History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . oken fila- 234 HISTORY OF AMERICAN TEXTILES. ments which could not be reeled. Themanufacture of machine twist sewing silkalso developed into an important depart-ment. The invention of a spooling ma-chine by Frank Cheney and Grant in thefifties enabled one operator to attend tothree machines instead of one as pre-viously. Growth of business led to the construc-tion of new mills. One w^as erected atSouth Manchester, and others, for the mak-ing of ribbon, were established in Hart-ford. In 1854, the firm became th
History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . oken fila- 234 HISTORY OF AMERICAN TEXTILES. ments which could not be reeled. Themanufacture of machine twist sewing silkalso developed into an important depart-ment. The invention of a spooling ma-chine by Frank Cheney and Grant in thefifties enabled one operator to attend tothree machines instead of one as pre-viously. Growth of business led to the construc-tion of new mills. One w^as erected atSouth Manchester, and others, for the mak-ing of ribbon, were established in Hart-ford. In 1854, the firm became the Monnerc of the Cheney Mills. An inven-tion of supreme consequence to the silkindustry, and incidentally to cotton andwool makers, emanated from the CheneyMills in 1882. It was the Grant reel,named for its inventor who had been em-ployed in ttie mills from 1 840, and it sim-plified the winding of the skein onto thereel while protecting the thread againstsnarling. Later developments of the Cheney busi-ness have been numerous. The mills haveincreased in number and every up-to-date. Plant of Cheney Brothers, South Manchester, Connecticut Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Com-pany, and the capital stock was increasedin 1855 to $^00,000. The weaving ofribbons and of grosgrains w^ere importantadditions to the firms production duringthe sixties. Separate spinning mills wereadded in 1872. A final change of nameoccured in the following year, the formerlengthy title being reduced to simplyCheney Brothers. Soon, in 1880, theymade another forward step, taking up theweaving of plush and velvet on two loomsimported from Germany, w^hich ?were laterreplaced by the loom, now used in greatnumbers, invented in 1892 by Richard machine and process has been adopted forthe sake of efficiency. The products need no praise, though theinfinite beauty and variety of textures anddesigns merit extended description. Theyare a standard of excellence w^herever silkis traded. The men at the head of this great
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