The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-26

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DER the Wild ssanynph In her distant
| il the next In importance. The buildings cover
nearly two acres OF ground, In which area are en-
braced cotton factory foundry: boiler shop.
alone turning out more than $500 900 worth Of cotton
| machinery and seventy locomotives year. The
These are the principal machine works Of this cha
racter In Paterson the total product Of which IL
about 81, DOC, 900 annually.
SILK MANUFACTURED
Probably the class OF manufactures next in impor-
tame TO locomotives and mscninsry Y that OF SIX
eral account OF Its progress BEFORE gong into detail
adding that some OF these mills are worked by steam
The silk manufacture in Paterson was commenced
about 1870 by Mr. Geo. w. Murray, who shortly after
tirement Of MIR. Murray, became the head Of the
house and Is now one OF the largest manufacturers
IN the nne MN named after MT. Murray: the manu-
branches OF thr0wstngn silk, which Is the term APP
piled to twisting silk. Silk coming from the worm
In continuous thread does not need to be spun like
cotton or oSher fibre, but merely to make the differ
ent sizes required by twisting together the requisite
number OF threads OF raw silk.
This business Is now carried on by John Ryle q
Co., Hamil Booth. Phoenix Manufacturing Com
pany' pale Manufacturing Company, John O'Selll
saunders Dunlop a Malcolm, ]. Il. Booth d Co.,
Excelsior Manufacturing Company, Leonard 4 Co.
tram and organzine, the filling and warp OF all
woven goods, the various kinds Of sewing silks for
the nature OF thread. Two OF Them E. B. Strange &
co. and The Dale Manufacturing Co., carry the manu-
actare further and weave their threads into cloths
the frst making the finest qualities Of ribbons and
the other all the varieties OF tallors' trimmings
These thirteen firms employ about 1900 hands, two
thirds OF them females and consume from 5000 to
5000 pounds OF raw silk weekly.
The raw silk is supplied from China, Japan and
Italy. The silk from the latter country is the best
and finest, and yet is used only small quantities
Ia this country; but as finer goods made it will
are but little used, very little is sent to this
try
In addition TO the above firms we have the
weavers, who, buying their threads from the
throwsters, make them up into the finished goods
or these Dexter, Lambert Co. manufacturers
Day, OF ribbons; Waher Co., OF ribbons and neck
ties; Bachman, Laurent a Co. OF dress trimmings;
James :. Shapter and Thomas Rawson are making
broad silks, such as dress goods satns, serges for
coat Innings, &c. This last branch OF the manufac
ture Is new In Paterson, having been successful
only within the past three years. Messrs. Murray
Ryle made broad silks many years ago, but did not
continue IL az permanent part Of their business.
Dress silks are now made in Paterson Hoboken,
New York and Hartford and many OF the finest
dress goods now sold as the manufacture of Lyons
are nom the looms OF those cities. The SILK trade
has been constantly growing in this country, and Its
prospects are very hopeful. The Pacific Railroad
should turn stream OF supply OF the raw material
from China, Japan and tie East into New York,
which wolld make this market as favorable to
manufacturers as London now is The climate Of
OF the raw material and California has already pro-
duced raw silk unsurpassed In quality by any IN
the world.
Should we produce quality Of silk in this country
equal that Of Italy land OF our ability to do so
there Is no doubt, we can manufacture every silk
fabric used in America. Beside the manufacturers
already mentioned, there IL the American Velvet
Company, not at work at this moment, large mill
established for using up the waste made in winding
the raw silk and all silk which cannot be wound.
This fibre IL spun nearly In the same way as wool,
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kerchlefs and other broad silks. There are also
large silk dyeing establishments, some Of them
nected with the above mills, and some sustained
only by dyeing for others. Many other trades, as
wen, are sustained by the silk mills
There are, we said nearly 5000 hands employed
in the various silk mills, majority OF whom are
children OF both sexes. The Dale Company, which
the largest silk factory the Continent. IL covers
superficial area OF 10000 square feet. has capacity
for running 1862 spind,es and thirty looms work
hundred hands. tamil h Booths establishment
employs 200 operatives, two-thirds OF whom, we
attend TO skeining and reeling the delicate fibre
ON hundreds OF ingenious machines, whose inces-
OF industry" earn eight dollars a week. the
younger ones, who do lighter work, average Ave dol
sIttle hands, which we know were never made for
scratching each others eyes, out OF mischief It'll
Babel OF babyhSod THIS reeling ana sseinng de.
The tiny operatives or the ever active spindes are
the most delicate and intricate piece OF machinery
AIRY can produce. This Ia the finer process OF the
manufacture. Here the almost invisible strands
from the product Of the cocoon are twisted into vs
bile threads, and rolled by the most simple steam
machine directed by girls, upon the spools at the
rate OF MY YARDS ~ 1--WE - VIZ nea nrs
from the bags In skeins as they come from the
realms OF the Celestial Emperor or the tycoon Here
too, II il bleached with sulphur and sized and dried
In an adjoining room the snow white spun material
receives hundred dyes. from sober black to ancient
royal purple and modern Magenta. In the rear OF
this fine establishment twelve looms are working ON
the weaving Of satns satiuets and corded silk. This
is vet but experiment. Judging, however, from
the quality OF the material made 1t will soon become
u large and permanent business.
The process here described and the character of
the labor are similar to that OF all the other silk fac
tories. The mill OF John Ryle & Co. keeps 300 oper-
atiyes employed, whose aggregate wages amount TO
slk-wnding spindes, $50 doubling spndles and
1908 other splndles and spooing frames for different
very beautiful branch OF manufacture il that car
ried on In the factory OF Dexter. Lambert 4 Co.,
CURED il o. the most Complicated Kind and varies
in the di1ercnt departments from the dyeing room,
floor, y very labyrinth OF ooms-nnety-six In num-
Ter. At present they are not oil at work; but when
the mil Is In full operation IT can turn out nearly
million dollars OF produce "A year. One or the most
delicate machines We have over seen--invented by
Mr. Barton, Jr., son OF one of the FIRMS in oper-
alton the second door. 1t makes bullion frnges
complete fron the silk thread TO the twist
ing OF the fringe, without the application OF
~. Punch innch Of the human fingers il supplied
by the steel ana wire fingers Of the machine each
| one OF which finishes hundred yards OF fringe
day. with the and OF girl 10 superintend. The
building stands quite near the railroad and occupies
an immense space. We found 202 operatives en-
ployed, half OF whom were young boys and girls
an making good wages This establishments IL only
ten months In operation and has apparently pros
perons future before u.
FLAX.
The raw material used in the manufacture OF linen
| thread, which Is consumed mostly by sewing ma
chimes and for the purposes OF shoemakers and
taors comes from ireland IN large quantities, the
hest quality being grown In tie county or Down. 10
is received here in bales in the rough state, and after
4 a thorough process of washing bleaching and dye
ing Is ready Tor the spindle. At the Passaic iax
| mills OF Barbour Brothers-thc American branch OF
l the ancient house OF Barbour sons at Hidden.
near Belfast, ireland, which employs 900 hands and
runs $1,000 spndes--the largest amount OF lax
thread II made In this country, aud IL ~ most in
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