Tannery and Fellmongery.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 142, 26 November 1884, Page 2

Tannery and Fellmongery.

Messrs Cairlquist and ;;i Co. h&ve, kindly, shewn our representative over their; Tannery and Fellmongery, , and w^eiare able : td report 1 most favorably; ,, on the energetic manner 1 ill' which ,these works- '&i*e doilduoted. •.The site consists 'of ten' adres' of flat ! land situated alajut a ''mile from the Square,! on which ' are l 'erected ;twobuildings for carrying on the business, of; the respective dimensions of ; 35ft. x 35ft. ■ antf ' i 120 ft. -r 50ft. When ' fleece wool is bought, ifc is ready, for scoimnsf? as it coinds from the farmers; but the wopLon- skins has first to; be removed. When this is done the labour is divided" into two departments?, the skins going fyxthe Tannery, and all the wool to the Fellmongery. The wool is first washed m .hot .-.. water and soap, then rinse*! clear m several ohanges of cold water, and afterwards spread out; to, dry on large sheets of scrim, m a . metaUedd 'yard m front ; of thß works^ measuring 300 ft. aquar^.i. Even ,when jthfe yard is quite covered with, 'drying fleeces, they can all be- taken , under shelter m about 3 minutes time.' When dry, the wool iatransin tjales ready for the jnarkett. 2 The skins are first . of all thrown into, lime- water, after which they are well, washed rand ..transferred .$p the. "paring tub," .. which. . contains .fctafc' and iiofc .water. . . Thei;e,,they, stay, two days. ;. The pelts then go;, jo the ! .^faieam room," where all traces of lini? are^ ; thoroughly" removed, and , then they_are put into a weak solutica of tannin, where a revolying paddle-wheel "keeps them.aLl.continually naoyiug* „This prevents .. stains being caused ijy.Jyiug.in, one poaition top long; . Af ter a n^tle the. tannin solution is intensified, 'and.. in thk the skinS; lie for 6^hoursj still |jeing,tmrn-,. , ,ed continually , * •, ; ro^nii.! , , After this, they are^pe^mittpjl tp f0r, .3 weeks,, when '. they l)eponie .tan-r ned. Frpm the /tannin batUj the pel,ts enter the, siteaw, bVbj''wh^Qh contains boiled ; ( suniach.; (tpbaccpj a^d wat^i Af^e'r.;. remaining m this all night -they, are i'emoyed to .the . scouring table wnere men squeeze putall tnfi water, oy : i«eana of metal scrapers. When half dried they are " set pp. the.side where ..the wool' had grown, ' and itien oiled' and hung up. again on a very cdnvinieht sec of Hooks so ar-, ranged as to allow 300 pelts to be hung up at the same time. The skins have then to be softened with rounded glassy oil! th^ right side Of the leather, and they -are then fit for use. i Trie; appliances < which Messrs, Carlquist and<; Go. hayo fitted up are most conveniently ar- ' ranged, the tanks,^ etc.,' being ;Bunk into the groun^ .onajevel,; wi^h the floor. The, engine is Ish.p. and besides turning the wheels, arid heating the tub's, cuts its" 'own firewood, and pumps all the water used m the various prpcesses^ wOql i.^ sorted 'twice' before being baled up, and the loft is floored with battens, sp as to allow any grit "to fall" away from it, and not stick to t tbe wpol. . The firm , turn Put '40 dpzeiL' . or _[' skins per week. At present only sheepskiha are' \de,aH, J with, but Messrs Carlquisfc anA dp, .intend to^extend ..tbeir' v operjitioi^ to .^taaaiag '.iii^es. and making f polbred ' r dog}' - inatjjt,' Already fresh r tanks 4nd new ' tables are being ;" niade x to supply thegrow— ing dejnariijs of • an increasing < jlirade. Ten hands find regular employment on the industry, Mr Jenseu supervising the fellmongery, and Mr Carlquist looking after the: '-'tannery., Mr BaUer^ an experienced fetlmauger, is also employed^: by the firm. The „whole of the prpljuce of this industry will te" shipped to the London market, where, we Wst, the firm will realise such -atisfactory prices as will enable them to continue operations, as they are iiow doing, pe^rfodically increasing their r appliances and ex : tending their field jof operations as the' ' req uirenients of a growing business rie3e'ss i il;a{^ suVsli beihg ddne. We", regfiVd" {he fi iu(ln^try described above as 6ne oi the' most lfnpdrtanf and promising existing m Palmerston, and one that deserves liberal encouragement. That it will succeed under its present competent and euergetic management we have every r eason to anticipate^" being assured

i-tv-thatit will develop m course of time into; 11 very extensive and lucrative luisinfissr — a source of profit to l* s promoters, aud a benefit to th<jV dis-^ tricti at large.