New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-05
NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS.
GREAT AMERICAN INDUSTRY ESlAb
IISHED ALMOST IN DAY.
LACE FABRICS MANUFACTURED IN FOUR STATES
MILLIONS OF CAPITAL INVESTED AND

| MILLIONS OF CAPITAL INVESTED NM
THOUSANDS OF HANDS EMPLOYED.
This shall BE- the story briefly told, OF no" S'nse
line In tariff bill established new lhuuS"S ANU
within three years. found profitable ana S""uS ''''
poyment for hundreds OF operatives op''''' "''"'
Of advantageous Investment for hundreds Oh 'ho'N"u
Of dollars and stimulated American Ingenuity 'ho 'n'
invention Of now processes which have "r'"uS ''s''
| reduced the cost OF production.
I'm 1886 the Wkcsbarrc Lace MANUFACTURING 'o'"'
! pany brought over two looms Tor inc p"rPoSe VI
| ,ronufsctur,rg lace cur,ains The company had
! $4,000 capital II Wa difficult work to educate me
groom operatives IN handle the complex machines, bu'
Il was mpshed and two more looms were oru'rN,
the capital being increased to 100000. L'ue'
! any, money was made but the indefatigable energy
| OF Clarence whitman the wenknow Ne"-iork Gull
| mission merchant who Ind been elected treasurer
simulated his associates and they kept steadily AZ
| work Meanwhile. at patchogIe, h. J., the Amer
can Lace Manufacturing Company. operated by wilson
| & Willoughby, had been running TWO looms ln"re
| were thus six looms weaving lace curtains In the
! United States when. In looO. the Mckinley law
! changed the duty these goods from 30 per cent
| 10 co per cent Then what had been merely IA
| hazardous experiment became fixed fact
| The wllArsharrc company Immediately added SIX
! looms and soon after ten more. giving them today
twenty looms with m annual production OF Tooo'ooo.
| over 600 empoyc, find steady work at good wages
Heretofore the yarns used In the grade OF goods made
| I'm this country have been Imported. Now the com
| pany Is building spinning mill which viii cost T2oo,
| 900 and will give employment to over 100 additional
| hands.
| The members OF the great carpet and rug manu-
featuring OF John Bromley Sons. which has
been 10 business I'm Philadelphia for over half
century, formed. with the addition OF another partner
| tho Bromley Manufacturing Company, and erected
large and costly Buildings adjoining the present great
| plant. Every appliance known TO modern curtain
manufacture wns Introduced and the company IS now
operating sixteen looms and giving employment to
| between 400 and 500 hands. WIgh' n Ihckcy are
| the New York representatives..
one day soon after the passage Of Ia" law. Samuel
IIorner surviving partner In the I'D Homer Brothers
Cnrpct mrnnv who ha- In Lahigh-ave. Philadelphia
one Of the most complete carpet mills In the world
appeared at the Office Of his agent in this city and
announced that he would sail for Europe the fol-
lowing day. lie had already contracted for great
building. and four months from The day ground
broken h. turning out curtains IN The gray. In
England he bought all the requisite machinery and us
fret curtain ready for bleechinC and finishing
pIs: thirty nine DAYS after lis first loom landed
~ Philadelphia lie has now twenty one looms. with
800 hands, and hi, mill Is constructed with capacity
for thirty i've. An cl.ctrlc Hight plant 1, Installed
ana It T. Intended 10 work three shifts II eight hour,
EACH thus keeplng tho costly machinery IN ccasclcss
operilon. reducing intcrc account nnd consequently
cost Of production. Walter g. Longmorc OF The
veterans ~ the lace curtain trade, represents the
Germ In New York
AZ Scranton. Penn. y . lace manufacturing cen
pary uuder the supervision Il Mr. Mosolcy formerly
% Nottingham started mp on large scale. II has
fourteen oms In operation. with proposed capacity
u thirty H. fnct the & ncrrn l. plo.ably equipped
Tor tie largest plant In tn country. II now employ
over 800 hand. Creighton q Burok represent the
product ~ New York Cleelnnd & Campbell. Of Co
lnmbis Penn. also built a mill and arr operating
uff Loot, Dpr md 4 Srb. -,
men 81 Philadelphia. at once the ADVANTAGE given
20 The American Manufactured by the policy ard
imported eight looms. the product of witch Is sod
by George Drake smith 3 Grlriths. Of This city.
GeJrgc Brooks sons. of philadelphia among the
most important makers Of fine upholstery goods In
the country. SON ~ crwari set up eight looms. wsch
are being run 10 their full capacily double SHIFT.
They have their own varcro,ms IN New York, under
The management n Thomas Jones.
The Wyoming Valley NILS, II scranton. have two
looms. which are being used on somewhat nnrr
grade Than those made by the other concerns. ON
Galveston Island Galveston. Tex. a new indus
trial town called Nottingham has been started ami a
large mill 1, now In course N construction under
the direction Of Allen H. Elum. RoLblnct will be
specially with this concern.
Ampng "a" earliest Of the attempts to take advantage
u tie new tarir had been AT made by George Drake
smith, az Ford um, y !. Backed by an English
concern he set UP two l)oms This leads 10 the first
7, nOv1l OF part OF an English plant TO the United
states.
THE old Hartford Carpet Companys mills. MT
Tmnvillc Conn. were purchased by the Frank
wilkinson COMPANY, OF IIcc>.Ord, England. The owners
ARE am JIg uc most important curtain manu-
iactIi"r- ID the aelglbJrhO ii Of Noting, nm. 1Ley
took IT, two looms Of Smith and are putting up Al
nlmbcr o othci- with the ayowcd intention Of sup
plying 10 thei old American customers goods mud.
IN this side. aud promise to have wy much the
uhdrr The cllarg OF Waltz Wilkinson
From Present appearances there will BE-. should
The e.'con Of Mr.. Harrison give assurance OF no
unmvca1I. legislation. about a hundred looms At
work Ia TIL country carly next year. against SIX
which We're 81 JUGGLING . earn living for their opera
lie average reader accustomed to hear VI hundreds
& carpet or -ilk or Bingham looms these figures
cIn'cy no adequate Idea Of the buSln5,s. Tn. lace
tom j. one OF a." most complex and ing niOus uvcn-
fi'n. ever cone lived by man: indeed Dr. ire spcl',>
~ IA" manufa' tire Of lace by machinery ~ sur
ig,'s .y1y oufr b'"nc Of industry by The com
fame he add. Is III ca beyond the most curious
chr,nomeIer n thot Is beyond n roasting juck."
THESE looms are large and costly. fho,, used In
rrhlg IN" cooiNcr goods are spmetimes over thirty
feet IN length and 4 great weight a curtain loom
win IL atiachhi"ns costs from 5000 10 $1,000.
70 filu them properly requires the superintendent
nnl'-' watclf luc-s and care once IN Opcnti,n.
however. he production /, rapid single loom
Already American Ingenuity has begin to show
tsclf IN the Improvement Of ts. machinery and one
patent has been issued which II l. maintained save.
"n ia" Two loom, 10 which Il has been applied some.
ming Hike - per cent Of H." cost OF production
Most Of the sup Inicnd"nt, mud 0vcrs"cr OF course
were nj first Engli,. and n I, their almO, universal
testimony that the operatives have earned the arr
IN much less time and do and better work
Than would have been possible with the grade
20 cS The fDreigU superIncndcnis and forcnen have
already been superseded by Americans.
HOW PRICES HAVE BEEN REDUCTD