Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-07
Tne Arlington MJlls.
THE LARGEST lzANUFAoTURINo RsTABLIsH1rENI
IN THE NINTH WARD.


THE LARGEST lfANUPAoTURINo RsTABLIsmIENq
IN THE NINTH WARD.
50 quietly has all the work been done that few
persons are aware Of the great changes that have
been erected in the old Lnmmot Mills, on Vande-
yer Avenue, near Market street, Ninth Ward.
In May 1872, this property was purchased W
MessTs. II, N. Gamble 4 Co., proprietois on the
David Hill Mills Baltimore, and makers Or the
famous sail cloth for U. s. Navy. They were
then styled as the Arlington Cotton Mills, and
the work OF renovation and improvement was
promptly commenced. .., ~. y - g
A large amount OF the old machinery was re-
moved AMI replaced, with machinery Of the latest
and. most improved inyentionE. Additional
machinery was also procured, and, for the first
tIme their establishment, the mills were operatsd
to their full capacity.
The main building iS $50 feet in length by 20
feet In width, and 70 divided into the cotton store
room, mixing room, picker room, carding room,
and the Belf-acting or spihning room, in which
are the latest improved rihg1spinhing frames
built by Messrs. Tales, jerks q Co, at Central
Falls, r !. All Of these departments are we'll
provided With the machinery necessary portions
Of the work, and the incessaht hum and clatter is
heard from one end of the building to the
other. ~
This mill employs 1876 hands. and the mont6ly
pay roll amounts 70 about $4,000 Il has oapacitv
Of using % bales, or 10, 600 poundS Of cotton per
week, which produce 10000 yards Of tickinRs,
shrtings, stripes, aud denins. the principal bro.
duction. There are 2l0 looms, with 5000 spin
dies. The machinery is driven by a $50 hores
power COrliss enginei built BY j. Morton Poole
Co, steam is fuFnished' BY six psnHeld
Behind the main building is . smaller building;
two etories high IN which are contained the ma
chine and repair hhopa, the dyeing, worPins and
The products Of these milis arc sold from the
Wholesale stores Of Mesars. Woodward and BALD
win in New York and baltimore, Mr.. Baldwin is
3 member of the firm of H. N. Gamble &
Cos nl 4Q X, 80 9 19tl .ai .ill7I6,y
The above facts IN relation 70 this most impor.
tant Ninth Ward industry, weEs obtained BY a
GAZETTE representative from Mr.. Joseph Camp.
bell formerly Of Delawnrs county Pa, superinter.
dent Of the mills. For twenty years, Mr.. q. was
superintendent Of the late 9ames Canipbelis
Broad street factories, IA Chester, now owned iiV
Gen. Patterson. Mr. Campbell, escorted "a
through all the departments Of the mill, and ex-
planed the workings Of the different classes Of
machinery. To our mind a cotton mill Is one Of
the most tntefeating manufacturing eetabiiah
ments that can be visited. While 0aeIne ,Ir,on
the intricate machinery, which converts the erI,de
masses OF cotton, into handsome, endurinR fabrica
one cannot help admiring its sttIct 0ecnfcy ana
the miudls filled with wonder that even the boal-
ted ingenuity Of man was sufficient Ia invent
machinery At once 20 effective, ,in operation,
eelieate ~ eonstruction, and amazingly rapid in
esnvnn' "a = HN&DaiEtifa ,kift8t a1hai hl
Ihe Arlington mills are now runninR IN 70
their ful capacity, aud o. the sueOessof our citv
depends upon the saceess or the mahufaeturin9
sstabliehments within our limits, We are pIeased
g note that they are being operated with great
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