The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-09-18
TIE pEoPa aEs NAN N15JJF cEURING co.
sTEAMisYs.m WATER.


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Mv Dsor. Sir i will try to answer your m
ouiries in relation. to manufacturing @ cot5on II 10
South Carolina, and particularly IN ANDERSON @ ~
County, I understand you as. wishing 10 as.
cersaifr theamoaEto of capital lfrequisite 9toaP
in1operation suffcient.machip TO weave edally
some 1000 to 5, 900 yards Of shrtings simallar,
in Kind and quality to Granlteylle It S ana Augqs s 5t
To erect fre.prcof buildings Off brick; to
purchase ando place ,in operation machinery
enough to manufacture 5000 yards OF shiIsI
ings daily. will costin round numbers SlVO, ,0QMo; ~
With q new concern are always connected some
EXPENSES 9as purchase }of land and the lke,}
which cannot be exactly estimated. Besides,
it costs less to improve some locations ,tnan
Others. So It VIII be safe to say SllO ,000, and
which win more than cover al" the cost, and
leave some cash capital, ,on'which to commence
hns;ness ,, b1yef.,| sFi.,rg 3it ilHa saaIl ~ yui
Now, I estimate the profit on the investment
to be- 221 per cent. You say this is,a large
dividend this IS true; yet it is not np'to the
earnings Of the Pendletoh Factory forthe past
five. years, which have been fully 26f per cent.
on the, capital invested; While saying this
much, I am speaking from an expeneenpcae, p.e p1a, OF
over thirty-eight years as operator, manager
and owner of factories; and 1 am rally capable
of correctly, estimating the prohtanleness jol
cotton manufa acturing, and especially qt manu-
facturino in South Carolina, having been con-
nected with tie business in this State Tor some
mast. 3>i:ai o7SsT ,.'1pe'ii'-.
With Misunderstanding and ,machine-
ry,I,will furnish you with the cost of,a steam
engine.to drive, the, factory and also the daily
cost Of fuel, compared with the cost OF water; FA
There isno doubt, & generally speaking, that
steam is more expensive than water to drive
machinery. aYet, there are advantages arising
from using steam as The motive power, winch
will IN some cases, more than counterbaiance
the increased cost. When steam is used the
location is at your option, which IS not the
case when water is used, because you l11tl, must
locate the factory. to suit the power. win
steall you locate the power to suit the factory:
Innorder to give yousa clear understanding OF
the difference in the relative advantages 1I1 OF
water power and steam power. we will say that
YOU wish to locate your factory at Anderson
OH, or as near that place as possible In the
first place, as water power is the cheapest, when
it can be Obtained, advantages of location be-
ing equal, we will ascertain the nearest point
where water with the proper fall can be OBJ
tained in sufficient quantity to'giye you the
power necessary to drive your factory upon
inquiry. we find that thereis alocation suitable
for Onr purpose. Just six miles from the depot
in Anderson Now we will assume that the
cost of land and mill-site, with mill-dam and
race-way, and the watsr-wheel ready tor opera,
ton, will be the same as it will cost Tor lana
and the steam engine placed in position. Inc Inc
actual cost viii be about the same.1 WIN
YOUR Factory six miles from town, you Will
have to use wagon transportation, which, from
its amount, will require one tour-mule, team,
and one two-mule team. With two drivers,
the daily expenses, with wear and tear, may
be safely put at eight dollars per day. You
will bear nm, mind that these teams must haul
daily, and, their loading must be kept dry -
Now, locate; your Factory directly on the
Railroad, near the depot, where you can have
q side-track branching into the yard near your
engine. so as to deliver wood, and deliver ana
receive freight on the spot. Do you not sup
nose that YOU could save six dollars per DAY,
Mer and above the cost for wagon transporta-
tiorl. with your. Factory located SIX miles from
the Railroad {? / certainly do. The six dollars
thus saved you can apply to the purchase OF
fuel for your steam engine. My estimate IS.
that it will require three cords OF pine-woosd Cd
daily to. give the necessary power to run Inc
Factory twelve hours per day., -, ~ ~.
Again, yon can, if you choose, put IN "a some
what larger engine, which will enable you TO
drive. in connection with your Factory, a
Grist aIill, (corn and wheat,) Saw Mill AN and
Planning machine, with work shop Ior turning
wood, and, iron; and all This with but small
addition to the costsof fuel, &c. I will not
stop to discuss she. advantages Of, having saw
mill and grist mill SO near you. You can estl'
mate that better than Ican, having felt the
noed of them. :igin ,t.nac ~ e" hiefi IL i = -
AS 20 disadvantages Of having the factory
located in, town, have to say, that 1t WAL give
employment to- not less than one hundred hands,
whose daily wages will aveiage fifty cents each.
This makes $50 per day, ioi S150,000 for year
Of 900 working days, all Of which will be dis
tributed in; YOUR town. Now add your mills
and planning. aud turning shop, and you have
some S., 600 more; or total OF ,S20,0 ,00O, IN
cash. in which your professional men, mer-
chants. mechanics, and des-peoplei in general
will share. We have pelfect right to expect
S25,o00 in dividends on the amount invested !;
which, to cover all the additions named Will De
about Sl25, 900. Now, you have the snug sum sun
Of, f,S45O00 in cash drawn toJour town annually.
rphisis not visionary nor theoretical calcu-
lation. It IS one based on PRACTICAL knowledge
OF magterS PerIabiutnS w '"0 -. oi1!
sideration. T., .,-...,... ..,a,. ..,..
aspect. We must consider the enhanced value
of the cotton raised at home.i Comparing ,O00
ha]ese of cotton. in its raw state, with l,0O0
bales after being manufactured into goods, we
have: .!l3ffFt
1000 bales a. $50 per bale...........s o,o0o
1000 (9 $3.50 ....'.''''''sl9oooo
You see at glance thai you have realized
an enhanced value Of S1l0,Q ,Q0, over and above
the cost of the raw material which is clea
addition to the wealth of tho County, from the
operation of single factory ,sy
Respectfully, ~
Ea. t..t WIN. PERRY.
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So a.a PExDIEroN FACTORY, S. c.,
e 2>a July "a, 1871. "a