Connecticut western news., 1875-01-08
KEPORT-(ABSTRACTl:

examination of tho articles described, tho undersigned judges make tho follow ing
 REPORT (ABsTRACT):
 That Sewing No. 436 (Whorl- CT X Wilson's New No. @ was claimed to be so great an improvement, both upon the well known family machine made by the Slmc company, and upon all othor sewing -machines, aB entitled 1t to recognition as new and valuable in- vention. Under these circumstances, an extremely thorough and minute examina- tion bccnme both desirable and necessary, not only of it's novelty but of the skill and workmanship manifested ill the fitting and adjustment of all it's parts. We have risen from such examination with an ample conviction that the claim, ill all it's essential features, is we'll founded.
 At the commencement of our oxamina- tion, we were provided with several com came from the manufactory, and wore nt liberty to mako our own selection for the construction of complete machine in our presence. We thus had, to a large degree, a demonstration of tho nicety of the manufacture. Every part was formed to fit every other part with exact pre- cision. So accuratoty, for instance, did the several rotating hooks it in tho samo bearing, thnt wllilo entering it, each one of them, without such contact as re quired force, manifcstly compressed the air within in roaching its proper seat.
 Tho judges onumcrate nnd describe some of tho points of novelty and excel Af oil Lnr
 The simple and efficient device for pro ducing variable motion for the rotating hook .
 The Independent tako-l1p lever, which secures the tightening of tho stitch un- der the best possible circumstances
 The peculiar form of tho hook and the uso of bo1sbin holding Q great quantity of the under thread;
 Tho simple device for producing md varying tho tension of-the lower thread;
 Tho hollow steel noelle- bar;
 The facility for applying and uSing many useful attachmcnts-thc hcmmer, binder, corder, ruilier, &c,
 Having completed the construction of our trial machine, ill the way indicatcd, it was mounted upon convenient stand, and submitted to every variety of test as to the range of work that could be cxecu- ted upon it properly and well, and with out other adaptation than simple changes of needle and thread The mere list of operations performed in our presence without the slightest hesitation or fail ure, aud without the discovclnblo less of so much as n single stitch, would convey nn inadequate idea of the complete sue cess achieved.
 ISNDInnInp but 17-1000 inch ill diameter, and opera ting with the finest thread upon lace goods, the same machine passed through all the stages of muslin, and broadcloth of all conceivable thickncssos and fold ings and ridgings, and then with waxcd thread stitching through portions of heavy harness leather.
 After this demonstration of it's range of work, we entered upon the nicer tests required for family and light manufac- turing machine. In this department wo witnessed all tho varieties of work o1 henming, felling, and bra,ling, and also a degree of success in single and double ruffling which we believe unparalleled. The varied kinds of work on d lady'n boot were then performed and each of these with tho same marked success. In deed, whatever tho test, and whatever the work presented, tho samo unfailinE perfection was exhibited, not only in thc work as u piece, but in the execution of each individual stitch. With much pa ticnt examination wo wore unable to dis cover single defect.
 The minuteness of this report is sim pie reflection of the care with which we have cndeavored to examine thcso claims. We find the chief advantage of thls ma chino to be in the uso of q modified form of the rotating hook ns substitute for the shuttle, the hook carrying tho llprcr thread aro,ind the bobbin containing the lever thread, and thus producing idcntically the Samo effect n5 tho shut tie. Tho superiority of this rotary mo tion over the rcciprocating motion of the shuttle machine cannot be disputed. The " lock stitch which is thus secured has always ranked highest on account of the pcrmanencc, beauty, and general d9- sirahlcness of the stitching when done, and the wide range of it's application.
 To thcse conceded advantages there Mtve been added, in our presence, the scverest and most searching tests of it's capacity and usefulness upon every ordinarily possible kind of work, and we cnr do no less than bear witness to the entire and rcmnrk;lbln success which has attended it's action in every part of our examination. JtiBa nachiuc Whjch, bV MC 1)rO0t submitted, ace arc S0tjS- fCd must CrCntV0iU S'tpCr8Cdc dW OfhCrS nOtO knOU1o aoith aOhich H comes in com petition.
 As tho only conclusion to which we can arrivo after an investigation of the several merits of each of the sewing machinCs submitted, nn investigation which we have cndcavorCd to make pa tiontly and completely in every respect, and nssocinting thcac with our bost iudg mcnt upon tho merits of tho several ma chimes which are ill uso but not on exhi- bition
 NC recommend for Mc UHrcIrr ,c Wilson .Ncw No, 6 ScwiHg mochinc, NC M9hCSt 0r0rd Which H is il W@ pO'ccr 0f Mc ItStjt"tC 70 beStOw.
 JOIN A. BAssErr,
 MOsEs $. BEACH,
 II. w. STEELE, Judges.
 JOHN MATTHEWS,
 RuUBEN BULL,
 Tho Board of Managers unanimously approved the report, and recommended for this machine h" Gold Ncd0t of Mc It.3ifUkC.
 The Board of Direction unanimously approved this recommendation, and awarded the GOd Ncti0i to Wheeler X Wilson, the only gold medal awarded for @ sewing mnchine by the American In atitute for many years.
 
 Railways in Great Britain.
 According to D regent report made to the British Board of Trade by Capt. Tyler, an inspector of the railways of tho United Kingdom, the average divi- dcnd made in 1873 by tho companies