The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1869-03-31
For the Standard.
CASTOR County-Its Factories and Water


MEssRs ]. B. NEArHERY s. Co.-As you
are devoting portion of your paper to the
development of the resources of the State, 1
will give you short letter on the factories
and water powers of CASTOR county:
The name Brenadista was given to Stoves
Factory by my friend COL R. W. Pulliam,
under which Mr. Stowe built up an enviable
reputation, continuing the name for several
years, and until Il postoffice 10y that name
was established in South Carolina. That
diverted so much of his correspondence that
it compelled him to relinquish the name and
adopt Stowesville," our then postoffice
address, and would be now if we had any
postmaster, but the iron clad oath is in the
way. '"" -t ''''-
A small portion of this mill was put up
in 1S4T The greater part was added to the
mill in 1854. The mill house is So by 80,
three full stories with basement and attics,
situated on the south fork of the Catawba
river, IA miles due west from Charlotte The
waterfall is over 10 feet, ample for triple the
work now DONE The machinery now consists
of nine SO inch cards, nine spinning frames,
1851 spindles, "a looms, and all the various
pieces of machinery necessary to work the
samc The proprietOrs allow themselves 1, 200
pounds of yarn per week as standard work,
and rarely come under it. l'hr
We have in operation on the same power
wheat and flour mill, saw mill and wood
shop. The last named worked by Messrs.
r. II. & w. L. Hand -oea 9a ~ ,tlsf -
This embraces all the facts that occur
here in reference to this mill likely to inter
est you. ~. ~.
With the hope that you can take time to
read it, will write something of our river,
certainly moi inferior in essential value to
any stream in the State As you have de-
scription of Stowesville, will take the next
place above, "Stowc Falls on the maps
aspiring Shoals" This place is 5 miles
above Stowesvile, II miles from Charlotte,
and four miles from the Wilmington, Char
lotte and Rutherford Railroad. With fall
of over 20 feet and grounds to canal and
build upon, not surpassed in beauty, facility
for building, and security from floods by
any property in America. 1t is beautiful in
the extreme. With it is 500 acres of supe-
rior land, heavily timbered. One mile above
this is the Wood Lawn Factory, owned by
L. Linbarger s. Co., well constructed mill
of about twelve hundred spindles and thirty
looms, doing good work both as to quantity
and quality. Their water power is about
II feet on the wheel, with q large fall in the
stream below. Above this miles is the
Huffman's Shoals handsome fall of 18 feet,
we'll situated, four miles from the Whining
ton, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad, sur
rounded by large tract of timbered land.
Five miles above this is a small power OF five
feet fall, and used by a company for driving
a merchant mill and quartz crushing. The
gold making interest is large and known as
the Rhodes mine Two miles above this is
an unimproved power of about feet; and
four mi les above is the High Shoals, the
most extensive power in this part of the
State, employed in iron manufacture owned
by Commodore Wilkes. The fall Of water
| is about 35 feet. Two and half miles
fall of 10 feet Two les above this is
another paper mill on . fall of about feet;
three quarters above this is the old Lincoln
Factory site, the first factory built in the
State. The fall is about six feet, surrounded
by grounds strictly handsome very little
| employed. Two miles above this is Laurel
Hill Factory, near Lincolnton. Capacity
not known. The water fall is about four
feet. Above this point the river affords
| little water power. This stream is rapid
runner from Lincolnton to this place, and
is uniformly healthy, A,h55 ~ hn9ml
fi.asi 1856 GASTON.
| Stowesville, N. 'C.foit7H4 5ti RaiA.i
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RAIL ROAD STooK.-Rev. s. s. Ashley, Super
intenden pf Public Instruction, gives notice that
! additional bids will be received until the 3lst
! inst for 1900 shares of stocks in the Whining
I ton g. weldon railroad, and 1900 shares in the
I Wilmington d Manchester road.