Telegram-herald., 1889-11-13

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Ths body ol c.lel9th - saas ls called
barl4ps. uaes of 1ats snd ial ported
frem scotland ILis e&arselg aoYen
fabric - Iap AMI is stirensa - being
passed t1roaga . mixture q starch an3
< .e and over het rollers. eeutag oal
Il %. gal be SAID. lalnterea. IL is tt-n
ready Tor The pains machlae where ls
ls sige1 t1e body There are f94r
gaaltties ~ oilelotA. depending on The
nlm Der OF toay coats Of palnt. It4t
which is o. be the best quality recet Fes
Eve Or SIX coats. the poorer grades Z
less number TIE clotl ~ pi es
tsenty i've yards long - $40 yards
v lde. IS dr. 20 ln racks n afeh 4re c3n-
stracted in tiers OF twenty The factory
has = rack capacity 0f ll. 80 81 a4re Yards
TIE thickness OF each eo4s OF paint ;
governed By a stee. knife. ia m4nlp d.
ting " b zen q work KHAN hecomes 50 pro-
ncient thal he can Tell near-y 10
pound IS har piece ~ cloth Wlll we-ga
when the coating PROCESS IS completed
Three men a q paint machine can turn
out ia 4 aay 100 pieces containing ufty
quare yards each The operation q
coating rEs equality cl0th occupies
HeeA, As each coat requires taeuly-
t04r aours ln = llel 20 DRY j. IS fhCn
sent % tle rubbing machine. where sur
faces coated with glue anu sand pas
rapidly over the side which is 90 10
printed. Kidding 10 OF all irregul ul4rities
De better qualities are afterWard
given another coat Of paint when hey
are ready for the printers This Is the
most interesting part OF the operation.
For every color ia the pattern 70 30
transferred 10 the oil-cloth there must
be 4 block. These blocks come from
Maine. They are about two inches
thick, TWO feet square, and are Gem
posed OF layers OF wood The surface
10 be used Is of maple, crossed and re-
crossed oy narrow grooves which form
surface OF small squares, la OF them
10 the square inch. These squares look
like, ana are In reality. SO many pegs.
Where the pattern Is desired 10 show
the pegs are left standing. those on the
portion OF the surface which is not 20 be
printed from beingc away The styles
IN patterns change twice year. Some
are designed in Utica and others come
from Philadelphia and New York.
Some patterns containing many colors
require from twenty-five TO thirty
blocks, and consequently that mum Der
OF impressions, 10 reproduce the design.
Rug patterns are the most difficult 20
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for the corners, sides and the center.
The printing is done on the top floor
so that the oilclOth can hang for a dis
tance Of fifty feet TO dry. Each printer
has a table with eight pads. on which
he smears his cOlOrs. Pressing a block
70 the pad containing the required
color, he transfers IL 10 the sur
face of the cloth, using hand
pressure only. Having done this
with every block. as each transfers but
one color, and consequently but a small
portion of the complete design. he has
finished about four square feet OF
printing, and goes about repeating tho
operation on another portion of cloth.
and so on. Two men generally work at
a table, and can turn out from 100 to
$50 square yards of oil cloth dav,
when printing seven or eight color pat
terms. The paint used is similar to the
ordinary house paint. When the print
ing is completed another block is
pressed on, which gives the embossed
surface, of which there are two kinds,
pin and line finish.
The wet cloth then hangs from the
loft for week, when by an ingenious
mechanism il is transferred TO the drv-
ing-room, where for another week it
remains in q temperature Of 130 d -
grees. The door to this dry-room is
fifty feet high, allowing that length Of
oil-cloth to be passed through without
rolling or bending. Coming out it is
vanished, three men with the aid of a
machine vanishing G, 900 yards a dav.
Next il is trimmed and the cloth is
ready 70 be shipped