, 1867-03-29
A Wooden Factory.

The milling business being overdone in
Walla Wslla Valley, Mr.. H. p. Isaacs pros
poses to remove all the machinery from his
present mill, aud II our citizens cooperate
with him, will convert it into wooleu fac>
tory. The building is sufficiently large to
accommodate all the machinery necessary
to manufacture blankets aud the eoarser
grades Of Aannels. The building, water-
power, and the requisite laud, will be trans.
terred to a woOlen manufacturing company
at the appraised value, aud the whole amount
taken in stock. All that will remain for
the stockholders will be to raise the funds
necessary to buy the machinery, pulleys,
shafting, etc. t. do this, will require
sum not to exceed $4,000. That we are
not mistaken in this, We give the following
figures, taken from manufacturers circular {:
One set CArding Machinery, complete, $1,000
One "a inch Picker, l25
One Jack, 200 Spindles, 300
Five Broad Looms, o75
Three Gigs, 200
Fulling Mill, l60
Total, $2,56o
These are Eastern prices, and made pre-
vious to the late advance 10 all kinds of ma
chiaery. Place this advance at so per cent
and $4,000 will cover the whole cost of the
machinery, and leave a surplus to pay freight
bills. An equal sum would probably be re-
quired to pay the expense of rigging, shaft
ing, pulleys, ETC., but. certainly $4,000 will
cover the entire expenditure. 1t may be
said that this is small concern, and would
scarcely meet the requirements of the eount
ty. To all Of which we reply, that mill
provided with the machinery called for in
the estimate, would have every facility for
manufacturing blankets and the coarser de-
scriptions of fannels. To manufacture fine
eassimeres, would require large amount of
expensive machinery, which this market is
scarcely likely to require for several years
to come. A wooen factory organized on
the scale VIC have proposed, will serve as a
nucleus, and in few years we will see grow
up around it, factory having all the modern
Improvements, and capable of turning out
the finest fabrics.
1t SO happened, that the writer was at
Salem, when the Pioneer Wooleu Factory
was getting under way, and well docs he res
collect the sneers Of those who seen in the
little wooden factory the sure indications OF
failure. That concern has grown until it is
now one of the largest manufacturing enter>
prises on the Pacific Coast, and the fame Of
its fabrics has extended trOughout the length
aud breadth Of the land. A like success
will attend an enterprise of the slmc kind
here, and hence We feel warranted in cons
naendins 80 ou- roads-o tho Prarosi,ioA, ~s
made by Mr.. Isaacs
Let meeting be called, and the stock
necessary to a commencement will be sub.
scribed without an effort. There is scarce o
farmer in the Valley, who will not sub,
scribe at least 800 toward an enterprise
that promises him an ever increasing de(
mand for his wool, From this class alone
the requisite amount can be raised, but in an
enterprise Of this character, our merchants
and business men generally will ask to be
allowed to lend helping hand. Thus CO,
operating, VIC can readily have a woolen
factory in operation before the close of the
year, and once inaugurated, it is sure to
progress until We are relieved from depend,
ence upon other communities for our wooden
fabrics.