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At the request of the eommittee we, the undersigned, examined 

 the mills referred to in the above report, and we concur with the 

 committee. 



JOHN CLOWES, 

 R. L. PELL. 

 January 20, 1851. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO EXAMINE THE 



MANUFACTORY OF MESSRS CADWELL, PAYSON & CO.'S 

 EXCELSIOR SOAP. 



The undersigned, members of the special committee appointed 

 on the request of Messrs. Cadwell, Payson & Co., to examine their 

 manufactory of excelsior soap, situated at the corner of Riving- 

 ton and Cannon streets, proceeded there on the 21st of November 

 last. 



The proprietors politely conducted them to all parts of the 

 building, which is 100 feet long, 50 feet wide, and four stories 

 above the basement ; a six horse power engine gives the neces- 

 sary power of elevating materials to the stories, stirring mixed 

 material, cleaning the conducting pipes by blowing steam through 

 them when necessary to clean them for oven heating, &.C.: croton 

 water throughout the building elevated partly by steam. 



For boiling a kettle with plank upper containing 100 barrels. 

 The soap is made in about one hour to the weight of 4,500 

 pounds. They make daily about seven tons with power if nec- 

 essary to double that amount. 



The committee do not feel at liberty to state the materials of 

 the soap. They are enabled to say that the cost of one pound 

 of the soap to the company is about one and an half cents. 



The committee think it a very good soap when compared with 

 other common soaps ; is preferable in one respect, that it can be 

 well used in hard or in soft water. In conclusion, the commit- 

 tee deems the excelsior soap a valuable acquisition to the com- 



