Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-11
Paper Furni.sinr Clouds.

modern times, ard ono which premises if
il has not already reached. an almost uni
versal use, is that Of the manufacture, from
paper alone, Of wearing apparel. Until
quite recently, ]. has not been supposed that
paper was sufficiently pliabie and durable to
be subjected to such hard and rough usage
as articles Of wearing apparel would seem
to require; but experience has demonstra.
ted the fact that it possesses not only the
necessary pl'ability and substance, but many
other advantages and charscteristcs pscu>
liar to itself, which render il particularly
applicable to the manufacture of furnishing
goods in general.
While on . recent visit to the bay
State We happened, for short time, to be
staying in Springfield, and being What
Interested in manufactures. took kind OF
mechanical rambe." and strolled into
the flee of Messrs. Ray & Taylor, manu-.
fac,urers OF Paper Furnishing Goods We
found the gentlemen sociab.c and aT,ble.
and TO all our inquiries, not Only gave us all
the information ue desire'', but very kind
y proposed to show Us the moius operandi
Of C ny,rtng rsper into marketable wear.
ing apparel.
We were frs. shown into the upper room
Of the immense bnildin., which is so feet
wide by ls0 feet long, and is four stories
high, where we saw the raw materisl. pack
ed III cases, 10 The am ,unt OF l5 or 90 tons
u being necessary TO keep this amount con
stanily on haud. This stock is raised 20
this wareroom by an immense and powerful
steam elevator, which communicates with
each department of their manufactory
When case OF paper is wanted, it Is placed
upon car. and the car is then rolled to and
! upon the elevator, which then descends TO
the next room below, or Machine Room. and
the car Is rolled TO the press, where, BY
| means of suitable dies placed under the
ponderous machine, the first process OF
manu- nc,uring commences by cutting out
from 80 20 80 articles at time. If the ar
cles are "Byron" or t.rn down collars
they are then rolled in cases, upon q car, 10
the enamelng room. where. by an ingenious
machine. invented by the proprietors, they
receive coat Of enamel as far down as the
"turn-down" line, leaving the inside of the
Collar, which comes in contact with the neck,
plain and free from enamel. This enamel
which they use is water proof, and will not
rub of by being we; or moistcned by per-
splration. When the enamel is dry, the Ar
ticles are passed through another ingenious
| and powerful machine, which imparts to the
| enamel surface an exact imitation Of linen,
30 that one would suppose, even upon
close inspection, that they were really made
Of cloth or linen. made ready for use by .
| careful and experienced lanndrcss. This
process is also an invention Of their own,
for which they hold valuable patents. In
the manufacture Of "Garotc'i or "stand>
up collars. the paper receives its Linen
| finish" in the sheet, from one to three
sheets at u tine
The articles are then taken to tho next
machines the embossers-s some os which
are of their own invent N, aud are great
improvement over the old s. finger cutters"
generally used. llere they receive the
"stitching.' size and patent mark" all At
one impression, being pat into the machine
one BY one by the dextrous lady operators.
Next comes the punching machines" !"
where from four TO eight collars or cuffs re-.
ceive their button holes at . time. They
are then passed on to the '..tol1ers," where
upon each machine, about $4,000 collars
per day are folded, or rather creased for
the folding process is not completed until
they have passed through the next machine,
the roller which squsezes down the
crease. and completes the collar.
Next comes the putting up tables"
eich Of whch five Or six young ladies' coun
ca. the collars, as Fast a, rol 81, into bunch
cs e ten eacl white another. by Il dcN.rous
twtl ar twist, puts each bunch into It's
box
Passing on, we come to tue ",abelis,s,"
who arrange the Tiled b1xes in triple rows
in concayc lroughs or racks, and with won
deriul dispa ch, the whole are labelled"
aud ten of these small boxes are packed in
larger box, or carton" each "carton" thus
containing 100 collars. These boxes or
cartons are also labelled. placed upon car
aud rolled on TO the elevator, aud sent down
to the next floor, or packing aud shipping
room. Here they are packed, marked aud
| shipped to all parts Of the country.
In passing through this establishment,
one is mos. favorably impressed with the
admirable arrangement OF machinery and
appliances, and with the perfect system and
regularity with which each department Of
the mandatory is conducted; and, il
Christmas presentations are straws in the
wind, one may conclude that the employees
appreciate the efforts Of the proprie,ors to
make their labors rs pleasant and light a.
possible. Everything is 80 arranged that oil
unnecessary labor is obviated, ~ the stock
or raw material. after being taken from the
upper Or wareroom makes its way down
thr ugh the several departments Of the es>
tablishment. in the different processes OF
manufacture, until.it arrives At the lower or
packing room, manufactured goods ready
for shipment
Mcssrs. Ray L Taylor have invented .
large portion Of their machinery and pro>
ccsses themselves. for oil Of which they hold
letters patent Of the United States, and
which, by the way, they informed Us, they
intend to protect and suhstantiate At al
hazards.
Besides the wearing apparel department,
thew have also large paper box manufac>
turing department, whore are made oil the
boxes used for putting up their wares so
that there are probably few establishments
in the country 90 complete, and that have
the facilities which they possess. for the
sut cessful prosecution Of that department Of
manulaesurs. It reqaircs . much larger
capital for that business thsn ~ had cup.
posed. ~ the proprietors inieru1sd US that