The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-23

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vention. fnt introduced In this country
Wy The CLARK Thread Company. " La
refined cafding machine, The product ~
which II w. much superior IN hncnof5 10
the large cnrlers lust described ~ tbc
most elegant silk goods are 10
fm CtA CgrfON com,
II ia called the French cDmbing machine
and il only used by the best thread max
era, rs II IL very expensive AMI while
makes the thread superior IN quality, II
adds twenty per cent. 10 the cost Of man
uiacture. Six Of the rolls Of webbing are
now passed together through the combing
machine between two rollers, and combed
by innumefable steel teeth to the hne-
ness of gOssamer and the thinness OF .
spiders web. II passes On, is gathered
into one soft round silver" again, goes
through rollers once more, when 1t ~
coiled into cans az before, with a loss OF
twenty per cent. on the material which
composed the web when il was put on
the French machine. 1t is a texture 80
fine and soft that one cannot but Wonder
how il bearsits own weight. After thelast
process, six of the slivers are again put
through the drawing frame making one
silver no larger than any of the six from
which it is drawn. Then six of these last
are u although the same process reducing
them in size six times, and adding that to
the length. This is gepeated three times,
and each time they are coiled into cans
The last silver is the same slzeand weight
as when the process began, although doub-
led four hundred and thirty-five thousand
four hundred and fifty six times. The last
cans are now taken to
THE FIRST sLUBBING FRAME, !
from which cans they are passed through
rollers, then twisted to about the size OF a
lead pencil, and wound on bobbins, all by
the same machine. From this they go to
the second slubbing frame, where one hun-
dred and two spindles on each machine are
winding yarn from two hundred and our
bobbins, which came from the first slubber,
two threads being wound upon one spool
The next or intermediate slubbing ma
chine winds upon one hundred and sew.
enty-six spools, from three hundred and
ffty-two bobbins, which came from the
second slubber. The nextand last is called
the rowing machine, and fills two hundred
and forty spools, which cam from four
hundred and eighty bobbins, from the in
termediate slubbing machine. Bythisrep-
etition ofdoubling and twisting the yarn
is fast becoming strong and hard. We nov
followjthe yarn called 'roving" to the SELF
acting "mule," which makes eight hun.
dred and forty threads of yarn from six
teen hundred and eighty bobbins. This
wonderful machine, two of which are op.
Grated bye n man, draws out the yarn and
twists it from sixteen hundred and eighty
spools, when it comes away, and on its re-
turn winds it on eight hundred cops
(~spools) making the last number of thread
: yarn. We now come to
the THREAD MILL
which is a distinct and independent de,
partment. The cotton yarn comes here ,and
first goes to the cop winding machines
where it is run from the cops, throughdeli
cate balances, over soft felt ground, upon
bobbins, two threads together upon one,
From the cop winding department, the
bobbins go to the singing department
where the two threads that were run to-
gether on the spool, in the cop winding
department, are twisted or spun in one
thread. The thread, as it is unwOund,
runs through water, and rapidly over
glass guides, and the bobbin which re,
ceiyes it ~revolves five thousand times per
minute twisting hundreds of threads on
each machine. After being twisted tive
threads together, makingOne hard thread
three of the latter are again run together
on a bobbin, the same as in the first COZ
winding department. Three of these are
nov twisted together, making six strans
and
THE PROCESS OF TWISTING THEM
is exactly the same as the n last de
, scribed. 1t is known as the finishing
twisting department. When the threat
comes from the finishing twisting depart
I ment, it is inspected with the creates
/ care, by skillful persons, and put through
4 several tests before passing the reelinI
s department, to be wound in skeins tor tn
d bleach house. The machines in this de
, partment are very curious, and daily turl
! out vast quantities of thread, which !
r packed, and given a through ticket to tn
5 bleach and " houses. They measure o.
the thread into skeins of an exact lengtl
q and size, and when they have reeled Of
lust the right amount of yarn, Away
stop, and unlike some kind of yarners
!, they never forget to tell the anne stor
e without variations. Again after comm
$ from the reels,
THE THREAD Is CAREFULLY INSPECTED
the work employing several girls, VIII
take all the rough and imperfect threa
t from the hanks. After this second inspe'
ton, we find it mex in the bleach hous'
The bleach and dye houses are amen
n the most interesting departments of tn
vast establishment, although not the mo-
agreeable. The progress in washing mi
" chinery, that is here exhibited would mas
st our g~randmothers think that the miller
ium had come. The baby washer, as "
h call il, of this concern; is rather a larg
child, whose place and uses will apes
It later. After the thread is sent from II
n inspection department to the bleach an
Of dye houses, il is unpacked, counted an
Of put int large tanks, immense loads at
ye time, and boiled by steam for sever
st hours, which takes out the dirt and
lg CLEANS IT PERFECTLY.
1t is then put through washings OF
and preparations wonderful and curiou
r The water used, we Judge, would have i
rs creased the food Just aboutenought to ha'
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