New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-24

ened strengthened and broadened with each sue
Impressions, his senses their earliest training III
an environment that would necessarily confirm
'i' Tpon M the foundation here laid Mr.. weldmann
vestiEation OF the processes and methods employed
by the craft. travelling for years in his quest ana
built UP the knowledge which has given form and
substance the works that have proven OF SUCH ad
to Paterson in particular THIS Srnn I the
standpoint of the mechanic the chemist and the
artist-in the excelling and comprehensive proc
t f5ses and es labor American would
probabl st be quoted as o G home no markets
only through the subterfuge OF foreign labeis-
imported because at least two-thirds of goods.
the regular lines superior to those 5nanTtacs
trades and thus the Throwing of silk is better
done here than abroad and IT'S mach eoyteS as
American looms.
HIS FIELD OF LABOR
The works-said to be the largest Of their kind In
the world-are located at Riverside about three
miles TO the northeast of Patersons business cen
ire They cover an area of nine and one-half acres
End are divided for 800 feet, by the tracks OF
the Erie Railroad, beside which lie their own pr
vate "sidngs" Here employed nearly iU men,
who handle some nine thousand 10 ten thousand nc
whole country. even far away as San FrancisGto
The oo 05a ana are jacob wedmann
and f' treasurer 4 Hunzker Phi. D., vice-president
Ai The scope Of this article will permit de-
tailed description Of this mammoth plant nor bs of
MI rSchwarzenbach. of Zurich Switzerland. the
largest er SIX m nx6ressed the veIest surprise
both at the speed with which the work was done
ana ann me heS cabe that he would he glad
MI Wedmann establish b efanch o6 5neTe not Ua be
tempted for aside from the fact that his I'M,
ifenon he has good reason for decninghis
eldest brother runs the old establishment in Zurich
aaro(iG nd
sTgest dyeing esta Enlistment in Europe: and he
him The brothers are constantly in touch. and
are thus enabled TO keep informed OF ever LIME untng
wh 6nb hemispheres In consequence they do
large part of the worlds dyeing.
THE AMERICAN WAY.
When asked. What did Mr.. Schwarzenbach mean
by the American PLAN Mr.. Weidmann answered:
I'VE use more machinery and have better fa~hltles'
we don't waste much, and we Work more quick
"; besides we make men of our workmen, throw
more responsibility upon them. give them greater
opportunity arouse their ambition. and hold out
to them me enav becoing masters them
selves. To explain: Where in Europe the colorlsf
would have charge of box, here capable and
promising man may be given ten; so. instead Of
mere machine; he becomes thinking manm os sea "a
try and see how he can cut his cloth to advantage
poTtnes Poered hoWeveT SO well are MI weld
manns satisfied with his paternai care h aGe
treatment numbers of them remain with MN as
long they are able to work az alluone " ft
seVenty-fVe old. has followed tNe lort-
unes of the Weidmann family since first entering
the trade In his childhood.
"BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF MAMMOTH PLANT.
A description that would in any way do justice to
the plant machinery, appliances, tools, utensils
and auxiliary plants, and the delicate and complex
processes employed there, would occupy many col
umns of The Tribune, 1t must content itself
with giving the reader textually a bird s-eye
view trusting TO these few gimpses to hint of
its scope and magnitude, and the beautiful in
genuity well the intrcacies OF it's workings.