The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-12-11
For the Anderson MtelHgencer.
The Piedmont Cotton Factory.

The location of the above Factory is on the
saluda River, (which is the dividing line be-
tween Greenville and Anderson Counties,) ten
miles below the city of Greenville, and within
one-half mile of the track of the Greenville
and Columbia Railroad The tract of land
belonging to it contains about 800 acres, and
extends to the track Of the Railroad, and a
turnout and depot is to be built upon the land
The river running through the land divides it
about in half-one half being in Greenville
and the other half in Anderson County and
the waterfall where the Factory is to be built
is in about the centre of the tract. The ap'
proaches to the Factory are of easy grades, 50
that elegant roads may be made to and from it.
The water-power is most excellent one, es.
pecially so in consequence of the abundant
controlled; and the improvements and build
ings erected at it will be entirely free from
danger of being damaged by freshets. The
dam across the river, 300 feet long and feet
high, is built upon the solid shoal rock. The
abutments to the dam, which are of masonry,
are also built upon the shoal rock and the
canal to convey the water to the wheel at the
Factory, 25o feet long and 20 feet wide, is cut
through the rock, no timber being used in it
until it reaches the pen stock in which the
wheel is placed. The main Factory building,
which was planned by 6rst-class Mill En-
gineer in New England, is to be built of brick
| ., foot hy
| so feet wide, and three stories high, with
basement story on the river side Of the building
254 long and "a feet wide. There is tower in
'front.' 16 feet square, in which the main stair
ways will he constructed. There will also be
Picker. House constructed near the end of
the main building, so feet long by 80 feet
wide, two stories high, also of brick on stone
foundation
The building has been planned and adapted
to accommodate the machinery which is in
tended to be put into it, by the Mill Engineer,
who has been upon the ground, and who has
thoroughly examined the location, and COM
bines all the modern improvements and con-
veniences in the construction of cotton mills,
which experience has proven to be necessary
to the production of the best quality of goods
at the least cost of production. Permanency
has also been carefully studied, but nothing of
ornament or show. The Mill Engineer is un-
der contract with the company to furnish all
the plans and specifications for the entire en-
terprise, and to see personally that it is con-
structed in accordance Herewith, and to guar
! antee success, so far as the successful working
of the mill and the production of first-class
goods are concerned. There will be no joists
in the building, but at spaces of eight feet
apart there will be beam across the building
10 by Is inches, supported on columns, and
upon these beams a floor will be laid with
three inch plank, and another floor laid across
this, one and a quarter inches thick; so that
the floor will be four and quarter inches
thick. The roof is to be of the style known
as the fat roof, the pitch being only one-half
inch to the foot-by this means there will be
| no garret room. There will be $50 windows in
the building, besides doors. The entire build
ing will be warmed with steam, both as mat
ter of economy and safety.
The whole Factory will be driven by one
turbine water wheel, 70 inches in diameter,
which will take about 10000 cubic feet of wa
ter per minute, but as there are at least 10000
cubic feet of water per minute in the stream at
the lowest water, there is an abundance of
power to drive two or three more factories Of
| the size of the present one at the same place,
and with the same dam and canal. The ma
chinery to be put into the factory is as follows
pickers or lap machines; 96 thirty-six inch
Wellman cards; 8 railway drawings; draw
ing frames, of two heads each; slubbers of
72 spindles each; fly frames of 112 spindes
each 1000 spindles; spoilers Of 100 spin
dies each; 4 wrappers 4 dressers; and 2OS
looms. AlI' of the best and latest improve
ments, so that when completed it will certainly
in all its appointments be the best cotton fac
tory, constructed to make the kind Of goods
contemplated, in the Southern States, if not
in the world.
The Company is considering the propriety
of making standard shirtings and sheetings
upon one half of the machinery, and plaids
upon the other half, similar to the Alabama or
Augusta plaids, but as to this they have not
determined; if not, the whole mill will be run
upon standard shirtings and sheetings.
The product of the mill will be about 10000
yards of cloth per day, which will weigh about
5000 pounds, and with the waste added will
require about $500 bales of cotton per annum.
The cost Of the entire property when COM
pleted is estimated to be 100000, which is
quite as low if not less than similar establish
ment can be built for in New England, as all
building materials and labour is not more than
e.half the price here that it is at the North,
the freights on machinery only being against
US. 1t vii require about 200 operatives to run