Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-01

more or northern Illinois or in Maine,
where this species of manufacturing n
dustrY has heretofore been exclusively
urosecuted, and the accessibility Of Mem
phis by river and railways, has induced
the trRnsfer, byEa Northern company, OF
its capital. said to exceed 100000, already
thus invested, to this city.
MATS AND MATrRAss MANDATORY.
Another large establishment, Of
which there are manysmailer IKE
it, will go into operation during me
fall, in the northern part OF the
CITY. which will employ zoo or lOOO com
mon, unskilled laborers, men, women
and children. in the manufacture OF mats
and mattresses. Ends contemplated py
those who would create a House OF Re
fnga or Correction, will be subserved by
this spacies of manufacture, In which not
ooIv the chespest materials, now wasted
n , every Southern farm, are utilized, but
eyery pretext for vagabon isge is removed.
The Grader Cotton Gin and Inter.
Thu recent fire by which thu Grader
Cotton Gin aud Manufacturing Company
lost its supply of notes and cheap cotton,
INST after the establishment went into sue
cessful operation, renders it difficult to
tell accurately the value of the machin-
ery applied to the augmentation OF the
value of the cotton crop. Cotton notes
cost. in this market, an average of two
and a half cents; the cost of converting
them into marketable cotton is one cent;
the per centage of product from notes OF
GOOD oualitv Is from one-fourIh TO One-
third of the whole, rated in the market
as ordinary and good ordinary cotton.
The margin between the cost of notes
and that of notes converted into cotton
has averaged sixteen to cents
per pound; but The losses in the trans
formation are as above stated. The cost
of each gin or 'Iinter," with cast-inon
frame. is about $1,000, and perhaps $500
with wooden frames. The machine cleans
cotton perfectly, without detriment to the
staple. but Is invaluable, because it saves
that which was formerly wasted as mote.
The productive capacity Of each machine
is 5000 pounds of NOTES each ten hours.
There are an average Of four bales Of
notes to each hundred bales of ginned
cotton. or this machine will add 100
bales to the crop, 900, 600 bales) sold in
Memphis, or about fifty thousand bales to
the crop o. the South. These notes have
beep hitherto wasted or used as manure,
and are deemed valueless. Mr.. Grader
and his associates have literally made
two bales of grass grow where there was
only one before We speak Of this machine
because of itsintrinsic value, and because
it is the conception and production of a
Memphis mechanic.
rrr- Shoe Factory.
Within q few weeks Messrs. Scheibler &
Chambers, have commenced the manu-
facture of shoes, at NO. 203 Main street,
and already they are making considerable
PROGRESS, The want of a ladies shoe made
EXPRESSLY for the Southern trade, has long
been telt, and the above named gentle
men are about to remedy this want. Our
lady readers know the objection urged
against Northern made shoes. They are
long. narrow and low in the instep, and
are entirely unsuited to the feet. A
lady wearing a No. 2 shoe in length, ow-
ing to the instep is compelled to purchase
a No. 3, in order 10 get the width and
higbth, This factory employs thirty
hands. and will turn out 800 pairs of shoes
daily, finely finished, elegant in style and
made of the very best material. All the
late improvements in machines for the
making of shoes have been introduced,
including leather-splitting machines, sole
cutting machines and McCabe's celebrated
machine for sewing the sole and upper to-
gether. The made are shorter,
wider and higher in the instep than
those made in the East, and will,
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HoleXare.
We have two manufactures now in OPP
Grafton, and the local trade is supplied
almost wholly by them. They are turn
ing cut as fine specimens of work as any
in the country. and the demand is daily
improving. The establishment of Mr..
Sam Tighe, is situated at the end Of Pop
lar street, and WIS visited by us yester-
dav, The p0tters clay is brought by rail
from Moscow, about forty miles distant
on the Memphis and Charleston railroad,
and is a superior article, but considerable
delay has been experienced in receiving
it. Anew furnace has Just been COM
pleted, and an additional force will 500
Be employed. The factory heretofore
hiss had a capacity of about 5000 gallons
per month, with only six hands N
ployed. Forty barrels of coal and twenty
nys cords of wood are used monthly in
the baking process. Every description
of stone and earthenware is turned out
at this establishment, including jugs,
vases, crooks, flower pots, water pipes,
fire bricks, &c.
Stained, Painted, EnamsIsd and Ground
Glass.
Among the newest and the qnOst impOr-
tant of the manufactures that have made
their advent among US within the past
year, is that OF staining, painting, en-
ameling, enclosing, etching and grind
glass for ornamental purposes. In
March of this year a Mr.. John Hughes,
an artist of rare ability in this line, was
attracted to our city, and after a short
prospectus. determined TO make the OK
pertinent OF establishing himself in BUSH
ness here. Procuring a small lot in Fort
Pickering corner Of South and Tennes-
see s~treets) he built a small furnace capa-
BILE of burning five hundred square feet
of glass at one time, and put up a small
laboratory and workshop for designing
and finishing his work. The first assist
ance that he obtained, in the wayo work,
was an order from John CASTOR, who en-
ployed him TO finish the inner doors for
the beautiful new restaurant on Court
street. The success achieved in this
lob caused work to pour in on
him, and Mr. Hughes is now engaged on
the windows for an Episcopal church AZ
Mason's Depot, eighteen in number) the
windows for 81 Mary's Church and the
chapel for the Sisters, several private
residences and has orders for a large
amount OF steamboat work, all of which
we will describe more in detail at another
time. Mr. Hughes imports nothing but
the plain glass used, the pig lead for
frames, and some few chemicals which he
cannot make himself. He has erected
machinery for grinding the glass, and
every portion of the varied details of his
wonderful and beautiful art are performed
in his labratOry, ss wen, As expeditions
" and as cheaply as anywhere in the
world. On the whole, we consider Mr..
Hughes one of the most valuable acquisi-
lions that Memphis has made, and we
must wish him all success in his under
taking.
Carriages and Wagons,
Three large carriage establishments of
the city import $50, 900 worth d iron and
other materials used in the manufacture
Of carriages, wagons, etc. They import
and manufacture something more than
Sl55, 900 carriages, buggies and amOu-
lances. They sold last year TO other man
ufacturers $4,000 worth of materials,
wood and iron, used in wagon making.
They employ eighty-three hands, and pay
wages amounting to $4,000 annually.
There are, besides these carriage factories,
twenty three shops employed almost eX-
clusiVely in wagon and pillow making.
They produce each from 5000 to $4,000
worth of work annually.
Cubblns & Gums Foundry.
The most extensive Foundry and ma
chine shop i'm the city, is that Of Cubbins
q Gum. The buildings cost $4,000. the
ground 5000, the machinery So 600,
stock and patterns $4,000, seventy hands
employed at an average Of 50 80 each per
diem. The annual products Of the es-
Enlistment are Sl25, 600. Steam engines,
castings, grist mills, machinery of all
descriptions, house fronts, cotton presses
and ploughs are made by this establish
ment.
The C~hlckasaw Foundry and Machine ShOp.
The capital invested is $4,000, average
sales per month, 5000; hands employed
sixty-hve; average wages OF mscbinists,
81 90 per day; Of lsborers, 81 6625; ex-
penses for labor, fuel. etc, Sl29l40 per
day. Use annually GOO tons of cast metal
3I2 tons Pittsburg coal and slack, and
1900 bushels coke. Cotton presses of all
descriptions; horsepowers; cotton and
corn p1autara. GuUfpaz. railroad and