The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-01-11


that netting over $50, 90 has been subscribed
to the capital stock of the Kenosba Wooden
Factory, by capitalists, merchants and business
men in the city, which will be raised to S35 900
in few days. 1t is now hoped that our
farmers willtske hold and raise the stock to
$50, 900 with little delay so that the work may
be at once commenced the machinery ordered,
and the Factory put in readiness for operation
in time for the next summers clip. 1t is to be
hoped that every farmer in the county wko has
money to invest will take hold of this enter
prise willingly, to the extent of his means or in
amounts sufficient 10 close up the subscriptions
at once.
This is one of the enterprises about which
there can be no question Us to its success 1t is
no new thing-no experimenting patent right
= but safe, legitimate undertaking, that is as
safe and even more certain than sowing crop
of wheat on well prepared ground The ma
ohinery that max es valuable Cloths from the
wool we raise, in Massachus etss, will make the
same cloths in Wisconsin, and if wooden facto-
ries pay dividend of 40 per cent. in Massachu-
setts on the capital invested, there is no reason
why they should not pay even larger divi-
dend in Wisconsin. And it is a fact capable of
demonstration that every Wooden Factory oper-
ated in Wisconsin or Illinois during the year
has actually made as much az that, And vet
the supply of w oolens are far below the demand
and W i'll be for years TO come. The sxtortion
of transportation companies and many other
causes combine to make this the most suspicious
time for the founding of new manufacturing en-
rerprises the country has ever seen. Hence as
mere peeuniary investment, it is at once
the safest and most profitable that can possibly
be made We cite one instance of SUCCESS in
this line manufactures that many of our leaders,
are acquainted with.
TIE BURLINGTON wis WOODEN FACTORY.
The factory has been run since the first of
June last by Messrs G. Lawton and p M
Perkins I; Mr., Lawton being the managing
partner. Everything is conduct in a
systematic manner and upon thorough bus
mess principles. Order, activity, and skill
strike the observer as the characteristics of
this hive Of industry.
The machinery embraces in general
terms, one complete and excellent set of
manufacturing cards." 240 spindles, two
machines for carding rolls, and all the other
usual machinery necessary for carrying on
the business. g
Twenty operatives are employed, and so
pressing is the business that the establish
ment is kept running from 5 o'clock in the
morning till 9 in the evening. y
About 100 yards of cloth-principall doe
skins, cassimeres, and hannels-are manu-
featured per day, which takes from 175 to
$50 pounds of wool in the fleece; nearly 40,
020 yards of cloth year. Over 5000
punches have been carded into rolls since
the I'd of June last. Atf aas
They manufacture for the farmers on
shares and by the yard, and make none but
pure wool, serviceable goods When not
thus engaged, they manufacture from their
own stock for themselves. They dispose
readily of every yard at the factory
In the spring the enterprising proprietors
are going to put in new machinery for the
manufacture of fancy cloths. .gs1
| (. The reputation and business Of the Bur-
lington factory extends widely, and the
quality and terms of its work are constant
ly increasing its field and friends among
wool growers and the public generally It
is of great value to the section of country
in which it is situated, and all feel pride
in its success. ..e.&
But there is another consideration for our
farmers, aside from the mere safety and profita-
bleness ofthe Investment 1t would not be
hard matter to prove that the farmers of Keno
sha county night tax themselves to the iull
amount of the sum necessary to put this Wool
en- Factory in oper ration $50, OO0--and not re-
ceve one cent of the stock and yet make money.
They would save that whole amount in five
years in freight on their wool product alone, and
the extra profits on eastern cloths, to say nothing
of the enhanced value of their lands by being
| brought into close proximity to an extensiv e
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