DuEness OF manufacturing, upon the general results we
ave stated being proved, will be allowed 10 witness
hem for the nlseyes.
The Company works have been stopped for short
ime for Improvements and extensions, but will soon 10
n operation egsin.