Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-17
THE W00LEN FACTORY
HaS Ceased to BE a Quantity Among
Pittsburg's Industries.
Wool PULLING On TIE INCREASE.
Sheep Skins Are Picked Up Promptly at
Last Years Prices.
THE HOGS HIDE IS EERCHANTABLE
OFFICE OF THE DIsTATcE,

p-rrsB1-Ka TUESDAY, February, z6.
A few years ago there were number OF
woolen factories in Allegheny. At present
there are none to be found within the limits
of our two cities. The last to surrender was
that of S. Bradley & Son. This firm re-
tired from the field within couple of years.
While the business of manufacturing wool
into lannels. blankets and cloths has dis
appeared from our city, the business OF pre-
pairing wool for the manufacturer is one OF
our steadily growing industries. Ihere
are eight firms, all on the Northslde, and
most of them on East street, engaged IN the
wool pulling industry. These firms are
turning out close to 5000 sheep skins
weekly. and at this season OF the year close
to 20 600 pounds of wool. Sheep skins with
wool on never fail to find ready sale no mat
ter whether wool is depressed or active
At present wool is &c per h lower than
it was a wear ago, and some dealers are
Withholding stock from markets owing TO
the very low prices On the other hand,
the pelts are fully as high as they were last
season and higher than they were three
wears ago Machine brushed wool now
ranges in price from 25c to soc per n and
old stvle pulled wool from 15c TO 33c per 10.
Where the W ool Goes.
The Great bulk of Allegheny's products
in this line goes to Boston and Phlladel-
nbia. The freight to Boston is 43c per cwt.
and 70 Philadelphia 39c per cwt 1t is dith-
cult 10 find substantial reason why wooien
manufacturing should cease to be a aquantlty
among our home industries. Some OF the
firms which engaged III this line years ago
in Allegheny had ample capital and seemed
10 prosper. In many of the towns OF est
ern PENNSYLVANIA and Eastern Ohio the
manufacture of woolen goods is still sue
cess. But here where this industry once
tlourished all that is left to us is the prepa-
ration of the material icr the use OF East
ern factories
A good demand for tanned sheep skins is
renorted These are made TO do service
largely in limitations of kid gloves. While
the trade in wool is reported less salts
factory thar wear ago. all sheep skins that
come to our market, ar picked up as last
rs they arrive and stock on hand is reported
unusually light
How Hog Skins Are Utilized.
The following is from Hide and Leather
ne of Chicago's leading trade papers:
Hog skin leather is becoming fashionable
for wall paper in the homes OF the rch. rms
may sound odd, but it Is tue neNertheless.
may be manufactured under skiliiui manage
meiit from the skin of a hog, which closely
resembles human skin. Nj. T. IL. Martin. OF
Martin 4 RiCdlr. Cincinnati, Is an authorlty
on hog skins a large number OF which are
manufactured at the tannery OF hiS nrm at
Aberdeen, Brown county, o. In taking t0a
representative of Hide and Leather Mr. Mar
tin said: Hog skins are Used Tor
0rnamcnting the walls OF private
residences. They are shaved down and
tanned into a soft velvety leather which
l. embossed or stamped artistically, and ow-
ing so it, pecul ar grain, 4 very pleasing ana
rich effect is prodEced. good many hog
skins are taken off in the neighborhood OF
DaYton and Columbus, o., where there are
unique settlements of people. who make
for which there il steady de-
mand. We also receive them from the
Shakers a. East Lebanon. o. The skins are
tanned in bark lig aors in about six weeks.
Tney are considerably used for saddle seats,
horse collars and other harness feathers.
Some uf the skins We obtain are immense. L 1
remember one that weighed l33 pounds and |
mea sured 6lS feet from head to tail. An |
other WAS 40 pounds and contained Il square |
Get OF leather when finished Here Is a |
piece j.. inches thick. 1t is a decided curl |
O~iiN. As regards prices. we get Si2 a dozen |
skins for ho.slIin collar leather. and $40 to l
S56 a dozen for seating. The supply of these |
skins is decreasing, it is said, as nearly all |
pork is being sold with the skin attached"