Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-02-26

3 iats stages, until it comes out in the shaF
of their various manufactures and is see
in the salesroon,. They have. the be-
7 mechanical appliances for working WOO
, and metal, and With skiiifui supervisic
: and workmanship in every step of th
progress IN manufacture are able to pro
. duce thorough and reliable work, and b
these means are fast gaining wide re
putation for excellence Of Products
They now employ IS mon, and sill sool
increase the number. They have tn
! "apacity for producing daily looms, 81
I oedsteads, 200 chairs, SO shining wheels
and other smaller articles Of woodwork
a saw mill which viii work 2,000,00t
feet of lumber. They keep all kinds 0
loom furnishing goods.
| This Iron Hand Loom" the right t.
manufacture which is exclusively theirs
is deserving of special notice, and should
be brought to the attention of the public
as valuable aid ia every household
They have made and sold $50 in the past
few months, and every one has given en-.
tire satisfaction. They have been awlrd
ed prize whenever it has been in com
petition. We were shown samples OF
cloth woven on one of these looms which
fully equalled in a closeness of texture
and evenness of finish that made upon
the power LOOMS. AS a whole, it is an
ingenious invention, and has some spec
ifc points rejecting credit upon the in
ventor, Levi Schofeld, of this county.
1t can be rapidly adjusted to produce
seventeen varieties of texture, with varie-
gated colors, neatly and accurately woven
1t is simple and durable; may be worked
by child twelve years of age, with ease !;
is capable of producing rs yards of cloth
in ten hours A family can make all the
cloth, fannols. &C., needed, AID the ladies
their balmorals of elegant and beautiful
patterns. To those who are dependent
upon their handiwork for livelihood, it
will prove greater source of profit than
almost anything else, with the same effort.
We shall give no minute description of
its mechanism, but state from our own
observation what it will produce. We
noticed, by the way, an Improvement in
the threading of loom shuttles which
challenges admiration, AZ it snpersedes
that health and life-destroying method
of sucking the thread" as it is called.
through the eye, and inhaling the dust
and offensive odor Of the woolen or other
thread, which has long been matter of
concern among Eastern manufacturers.
The threading, by this invention, is per-
formed rapidly by means Of a simple hook
or reed.
The enterprise Of this institution is
worthy of imitation, and the evidence that
it and the excellenoe Of its wares are APP
preciated is had in the fact that the lat
ter find market iii all parts Of the North
west and Southwest, and as far west as
railroads run.
Toolen MW.-Was established 10 1845
by Simeon Ford, and Was the first in the
gtate Mr. Ford was mechanic, hav-
ing worked at this trade for many years ;,
and built up business under adverse cir
cumstances, by his own energetic and la
borious efforts in the mechanical depart
ment Col Daniel Jones, an old resident,
is nov partner, and the business sue
cessful one. The products-hannels,
tweeds, woolens, etc.-are excellent. Two
sets Of cards and two hundred and forty
four spindles, four single ard one double
looms, use fifty five thousand pounds an
nually. They sell all wool shirts, etc.,
knit by Mr.. Weis, German, who opers
ates in quiet way, with machinery. part
of which was brought from the old coun-
try, and is interesting to see as illustra-
tive of the improvements made in more
modern make, which he also has
Bedsteads -Messrs. Taylor s CO. man
ufacture bedsteads, cribs, etc, and do a
general planning and matching business.
| The former have good reputation In
market. Peter May and Grams 4 Hill
derman are also engaged in this line Of
manufacture, and make considerable fur
nlture also.
Sash and Blnds.-Messr r. e. & G..
| B. Lewis manufacture these articles on
considerable scale, AID wholesale in var
ious parts of the Northwest. They have
recently added to their facilities, and spare
no pains to produce reliable work.
Messrs. Lehman & Meyer also do a
large business in the manufacture of sash,
doors, and blines@@to the amount Of sl6,-
900 annually.
Fouad,y-Hilf & Taylor conduct a
quite extensive foundry and machine
shop, where they produce threshing ma.
chimes that have high reputation among
farmers, and do general mill work, and
casting. They do the work in this line
for the Milwaukee and ST. Paul Railroad
Company, which is evidence of their
ability to turn out irst-class work. They
own one of the water powers, aad offer il
for sale.
Brtch.-Blanchard & Sprague manu-
facture the farfous cream brick, equal in
all respects to those produced in Milwau.
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