Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-09-15
It. The he,tsr tinds are chiefly used

poorest. The better tinds are chiefly used.
The raw silk lie fret pat into strong solu-
ton OF soap and water Twelve hours, then
put on reels and wound into bobbins, So on a
machine, OF which there are thirteen in a
room. Then the thread from these bobbins
is run into similar bobbins between two steel
knives to clean it and make it even. Then
five bobblns are wound into ole, on & doub-
ling machine, so constructed that If one
thread breaks the machine stops. By repeat
ing the process thirty threads are sometimes
combined in one. The bobbins are then out
on spinning machine and twisted, the spin
die revolving $4,000 times a minute. Then
they are put on the doubling machine again
and three threads combined iii one and then
brought back 10 the twisting machine and
twisted the opposite way. Tho bobbins are
then placed In trough, so that the lower
side Is in water, and wound thence on to a
wooden cylinder nearly a foot thick, and from
this into similar cylinder, called a stretch.
or, which revolyes One-sixth faster than the
other increases the length Of the thread one.
sixth and makes ii smooth and even. 1t is
then run into the bobbins again, and then
reeled into hanks $50 yards long. II is now
transferred to the e-house, boiled in soap
suds, which takes out the gum and reduces
the weight e-f0urth. Then it is washed
clean, and that to be colored black is put Ia a
bath OF nitrate Of iron, washed again, put in
a bath of cu'cie to- give it body, then dyed
with logwood al soap, washed and softeneC
with slight soap BATH dried and twisted
paid In hanks with wooden lever, which ia
called Swinging For colors-a hundred
or mOre-different processes are required. -
these hanks are then wound into bobbns,
then into spools, weighed, labeled, put up, a
dozen spools in a box, and 7G4 boxes In
shipping case, ready for tn market All the
processes are performed by skilled hands,
with the greatest care and precision Il
takes about month from the time the raw
silk goes into the mill Uefore It IS finished
ready for sale.
The principal silk mill here. located near
the outlet Of the reservoir, and always sup
Piled with clear water, belongs to
BELDISa BROs 6 co
1t Is substantial brick building, four stories
high, with stone basement, l2j feet long by
45 feet wide, with wing 70 by 80 feet, and
costing, with the machinery, Sl25 600. Tie.
water wheel which drives THE machinery j.
80 feet in diameter and cost nearly 5000.
The Dye House boiler Is Of go horse power
They also have weaving room where they
maze the finest eashes. Il takes S75 coo 10
stock their mill, and they use 600 Tbs Of raw
silk & week, costing from $3.50 TO $1,000 a
pound. They employ 200 operatives. and ruA
without intermission from sun to sun. They
also have The products of three mlls-Yhich
they virtually ruin Mansfield, Conn. and
sell nearly million dollars worth Of sewing
silk year. Mr.. A. n. Bedding has the man
agement OF the mills at Rockville The firm
have three wholesale houses, managed, one
at 32j Broadway, New York, by NJ. IL. Beld-
ing and G. D. Wood; one at 70 West Fourth
street. Cincinnati, by d. w. Bedding; and
one at Sc and So Wabash avenue, Chicago,
by II. II. Bedding, W. A. Stanton and H. c.
Allen. They have earned the reputation
of making the best sewing silk in
the country, and have taken precedence Of
all competitors by adhering inheXibly TO
three rules, viz: BY selecting the best stock,
using the best skill and machinery in work
ing it, and always representing their goods
TO be precisely what they are, in measure,
weight and quality. There are no dead
beats" IN the firm. They are all live men.
understand their business thoroughly, and
attend to it, and have worked their way from
small beginnings to the front tank Of manu-
facturers importers and wholesale dealers
Of sewing'silk and machine twist in the coun-
try. The Chicago house sells twice as many
goods as all the other silk houses in Chicago,
and has greatly increased its trade in the last
two years, till it now extends all over the
Northwest.
EAST AND WEST.
In travelling at the East notice that the
railroad accommodations are far inferior to
those in the Nest. | saw no railway coaches
equal to those in the West, and no sleeping
cars equal to those Of tho Pullman Palace
Sleeping Car Company. But
NEW YORK
il thu great metropolitan city. OF the New
World. Here are felt the vital pulses of
trade and commerce The hurry Snd bus
tie, and activity, and enterprise, and eager
pursuit OF wealth and pleasure which char
acterize Chicago are h,re quickened and ia
tensifed. VICTOR.