The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06
TODAY IN HISTORY
FIret Carpet Factory Established.
suNOAY, MARCH 6.


The mention OF carpets dates ron
very remote period OF antiquity, Inc!
seem first TO have been applied 10 re-
IIgous purposes and were used TO GArnisu
the palaces OF tho Pharaohs. The carpet
Industry as understand IT, was cslhp-
Iished in France on March 6. 1864. "heh
Colbert. minister Of Louis XIV opened
his CARPET factory at BrauFdls'
Our early ancestors covered the floors
! OF their houses with rushcs hair or slra W,
and carpets, when first introduced, "aIc "
| weaving of carpets In Europe WAS start
ed noble Indies, monks and nuns In CON
vents had been accustomed To mike peau-
| tiful Tapestries, which were ocGasipllally
| usnd as floor coverings. In 1907 regu-
| lar factory was established at the Louvre
| for making these wall hanGings ana car
pets. by the reigning king OF France
4 variety OF these carpets made al INC
| first French factory are still on cHhipl :
| tlon in various museums oI me worIu,
Following the success OF the industry at
| BeauYais the English carpet industry oe-
| gan in 1885 In Surrey. Toward thls OF
| iect the king had set aside a consiuefaple
| sum. and French weavers were brought
over 10 assist. /,
The history OF carpet manufacture In
the United States beg gins with inc ras
carpet industry, which continued 10 ,g w
OF considerable Importance until toward
the close of the last century Each VI
| lage had its wcavers. TO whom the ibrlitV
! housewives brought their balls al rags. as
|
Statns S5i rag Garnet weaYcrS' shops, win
an annual output valued at close TO So
| 900 O00 49,
The first factory in America for the
| manufacture OF yarn carpets was estab
| lished in Philadelphia In 1901. by WI
! liam r Sprague. The census OF 1910, less
| than twenty years after. reported ,it
| whole product of the United States IN thls
| class of goods AT 10000 yards. Of which
! 1900 yards were made In Philadelphia ~
| the present time there arc close 10 iup,
| CARPET manufacturers In the tnlico
states, with nearly $50 10000 capital IN
| vested
The jacquard apparatus for weaving
| designs was introduced in 1929. and W.
| lSn Erastus Bigow perfected the lrsl
power loom FOR weaving carpets. WniGu
| saved one-thrd In tho cost OF labor Inc
| United States is now the greatest pro-
| duccr and consumer of carpets in th'
| world Most OF the wool used in tho man
ufacture OF American carpets is imported
as the home grown product is OF zoo lihe
| a quality To be durable
| Excluding the oriental rugs. the prn-
| cpal varieties of carpets in commerce arc
I'the aXmustcr, the brussels. the wilton
moduette tapestry brussels, velvet: In
| grain and venetian. The founder of tins
manufacture OF oilcloths In the United
| states was lsanc Macauley, who begar
the BUSINESS i'm Philadelphia about the
| year 1916.
the Alamo IN 1886; OF the pred-Sco &c,
| cision in 1851; and 1t is the birthday oi
PhlIip II Sheridan in 1851 Of Robert
MocGregor Campbell. known as o Ko'
berg In 1923; George Du Marier, th,
French artist and novelist, In 1884; oi
| Michclangelo. the painter and sculptor
| i47i. and Vice admiral Sir Charles Ma
| pier I'm 1856. II was the date, in 1885. or
which James Bowie inventor Of the IA
| -oous RowIe knife died.