The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-02-11

of one thousand splndles WIN tne no
cessary preparation and moving macbl'
merry to run by steam:
Machinery
One Mason's whippcr, 5 70
Ono n;cker and lapper $50
Four donhle doffing cards 1000
One drawing frame, 8 heads 225.
One slubber, thirty six spindles 7Oo
One fly frame, eightyfOur spin o,o
dies ooo
One thousand ring spindles, at
81 each 4oOO
Two reels, S35 each ~
One bundling press o.
One bailing press 10
Four sets card clothing, at SOU > M 24o
Caus and bobbips M zOo
Shafts, pulleys and belts 10O
Turning lathe oO
One .en-borse power engine lzOO
Extra charges for fitting up LOU
svturrs hv,S, '''' VI $685.
The above is a detail of the cost of
one thousand spindlcs and preparation,
without looms. Without going into
detail, $40 per spindle is a safe caIcula-
ton. One hundred spindles is the
common estimate per horse power.
Twelve looms, With accompanying
machinery, consume one horsepower;
forty looms should be allowed t" one
thousand spindles for spinning medium
numbers, say tweuties to thirties.-
Looms cost S65 each.
The cost of one thousand spindles
with preparations and weaving machine
ry would be as follows:
Whole cost of one thousand spindlcs
and -nrenaratian -Ldednatins-price of
reels and bundling press, which are no.
needed for weaving) is S9,765
Forty looms, ut $65 each 1900
One dresser 450
Quo warpcr 100
One spooler so
Extra charge for steam engine, say 800
Extra charge for shafts and belts $50
Total Sl3,595
From this detail it appears that the
cost per spindle with looms is sl3 GO,
but safer calculation would be Sl4 per
sp pnl'e.
For one hundred spinIics without
looms, | would ecommcnd a one-story
building one hundred feet long and fifty
feet wide. If looms are added, one
hundred and forty feet long and fifty
feet wide. For two or three thousand
spindlcs, let the building be two or
three stories high, each story the same
in capacity as above recommended.
As the cost of labor and materials in
different localities varies, I refrain from
giving any estimate of the cost of build
ing a mill to contain the above machi-
merry. Any one can do this with the
capacity and cost of materials given
I would remark, however, that b:.ild-
ing at the South, with the same cost Of
labor and material, could be erected
much cheaper than one adapted to our
Northern climate.
The return from cotton in we'll man
aged mills is eighty-five per cent. al
though many return seventy'6ve per
cent. A loom in fair operation will
produce thirty-two yards per day, run
ming at one hundred and ten picks per
minute, and making cloth sixty-four
picks or threads of weft per inch.
The Matteawan Company have sent
machinery to the South for large num-
bcr of mills, and could probably furnish
it as cheap and at as short notice as any
machiue makers in the country; al
though the best means for Southern
company to start mill we'll, and the
shortest possible time, would be. to en-
gage good practical manufacturer, and
let him put the mill in operation AMI
furnish competent superintendent for
specified sum. This plan has been
adopted, and l believe with success
Respectable persons can be found to take
charge of new factories if the locations
are agreeable.
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