The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-04-28

The Tifhn Wooden FactOry.-About year
since, the enterprise Of establishing Wool
en- Factory in Seneca county. for the manu-.
facture Of cloths was begun. The work is
now completed and several thousand yards
Of cloth have already been manufactured.
This county having the facilities Of abun.
dant materials and labor. there is no reason
why there cannot be manufactured at home,
a considerable portion Of the wooden fabrics
worn. 1t would better for our country il
there were more home manufacturing and
less importing. Some interest being taken 10y
our farmers and others, in the woolen Fac
itory Of Messrs. Smith, Gross & Dorsey, we
give detailed but brief description Of the
process used in their establishment in the
mandatory Of wool into cloth.
WOOL SORTING.
The wool as IL Is brought to market, IN
the fleece. is taken to the sorting table where
it is opened and sepanted into five different
grades, according to ineness
These different sorts aie usually worked
up In separated lots, making different quail.
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taincd from the same fleece, aud one Of the
beauties in successful wool growing is to
have an even grade Of wool throughout each
indiyiJral fleece. To be able TO readily dis.
cern and separate the different qualities Of
wool. Is trade and requires years Of expe.
rience to become skillful In wool sorting -
After being properly sorted it is sent to the
cellar for
CLEANSING.
Here It is put into warm bath Of liquor
composed of rain water, salt and other in.
gradients, where IL remains several hours,
long enough to dtsolve the oil and gun,
which the wonl contains.
1t is taken out Of this large tub and wash
ed with clear water. until it is perfectly clear
aud white. and is quite an improved
and different article fem what IL was before.
We might here remark that the loss in cleans.
nb is from 20 to 50 per cent At this stage
ifit is required, tie wool lie colorcd; and re.
qures some skill to produce good colors cy'
cry time. TIE wool Is dried next, after which
| it is oiled and run through the picker into
the picker room, from whence /. is taken to
| the
| CtRpINu,
| where Il is accurately weighed uron the first
breaker to run through burning machine
which removes all burrs aud foreign substan-
ces from the wool. aud opening the locks be.
/ fore entering the cards In passing through
the tn tee machines it is converted into roP.
| ing or endless rolls AMI wound ON large
spoo!s and is then ready Tor the
sriNNISu JACKS.
Each jack contains 2l0 slindlCS and spins
as many threads at time, as there are spin
dies, each thread . yards long, making ls0
yards of yarn at each draw uf the jnck A
man with this machine ran spiu as much ia
a day ms the old fashioned spinning wheel
can in an entire year. The twist In the yaru
is regulated 10y gearing, which gives an even
and uniform twist. The yarn used for wnrps
is steamed on the bobbins on which 1t is
spun, to prevent from kinkiug W; after.
wards is wound on too large spools by the
spooicr and is ready to 90 through the
IREssiR.
A machine heated with steam, which sis.
ca. dries aud wnrps the yarn at one opera
tion, and has only only to be beamed off aud
Is ready foe
WEAVING,
which il done by broad power looms, weav'
ing two widths OF cloth OF Cashmere, aud are
tended by girls. weaving from 20 " 40 yards
Of cloth per day TO each loom.
When taken from the looms each cut of
cloth is numbered, measured aud weighed
and entries of the same made in the manu-.
featuring books. The cloth has yet to so
tkruu ia the
FINISHING
departments, which are buring, (pieking on
the loose threads and kHots,) falling, scOur- |
iug, gigging. shearing; brushing aud pres s.
ing; after which it is again measured aud
weighed, rolled into bolts and is ready for
the sales ruom
sHoDDT.
All the sweepings, shearings, waste aud
fyings of the factory are carefully saved aud
disposed Of 10 the shoddy makers, 10 be
worked into inferior cloth, which is easily
Ialmed on the market, AS it has bue lustrc
aud appearance, but is worth but little for
service.
THE MACHINERY
is driven by large engine, built 10y Messls.
Loomis 4 Nymau of our pece, and supplied
with water from the rirer. The ether ma