Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-09-12
EDITORIAL coaRvsroSpENcE.

"LOwELL AS 1T Is NEW ENGLAND OMEN
COTTON MISUNDERSTANDING GROUNDS
PRETTY GIRLS AND PRETTY FLOWERS
CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES-lNGRAIN CAR
PETING, &c, &c.
Bosros. Sept S, lsI5.
Having stopped short Of Lowell, in my last intend in
this, with the aid OF little books, carry the reader
into OF the greatest Manufacturing Cities of this Tn.
ion OF course Is be expected that tho visit OF
the reader Lowell will be quite Interesting made
in person. bu, t the hopes the subject which
he treats in this cp-c, may be entirely void Of in
Our party reaching Lowell about at o'clock,
procured cab To around To the different Faco.
ries Of Ice importance, through which ad-
mtted by presenting tickets, obtained by friends BIS
ton. While many persons allowed to 20 through
Of the Cotton Factories OF Lowell, without the aid Of
tickets yet. is generally better call upon
good citizens OF Boston, who afford every facility f.
Sisiters going through the Factories. The necessity
restrictions upon those establishments be up.
every ii the proper steps be TAKEN ao,t
any strangers, attracted by the Of Lowell,
have their wishes graiiicd.
The Of my party and self rnpii one, though
sufficiently long to visit the most interesting parts Be
ing seated by the window OF the cab enabled to
view much OF the passed through streets
and could but be struck with the thrifty appearance
which every thing about Lowell. Even the oxen,
they dragged their heavy burthen after them seemed
in good condition indeed, 81 much 50, that whole
party looked with admiration upon yoke of fine fellows
that friend had stopped by haing The
mails but five years old and they certainly in
good condition. for one of party remarked that they
would pass FOR excellent beef in region.
regret that the between the New Eng.
land and those OF OF Virginia fully great
in other property oil State. The beasts
here that required work, generally we'll fed
properly cared for. by those who ,hcm-hcnce the
difference between Virginia stock aud those Of New Eng
land have no such thing poor horse orr poor
in Boston, although from the appearance land
hefeabouts might there could be scarcely
enough pTovender raised feed hall the stock. What
produced here, however, is brought other quar-
But to leave the oxen may be well 10 get back ny
into the of Lowell where party entered the
Factories.
The Massachusetts Cotton Factory wn, the first one
visited by and shall moi the risk OF misleading
the public. myself, carrying the reader through this
extensive establishment. II will be best to take up the
data, upon which statements furnished by the
author Of LOWELL H. AND LosLLL WAS 4"
twill be borne in mind that the author OF tins
lille work is Clergyman in the city Of Lowell, where he
has resided number OF years 1t supposed there
fore, that such information may gather from his
work, will be Than that could be picked
up hastily By n stranger:
"The Massachusetts Manufacturing Company. in.
cMporaied in 1899. Capital Stock, million hun
dred III 5ussnd dollars IL has boarding houses
mills. II twenty eight thousand
dred and eighty eight spinde aud nine hundred and
looms IL employs $50 females. and hundred ard sixty
males makes hundred sRd ninety thousand
Vi cloth per week, working up in ihst time ninety
thousand pounds Of cotton. IL consumes annually
hundred aud fifty of coal seventy cords Of wood
seven thousand gallons Of OIL"
On entering the countinGt OF the Massachusetts,
Factory, we found intelligent and obging gentleman
who guide with through the establishment aud
rendered other facilities for which felt obliged. Leay
ing the office door, TINT led into the yard. struck
al with the neatly arranged grounds and grayeed
walks ind felt though entering private gar.
den instead OF sollng through workshops, having 10
encounter accumulated rubbish materials. From
the office, walked from a hundred a hundred ard
fifty feet when ushcfed into the midst Vi the
humming spnds, oil surrounded by industrious females
whose whole attention seemed given their work IL
true, occasionally Of the "Lowo II Grs' would give
opportunity to chat with them little, but only long
enough satisfactorily inerrogaories There
the cotton II first taken Of the bale rs
the material, aud then watched 1t as II was carded
aud into the cloth, ready again for the bale
The building in which this was accomplished couldn't
have been ess than hundred feet long, fo,ty or ffy
feet wide, and five stories high And that too only ono
out OF four similar establishments belonging the
company Before tearing ourselves away from a sight 50
deeply Interesting, another Of our party and myself
discovered that bad only gazcd on the beauti!ul
flowers, which many Of the Factory Girls had
arranged IN the windows Vi the different looms were
also occasionally caught ogling of the interesting
looking girls themselves. We then carried into
building where the packing going on where the
goods measured marked and invoiced The most in
eespg FEATURE IN that part u the establishment, was tho
lar ansnvonsis, who seated in her chair with book be-
lore her. entering tho Of goods they were called
out Beng little curious her fair hand some Of
us took the liberty u looking over the clerks shoulder
and were not only pleased with the hand ITSELF but the
ndwriiiog, which beautifully executed and worthy
OF the hand ~ this poin-the point Of the peno l,C,
the last OF the FACTORY Girls" in the Massachusetts. Cut
ton Factory, and from thence turned our direction ys,d.
he MiddIeseI Woollen Mandatory Here ss.i, :, III
be we'll To call upon our little companion .Lovrtt a, -
s,"&c.
or this factory, the Rev. Mr. Miles says The Midi.
eN VI snufneiurng Company incorporated In 1sao -
ipin stock, seven hundred snd City thousand dolans
his Company has two mills, Of which Ia very lsrye
nd Two Lighthouses manuacturos broad cloths and cas-
meres Hiuns thousand hundred spindles for.
hive looms for broad CLOTH and hundred thirty two
" eassnores. II employs FIVE hundred aud fifty femaes
70 Two hundred aud fifty males II makes twelve thou
md yards Of oassimerc per week. two thousand two
nndfod yards Of broad cloth. II works % one million
ounds OF wot per- year, and three million esses con
se a"huay sn hunoed tons 81 coal, thousand five
"'eu eofds o wood fifteen thousand gallons OF oil Tor
ling wool, snd six thousand gslons Of sperm, oil"
In The present letter, can only srrodvce" the ts,J,
TO the factory, and will ieave haa thai Do int ami ~
~ en- he msy not oniy expect be carried s,nopg de
ooens bot aso may accompany into the Calico MN,
shop, and like wise follow usio see the beautiful Ino
sPeiing and The elegant hearth rugs by tho
DWELL Compsny.
Wy object IN 'hese letter., s avoid gre length will,
hope u making them more acceptable 10 the t..ds,
soy OF whom, sincerely trust, may fofm a Determined
solve, IN their winds, o redeem onr old S,,,s A.
gng upon The people, improvement! Inproyem,o, =,
" 90 longer be said hist Vrgnisns have the mean. 81
~ s,si.s salvation IN Iheu own hBids yet T,tu.c In
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