The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-13

The Inventor OF Alpaca Goods, and the
Gsroat Town which He BnIIt In York -hiro,

dresses. SO fast do we 1.-Two nowadays that It
seems almost beyond the kon of tho present
generation that the discovery OF tho latter
stuff was made, and yet we have all worn
frocks. or ut least pinatores, Of that material.
Whoever foels inclined to revive the old data
md refresh his mind rs to this groat event In
the annals Of commerce and industry can do
no better than to pay q flying visit to Satalre.
He will be met with tho grentest courtesy. End
on all sides objects Of interest, and be reward.
ed for his journey by the sight OF an imperish.
ablo monument Of enterprise, intelligence and
philanthropy.
While admiring the perfect management and
order OF the great factory which has developed
into q town, and listening to the interesting
history OF It's birth and growth. one is struck
by familiar reminiscence vaguely obtrudlng
itself through tho present details. Suddenly
one remembers how Dickens in Household
Words, gave an account OF the discovery OF
alpaca IN his happiost vein; how he told OF
"the plain misunderstanding young man. with
an In eigent face and a quiet. reserved man.
ner." who picked up the "superannuated horse.
hair" rejected by tho lady rat, looked at It
felt It. smelt 1t, rubbed 1t, pulled 1t nbout-did
all but taste IT." who held II up TO the light
and held 1t away from the light, did all sorts Of
cruelties to it as though it had been nls most
deadly enemy" who walked away with
handful or two In his pockets evidently In
tending to nut the stun to some e1cruciatinG
sRre al Entered o Satisfactory
contract work with c. ". Toogle II Go. Tho
H %bom wqs tbs S ns
that OF Messrs Hogan Hail Co. OF Liverpool.
1t apreaIs hat the ancient lnras Of Peru
wore beautiful robes and mantleS made OF the
wool OF certain indigenous sheep or camels,
which wns OF great length and strong fibre,
these alpaca tleeces, but the Spaniards did
not understand their manipulation, and 1t was
RlN fNtr tna lnfA hnf In mint rtpI
f%ctured in Tuiope. TGe animals themselves
the century the Duchess OF York had three or
OF tho gentle ruminants. and several nohle-
men and land owners attempted to breed
man was already born, who, utterly Ignorant
OF the results Obtained by the old Peruvians,
TITUS SAT- Was Born in sTs Mores nSS
Leeds, In quaint two-storied building called
the old Manor House. his father Daniel, was
nature he tired OF agriculture and moved to
bradford, then a rising industrial town. be-
business sagacity and acumen. IQaniel
Salt understood that there was money to make
forward 70 seeing his son help and share 10 his
lahors., Young, Titus. however who had fin
School at Wakefield. much preferred n farmers
life; but unwilling to Grieve his, father. he
nership with Daniel in 1884 and being a con.
scienti JUS. honest, and honorable young fell
profession. He was also clever and enterprise
Ing. and had already succeeded in overcomin ing
Russian WOOL when his attertio was attracts
ed by some speculations in alpaca tieeces. A
NJ outrsm OF halifax had snee9 n DC ate.
large prices as shawls and rugs, but had re.
lin9pished the idea Of conyyerting it into gen.
accidentally stumbled upon stock Of the
tieeces, bought It. returned to Bradford. and.
and tsa5To vsod in the Ss sSSS
vnunted robes OF the Incas. II soon became
popular. orders p3uGe! in. and 1t was exhibited
Salts name was universally known, he had
soon to remove to larger premises; and e1tenj-
cd his business. employing four different mills
In the course OF twenty years f the impoEta:
mion to nearly four milton pounds a; year, ear.
and it rose n price T from the eightpence
STOCK to two sRllines and sixpence. and sven
httuIly TO three shilllnGs;
In 1874 the Queen desired MIR. Salt to manu-
goats which belonged to the royal farm at
Windsor. Out OF the ten pounds OF wool he re-
dress lengths, two plain. one plaid and one
striped and figured. The Queen was 80 de-
articles that she wore some OF them herself.
Hence5orth alpaca became fashionable.
OF Bradford and married Miss William Of
Stop ttr til there. He had conceived nee the idea Of
TSad an hs pany in TaSS ne
sssPefsy q factory Il order 70 do
roundings, and in 1851 purchased large tract
OF ground in the pretty valley Of tho Airs.
WITH the assist assistance Of a' Sir William FSPbaiTn
under whose direction the engineering part
cuted in two c' years Jar, and SaItare created. On
his iiltieth birthday i was inapguTated by
were his own workpeople brought over from
Bradford; The press, the illustrated papers. in
agGerated;, The beauty of its situation on the
acoy Ras ronagS 81 as feet
height OF six stories. and covers ten acres; 1t
Is shaped like 4. is perfect In all its arrange
and Liverpool Canal and the River Aire A
huge bridge stretches across railway. river.
sireet Which leads dads &c 10 saitaire Park. beyond
which is the beautiful house in which Titus
Trincess of Wales In 1852.
The little town is an architectural and sani-
employed: provision having been made for
their comfort. whether MARI ed or single Salt;
and perfectly planned many hayo
small gardens. The public buildings are hand
some and numerous; a 4ne church. schools. .
literary institute, comprising a large library.
lecture, class. and billiard rooms. ana a GYM
nasinm, erected Mt IL cost Of G25.OO0: baths.
washhouNe-. and orty-fve Glmshouses all tho
git and the creation OF the man who created
Saltalre: SO that the town proper s as much
an OBJECT OF woAder aud admiration rs The
hinge works which are its rdison d''etre No
house for the sale Of intoxicating liquors il
allowed to be oponed on tie place. This col
ony, tho work Of one man. stands as the UNIQUE
no ,ument of commercial enterprise high in
dustrial caracity, and Intelligent nhilanthropY
= he generosity Of TITUS, Salt did not con.
4 q ttseli to Sal,aro and his Ieope. lavish AS
II was he spent largely on Iuplic charities.
besides the private ones OF which none but
him self knew the amount he gave away half q
million sterling in su subscriptions, and by his
Will as much again and more, leaving a fund q
G3h1OO To provide support Tor tho sick and
aged Of Saltaira
=, In 1867 he received the Legion Of HonoEtrom
the Emperor OF the rIoncn and in 1859 tho
Queen: as proof OF tho regard in which she
held him and in consideration Of the good he
had done. created lin barynet
Sir Titus was Il god TO his work people: they
loved and royered him VI y equal fervor and
reraid his soicituu" for their welfare by abso-
Lutte devotion. IHey I'm It'd 10 present him.
once with u colossal bust of himself ut am
other time W III u line portrait even the chi-