Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-11-27

80, a. " e'u"uoh' proposed a number of queries
~ tne superintendent of the greater establishment,
from whom he received in renIv ,La r1,-'.
communication, which will doubtless aG;ori oa,;
'"'ioh 10 those who feel an interes, in the sporv
ing prosperity OF our common country.
NJ. O. LOWELL, Get. %, 1927.
on, $50, ~. believe the following brief st,;e
meht embraces all the objects speCiOeo In y, -
Ter OF The 22d, If, however. have :, -,
o C any thing ! will cheeriu!iy summit !,
WIN regard TO MIR. Hutds Works, am very
/ '"pe'lec"y informed, and should meier vvu to
, draw az, your information from son Other sou6e
mere arc now In full operation. at Lowell. six
cotton mills, four stories high I5j feet he ~ CO.,,
tanning 70 600 spindIes and sbou, I'm ,oor,,
|hsn were made the last year, ODE. aO3 ward. If
C!o'n' weighing ,O4J $50 pounls, from I76 oss
pounds OF raw cotton. The nos Of var % Of
~ aho ao Two mills for twiIled and four for
pam so"iS' AhTee other mills are covered in: the
Hf7t VIII be started in Januarv and the o,bor 80,
IN July and January following III n'' WV
employed 1900 persons in the mills nins ,o,,ta -
T"oin are females, 20 of whom are II TO IL vs,rs
y, AcJo!nlng the mills of the Merrinacl,
"a 'HN'"o'N"h% company, are their bleach and min,
works. covering more ground but equal in ca,,,i
yI w. INNS; something over hundred are her.
~ aoont one-hhb females and one fifth
0O1o' Nohe are taken under H. Apnrentices
( are taAen at IL 20 10 until 2I,-receivin., Co. IL
,is' year including board, $I25; and & o. in at
p'iU" each succeeding year. EXCEPT in the min,
"o' rs, mere are no foreigners ard these do mn,
sAoeeu Ia part. Daily wages :, ouJ perbans nv.
~ e,oe' 'he minimum being 81 IL, and
'naAihum '!UO, ct present about y I . ,ii,l;o
yards are printed, the residue are soIJ bIaantS,
Ahe average value of the prints is about "a cs,,s
OF the 0leacbed goods - to - cents The ro,nI
Gallon OF the fret mil was land IN 1890 anJ H.
,i's' Ieou'n OF cloth nov. 1923. Belonging 10
"I' """ PRINT works, and in their Immediate
vicinity are 100 tenemcnts, about q b, re foe.
| which rent from $50 TO & 100 r.er ann,,rD III
machine shop is of the same dimen.io,s a., ~
uils' and gives employment 10 .bout $50 ,,.-L,r
I Ics average wages about 10 rents: hut a. t,r
proportion OF The work is under contract. and dona
Z ~ 'ne apprentices of the contractors; many Of
| 'iieIl earn from / TO SO per day. There are 30
/ 'sh'hths attached 70 the shop, the rem, of escb
OF which IS ebout 90 per ann The rss, i,o, =
'u'h'snei ron Gso Hearh's furnace, about uilss
Oo,e' consumption averages ton daily
A"s ~''FAny TO whom the machine shop helongs
nave large ttsct Of land md an irnn..ise ,ya,er
p"""ri' ana arc prepared to furnish machinery OF
90 ",,cI '.0ns al short notice, and erect tho ne
'eS'"'y UabIngs They have latgIy contracted to
efee' $40 mll' l55 by ID, gear The sane. and f,r.
hlsh ide machinery capable OF MAKING 2 fnilIio,s
T ~ 14iSS OF cloth, yard wide, of No II yarn ner
. """hm' ~ build 30 three-sory brick tenements
1Seh' h'use, and buildings, to furnish acres
80, '"'i. auu ample water power, and to put the
I same IN operation for about $500 200
BESIDE those steadily EMPLOYED in the ,,;,,s
about $50 mechanics, such as masons, esrpen,e,s
~ hnd constant work. The amount of esnit.i
actually. invested is Q 100 zoe, viz
Msnimsck msn'g. Comp. 1.o00 ooo
PfopriePs Of Locks and Canals, C0OOO0
Hamilton Man'g Comp. 6OO000
WIN respect TO the appreciation Of land. will
mention fact. purchased In 1922 oi,s.tsr,b.
Undivided Of farm OF I 10 acres, tor $500. rbe
owner Of The other onestcnth had sg,sed 10 csoyev
IL ioi 2Jo; but dying suddenly insoIyeni, i, was
| solo ny order Of the court, and gave for seven
ana ahaii-ien'hs Of bis one teeth, upyards of2OOO
COVERS Al bis debts being ssdsdeJ. The ,ens,o-
-el was 500 year Of erwsrda, for the benefit OF
MINOR MINOR children, for nearly 5000 dollars. Lind
mere ore few spots thar would eornn.od 5o' ~
80 VIZ whoie population e that part OF Clelr-.
",e. nov eonsTn'o5 Lowell, Did no,. ex
oIu,'yS u ntI, auTd's mill, exceed 1000; tisno
p'oD'D'y NV the solitary alorckseper RI 1922
IS now surrounded by numefou, rissls. and he.
are lev iu%miss, aud no necessaries. That sb5r,
! compeihoWamong The dealers does not essble Is /.
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