The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-10

THE EVANSVILLE oTToN MILLS
THE FIRST YARN MANUFACTURED
The first cotton yarn manufactured In
Evansville, was spun on Saturday. last
at the mammoth new mill of the Evans
vile Cotton Manufacturing Company,
near the corner. of First and Pine
Streets. The progress of this estab-
lishment has attracted considerable
attention and interest and the inau-
guration of theimanufacture of cotton
yarns and sheetings in this city has
been looked forward, to with some So
licitude. Difficulties of no small
magnitude had to be met and over
come; but the proprietors are allEmen
of wealth and indpmitable energy, who
know no such word as fail. and on
Thursday last they had the satisfac-
ton of seeing their labors crowned with
success bywitnessing their magnificent
ma chinery in motion. The engine
and most of the machinery is entirely
new, and3 of course, required modifi-
cation-tempeDing, &c-and 1T was
not until Saturday that they Z were
ready to turn out spun yarnse %
q On Thursday they set the machin-
cry in motion, beginning with the
ssplendid new engine built In the shop
of Mr.. VIM. lHeilman-a perfect beau
ty. Then they started one machine
after another, adjusting the gearing
and arranging the parts, until on Sat-
aurday morning they spun the first
yarn, and during the day filled one or
two sets ofspools in one frame. The
process of misunderstanding cotton yarn
is a pleasing studystolh one who has a a
taste for machinery. The first ma
chine is called the picker, through
which the cotton is passed, coming
forth in soft, feecy wilderness. 4 II is
then passed through amachiue called
the lapper. and as it makes its exit is
Tapped on an iron roller, from W hich
it is transferred to a wooden roller
and taken to the carders, of which
there are six, to which the laps are
fed with great regularity and precis-
ion. IsrFromA . Che carders the
cotton is 81 concentrated Through
a. narrow funnel into a machine
called the failfoad, band on rollers,
by which it is conducted. six Heeces
together to a machine called the Rail-
road head, where it is conducted
through small funnel and is depos-
tied into long tin, cans. The cotton,
which is COW called silver, is next
passed out of the tin cans through the
drawing frames, Of which. there are
six pair, four having three tunnels
and two having six tunnels each. /, The
silver while being passed through
these graduated tunnels in the draw
ing frames, is doubled eight or ten
times, and is wrapnsd on large
spools which are carried to-the spin
ners, of which there are eight sets
down stairs, with 1900 spindles.
Through this complicated machin-
cry the cotton is carried from the
raw material, and as a matter
of course, with entire new machinery,
it was no small task to arrange every
thing properly, and so adjust and har-i
monte all the various parts, so that
everything may work together ia con-
cord, and it is a matter of surprise,
and not little ereditable to the Su-
perintendent and, his assistants, that
he has been able within a period of
three days to get one set of spindles
in successful motion. We have before
us the first spool of thread that was
spun, and which, 9theagh of much finer
texture than it is intended to spin, is
remarkably even and strong. In
day. or two more the eight frames of
spindles on othe first, floor viii, be.
in successful and regular operation,
provided suitable employees CAM Be
obtained to run them. On the second
floor are the reels, looms and two
muley .Lspinners with 754 -spindles.
The spindles Tonr the first floor make
+ 90 0lrevolutions minute, a velocity
almost inconceivable. lt}a p A0}
This is the inauguration of a new
era in Evansville, and cannot fail to
have most decided influence on our
future prosperity and reputation as
city. and is. we hone. the harhineer,ta