The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-03-01
THE xENIA FACTORY.

The following 9o9aubR Of 5tbsl lKFni&s
Factory, twa and a half miles from this
town, is ,b'ained from a, source .eutitled
to the furles, 6ftdia -s1T0(tf
Tie erection of this Factory was COM
mspg5 aby pptsEwqe J 2ts 7jl59or. by Messrs.
Abuer and Amasa Reed aud Maj'r S. NJ.
Fro hn hau. with spirit of enterprise
aud nees Eoring ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
be to II. ", as useful sig ms and, flisgd
to au impor, n anch Of American Man
uiacturr%s. I S me- I, ,uets we're a. FIST en-
ierraiued as to the elig bility of the
lie, w4iel, p FsTpg eFeFs sqtiTslE5 di<-
sipated. & . Il dam N y vas f frsf made, with
consid able expeEepad7lFbor; but the
gr,unI proving very porous, and fear
Icing ,xci,el that he, extalalion, from
% large a surface Of s'agnant water,
m ght be prolu.tive Of sirknesS al, and
iugt9q1g5eirjtDsf, gs EaP PE,3 thHttfE1fG, thhPHtpI1fG5,
was al,aud med, and the str am, (callrd
Old Chillic the Ru >, was cnnv'yel in
" cd. t'eugha along t.e top Of tie Jam,
yhirh was found 10 b. much the most ef-
fec.ual me hOd, d not liable to any Oh
jr9iTH pa sigsaz, 2 9 Yf p alIig 7 Rhss
bhiidihg IS tiihty feet long, rwenty feet
vile nd thr'e st9ries high Il is a sub
st ntial frame painted without and plas-
tered within.
The ma bineTy sail new Of tue best
construction, materi Is a d workmanship;
AMI cousis.s # two double cardiug ma
ct isqsr as fE4Fe5s Tqi sipgg,,ee PaS aY.f
bfSdlfsrEzofhtee Picei@g maeiine-a jack
q d rw j nuie<-fOur broad looms four
sattiuet lonms-two superb shearing ma
chifniE2 fia595s 'ga, e, full ing mil, &C., together
vi h ala lie variety Of machinery .fietes-
say fn- fnisiigg IA. Eas best ssryle now
kuow". TIE .errds ,Pgeiofi the hghe-t
numb n an cq!al in every reSBsct to
any in h. western country. The water,
(whi h at the drie s ason of the year,
is a Mr. i@suFie eht 4ot All fte purposes Of
manufa tu-ing,) his head of two feet.
an 7 FIII Of tw MY feet upon a wheel Of
W ty f ct lame er. The rae, through
Itch tue water is co.v-yel to the Fac
try, Is opwa d of a mile aud quarter
in leigh .udIbe- ugcelt jRty, Y.d fl
cute. whA 4t~E.rAttin n attkr,t Present
We ,ufi i nt % have paralized the
! exeFs"us wf sm P rof~less5 PeEseyeraR' e
trnE4hs so PSp,B tois.g 8 G b
For the st year en- ling in July last
The F Ito y has heen-ia-full operation,
/ emp' owing all u twenty hands majority
f whom are ezpe ncei " rkmen, of
coiract. and indus, ,rious ha' is. i thir
lime. SIX THOUSAND Poun@s Of WOO hive
ben I Imrnufittured, and the f'llawins Is
tie prOdu'r;
g S9t5sss 5555 e psf IA az 551s Sd
5s8 Yds. Flannels and BlankstS,sJJyY
average price per I'd. 70 cents, All 60
884l Yd'. satsiqst, 9Jgsgs PFig'T 1lsEIq,
per I'd. 90cents. 3,456 90
Besides ClOth-Dressing and Card,
! ing for country ddst5mefss;f ;f9dF Z J|E53'
amt of SOO "
/ MadusUaggFsgB6 ofauibIiU8asa06 81
The di'y expense Of the establish,
men, che ess df' w@l b1ck' only ex'
empte89 gatgFf tFsga deglblPfa sdT
4 Notwithsta di g the above results, ant
al hough the operations Of this Fagtor5
have been highly beneficial to the CONT
euous paris Of the cSuntry, and have
saved RailIqGtEk s9Hi5kk az ili5n6 fr|n (
ing ab,old yet the Establishment has no
pf6fed y pr Atabi6 t. the Praprietofs
j This fact is n melancholy one, and which
We are extremity sorry to record. 'Th'
primary reason for It's existence, is in tn
'oant Of capital on the part Of those gen
tlemen, who lad emb rked their all il
this laud,ble enterprise, and who, afte
y exhaustng the fruits of many years exrr
tions3 fontd ghe.nsslges cripple ID faei
progress, and enable to OproeeSd %itlTou
eneouutering many disadvantages. The.
we're emp lied from this circumstance t.
work large part Of the stock o. shares
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