, 1874-05-24
CARPE1-MAklNG.
, y;s;t to the Carrct-1li'Is in Thonp-
sonTi!Ie, Conn.
INV Brussels and Ingram Carpets are
Fabricated.


con,e New transformations.
e,.c;a, Correspondence Of The Chicago Tribune.
TAoaPsoSy1LLE, couu-, May. 1874.
p,rs;rc en- route for few days in this place,
,sna tsl il has little natural beauty to attract
,stsanger. It is
FACToRY-ToWE,
~. nriucipa business interests Of which arc con-
'.atr,.ed by the Hartford Carpet Company To
..a the beauty OF the place, ono needs to 60
.rto outsidc Of the town, down on to Old En-
III st7ect. Hero are handsome residences,
.,.da by magnificent old elms, four rows Of
-,;.h separate tha double carr1age-road
~ foot-patts. Broad streets and splendid elms
-. foppd in a great many OF these New-En-
-,s,a tovrs. showing that the old settlers had at
- ~ e7e to natural beauty. Passing on to
r;,h ,7eoue, which is also q street leading
ev,7 frcu the place, VIC find pleasant view Of
So c7nuecticut, with the Town OF Sufield on
Ire opposite shore, and the still snow-covered
t;1. lttlo beyond. The rain, snow, and gen.:
er.l cold weather of this season, have delayed
everything and the grass alone, where tho snow
has melted. gives promise Of spring. This place
:. miles south Of Springfield; and the peo-
=, here and in the vicinity, who keep
m tho good old fashion Of going
,.Mc1ing, did it with furs On and carrying snow
.hoyeis Just north q little way, they went in
s,eirhs, and brought homo Christmas-greens in
rl,ce Of tue dainty AIay-aover or trailing arbutus.
Your correspondent haa, therefore. boen obliged
10 co:fine herself to such things as wero to bo
socn in the town.
Tislt to
THE rARpET- MILLS
yesterday proved very interesting. The wool
+ brought here just ns it ie taken
f-2n the sheep. Il is first washed and
thoroughly clesused, and then taken TO the splu-
n;pg-roo1n. Here, By the aid Of machinery, tho
long wool is separated from the short. Tbs first
cones through tho lowcrpart Of tho machine. aud
Il colad into tin cylinders while the short wool
r.sses through q wooden trough about d foot
from the ceiling. end goes in!o small chamber
partitioned Oft for the purpose. Tue process OF
stsigntenlng the wool then fo1lowa; and, to
accomplish this, several machines are Used. Tie
first taxes tho coils from two thren cylindrical
receivers, and makes them into one these arc
combined again by another machine; aud SO on
until tha proper size il attained, and the wool Il
sufficiently Strengthened to conmeece spinning.
The tirst twist leaves COARSE, rough coil, rs
thick 81 your finger; the second makea it finer
until st Last it il SO reduced that three strands
are twinted together to make the ordinary thread
used in bod Brussels. 4 spooling process has
been going Oh all this ti1ne; aud, tho thread
oil the spools into skeinB, aud is ready to 50 to
TIE DTE-HoCsE.
Into this building re merely looked. It con-
taiucd tho washlpg-machines, aud caldrons OF
:lcaued. to eliminate The oil which has been
1sed iu spinning. and then goes into the dye.
The huge 7ats wero filled WITH vivid scarieta.
greens, oranges. blues in FACT all the colors Of
.hc rainbow, mud few more which mi ght sston-
Eh tin. primitive pTlsmatic authority.
The next Thing to consider WAS
THE PATTERNS.
TIE dosigDB for theeo come from I'll quarters
Of the globe, the company employing artists
tor this prrpoee. These designs arc
which are familiar 10 ell woman who have ever
made any wo1btcd-work. From these designs
he patterns are mnde; nad this is one OF the
most interesting portions OF tho work. At one
nAchlne young gill sat, with o,e design be-
'o7e her. At her side wero piles OF peateboerd
.ar1s, about 5 iDcAcs wide aud Is long. a metaf !
:late filled with holes, INTO which we're dropped
3las about ~ incEcs long, was before Ecr. |
There we're Eve Or sly rows OF these holes; and, |
quickly es the fingers on both hauds could move,
heee pins we're changed in accordance with the |
,es!gn before here. Wherever there MSS =
hitch OF sorao color IN the Dutter1, pin wns
lropped; but, where the ground WAS to show,
he holes we're lert rcc.nt. .: One CT two cards |
we're then plnced Under press, the plato with
he pins placed On them, and the rrcBs then |
lraWn forward and dropped lonn,-tho cards
,eing ronctured in the process. Thea The pl.te |
Fas restored; and, with speedy manipulation
o rapid looker;on could uct follow 1.-THE
,ns were altered 50 es to form the pattern for
he succeeding roTa. "
ANOTHER PATIEn.S-4fACurSE
4 Il I'm fHn A.
Line, which evidently E.arsed tho number OF
'hat in tapcstry-work we cAn stitches. A num- ]
er of keys, OF knobs, which threw out the pins I
t proper time, were p!sced at tho back 0; q !
be pnttcrn-naker's fingers played as upon tho !
eys Of an ofgan, with T. precision and rapldltv
Ihich might make many musician cnvloas. 1t
;as rcading by color instead Of note. and
esta1nly required quito az much talent I
IN not sure thas many Young bung1er
It the piano would not DO decidedly bene-
6ted By fav lessons on this carpet
organ, foE accuracy lB Indispensable here.
! motion Of the feet, corresponding to
that required by ths bellows in parlor-o1gan.
IN this portions of the work arc the bestpald, and
re engaged 1T it the feweat hours,-maklng
llghsr wages md shorter time than aay other Of
Lhe employees.
The e=tsls a1e then laced together, aad placed
7po1 -.
The ha1ness-threa1, which has beon prepared in
mother portion OF the building, is attached md
his u,:chne presses the pattern closely against
set1ea Of needless which catch up the various
alors as the pattern demands. Tnus, should
carpet be red ground with wb:t9
|gures, the plain, unpunctured surface Of
10 pattern would represent the red. and
10 color would be picked up, vhllc the holes
'ould ahoT where tie willie vas 10 be brought
Trough to the surface.
10 lar, the manufacture OF Brussels and In
faln carpets is the same, except that the long
Tool used for the for1acr while the short wool,
= q Somewhat similar process, is prepared for
hs 1ng1a;ns: Nett,
TIE wAEp FOB TIE ISonAISs
prepared hy drawing in tho different co!ors,
ney baing properly arrangedL These arc then
ghsly wound on Brobdignagian spools, which
ontsln tbs warp for entire pieces Of carpet. ]
hey IRE raised to the ceilug, and there BUS
enaea. Ino warp passes up through en- open
Y 10 tho loom above. willis through another
y comes tho carpet, wound on to another
2ler Thus all over this room are suspended.
oon: Or feet apart, the hugo spools with the
ap and tho carpet which has been made with
uclng into another department. we find girls :;
Eesdlng at macll1aas,
spoOLING BoBBIS9
II the lnsrains. These aro done by : self-act- (
= machine, 10 that oao girl can attend to any
11, 4~ofe1