, 1870-09-07
Letter from Hartford, conn---Hartford-'
Observation-Disclosures Sew
Ing sll1--Belding Bros. 4 Go.


uAkzFoRp. Conn, Sept. l..
70 the Editor u Tit Chicago Tribune:
Hartford L. said to be wcalthicr. per capita, than
any city In the Union except Providence. By her
Tire and life insurance companies ahr has legtcsl
contributions upon oil patts of the country, and
nef chief buildings art constructed by the fnuds
ut these conipsrIes. Her High School coss $685.
Brt.wn Schoolcost szio, o,o0o, ali iurnishs1L sill.
here ts = lack Of enterprise among the wealthy,
snd citizen remarked to me that Hartford need
cd about Two hundred nzst-c!As8 funerals TO make
Il IN entctprtsspg and growing city.
CONSECT1CCr
|. em!nen!ly amanufactuttne State Every strnam
Ut x1tcr With fall enough TO turn Fater wheel
Il used TO L1iye machinery. Efuurtsh1ng ciuls
have sprung up within Jew {ears BY tnc nlaxic
toNere 81 lhs skle! weilels U eosssn. wool, SILK.
teressed tn the growth Of
ROCKVILLE,
. manufacturing tuwu, siateeu miles east Of
!iatlf0tJ, aul connected M!t. The H1,s{0rl i
I,ruvtdenca Railroad BY branch ruaa soiue fur
m!lrs ianE: TWENTY gears aso Il VA. small
hamlet with null os two, anA few lnhaei:snss-
S.W has eoo people, vita all the appoint a:euts
churches, Schools, ctc: It ues:lcN In a raviuc.
creeplngnp the hills en- either side Of the stream
wht He motive puwes has created 1t, and overlook
| ing the valley Of tho Connecticut There are
r my nne 1esldences here IN picturesque situa-
Sns Itsns a ~ ,e .e A4s ,ss ioEs s sss
ssaa s ys!s sstIp, ssss5ls s5a. i saspiy: y
pS SSs te 10, wans ss A Tfeks ss s H. sx:eu nsn
ufar,aairs whirh are gronpcu witn,a the space Of
| three thousand yards, and furnishing sac bcst
TIC lowest Itil .,lsrc IS faiI q, iarec han.ised
and tify feet the l!ghtest fan at any mill by,aE
eIRht4en tet.s, and the highrst forty -f0ur feet.
l1cse ART Cotton, woollcD SILK, thread. and eare-
lope mills, and one for making EA1ss,one giax-
llane-tht only mi1i Ia tAis country using sA
shutue-looms, anu capabIu OF running SIX colo.s
| NJ hncr ERC rFr ri s1aq
ot plaid. But Was most Interested In the pro-
cess Of -..-.-.
and, as It Is not familiar TO must newspaper read
efs. VII ~ to describe 1t 50 that thes can un-
The raw s,ls u Imported from China an.l Jsran,
IL large skctns, each thread Of which Is composed
nf fifteen 0r tWen'y thstats-morr OF lcss-ol
.,lk w"uod from the cocoon By the uatiyea Of
three kinds Of raW silk usetl, lsat1ce, with twenty
cocoon threads. Is best; TaJsaam is next, md
GHtSr eSc1 i S pcI IT Mae i 1sr a, kns ar
| sirrnK hnlut'un Of so0r anti walrr twelve hours,
then put M reels mud wount into hopbus, ntly-
1ie3t Gh Maclt1uc. Ut which tu1zc arc ecn1n
room. Then tht thread nom iAese boInlns Il
run INTO other hohMns tttveen tRo steet knives
to clean It and make It even: Tlen nEe bob5lns
5g n1" 9n On oanpg g.
threads an: sometimes combined Ia ons. Tue
tNisitd, the spsnd!cs revolving ,yo lines I
minute Then thcy are put on tne doubling na
Tie principal silk Mill here, located ncsy til,
outlet OF tue reservoir, and always supplied viii
clear water, belopgsi 10
/ II Is suhtuut1A DrcE building, four gtcrte
. | high, with Etnnc basement, ls5 feN lung by :
Ct wide, with wing 70 b{ o2 feel, and costing
with the machinery $lss,eoo The wl'e
! pciier Is q eo-norse power. They al,o hayr
Z weaving room where they MAKE the noes
c sasncs. 1t takes s7A0o0 TO E1ock thei
} s.il, and they use LON Pounds Of sa'
: isund. They empios soe operatives, and n
without tntcEuis*tnu frnHl sln TO sun. They ais
lave the produtta Of three mllls-xhtch they VII
tuRlly rln-ln Mansfield, Conn.. and sell ncaTiE
4 \ n.lltun dollars worth Of sewing silk sear. III
:, A. y. Delltng has the nnuasement of The mil
d I 1onees, managed. one at No. ssa HroaawaJ, Ses
| York, BIZ 81. u. Beldiny aud G. u. Wood; one a
ia. 20 West Fourth street, Cincinnati, by D, u
beidMR; and one at Nos. Sc and 50 Wabash d,
/ and II: c. Allen. They have earned the 1eputz
;ion Of u.aklng the best se~!ngs!ik In tue cous
+ 'ty, and have taken Precedence Of q
! l competitors BY adhenng tnte1lbly to thrt
; sulcs, VIZ; bJ selecting the best stock, using II
e best skill and machinery ID Tot kInX II, and a!WaI
e att In measure, wclSnt, and quality, There a
l. no ''dead-brats" iu The t1tn. They are all III
men, understand their business thoroughly, ST
sttsnsi to 1t, and have worked tneir way fru
r. | mall beginnings t0 the front rank OF m1nufa
:utcss, Importers, and wholesale dealers " sewtt
= | c1go house sells twice aSmany gtsots as all Il
q other silk houses in Chicago, anu has greatly
1 creased Its trade N the last Two years, untll
| now extends all oscr thc Northwest