Show HOME INDUSTRY As exemplified and illustrated Illustrate dby by the ogden woolen mills of lorin farra fan son in ogden city utah Terri territory torT home industry is a great thing it is to the material life of a community almost as essential and necessary as a healthy unpolluted blood is to the physical well wells being of the human system yet how little ia is it practically put into reality especially among the people who abaye all others should est establish ablith THE ME rAiN PRINCIPLE CIPLE IN PRACTICE as much as in preaching aud printing the latter day saints as a people claim religious isolation and political independence from the world and its multi multifarious fari ous systems and they must sooner orlaver or or later add to this independence in the material things in industrial interest true a good deal has been dona done in that direction mostly by I 1 in various parts of the territory but not a little has been also accomplished by individuals who recognized the no d of the times and odthe of the people and lent all or most of their means time energy and oth other er efforts either to the de developing ve loping of the rare resources with which kind providence has lids so abundantly abundantly blessed these fertile vales or in wor working ing natures materials up into those necessary far MANS USE OR cov FanT among these public spirited band and to no small degree self sacrificing citizens we wish to single out today to day hon lorin farr a gentleman not only closely identified with the in interests and progress odthe of the church al an most from its very inception but who is one of the leading pioneers and pr principal founders of this community and county which embraces the chief scope ot of usefulness of the HEBALD SIXTEEN YEARS AGO Bless rs aley neat farr and randall commenced the erection of the ogden which soon beca became meone one of the leading industrial factors of the country this firm 0 of f four continued owning and running the institution for seven years when randall sold to his partners and the property came in posse possession ion odthe of the firm of neala farr shortly after this new firm was formed mr sir jas cummings of salt lake city leased eased the works from them and ran them about six months being taken eick sick however he lie returned to his lo 10 homo 1 in salt lake and HIS LEASE v to lorin fan farr the third partner of the firm and enoch farr who have been operating the establishment ever since devoting to it their whole souls and energies by which they have succeeded in in br bringing i i ng the ogden woolen mills to the t 1 front ranks of the manufacturing establishments batho of the west and will with the coit constantly aly added improvements eventually make them one of the best in the whole country WOOLEN MILLS MILIA are in a beautiful romantic situation at the mouth so to speak of the extremely beautiful ogden canyon and are reached by an easy 10 minutes drive from the heart of the cites business portion over ogden river and past the shady sylvan retreats of jones and nd farrs barrs groves arrived on the premises the back background grou d of which Is formed by by the ever everlasting last 1 mountains while the fore foreground grou nu emilea miles with verdurous fields and laughs with pr pretty etty purling rills we eee see TUB TUR BUILDINGS OF THE FACTORY clustering and nestlin nestling together on the principle of the lehive beehive the main building rock two story is SO 30 by 00 90 witha ith a bajck buck extension to the south of 28 to 70 another addition the dye room 20 to 30 and the finishing room 20 to 40 in a detached frame building on the west side 20 to 30 feet tho tha raw wool as received from the producers of the fleecy commodity is stored THE WHOLE PLANT building and machinery as at present existing after all the numerous improvements prove ments and stud innovations is estimated at least at ft sum which however by no means corresponds with the actual outlay sacrifices kufs fe feringa rings and losses ex experienced erien ced in the successive years by tr the founders iohd a hd proprietors of this one of foremost and best institutions of home industry MANY manipulations has the cheeps sheltering shell to undergo before the dirty greasy grit ty gray gra or black fleece issues as the tho snowflake white blank etor beautifully it tinted doth and stripped yarn for t those ose not acquainted with the technicalities nica 11 ties of the ol operation gation in a woolen factory we will first give the mere outline of the successive processes tho the raw material lias has to go through until it reached the desired state of perfection t the wool is sorted renovated ren 0 bated washed i dried picked carded spun spooled warped beamed drawn in harness woven measured scour scoured e d folded dyed dried brushed press pressed ed rolled and measured d and papered aften which tho lie fabric risks on conits its stag tito to bo be sold with timidity looking forward to the 2 step being paid for TUB THE MACHINERY by which the transformation