The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-20

goes first to the sorting room. where man
of trained eye sorts out the different grades
for different classes of goods, according to
the fineness of fiber. 1t is next thrown
into a box in which a revolving cylinder.
studded with long teeth, losses it around
and Sits out the dust and then throws the
wool through hole in the floor. 1t is
then demo yted in bins according TO grade,
of which Il ,ere are five in the material
nov being u Sed.
II is now token to the securing room
and put in ath of alkali liquor. which
dissolyes the gr ease, passes thence through
rollers into anot her tub of weaker aikali
6ouor and then into the rinsing box,
WHARF, ii is washed in pure water until it
comes out white, soft and clean. If 1t is
To be dyed it is taken across the securing
room to a row of four watts, eight feet in
diameter and four feet high, containing
the various dyes. Here 1t Is thrown in
and stirred up with long pole. When
wool i. to be dried white 1t IS wrung IN
centrifugal machine, which, IN revolving.
throws out the water and leaves 1t nearly
dry. The dyed wool Is dried III hot
Ghost The next step is to the picker.
cylinder covered with steel teeth, through
winch it is rapidly drawn. so that the fiber
in it's revolutions throwing the Wool out
of a hole in the box surrounding 1t. The
niesea wool is stored in q sheet iron closet
free from danger of fire.
IL Il now thrown into box, from which
ye selffeeder draws tho required weight
usasns of a perpendicular apron full OF
III into another box. Then the burning
5fhine draws its sharp steel teeth on
Tvalving cylinder. while Il fan throws out
all foreign matter, leaving only the pure
wool. Now the carding machine takes 1t
~, This machine consists of = large
n..;r eylinder. surrounded by thirteen
.ratisr ones. all covered with steel wire
teeth. sharpened TO needle point, and as
CLOSE Together as the teeth OF comb.
These sharp points separate and mix the
ihers again Oh a spool IN rope as thlcK
.saman's thumb. These ropes are OF UNI
even thickness and forty-eighs OF them to-
cetner are run over another caFciliS ma
chime which makes them all OF equal
thickness and mixes them better fotls-
eight Of these spools are ran through 'ne
finishing machine, which mixes the iibres
in the same way as the caroinS inachihe'
b,.t brip - II out IN thin ribbons. AS 1t
rones off the cylinders i. is a mere film,
hut these delicate strands pass between
two sets of small rollers which twist them
tos-athe~ and from, them are wound auto
matically on spools.
The warm is now ready for spinning. ana
q long row of spoos is placed at one SIDE
OF the male 10 winch the carriage travels
IL, and back. each time drawing ont GER
tain length of yarn, spinning 1t ana auto
maticalty winding IL on boooin, elther
for wrap or filling. Then it goes To the
warn reel, which winds the exact number
of lends" of the exact length necessary TO
make n piece of cloth of the width desired.
From the reels the warp Is run OH onto
the warp beams, and then each emu Is
drawn through heddlc in aharness frame
full OF heddles and from it through reed.
The reed is frame with fine cross bars
separated only by enough space for the
ends OF yarn to pass through. The inter
veniur spaces are called dents, and there
is q certain number of them 10 the inch
One or more threads are put in a dent, &C
corting 10 the kind Of goods 10 he made
The warp now goes 10 the loom, which
holds the ends stretched out while j
throws the shuttle with the filing hctweer
the upper and lower warp. the fabric be
ing wound oil on 4 roller as il is woven
At each side OF the loom is range o
shuttie-hoxes for filling by the use O
which seven different coiors can he woves
in to make any desired pattern. When
certain number of yards mas been woveI
the fabric is taken of the loom. measured
inspected. washed in The securing room
and If desired, eolored. Ii IS then woGn,
on an eicht-foot drum illed with hot ak
which dries il as il slowly revolves. Las
of all ii is baied ready for shipment
The wool now being used is all Wash
ington product, and the fine. ssit. warn
fabrics made from il Is clear evidence @