Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-04-19

II A-4e4 N VI. eNof ms Woo4oA Mlih feonnE
| " pui II oPssation on tks line Of ths Lake
Shore Railroad Thoso mills were projected
and built for AmA1A Stone, Jr., and A. Pops
and pOn. The latter named gentlemen were
formorly Of Naincs and have had long exPs-
Fis1eo IN Woolen manufactures.
The building, which is just completed, il
Sixty By oas hundred and asVonty-Avo fest
in siEe, two u.oi les in height, with aspaoiOua
attic. The maahinsry l. put IN motion by
. beautiful steam sngins, Manufactured By
TIE Globe Works Of This city, and hnsa large
locomotive boiler, which also supplies The
steam necessary % heat the whole building.
There are IN The establishment what is
tormad ave setss Of machinery, all naw and
Of she latest pattorns and impFOVoments.-
When ln full operation the mill will turn
out daily from six hundred 10 eight hundred
yards Of hRished goods, the amount depend
Ing On thS quality and hninh, from eighty to
ninety tons Of wool being consumed annual
"; The manufacturers are prepared to fur-
nish G''7' style Of plain or fancy WOODEN goods
which The market may demand, and they
guarantee that The cloth will be equal in
texture and hhish 70 any made In this cOun-
Try. The oyorsssrs Of esoh department. are
men trained 70 their various duties nom
childhood, and come from the most noted
manufacturing diStriots Of Amerios and
Europe.
As the manufacture Of cloth must be .
subject novel and interesting to the most of
cur readers we give . minute account Of the
necessary operations. The great difficulty
in the initiation Of woolsn manufactures is
the want Of sufficient capital to employ men
trained 70 each particular branch of the
BUSINESS. No one man can be capable Of
going through with two Of the operations in
the proper manner, as eaoh department is .
trade in itsslf
THE PROCESS,
The hesOes # wool are flrst taken by the
staplsr or sorter, who spreads them upon q
table and By north light separates the
grades. This labor IL one requiring much
skill and experience, as there are frequently
Is many as six or eight grades in the wool,
and the workman judges merely by the size
Of the hair. The evsrsssr Of this department
is William POhlman, q workman of great
superiority.
Each sort Is then passed BY the dyer
through 3 chemical liquid, which dissOlves
the animal gum or wax, aprocess necessary
to render The wool ft for dying. The dying
process requires great chemical skill and
judgment, and Mr.. Rasbel who presldes
over this department is second 10 no work.
man in the country. After the dyed wool
has been properly dried, an operation which
is here performed by placing it upon wire
gauEe, where fan blower forces heated air
through the entire mass, it is taken to the
picker, and If intended for mixture, the va
rious colors are weighed out exactly, and
passed through picking machine, which
divides and thoroughly mixes them, leaving
the wool in 8 Light, fsathsry condition for
the cards. During this process lard oil is
sprinkled over it, in the proportion Of Ave
quarts To q hundred pounds Of wool. The
picking process is carried on in the attic,
and the wool is then conveyed by means
Of 8 tube to the carding msehines
in the room below. Here il is taken by tho
card tenders, and the wool is weighed out
and spread evenly upon given space Of an
endless apron, which conveys il into the
carding machines. A sett of cards consists
Of three separate machines The wool, after
passing through the frat of these, is FeoeiVed
on small spOOls, in the shape of roping, each
an inch in diameter. Forty Of these spoolE
are set up in front of the second card,
and the ends of the rOping entering into the
card, are drawn through to be subjected
again to the action of the card teeth, the OBJ
ject of the oarding being to render she wool
clear, and to lay the fbrss parallel. Out o
the second machine the wool is proeuced il
the saDs form IS from the frat The WOO
Spools are placed now in front Of the fniIh
lab card; from this each rOpins comes on
Tsduced in size to about one-eighth Of Al
inch in diameter, and twenty ends are Woun'
on one spool, there being two spOOls to re
csivs the forty ends. The whole proCeas 0
csrding requires the most active obserFssiOl
and mechanical skill, and on no other par
Of the business does the quality and chsrao
ter of the cloth more depend. Williar
Brown is the oVerseer Of this branch, and b
is regarded as hrHt.Class workman.
|, The wool Is taken 70 ths jacks, Or splnnip
) machines. Thirteen spOOlS sre placed o
+ the machine, which has two hundred an
|, sixty spinaiss, Sne for each end Of rOpiul
/ The ends passing through rolls, which sur
: and drg~ them from the spOols, are attache
/. / 70 ssihe bobbins on the spiRdles, The spiI
dies are then drawn oat two yards from Il
t rolls,-ths rolls stopping after delivering Il
o required amount Of roping, and in this va
= Eve hundred and twenty yards Of yarn 9
d spun ct each movement Of the machine, Il
. single operation requiring about one or ~
7 minutss' time. One experienced WorkmI
q runs each machins.
/. The yarn, il for warp, is then taken to 4
II dresser, where Il & passed through . comp
g sition Of glue or starch, and dried over
heated copper cylinder, and finally wOuE
on beam which d put into the loom.
I, Here the art Of the designer or weaver
exercised; if q fancy pattern be required, {
design is commenced on the dresser. T
= looms are constructed to complete the hgul
:. = and are all capable Of carrying Eve shut
- at the same time, and Of carrying 30 ma
: colorS, the shuttles being 50 arranged Il
any particular one can be called mp withC
- requiring the attention or movement Of
weaver. ApOrtiOn Of the looms are eapal
as Of taking twsnty-fOuF harnesses, each
sF- which can be raised OF depressed By an
a Tsnroment Of the machinery, thereby givi
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