The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-11
TIE georgia COTTON MILLS.
Manufacturers who are Free Traders
Correspondence OF the New York Post.l

correspondence OF the New York Post.l
COLUMBUS, Ga. September n.
The thriving City of Columbus is situated at
the foot of the Chattahoochee River. on the
Georeia side, the river being the boundary line
sonarstinr this State from Alabama. The
Fails begin near West Point, thirty miles above
tbis place. Here is an immense water power,
the whole volume Of the river tutnbllng over
the rocks for thirty miles, and could be MADE
Available probably thirty times over or more.
II is in the heart OF the cotton-srowing coun-
try, the lands fairly fertile, producing, besides
the great staple, all the cereals and great
variety of fruits abupdantly. me country Is
hilly mot mountainous,) and climate remark
ohie for health. In winter the ffosts are sharp,
Int hut rarely mako ice over half an inch in thick
ness while snow is seldom seen. The SUM-
mers are not oppressiyeiy hot, Lot 90 much so
% July in the higher latitudes; pleasant winds
temner the atmosphere in summer.
Prior to and during the war there were IN
successful operation at this place two cotton
mills, one cotton and woolen mill, several ma
chine shops, foundries, paper mills, Wooo- s
work shops, besides another coston mill three
miles above this place on the falls. ALI had
been long in successful operation, but were
burned by the Federal troops IN the spring OF
1S65 Since then ell have been rebuilt on
1ar@eIy increased scale, filled with new ma
chinery. and in operation. Two other cotton
mills higher up on the falls have also been
built since the war.
The Eagle and Phoenix Manufacturing Com
panys works, situated here, deserve particular
noIice. The company'S two main buildings are
each two hundred and twenty tlong by fifty.
six feat wide, each five stories high, besides two
picker. houses, machine repair shops, dye
houses, finishing house and warerooms, offices:
&C.. all built of brick in the most substantial
manner, and on a scale required for ther ex-
tensivs works. The whole is finished ID excel
lent style and taste, and appointments all COM
plete. ,,.a
operatives in the different departments OF
their works. They run about twenty thousand
cotton spindles and twenty-si1 hundred WOOL
spindles. and about FIVE hundred and hftY
looms, principally on colored work, cotton
stripes and p!aids and woolen goods mahiuS
great variety of patterns and styles hand- 70
somely finished. They lind feauy sa'e io'
their production South and West. -.
The also mapufacl ure cotton blankets ut IS
said tEe ouIy mill manufacturing them IN the
lint Tinted @ States J They claim that these are
warmer than q woollen blanket OF the same
,raight and that moths wlll.not trouble them.
They ars pleasant to the touch, and more
slightly than any blanket, and are handsomely
finished. I am told that they are sold to A. L.
Stewart & Co., New York.
The managers OF these mills are froe-spoken
on the tariff subject; say they waht no protec-
ton: favor the abolition Of al duties; can see
no reason why the mass Of the people should
be forced TO build up the fortunes of few
manufacturers. AS il now stands, the un.
equal tariff only serves to enhance the price Of
materials. and manufacturers cannot compete
with England in the markets of the world
They can only supply our own country ut high
prices. This company are principal owners OF
the water-power at this place, and advertise
to sell water privileges at reasonable rates
The enterprlsing managers have just import
ed fifty first class weavers from the ne'gnDoi
hood OF Manchester, England.