of tilt the greaby sticky flock of fleece to the th white soft coverlet cor or the ali iris libed stocking yarn is deflected is of th the last and mostly of tho the very la in test and most improved aa as will be b seen from the following cursory glanco through the various numerous apart spart mento ments and departments of the exten sive institution which A aich has no supe brior and few equals in iu this part of tin the western country ON THE FIRST FLOOR MOR we naturally first enter the sorting room where the raw material is aa as sorted into four classes of woo wool labout abou iba lbs of tho the article being handled per day which corresponds with an annual annual capacity of about ibs lbs there is also here tho the necessary duster te and renova torto effect ono one of the indispensable r primary stages of preparatory purification u n I 1 of the wool in the wheelhouse e we find a 30 leffell turbine wheel the water being bained from ogden river farr a son owning the oldest water right on the river near by we have the washing room where the SCOURING A IM the latter on a J hunter rotary fulling mill is done the manufacturers make their tb air own soap about ls I 1 lbs at week tho the tallow for which they get from tho the farmers and butchers this forming an additional feature benefits secured by this laudable institution there is on tho same floor the dying room with two large tubs for black and one each respectively ively for blue scarlet and brown and other colors with the boiler room which furnishes steam for heating beating the mill and doing the dying the same floor also comprises the spacious halls balls in which we find THE MOMS namely two narrow and three broad jenks looms for flannels and blank blankets eta also a 70 spindle indle cleveland yarn twister th the e latest improved ed a and n d two cleveland with accurate and admirable stop motion after we havo taken in ear stunning labyrinth where A all except those I 1 initiated nj fated into the intricacies of tho the complex operations are lost in stupefaction wo we ascend TUB THE FLOOR where we see tho the carding machines running and hear them humming and whizzing hi in g they are of the best make I 1 in the C country antry one jenks and one cleveland being in cons constant taht operation there is also a jenks mule with spindles one jenks card grin grinder i d er and one eoy roy grinder all of wh which ch perform excellent work and turn out an article not excelled in eastern factories ON tim THE THIRD STORY we find file store room for wool of which L F farr arr az son make it a conscientious ious point to purchase none but the best as they well realize that oven even with the most modern and model machinery and the best skill both of which they have secured it is impossible to produce fine flannel out of a bad raw material ONCE hoelk ON THE TRE FLOOR wo we holdburg hold our ears at the buzzing of the 2 0 U spied le jack an 0 B arnold of j worcester V 0 r ceste r we also seea knowles cassi cassimere 20 harness loom but we arc are captivated by miss myers per firmance for mance on one onh of tho the two narrow jenks looms where wo we aro are informed she turned out 2000 yards of 6 5 oz flannel in one month a task which would put homers penelope to bluh blush with all lier her assiduity see bee odyssa Odys sy IS IN TUB TUE GIG BOOM root wo we stumble with our feet and eyes across a parks wool son quadruple 1034 los inch rich gig and a 21 double cylinder park Wool woolson sori steam brushing machine both of which are doing their part in doing fine work and maintaining the ole old time reputation of tho the fabrics issued from the ogden woolen milis then there is the finishing room with the office attached where the measuring and winding machine machino does its duty and the press power exerts its ponderous influence whenever called into requisition neither must we forget the isolated where the piercing flumes blumes of sulphur often whiten as much as W lbs lb affine of fine yarn over night THE WORKING of L farr A sons woolen mills consists of 20 men and und boys and 3 women and 2 girls the weekly pay roll being no les than winch which indans an animal average of at kaist or as the factory is ke kept t running the whole year round uti unless ss tho the heavy frosts of unusually severe win like that water power in icy stagnation hon Ilon lorin farr is senior proprietor and lessee lessee while mr enoch farr junior proprietor ia is general superintendent with mr john ramsden foreman for over eight years past mr newton new ton farr is the bookkeeper at the fac factory tory and mr ben E ilich rich is salesman at THE STORE AD AND DEPOT in town a few doors north of 74 C M 1 I on main street where a full selection of the finest blankets yarns woolens and all other similar pro prod ducts is always on hand besides a select stock of groceries allin all we earnestly believe that the ogden woolen mills are a great and Fe dc servina serving institution one that should be patronized by all who h havo avo the general welfare at heart |