Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-11-12
The Morocco Trade. :
ANOTHER FACTORY BEGUN IN THIS C1TY-sOME NEW
IDEAS IN THE ERECTION OF THE BUILDING AND IL
LABoR-sAyINa MACHINERY.

ANOTHER FACTORY BEGUN IN THIS olTY-soME NEW
IDEAS IN THE ERECTION OF THE BUILDING AND IN
LABoR-sAvINd MACHINERY.
Mr.. William Y. Warner, late Of the firm of
Pusey, Scott 4 Co., who has been for some time
prospecting for site for new morocco manu-
factory, visiting Chester and New Castle in the
meantime, where very liberal Inducements were
offered him, especially at the latter place. has
determined to locate in Wilmington, and has al
ready begun the erection Of his buildings. The
site selected is just beyond the city limits, be-
| tween Beach Street and the Newport Pike, and
in the vicinity Of F. d A. Belts tool factory.
where he has purchased an entire square from
the Christiana River Improvement Company.
The new building which Mr.. Warner has begun
TO erect will be OF brick, l40 feet long and di-
vided into apartments AZ follows Beam House,
45x47 feet Tan House, 40x55 feet Finishing
Room, 45x55 feet. An engine room, 80 feet
square, will be attached to the front of the build
ing, on Beach street, and the office will be l5x20
feet detached from the main building and at one
end Of it. There will be no cellar under the
building, as in all the other factories in the city,
and the Beam and Tan Houses will be but two
stories high, while the Finishing Room will be
only one story. Drying sheds will be built in the
rear Of the building, into which the skins will
be run from the main building by means of an
elevated railway depending from the ceiling, the
skins having first been hung upon the railway
before it is sent out into the drying sheds. Under
the water and refuse material from the build
ing, and over this trench car will run the whole
length Of the factory, the top of which car will
be even with the first floor so as to admit tho
passage Of cars from lateral tracks in all parts
OF the building to this burtLen car which will
convey them to any department desired. All
the work of tanning, beaming and finishing will
be performed ON one floor and the second floors
will be used for storage purposes altogether.
All necessary machinery will be introduced into
the building, which will be driven by IA 60 horse
engine.
Mr.. Warner has started out with the object in
view Of cheapening production, believing that
therein lies the secret of success at this time.
To this end he will avoid az much as possible the
carrying Of few skins from department to de-
partment by his employees, but will remove
them in bulk by means Of the apparatus spoken
Of above. There will be no cliu bing Of stair
cases in his building, no gathering up of shoul-
der loads Of skins, and none Of the laborious
work which removal Of the material in this man
ner involves. Mr. Warner expects thus to econ
omize considerably in labor but besides this
there are other systems OF economy which he
has devised Of which we are not at liberty to
speak.
men, whose product will be about twenty-five
dozen skins per day. He will manufacture OIL
ly Cape stock.
PRESENT CONDITION OF THE TRADE.
A manufacturer informs us that ut this time
the trade is duller than it has been at any time
this year. Production has gone Oh as several
weeks ago, and the result il, lie says.an accumula-
tion of stocks in most of the factories with but
few inquiries. Unless the demand should re-
vive, he apprehends there will be Il slowing
down at many of the factories.