Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-05-23

cast them into the sea. Nor do the people
Of New York alone cling to whig principles
The Jersey Blues adhere to the faith, OF
which fact they recently gave fresh demon
stralion in New Brunswick, N. J.-carrying
the whole whig ticket for mayor, recorder
&c. Every thing looks well for the season
and if their own energies were insufficient to
secure n victory for the wings in the fall. the
Senate, by rejecting every work OF public
Improvement demanded by the people, and
sanctioned by their immediate representatives
in the Assembly, have secured their triumph
We are always gratilied to find any
thing from abroad in praise of "Old
Newport, and especially of its citi-
zcns, when they so well deserve it as
in the instance alluded to in the an
ncxed article, which we find in the
Providence Morning Courier.
MANUFACTURING IN NEWPORT, r. L.
Since it has been found that the cotton man.
nfacturing business can be prosecuted with
success and profit by means Of steam power,
The citizens Of Newport have turned their at.
tention to it. Three mills have been erected
and put in operation in that place, and have
done much to increase its business and pros.
perity. The last establishment there, is that
which belongs 20 the 'Coddington Manufac-
turing Co.. and which Is said to be superior
in many RESPECTS, to any other in the State.
This mill is an elegant building, fronting
on Thames. street. Ii is 203 feet font, by
~ deep, and surmountcd by two square tow.
ers, one on each wing. The basement wall
is of Newport Granite, feet thick. Above
the basement, there are three stories besides
the attic the walls plated with brick, and
backed up with stone.
The engine house is of stone, detached
from the main building, about l6 feet in the
rear divided by partition into two apart.
ments, one of which contains the engine and
The other the boilers. The engine is a fine
specimen of skill aud workmanship. IT is an
upright beam engine, with a cylinder Of ~
inches diameter; and operates with stroke
of feet. II is furnished with a condensng
apparatus, which saves about one sixth Of the
power. 1t was manufactured by the Provi-
dence Steam Engine Company, under the
direction of Mr.. Bubcock. Heated air is
conveyed from the engine room by means OF
air chambers and fues. distributed through
the mill for the purpose OF warming it.
This mill contains 5000 spindlcs and 200
power looms part only Of which are in
operation, but all Of which will shortly be
and from experiment it is calculated that the
amount of fuel required, will not exceed
$500 lbs. of anthracite coal per day.
This establishment is delightfully."- situated,
having n large extent Of green fields in front
with fine view Of the beautiful harbor OF
Newport in the rear. Its apartments are
extremely well lighted. spacious and airy,
and from the basement 10 the attic, as much
regard appears to have been hac to health
and comfort, as to profits.
Four thousand of the spindlcs are in mules
and the remainder are Mason's Patent Cyl.
;ndrical Flyer. The latter is the inven,lon
Of Mr.. Samuel p. Mason, the Agent of the
CoddiDgton Manufacturing Company, and by
whom the establishment wus planned, and
under whose direction il has been cotton up.
The cylindrical flyer has some peculiaritics,
which causes it to differ from every other
The common flyer has two arms, or eXten.
sors, made of wire, thro' the ends Of which,
the thread passes. These wires Of course
meet with atmospheric resistance which,
when the machine runs with great velocity,
becomes sufficiently powerful to bend the
wires. Hence they nre seldom run at q
speed Of more than $500 revolutions per
minute. The cylindrical flyer completely
obviates this difficulty. A thin metallic cyl.
inder is substituted for the arms Of wirc.-
The atmospheric pressure is of course equal
on all its parts. The consequence Is, that
the machinery may be run at any required
velocity, without danger to the flyer. Those
N m mi rnn nd
voutions per minute, and turn of four skeins
to the pound. or No. 20, each spindle will
turn of skeins. The motion is extremely
uniform, and the yarn Of an excellent quality;
and no more power is required to drive this.
than is required TO drive another flyer, at a
given speed. -Four thousand OF these spin.
dies now in operation require the attention
Of only i've or six females of about Ia years
of age. The great excellence Of the cloth,
which is of very firm and even texture, be-
speaks The perfection Of the machinery.
Among the machines are two self opera
ting moulds. on the Scotch plan, made by the
Franklin Foundry and Machine Company.
Providence. They are no, only an elegant
and highly useful affair, but first rate
specimen Of inhuman ingenuity. u would
require too much space TO describe ihcm.--
But II u truly great curiosity tn witness
The perfect regularity with which those ma
chimes, by simple combination of wheels
aud levers, aic made to perform the work.
not only Of the mule, hnt the mule spinner I;
and requiring no human aid 10 do their task.
except that Of n pieccr.
The mill is divided into four sections. each
indepcudelt OF all the other, US to r,s move
mcnis, and any one Of which, may BE- run
without regard TO the rest. In fine, we have
probably no cotton mill in the State, equal to
this IN all departments, aud very few IN tho
Union.
10 the enterprise Of this company, the
people "f Newport are much indebted Tor
such an addition to the business of the TOW ~.