Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-08-06
COMPARATIVE EXPENSE oFSTEAM
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COMPARATIVE EXPENSE OFSTEAN
WATER POWER FOR MANUFAC.
GE!NG PURPOSES.-At a public meeting
,tlu ~ Jefferson Hall, Portsmouth, n. H.. a.
oCEt eighteen months since, Gen. C.. Il. JAMES
" NeNs0lUyport, Mass, by invitation deliver
IAN au0Tess, ON the subject above specjfed
me result ol tins address is, that a large steam
COTTON mill isnow getting under way in Ports
mouth In N~ewbmyport, there are now three
steam cotton mills in complete operation. and
,"o new ones going up. This address has
la'ely been published in Hartford, Conn.
Al.efa Beautiful introduction on the great
dressings OF manufactures TO a country. and -
reverence tothe wonderful growth of Lowell
ah0ihe prosperity of Massachusetts he nrocced.
y SHo" uIal fortunes canine now be made nv
''' to''on business, conducted in a slovenly
manner as lonely had been done. but that
"'',' '"''iPfl%e anu industry can only ensure
success. lie says.
/. AT first, with but little experience and
niue economy there was almost = certainty ~
p'uI'i Dul now the business has been broiobt
,"I's proper level; and, precisely as il shoTlI
10" l'if ana adequate compensation is TO he
'"'l'o' only as the Teward of enterprise. ey-
i''i.''e' shlll, industry, economy and pcrse-
'y'''lee' HIS ought TO be enough TO satisfy
without these. il ought not to be eSpected
tHala cotton mill should pay a fair profit nm
investment, any more than that a farmer sbonLI
reap an abundant harvest from his seed with.
o"' having paid attention to its culture. To the
lIoCtS9 oil manufactures by steam mower
:"tSe remarks are particularly applicable. II
j. uenonstrablc, not only by mathematical
Oo'cu;7uoh' ON scientific principles. but from
o0'u'l experience, which | am fully prepared
D. 10 Drove. that in ~ oay,ao-y
't5"OHs 10 snip. RaUigdtiOH, steam polrer SET i,
"Pt'dti0H Hadsr the supervision of Dracficn
SIi,Hty'c men, Is cheaper, as a mOtiDe potrey.
"t 'Ht"YS tGLfH into the account, than tyat,,
PO"eF ." me country cGR be for manufacfuy.
'he purposes. mother words, the compara.
i've advantages of a location ina seaport. owe,
ulc III lhe country are more than sufficient I,
CouhtotDdidncc any excess of cost oT stoa,
power over water power.
me average cost per spindle of the yvatc,
mills III New England embracing ali tho ev
Peiisc necessary for carrying ON the manufac.
!uIe oi cotton cloth, is about thirty dollars. -,
il 'ilcr words a water mill of six Thousand
SP'nu''a WIN water privilege, and all neces.
a1'y apparatus Tor cauyiugon the manufacture
=. io'''"' VIII Clsltt least one hundred and
''-i9 thousand dollars; while a steam cotton
MIL erected lu tins town, on a desirable Loca.
'' 'N'''A ~ tfNNs one hundred
Thousand dollars. Here we have a diGcroncc
I'D ld'of OF thc steam mill of eighty tbonsand
doII'Ta' ilc annual interest of which l. fo,r
thousand eight hundred dollap; a sum more
ihln sufficient to purchase fuel for two snrh
nuns, To- say nothing Of The cost of transporta.
non diil OF lhc expense Of heating the mill xix
months 'n tIle year. This last is am item which
81, saved Joy using the steam in the steam mill
alter Los performed its service in srnnlying
ih' IhIi with a motive power. We will sun97
pos Tor q moment that one half he canit.I
winch 'os been invested by the citizens nCtLi,
town in water mills, had been invested ;1
,I,gm mills, iu this place, say one million nc
"'Ii1rs. This would have been sufficient a.
erect and put nI operation a steam cotton mill
OF at least sixty thousand spindles. therein g;y'
i"E employment 90 some two thou.aniS r.
y ",' own citizens. and annually paying 10 t,c,n
'lI,s,i three Iuudrcd thousand dollars for ,b.;.
services Think you, that three hundred ,bo,
ana dollars annually distributed AMONG ali
i' SOS OF your citizens, and coming as il TO-,
Io'n e distant part OF the country. from H.
consumer OF your manufactures. yyouIJ NV,
aiye renewed life and energy TO business conc
'S' in i.Is place! But to b. more partiSnisr.
I' ''r' cost OF transportation saved bv tbis
'h''ll, in many instances would nav for tLc
0oe' OF Ilcl TO opcratea steam mill. Thero s,c
many seasons when water mills must liz -,