Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-07-08
Industry eesan In This Country In
Two Small Rooms Of Dwelling In
AIbany-Practieafiy No Improve.
ment Made on Printing Press In.
vented In England sixty-two Years
Ago. &.

started the first factory. in couple
of rooms In the rear Of their home
at Albany. N. Y.
! At that time there were no rolls OF
paper. 1t was in sheets only: these
had to be pasted together. then the
background for the design was brush
ed in by hand This design was
worked out on wooden blocks. as
many blockc being used as there
were colors In the design. One color
was printed the whole length of the
roll 30 made. then it was started over
another set of blocks with another
color. and so on until the whole num-
Der OF cclors had been printed. conf
plotting tho design. This was slow.
tedious and expensive method. as COM
pared with the present method OF
turning out wall paper.
| These two men. says the Los Ange-
les Times. worked in Albany thirty
years. then in 1920 they removed to
| Philadelphia, Pa, where wall paper
was made by their third and fourth
generations.
| About the time Of the introduction
OF the business into this country some
enterprising Englishmen who were in
Iterested in the business went over to
France and made exhaustive studies
OF the methods there. and when they
came back home they set to work ana
CONSTRUCTED a machine which printed
the designs at one impression. ana
all the cclors the next time the paper
went through the machine. That was
In the year 1874.
| Two years later. 1916. another ma
chine was set up and put into sue
Icessful operation which printed the
design, and as many as six colors AT
lone operation-and practically there
has been no improvement on that ma
chine from that day to this. 1t was
really a cylinder printing press. the
paper passes over the cylinders on
which are the designs and then over
rollers, each one charged with one
OF the colors in the finished scheme
All these cylinders. both for the de-
sign and for the colors, are adjusted
Ito such a nicely that the paper In
passing over them gets from one ana
1.-THE other just the impression required
land passes swiftly to the next and the
next and so exact Is the working VI
1.-THE mechanism that there Is no treak
or Jog in the finished picture. or what
ever NAV have been the pattern.
The printed paper Is. still by ma
chinery. passes on to drying packs.
where II Is hung in long loops. re-
naming there until thoroughly dry.
when 1t Is made into rolls. THIS
printing machine is a huge. powerful
and ponderous affair. but Is as accur-
ate in its mechanism and movements
as the works Of a watch. However.
liz Il far from being all that Is requir-
cd bv the modern wall paper maker.
There are the grounding machines
which apply the base color to the pa
per. the bronzing machines and the
Iembossing machines. SO that wall
paper mill Of the present day mas
grown from those two rooms on the
banks Of the Hudson to be stupeh-
dous structure. whirl with eneines'
shafts. belts. pulIeys and machinery.
busy. mysterious and effective In their
Operation.
The beautiful gold papers which
are so common are made by an appii-
lcatiou Of bronze powder in a liquid
state That seems a simple state
Iment. and II Is. bu, II took years cf
experiment and thousands of dollars
Ito 6nd ont how to do u So cheapty
As to allow people 81 moderate means
Ito purchase Il. II was simple thing
Ito do when they did discover II: just
potato starch In . fluid state was the
medium employed. That was In the
year 1852.
Probably as great q victory was the
isuccesssai employment Of enclosing
machines ~ which was given to the
paper the appearance. In hixh or 20.
relief. Of any design desired. mccall
l,sors. statues. fruits. vines. flowers.
whatever the artist wishes.
These same machines impart to the
plastic paper the simiiitude Of any
Texture tapestry, leather. canvas. silk.
Twelve, On cretonre. II looks like mag
lie 70 see the plain. thick. unbeau'ifu!
ipape, enter one os these machines and
Iemerrc At the other end BEAUTIFUL b.
vopd Thought. ready to decorate your
wallis and mine.
The wall paper manufacturers have
lai~ays In their employ a corps ~ ar
lists whose constant aim 10 10 discoV'
Ter ana produce new designs IN colcrs
lana figures. add not infrcqucn'ly both
lmanusac,urers and large dealers as
iweu o6er and pay substantial prizes
tor new and unique designs In wall
paPcr.
A, the beginning n The industry the
Seslcrs IN the United states were
lonHerd to eo to Enrrpe Tor decorative
design. and completed schemes. bot
ltha. ned has long since passed. for
Ivc prc6uce our Own hsrmonies ~ col
Icr IN sour s~n stock IN every grade
icf the business.
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