Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-05-25

and other dycstuffs. These color kettles are
filled with expensive preparations, some of the
most costly acids being used The material Is
then passed over another set of hot cylinders
for the purpose of drying, having first been
cleaned. Then il is starched ironed (all by ma
chinery) and measured, ready for packing, Al
though this measuring is done by machinery,
aud almost as fast rs one can count, several
hands are employed In this department. alone,
e. FEMALES. 1t Is now ready for packing away
in boxes, TO be shipped to customers. One lady
is kept employed in pasting. samples of the
prints upon cards, one of which cards Is packed
with each box of goods We also visited the
engra ver's department, and realized something
of the toll and patience required to prepare the
DESIGNS intended 10 adorn the calico dresses
wor By ladies. This Is most expensive de-
purtlncnt, great labor being bestowed upon the
designs, and new designs being prepared for
every season Here the figure intended to be
printed is engraved upon the copper cylinder
before alluded to, some twenty ladies and gen
temen being employed for this purpose
Having glanced at the vast amount Of ma
chinery run, we were anxious to see something of
the power that propelled it, and were conducted
to the engine and boiler room. We found that
to run this immense amount of machinery, there
were twenty-one large boilers and twenty-three
engines, one of them very large. An immense
quantity of water is necessary to carry on the
work, which is supplied by q steam pump, capa-
bic of raising eighteen hundred gallons per min
ute. A few years ago the company suffered Sc
verely from fire, and now as a prccaution against
similar accident, they have a number OF
stationary steam fire engines and are prepared
with hose in every room, always attached to the
engine, and in a moments time could throw inn
mense volumes of wateru upon any portion of the
building endangered. They also have their own
gas works, using gas in their buildings of their
own manufacturing The annual consumption
of coal by this establishment is from six to seven
thousand tons. The cotton factory we first visited
is owned in part by the same men, and con-
sumes about ten tons of coal per day We have
passed an hour at the Print works, delighted
more, if possible, than at the other. We do not
offer what we have said as anything like n de-
scription of these mammoth establishments, for
this would be impossible with only q cursory
glance such as we had What we have said ex-
presses in n faint way what was felt on Witness
ing the achievements of mans genius and mans
industry. We feel enthusiastic over the success
of American industry and enterprise, and can
only wonder that there are those who would not
foster and protect such spirit.
We desire to make mention of the special
kindness of Dir. Brown, one of the proprietors
of these works To him we are indebted, to-
gether with the Superintendents, for facilities
afforded us for making as much of our short
stay as possible. Weary and foot-sore, we re-
turned to our hotel, whore we are Frustrated by
a somewhat severe bilious attack, which pre-
vents our filing an engagement to visit this
afternoon, the celebrated Port Richmond Iron
works, of /. p Morris Il Co, and also, of fll-
filling an engagement to visit some of the mann
moth establishments in the Lchigh valley, at
Bethlehem, about fifty miles distant from the
city, which visit expected to make to-mor-
row. These pleasures we are compelled to forego
If our health permits, we will go AZ once to WASH
ington, and from there home.
Our visit to the city of ''Brotherly Love has
been quite pleasant one. We like the city and
we like the inhabitants 1t is indeed pleasant
place. 1t might be very APPLY styled the City
of Homes, as every one may have home here
If he chooses, and but very few have. 1t is the
most clearly city in the land. The society is far
above the average. We saw but one intoxica-
ted man on the streets during our stay. We
have been treated kindly by all We are under
special obligations to the Press office for courte
sizes, which we will be pleased to reciprocate
Our sojurn at the Bingham House has been about
the pleasantest of our experience in hotel
life. We bid adieu to the grand old city, feel
that we would like to come again.