Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-10-08

extent Of that progress. In fact there
are thousands III the State who look
upon Wilmington as little fishing
hamlet on Cape F-ur river, and not as
| 4 seaport to VIII Gu vesselsf from all parts
| of Europe come, as well Us from all the
coast of North America, the West In
dia Islands and from some ports of
South America aud the PuciGc. We
are too busy down here to stop to Ell
tighten their lguOrnnca and they are
too .Ousy up there, Cetus hope, to take
time to Z quIru about It. Ii muuI>.
be, an advau age t. TIC f>tatr at large, ii
the County Comm .s,I"Los encii ctuh-
ty were I CURED op:acein acil CouI'
House at least one cops ri each Of the
daily papers OF Wilmington. With a
draft of water but one and half ieet
less than Charleston, we admit TO our
port vessels VIII ca Of a capacity to
carry large freights and battle with
any seas and stoim~ But what is a
CoMPRs,s MACHINE?
The farmer who packs bis bale of cot
ton SO as to get 800 pounds III" ti.e
SHAPE o. Oh Ordinary hnie, 30 duut 5
thinks he has done all to it that IS nec-
essary before IT /, aches TIA" manufac-
turer-but there is a "Mi dLlem Al
who steps in aud says to the vesss
managers, See youI vessel will only
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the usual way. Of the usual SIZE. y, u
are going two or three Thousand miles
on voyagS, the tso thousand bales Oh
" weigh five LuLdred tous and will fill
your vessel full; your vessel can carry
l, 900 tons, and then not be loaded per-
haps, and you Can get double as much
freight money for the Same expense.
Let me have } our cotton and / will put
1t III such shape that you can carry the
Thousand tons" Accordingly the
shipper hands his cotton bales
over to the compress Company, ="
and they are put into a machine
and in three minutes from being as re-
ceived from the planters press, the
power of a fifty horse engine is brought
upon them, aud they are reduced to
about Que third of their former size.
Now, the stevrdorr, who is loading the
ship, scan put ono in where he can find
hole as large rs :he top of his hat.
How the man on the other side ever
gets them out, is the mystery.
Well, We desire to let all concerned
know, that the Compress machine is
ready for work. They are prepared
not only to compress, but to store to
await shipment, all the cotton that is
offered. The warehouses are built
in the most substantial manner-as
near fire-proof rs it is possible to make
them, the insurance is, in consequence,
very light; SO hat persons who wish to
hold their cotton. can do 10 here under
full insu. ance at very low rates of stor
age. and can sleep satisfied that no
midnight incendiary Can sweep away
the earnings of the year, rs frequently
happens when it is stored in gins or
barns in the country.
We do not propose to describe the
machinery used in the operation 1t
must be seen to enable one to appre-
ciate its immense power and more than
Herculean action. The hardest pack
ed bale VIII ch would seem to be able
to resist all efforts to reduce it, very
quietly yields as the iron arms of the
machine grasp it and sinks down to
one-third of it's former size, the length
only being the same. Success to the
enterprise say we, as we say to all en-
terprises which give employment to
our citizens and add to the shipping
facilities of our growing city.