New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-05-23


bs,o IL their tasteful uniform that they will proudly
na,ade 10 when all Is complete" Besides the fire
company, there is al artillery company and band
Of music, mostly made up Of these workmen.
THE WASH ROOM.
What is this room' We inquired, US we looked
into one forty or fifty feet long, and saw three trougos
full of clear water extending from one end TO the
other.
"That is the workmen's wash room. 1t Is
a necessity Of the work OF boring, turaing, cut
ting, grinding, polishing iron, that it should DO COW
cred with oil, and men must get some OF 1t upon
their face and hands. Formerly, they had to &c
home as they were, and those who brought Their
dinners here had no convenionces Of washing before
eating. Now watch when the bell strikes, as 1t VIII
ia minute and yon viii every foot OF these long
troughs occupied and you will see the men much I'M
proved in their appearance when they 80 out IN the
street and when they get hone ready to ST. down to
dinner or take the baby and have romp with it and
not soil its clothes"
Yes, we eco wash room, in such manaiactory'
is one of the improvements Of civilization. IL Is
necessary for men who own houses, read newspa-
pers, establish libraries, improve public parks, and
write letters by the bushel these do who make
Wheeler g. Wilson sewing machines.
THE NAME OF THIS MACHINE.
Tie name is accidental. A. Is. Wilson was Gn In
ventor. Nathaniel Wheeler was manufacturer,
and circumstances brought them together, and their
Joint productions were called the "Wheeler q Wil'
son Machines" In 1852 they turned out from a
small shop in Wa;ertown, Conn.,, eight or ten ma
chines week, mostly hand made, and coarse COM
pared with those made for less than hall the cost Id
1862. The following Numbers made IN succeeding
years show an unparalleled Increase, and the way
The public have appreciated the invention: In 1885,
1885, 1854 9JG; 1855, LII; 1856, 22l0; 1857, 4'9li
1858, 1873 1882 81 BOG; 1860. 1885, 1861 1870.
The make of the last year would have been very
much lsroer but for the total humiliation OF all South
ern trade.
The Wheeler & Wilson Company is composed OF
a company Of stockholders, which IS managed BY a
Prcsiden, aud Directors and it is only an act OF the
most simple justice to the stockholders and the puoc
to say that it is TIE opinion Of the public who know
him. that no company ever had more efficient
President than Nathaniel Wheeler, who has never
STATED moment in the faith that the world would
appreciate a good sewipg.machine sufficiently TO
recompense the manufacturers for an outlay OF ha'
"A million of dollars in facilities for manufacturing
and he has ALWAYS been ready 10 adopt every in-
provement, until the perfection OF workmanship ana
HIGHT Of ornamentaton. combined with usefulness,
have nearly been achieved.
SAVING OF Monty AND LABOR IN THE USE Or
SEWING MACHINES.
The following calculation only approXinates the
sayiuy Of time, which is money, by the use OF sew
jnp.machines The writer gives fair ejaculation
upon only four articles for which tic machine ia used
We, look at the SUN total. Look, too at the time
saved in every family. sod think Of tue aggFegte
II We caculats the annual average profit arising
from the use of sewing machines AZ s5 each, which
il a very reasonable sum, considering how many Of
them are in daily use it would give $3.50 l25 for those
manufactured in the year 1861, under Howes pateDt,
to say nothing Of all previously made, or those made
under other patents.
We give the following item as Trustworthy calcu-
lafion Of saving:
Tie importance of the sewins-machlnet TO ne mar,
uf cnring interests OF the United States is estimated
at q - 80, 900 annually. The annual saving by The
machine 10 estimated, Oh
Hr, ST. Row. Clothing In City alone. 81 no roo
lsis AID Va, -
Beo,sLd shses IN Ms.s.c' $4,000
II hss revolntOuized thiry-seven distinct depart
m-uts OF manufactures, aud IN 10 branch OF sewing
can il be dispensed with wheIe tine and health are
regarded. $780,,
In Troy \. Y. where the first practical trial Of
the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine wac made,
in 1882 Tor slirt work, about 5000 are now usei;
hrd IN the shir, manufdetory Of Mes-rs Winchester
& Davies where tho second trial was made, 400 are
now used. TIE number Of snlrts manufactured al
this establishment ia about lO.0l0 per week. ma
chine with an attendant will do the work OF six
hands; aud the estimated saving annually, by using
the machine. i, $4,000. The shirts are improved
IN onality, aud very many who could not do even
passsble work by hand, become prime workers on
ihe machine. Indeed, less talent Is required lot
machi, operator than for hand sewing
The number OF shirt bosoms manufactured N the
Civ Of New-York is estimsted at $4,000 per day. or
upwsTd Of l0.0O0,0oO annually, forming seams long
enough TO exteid around tho globe. An operator
with a machine can stitch 100 10 $50 PER day, or II
the machiGe be run by power, twice that number;
v bill, by hand, ELK bosOns would be hard day
work.
The iewing. machine is second in Importance to no
other mechanical agent Of human power and II is no
experiment; il ia an acknowledged fact. II n no!
only necc salty 90 all manufacturers where stitches
are used but il is a family necessity, one that no
family can afford TO do without.
The sewing machine compares with hand labor rs
the steam engine does with horsepower.
The Wheeler & Wilson Company has prepared
tables showing, by actual experiments OF four differ
ent workers tie time required 70 stitch each part Of
a garment by hand, and with this scwing-mschine.
Subjoned ID = SUMMARY of several OF tie tables
h, Msehne By Hand
Hours. Minutes Hours. Minute.
G-nileueu's Shfs...i 10 IA 70
fr =