The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-09-23

New MILLS IN LowEIJ.--EFFEcTs OF THE Ia
RIFF.-The foundation for the new mill ON the
carpet is nearly completed. This mill will be filed with
power looms for carpet weaving. It is TO be az feet
long, by 3o feet wide stories high and lighted from
the top and will contain 200 looms This company is
also putting up large machine shop, picker house. and
other buildings. Tho new Hamilton mill is BIZ by rs
feet and stories high calculated for 20 600 spindles 1t
fast being fitted for operation Part Of the building
undermined by water last spring. and about 80 feet
of fell into the canal The mill on the Merrmack
Is nearly ready for machinery 1t is stories high, 353
600 spindles and give employ to 500 hands 1t is
intended for the manufacture Of printing cloth The
water for this mill Is carried IRON the canal through
immense wrought iron feeder or nume, feet III diane
ter with fall of about 30 feet This feeder made
at the machine shop in this city, and will cost together
with the expense of laying il down. nearly $4,000 This
is should think, decided Improvement upon the old
pckerhouse, 2l5 feet long and new waste house, Ito
feet long II is estimated that there will be laid the pre-
sent season. by the company, about 100000 Of brick
They employ at the present time, nearly 1900 hands,
male and female. The new Prescott mills nearly
ready for operation The large mill for spinning and
will contain when full 30 900 spindes, and will be dri-
ven by water power. The smaller mill is to be filled
with looms, and steam engine OF one hundred and
eighty horse will be used in driving the machinery
The new wooden mill of the Middlesex Company,
Concord river, is $50 by 40 feet stories high with
engine house and large engine for use in case of fail
of water which always expected on this river in
summer. The company have also recently built new
machine shop and made ad aons to their old mills
being made large bleach house one finishing house.
one dry house. and an engine room Tor new engine oil
40 horse power, now being built
some idea of the growth OF Lowell, may be gathered
from these facts There number of other establish
ments, of smaller kind about TO be started. and i'm
provemens to be made, OF which we shall have some-
| thing to say hereafter oweH Courier, Sept 10.
Powers OF ATTORNEY TO RECEIVE MONEY OF TUE
CONFERENCE.-THE are requested TO call tho at
tention of claimants to the law passed July 30,
ls46 This act provides that whenever claim on the
United States shall hereafter be obtained by resolu
ton or act Of Congress- and thereby directed 20 be paid
the money shall not be paid to any person other than the
Claimant or his legal representatives, unless such per-
son shall produce power OF attorney, executed after the
And every such warrant Of attorney shall refer 10
such resolution or act and expressly recte the amount
allowed thereby and shall be sttested by two compe
Witnesses and be acknowledged by the person per-
executing Ii before officer having authority
take the acknowledgment of Deeds who shall certify
such acknowledgement and shall appear by such
tifcae that such officer, at the time Of making such
same"- Union,