The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-11-27

OF internal Improvements, making all parts
Uf our State accessible, and by a judicious
distribution Of our labor, South Carolina may !
more than double her productive labor, and
not suffer from too dense a population.
CoTroS FACTORY IN MIssIssIprI.-Choc-l
tdr, (Miss.) June 4th, ls50.-Our mill rs
located ten miles south Of Greensboro, in
poor, healthy neighbo.hood fine water, good
society, churches. schools &c. We have bot
one grog shop within seven miles of Us and
,ha, vii probably not last long. Oar build.
ing 10 made Of wood, los feet long, 4s vide,
aud three s'ories high. We are nov running
abou, 500 spindles. 10 cards and l2 looms,
snd oil the accompanying necessary machine.
~ for spinning and ~ea,ing. Owing to the
high price Of cotton We have stopped our
looms. We have 6ve hundred spirdles aud
five card. more, not finished We shall proba
bly, get them in operation for the nexl crop.
We carry ona machine chop IN which We
make every variety Of machinery for cardnc
and ,pinnirg. Our looms are built bv Messrs.
Rogers, k"chum, and Gravanon, of Peterson.
NJ J. They are heavy and substantial, and
are built for mtk'ng heavy llnsey and osna.
burgs, such eare most used in the S,u'b. |
think that companies in the State intending
10 embark 10 the manufacturing business
) would do veil to call and examine our ma
chiBery before buying ei.e~here. We hase
just completed the fines, -four mill in this State
> as equal to any in the South. We will .ho a
) ilour with The ST. Louis, or any tlher mill
!. North or South. We u.e large fine Sem
(, pie engine, made by Mcmrs. Thurs,or, Greer
o a. Co., Providence. 1t 10 admired by al
; vi'i,es for its great capacity and simplicity
: II is run by negro eng,n' er, no also serve
!. as fireman, who had no scqua ntance with en-
. gines uulIl he took hold OF this. We have
!. double C, lender wool card, that cards th
e wool twice as veil as most Of the counr
!, cards the, hsve only one, and vii turn o
e two hundred pounds Of rvIls day, for ~hlc
se chsrge eight cents pound.
>, CoTroN FACTORIES IN ALABAMA "
ID seldom take up paper published IN The South
g ern and Western States Of the Union, Ii,
does not contain some new development
"A their manufacturing industry. ln brief NJ
y ,,ce OF the progress Of Alabama in ,ha, DIRE,
ID tion, the Tuscaloosa Observer remarks:
u 1--WE we're shown last week some sampl
VI COlluuoucs, ktukuhus, co~sSef e'o o0''
is burgs, coInred and plain, made al the lacto
H. oil Patton, D1nnegan & Co., Huntsville, Whit
he for qush,y and durability would compare vi
to similar goods made IN the manufacture
he towns OF the north. The coored goods a
st excellent, and, we're we no, assured Of I,
"a contrary, We should have pronounced the
IN Eastern goods.
Y; "The factory a, Florence, owned by Mt
ne tin, Weekly Il Co., Is dong thrifty bu
ge ness. Ii works As looms-turnins 81
tn sp,ndles and produces 50 600 yurts OF clo'
d. it msnufsc ,ures also 900 dozen Of threa
'y per week. The weekly consumption Of c.
'P' ton 10 about SIX thoussnd pounds, everagi
ae seven hundred and fifty bales of cotton r
if.a year.
~, As an instance Of the prosperity of fac
,e, ries in this region, new one is about bel
M esta b Iished on the same stream, on the OPT
ne site eide. which, il is calculated, will consui
me 40 bales Of cotton per week
so' "The fscrory in this city is about increI
zen ing in number Of looms. At this time
ioe works only forty, which are chiefly emp|t
ed IN manufacturing the four qualities
es' goods. Ia few weeks the present numt
my OF looms Will be increased TO -. The co
Vo' made at this factory ere in h Oh repu'e q
SIX NEE, with retd, sales"