The San Francisco call., 1896-07-23
A GREAT INVENTION.
It Will Completely Revolu-
tionize the Weaving
Trade.
ALREADY IN OPERATION.
ALREADY
It Is Being Sought For by Large
Mi L0wners of Many
Countries.


to civilization. and for this reason it can
justly be classed as the leading industry of
the world. The truth of this assertion
will be more generally conceded when in
addition to the millions of people engaged
In the Weaving trades consideration is
given to The universal use of clothes and
fabrics throughout the entire world.
AND yet in spite of this it is undou btedly
the case that but small percentage of
people outside of those engaged in the
business have any well-defined ideas as to
how cloth is woven. 1t is known in a
general way that weaving is done by
looms, but just how is something un-
known to the masses.
1t will, no doubt, tend to arouse among
the people of this coast and elsewhere as
we'll interest in looms and the methods
employed in weaving when it is learned
that resident of California has recently
invented an attachment for looms that
Will undoubtedly revolutionize the weav-
ing trade, reduce the cost of fabrics and
clothes and place the name of the in
ventor in the lists of great men of the age.
Like many other great inventions, it is
simple in construction and inexpensive to
man ufacture and yet. remarkable as the
statement may seem, 1T has been demon
strated that the use of this attachment on
looms will effect saving of from 30 to SO
per cent in the cost of weaving. 1t does
the work dreamed about and sought for
during the past history OF the loom. For
165 years the welt or filling thread has
been laid in the web by means of shuttle
and bobbin.
1t has always been known to weavers
that the discovery of q mechanism that
would dispense with the bobbin and weave
with continual supply of weft would be
hailed with delight by every weaving
factory of the world, and such discovery
would be the most useful and valuable in
vention of the century. The attachment
lately built and com pleted by the Hunt
Loom and Fabric Company accomplishes
all this, and its importance can therefore
be readily understood.
The mechanism of the attachment con-
sists of small feeder 3 inches long by 2
inches wide, little measuring device
made of two small hollow tubes and a pair
of nippers on each end of the carrier
(shuttlel. All this is given motion by two
small cams about 217 inches in diarleter.
The whole mechanism works with pre-
cision, and 1t handles the thread as if it
had life and intelligence. BY its use the
loom weaves without interruption, and
while an old loom weaves sixty yards this
will weave 100 yards, and at about half the
cost.
1t is a great labor-saving device, and 1t
is estimated that the application of these
attachments TO looms will enable one
man to do the same work that now re-
quires fifteen meE. This alone effects q
wonderful saving in the cost of weaving,
and it is readily apparent that the uni
versal use of the device means great saw
ing of money to the masses, for il will of
necessity greatly reduce the cost of manu-
featuring cloths, and consequently lower
their cost to consumers.
Another great feature of this invention
is its low cost to manufacturers and its
adaptability to looms of all kinds. Esti-
mates made by those who are willing to
contract for the manufacture of the device
place the cost of building them in quanti-
ties at $40 in California. $6 in Boston and
So in England. The possibilities for profits
on this machine are enormous, as few
figures will demonstrate. In the United
| States there are about 1000, 600 looms in
operation, and each year This mum ber is
increasing. In Europe there are about
! IA 900 900 looms, and in other parts of the
world there are in the neighborhood OF
| 5000, 600, making a grand total in the
world of some 100000 looms.
| As the use of the attachment will effect
such vast saving in the cost of weaving,
it will be readily understood that the
adoption of the attachment by one factory
will force others to follow suit in order to
compete IN the prices of their products.
AS the invention has been patented in the
great weaving centers OF the world, it will
compel those using the attachment to pay
1 for the privilege OF using 1t, and the COM
pany introducing it is therefore bound to
| reap golden harvest by the universal
adoption of the device on the looms of the
world.
The Office of the company is at room 4,
| "a Montgomery street, In this city, where
it will remain as the work goes on of
lxrs hn
the various weaving countries.
The management is in the hands of men
who will work for the best interests of the
stockholders of the corporation.
In order to give the company sufficient
working capital and to place it in posi-
tion where it will not be compelled to ac-
| cept unfavorable contracts or agreements
it has placed upon the market 10000
shares of stock and at this time the price
is 81 per share. a good portion of this
amount has already been subscribed and
paid for. When that stock is sold no other
stock can be purchased at many times the
price of these shares. When these attach
ments are at work on few mills even in
the United States-which will only take
two or three months-the value of the
shares must reach satisfactory figures.
These attachments will be either sold or
rented for stipulated price per month. If
sold outright they would bring $50 each,
| WHICH WOuiu Iuedu 9SU pTOQL on each
loom supplied. If rented at the nominal
rental of 81 per month for each loom it
| would yield rental of S24 per year from
each loom. With millions of looms 10
supply it is only simple question OF
arithmetic to demonstrate that the attach.
ment promises TO be one of the most
profitable as we'll as the most valuable in
ventions of the age.
Already letters are beginning to pour in
upon the company from all parts of the
East as well as from England. Ireland.
France, Belgium, Germany and other
countries.
These letters come mainly from big mill
owners, who are anxious to supply their
looms with these attachments.
Taken all in all the prospects for this
great invention look exceedingly bright,
and the company is apparently about to
reap golden harvest, and it will not be
many months till all stockholders in this
corporation will in that case participate in
large and frequent dividends.
Old Friends Installation.
Norman Hall, on Bush street. was crowded
last night the opca sion of fnzfs l1a4 4f1~.