The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-03-31
rH1r LANGLEY MANUEACTUREHG
COMPANY.
An Important Enterprise.

The first annual meeting Of the stockholders
of the Langley Manufacturing Company was
held on Wednesday, at Langley, station on
the line of the South Carolina Railtead S0m-
cial train LETT Augusta, and similar traln
having been provided for the Charleston stock.
holders, the two trains met at the appointed
hour at Langley. Among the passengers from
Charleston were General Conner, HoH. Henry
Gourdin, Mr.. Tyler, superintendent OF the
South Carolina Railroad, Mr.. F: J. Peizer, and
Mt. VIM. C. Langley, OF Brooklyn, N. Y, and
M. Crane. of New Jersey. Among the invi.
ted guests from, Augusta were Mr.. VIM. E..
jackson, president of the Augusta Factory,
and Mr.: H. 81. Hickman president OF tthe
Grantteville Factory.
TIE Langley Manufacturing Company was
organized about twelve months sincs Win
capital of $500, 900. The property on which
the mil is situated. purchased rom Wm.C.
started during the war, by Messrs. Evans D.
Cocswell, of Charleston, with the design OF
erecting a factory Of the hrgest class, TO be
Feuufpted With machinery or the most. ap-
moved, modern style. The present company
have completed the building, and have now IN
position 50 carding machines. esoo spindles
and 200 looms, ready tor operation: Ine Gle
CANT factory builltng, now complete, Is
.227 feet long by l63 feet wide, twog stodes
hiph, with an L 4s by 80 feet. IN .the
main building are. located the spindles and
cards upon the first floor, and the looms
and s'slasher,h or sizing apparatus, upon
the second floor; the shafting propelling the
machinery being located upon the INST foor,
driving the machinery above and heloW Eby
betting. The machinery, OF, rather the spln, /,
dles, cards and looms, are from the Lowell
manufacturing Company, OF Lowell,.: Mass.
The issiasher1is OF English manufacture, made
/ by q Ward & BulIard, and we are told sisS the
only 1uein operation'in the Southern States,
although more than two hundred have been
imported Into the United States. Chiefly 6y
New England manufacturers OF cotton. The
L furnishes picker room, upon the ground
door separated from the main building With
two heavy iron doors, and completely1re-
proof, and repair shop upon the second
fioor. The ceiling ofthe plcker-room Is COW
cred with q network oil perforated iron pipes,
which are supplied by watey. from tank
In the. root, holding 1900 galls1s Of water,
which tank is fed by Bales d Jenk's rotary
pump, having o capacity Of 5000 gallons per
hour. This water supply Is considered per-
feet guard against fire, permitting the room
to be flooded in 8 very lew minutes- Inc
pickers are of the latest Invention, the mapu-
iacture of Richard Ketson, Lowell, Mass, and
are skilfully contrlved, SO that all the waste
falls into ssboxes,n and the dust and trash pre-
cipltated into a cellar beneath, 30 that the
picker-room Is as free from dust and lint, and
fs as clean, as the weaving-room. These "pick.
ersr ate statedt be the only ones IN operation
In the South, and give great satisfacti on, both
as to economy In running and safely against
fire. The power Of the factory is suppiieq by
a Icentre-vent" Turbine wheel. Manufactured
by the American Machine Company Hol-
yoke, Mass, having an estimated horsepower
or l60 horses, capable OF being increased TO
400 horsepower, supplied by pond covering
500 acres, free from trees and underground,
having "fall" of IA feet. The outbulldlngs
are boiler house, an oil house, forge shop,
32x44, q steam saw mill, and water grlst
mill, and ffty:six neat, comfortable operative
houses The present appointments are -fe-
signed for factory of 10000 spindies, but
special provision In all essential particulars
has been arranged for an establishment OF
double the present capacity.
The operatives are white,i and almost ex:
cluslvely South Carollnlans, the ove.seers
-comingfifo the most part, from New Rnglahd
The overseers and the superintendent alike
CLAIM, that they can produce from three te four
yards per loom, per day, more than can be
produced In the best New, England factories;
and this increased production they affirm to be
due to an advantage In climate, but more, par
ticularly to more steady and reliable 'Moor.
The mill is not yet in operations but the ma
chinery is being tested, and SO for not a;besr-
Ing has proved faulty. The company expect
At the meeting the following gentlemen
were reelected for the management of the
affairs of the company during the current fiscal
yeaf: Vim. G. SI6ley, Augnsta, president pl-
rectors-Wm. G. Langley, Brooklyn, N. Y.ssaF.
]. Pelzer, Charleston; Josiah Soley and ,Wm.
q. Tutt, Augusta; NJ. F. Foster, superihten-
dent of factory; S. G. Bodash, superintendent
of machinery and. hydraullos.: Ths<stockhold-
ers resolved to increase the capacity Of the
company one hundred thousand dollars, tosbe
divided pro rata among the stockholders, more
than one. half Of which was subscribed for by
stockholders present. The close Of the day
was marked BY ''barbecue," which the stock
holders and guests enjoyed greatly