The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-02-17

A Northern machinist gives the
following estimate Ct the rrme cost Of
tho machinery needed for cot
ton factory Of one thousand spin.
dies with the necessary preparation
and moving machinery to rum by
steam:
COST OF ONE THOUSAND ring" SIN
DIES AND rnErARATIoN.
Nlachincry-
One Mason's whippcr, :, rs
Ono picker and lapper, $50
-Four double doIing Cards, 1000
One drawing frame, 8 heads 225
One slubhcr, thrtySix spin
One fly frame, cighty-rour
Srindica, 500
One thousand ring spindlc*,
at 81 each, 1000
Two reels. $50 each 70
One bundling press, 30
One rai;;,,; press, -
,s7355
Fixtures
-Four sets card clothing, at
500 $40
Cans and hobbins, 200
Shafts, puIlcys and belts, 700
Turning lathe, 50
One ten horse power engine, 1900
Extra charges for fitting up, $50
$23l0|
Total cost Of machinery and
fixtures, &0&So
The above is detail of the cost
of one thousand spindlcS and prcpara.
tion, without looms. Without going
in,o detail, $40 per spindle is safe
calculation. One hundred spindlcs is
the common estimate per horse power.
Twelve looms, with accompanying
machinery, consume one horse power;
forty looms should be allowed to one
thousand spmdlos for spinning modi
um numbers, say twcntics to lhirtics.
Looms cost $G5 each.
The cost Of ono thousand spindlcs
with preparations and weaving ma
chincry would be rs follows:
Whole cost oc one thousand
spindlcs and preparation
(dcdncting price of reels
and bnndiing press,
which are not needed for
weaving) is, $9,7G5
Forty looms, at so each 5000
One dresser, $50
Ouo warpcr, 100
One sroolcr, so
Extra charge for steam en-
CINE, say. $50
Extra charge for shafts and
belts, $50
Total, $l3, 5o5
From this detail it appears that the
cost per spindle with looms is $l3 GO,
but safer calculation would be Sll
per spindle.
For one hundred srindlcs without
looms, [ would recommend onc-sto.
" building one hundred feet long and
fifty feet wido. If looms arc added,
one hundred and forty feet long and
fifty feet widc. For two or three
thousand spindlcs, let the building be
two or three stories high, each story
the same in capacity ns above recon-
mended.
AS the cost of labor and materials
IN different localities varies, / refrain
from giving any estimate Of tho cost
of building mill to contain the above
machinery. Any ono can do this
with tho capacity and cost of mate
rials given. l would remark how
ever, that a building ut the South,
with tho same cost OF labor and mate.
rial, could be erected much cheaper
than ono adapted to our Northern
climate.
The return from cotton in we'll
managed mills is eighty-fvc per cont.
although many return sovcnty-Gvc
per cent. y loom in fair operation
will produce thirty.two yards per day,
running at ono hundred and ten picks
per minute, and making cloth sixty
four picks or threads Of woft per inch.
The Mattcawan Company have
scnt machinery to tho South for q
large number Of mills, aud could pro.
baby furnish it MS cheap and at os
short notice as any machine makers in
the country although the best means
fora Southern company to start a
mill we'll, and in the shortest possible
time, would be to engage a good prac.
tical manufacturer, and let him put
the mill in operation and furnish n
competent superintendent fora spcci.
fled sum. This plan has con adopt.
cd, and | believe with success. Re.
spectacle persons can be found to
take charge of new factories if tho 10.
oationa are agreeable.