Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-05-24
Industry of Burlington and Vicinity
TIE BURLINGTON wooLES MILL c5siPAsE.

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who have found it so valuable that rome OF the
owners have ever transferred any Of the Stock
the only changes since its organization being
these occ&scned by the death Of one or two oil
the original owners, 1nd the division Of their
inierests among their heirs. The cspitsl stock OF
the company IS S2OO,OoO. Ii purchased the
entire properly, mills, machinery AID real e5-
tate, Of Charles Harding, for 100000, and 1t
has lsrgely added to its value and c1pacity.
The company vas fortunate n securing at the
outset for It's agent. secretary snd manager, F.
C. Kennedy. Air. Kennedy's connection with
the mill began in 1856, under the Hsrdings
lie is 8 member Of tie company, and master
of the business in every detail; and to his ener-
q, tact and experience its success is largely due
TIE company occupies twenty-five sores q
lari below the lower falla of the Wiaoo,ki. On
the north side of the river. Tia land comprises
the sites Of the mils sad their subsidiary build
ings, with the yards surrounding them; park
Of two scres and the grounds OF the boarding
houses aud tenemcats owned by the company
The principal buildings are the large brick mill
No. I. seven stories high, $50 by 46 feet; MIL
No. ?, $50 by 80 feet, three stories high; the
brick dye-house, 80 by 20 feet; wool Ftorehouse
of brick, 100 by G5 feet; coal s;orehouse. 50 by
so feet; easiae and boiler house; gas house; wool
sorting house; general store house; machine
and carpenter shop. and cff,e. TIE area Of
flooring IN tie various rooms 10 soaa l2o,ovO
sausre feet, or about three acres. Let US LOOK
through some Of the buildings Beginning with
the least interesting, We loos FIRST into the store
houses This substantial brick col.-iouse holds
1900 tons Of au:hraoite coal Itwli shortly he
connected By a line Of rails with the track Of
the Vernon, Central roaI, i3r convenience Of
delivery Of tn, coal. The house stands in the
hillside, So thst tie coal is trocsht in en-
level With tie road above, and is shot through
the floor ia,o the crest c1sl reservoir below. The
heating Of the mills, tie drying CT the wool and
other operations, 81 done by steam, call for this
large smouat Of fuel. side BY SIDE is the wool
s.orehouse. The company keeps on hand stock
Of about ,20J, 900 pouais OF WOO, stored here
ana IN Boston. Tnis sto-ehorse VII hold about
100000 pounds Tae vo., all comes from
South Auerio. and Australia, esl Il purchased
from the original gr5ve-s, ~ the company e
sgeIts The company b-ys regularly the entire
clips O. some growers, who have established
reputation sor the superior qusIty OF their
wool
We pass 10 the va5.-s17.'as room. Here
dozen men are basily employed IN opening The
big. brown, dirty b'le,, picking tie fsa-es to
pieces With their fingers. All sorting cut tie "a
rioas qaalides There are Eve os elk different
qualities Of wo5l ~ each fleece, t1e different parts
Of the ,hesp's holy producing VOL 5i very dil-
fsrsDt der.e,s efhaeless. Tie tusin-Es q SOFT
Ing is oue requiring peculiar experience, aad it
takes man from four to six yesrs, before he &C
quire, the quilE-ezl ofti-at All touch, 70 sort
with due accuracy alI r-piiy. Tie wool
varies from the lover grsl-s, or with but few
cents pound, t5 tie 'pi-E MEX, % dass' grade.
fouuI Oh. in tle S.e-ia wool which costs $ -5o
q p5and No.. u1re than enc a--co "a two nil
lions yis,li this s1ps5lae quality. The eool, ss
- =. ,.-,~~ ;r., f,,, us;-5 aye rI.esi CT
=, .I.s-.-.--.- A. ,rs r; mill.
I,-- - 80. --- Here
the wool is cl,anseI from tae grease and di.t,
with which il iss..url.sl, b soaking in bathF
80 ~ .t--..,t,- ,'.,---. # sis. r,l
~. .nI.-.-s sfs- u.,s.r-. +. CONES cut
.s....-l clam t,tiss;r5lsI with the 5les.-zs
49,. r...,.-....-,..-- h.,.-.-,-tl vesl
49,. l,----i-.-s- '---sis the ma
....-..,.i f1.-l....,. ,..,----;,...- al-
-.u.'--.-,,,,, --.-.,s r-,,ss, oyt Al the
al ,,,,-..s. .,s vro.r :-.s small o-ss
r.. -.-,.-f-.,-,,. f-,- 81, r.,e,- o., D lsvp
0-..f,-s5. ,- is-5 this. We
5,I +. 6..i ai.b t5s .ss Of r55'. a5s.iuz
in the .;rl.ss ,aoSa.s-s. sai Sailing ia Hsb,
NOR, mas. ,, t5.a,.- From tbi. rses1tasle
tho -,-l &. rake, ..d p,sse! t5r5u-i another
,-r, r;s.,- s,llsIa Daniel picker. in psss-
ing through which /. is oI-l with lard-oil,
which IS essential to the proper working Of the
material Tie WOO. is row really 20 he carlcl
The cards in $ voo15a mill, IL is perhaps ne.
rece.ss-y to say, are very different Affairs from
B.. playing cards = Sc Get 90 Of cards Ike tlefs
n this mill, o.s.s SL9l3. They consist Of /
rollers covered with leSta,- in which are sc; |
millions Of wire teeth, are "a the tri1il5s "a
Doth PICK. The card is in fact "a iunease
ine-toothei coa.b. Tie wool is Eel in IN even
heot to the first roller, which instantly draws i;
n among III myriad teeth. The next roller.
working into The frE; oae, draws the wool from
(; still another roller draws tfro-a chat From
me set ofrol,ers it pas-es to second Of greater
ineness till tae wool il 81. perfectly cariel out,
he fibre Strengthened. ali al Refused to a
condition. From the LIST clri the
vol is separated by an ingenious coutriysnce
yhich when TWISTED Will be reduced in sizs to
no fine yarn ubi,b forms lie z,~ns or wool Of
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ention Of cue John Gciiing, who We are told iS
,oy, living and very NOR. though his invention
- c...--.--
or forty years
We next look into enc Of the spinning rooms,
HI. ,,,.,,.. .o-,-.I ao,-, ON -s,lo-, a..
H''H 0'ouEJ
many Of them familiar Win tue operation Of
sud know that the spinning in
+. r,;'is - ,;r,,l, tho reDstition bv ,n,,t;,s-y
n bigger tcsle' OF 'le or's'u@ simple
rocest When the single spinner whirls her
"A f.,bionsj ,,in,ino-wbeeI she NAV b,
-, M,
De''y'S DoAy u 0-i'!' "-eN HuH'.e'
pindles we're placed ln roT, IN . mtchlae
Ybich twisted a hundred yarns It once, con-
~, .:--io Ut, ,t,,..--.-;-..-.
oi's1 y
ecame famous undeF the name oil jenny ne
piuning-ieuny, still further improved sad made
-bol1v ealf.oDe-.ting drons from Z human file
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