The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-11-17
oregon yyooIen Factories.

During our recent tour through the
northern portion of this State we visited
three of the four wooden factories within
its bounda-the Oregon City Mills, the
Willamette Mills at Salem. and the Eagle
Mills, located at Brownsville. The fourth
is located at Ellendale, in Polk county,
but for the want of time and opportunity
we had not the pleasure of visiting it. The
Willamette Mill is the most extensive es-
adjustment of the kind in the State. con,
suming about 100000 pounds of wool
and manufacturing about one
thousand yards of fabric daily. The
force employed is between eighty and
one hundred hands. This is the pioneer
establishment of the kind in Oregon, and
was started merely as an experiment, the
stock for the first few years being eonsid-
cred almost valueless; but during the
past three years ii has proved quite a
financial success, the manufactures during
that time amounting to over million and
"a Rolf Of dollars in market value. 1t
has four sets of cards which are kept
running day and night, and another set
is now on the way from the East; has
thirty-three looms and sixteen hundred
and eighty spindles. The Company ex.
pect to be able to work up GOO, 900 pounds
of wool next year. This factory is under
the superintendence of Hon. j. s. Smith
whose we'll known business capacity il
sufficient guarantee for proportiouate sue
cess in the future.
The next factory in capacity and i'm
portance is that located at Oregon City
This company have erected magnificent
brick edifee, four stories high and sur
mounted by cupola, in which to carry
on their manufactures. These mills hav,
the capacity to work up 100000 pounds
of wool annually We do not recollec
the number of looms engaged in this es
Establishment, but they turn out about si1
hundred yards of fabric weekly, employ
ing eighty operatives for the purpose
This mill is beautifully situated on tn,
edge of the town Immediately below tn,
falls Of the Willamette.
The Eagle Mills, at Brownsville, is o
about half the capacity of the mill a
Oregon City, working up about 150,0OI
pounds of wool annually, aud manufactur
ing some $500 yards of cloth weekly
with force of about fifty hands. To tn
energy and enterprise of the Hon. Hugl
l.. Brown the people of Linn county ar
principally indebted for this source 0
wealth.
The Ellendale Mill, in Polk county
from what we can learn, possesses onl
about half the capacity of the establish
ment last mentioned, employs about tweu
ty operatives, and turns out in the neigh
borhood of l,S00 yards of cloth weekly
consuming about 1000 pounds of woo
annually.
. These factories manufacture cloths
cassimeres, blankets and light woolen fat
RIGS for under wear, of the very best qua
Iities and dursble character, being entire
ly free from cotton and shoddy; and fror
the generally conceded superiority of th
average of Oregon wool over that grow
in other States, our State may justly clail
that she produces some OF the best an
Imost durable WOODEN fabrics manufactul
ed anywhere. a H
Another notable feature connected wit
this manufacture will obtrude itself, an
that is, the remarkable stimulus and in
petus it gives to all branches of industr
in the counties in which these mills ar
located The establishment at Browns
vile has drawn around quite an imposin
, town, being situated on the oppsite sid
|, of the creek to the old rural town {
Brownsville; while Oregon City is grow
ling rapidly, business has improved an
the town generallyAis. assuming prosper
GUS and lively appearance, The diffel
ence in Salem is, perhaps, not so percel
tible, the town being so much larger tina
those aforementioned, we are assured
those calculated to know that the 5usine,
| of the Capital has very perceptibly il
Icreased since the Willamette mills hay
tbeen under their present efficient maj
Iagement.- Oregon Reporter.
It is said that Mrs. Jean Davenpo