The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-04-21

now passed tQgoGutL GhlOuSiA ~o'''DA'S
machine between two rollers, and combed
by innumerable steel teeth to the fine
ness Of sossar1er and the thlnness OF a
suider's web. It pasaes on, Is gathered
into II soft roundf silver" again, goes
through rollers okce more, when it IS
coiled into cans as before, with a loss OF
tvehtv ner sent. on the material which
comp3sed the web when it wis Put on
the French machine. 1t is a texture SO
fine and soft that one cannot but wonder
it bears its own weight. Alter the last
process, six of the sIivers are again put
through the drawing frame making one
silver TO. larger than any Of the FIX from
Whichit Is drawn. Then sir Of these last
are putthrought the same process reducing
them in size six times,an adding that TO
the length. This is repeated three times
and each time they are coiled into cans
: the last silver is the same size and weight
AZ when the pr sess began, although doub,
led four hundred and thirty-fiyet"pusan1d
four hundred and fifJy-six times The
last cans are now taken to
THE FIRST sLUBBING FRAME,
HNrom which cans they are passed through
! rollers, then twisted to about the size OF
lead pencil, and wound on bobbins, all by
the SAME maehine. From this they go to
thesecond slubbing frame, where one hum
bred and tgo spindles on each machine are
.0yinding yarn from two hundred and four
z b0bbins, which came from the f~rstslubber,
two threads being wound upon one spool.
The next or intel mediate slubbing ma
chine winds upon one hundred and sew
eHtY-six stools, from three HUNDRED and
fifty-two bobbins, which came from the
secondsIubber. Thenextand last is called
theroving machine, and fills two hundred
and forty spools, which came from four
hundred and eighty bobbins, from the in
Notwithstanding nachite. Bythlsrep
e%tition ofdoubling and twisting the yarn
isfast becnming strong WenoW
follow the yarn called "roving' to the self
acting "mule," which makes eight hun
) dred and forty Threads of yarn from six.
J teen hundred and eighty bobbins. This
wonderful machine, two of which arc OPP
Grated by one man, draws ott the yarn emo
twists it from sixteen hundred and eighty
spools, when it comes away, and on its re
turn winds it on eight hundred cop
J (~spools) making the last number o
thread yarn. We now come to
THE THREAD MILL,
f which is a distinct and independent de
g partment. The cotton yarn comes here ,an'
g first goes to the cop winding machine:
where it isrun from the cops, through del
. icate balances, over soft felt ground, upo1
bobbins, two threads together upon one
From the cop winding department, tn
e bobbins go to the Singing department
where the two threads that were u to
IS gether ON the spool, in the cop wlndifl
It department, are twisted or spun in on
thread. The thread, as it is unwounc
runs through water. and rapidly oV
% glass guides, and the bObbin which re
Il ceives it revolves five thousand times pt
# minute, twisting hundreds of threads Q
each machine. After being twisted tW
=, threads together, making one hard threa'
&c three of the latter arU again run togeth'
~ on a bobbin, the same as in the first &C
~ winding department. Three OF these a
A. now twisted together, Imakingslxstrand
w. and
THE PROCESS OF TWISTING THEM .
N is exactly the same as the mi last q
scribed. It is known as the finishll
~ twisting department. When the thre'
comes from the finishing twisting depa1
It ment, it is inspected with the create
care, by skillful persons, and put throu|
m several tests before passing the reell
90 department to be wound In skelns tor 7
h bleach house. The machines in this c
4 partment are very curious, and daily tn
ri ont vast Quantities of thread, which
or packed, and given a through ticket to
bleach and dye houses. They measure
in the thread into skeins of an exact leng
and size, and when they have reeled
nd lust the right amount Of yarn, alWs
~ stop, and unlike some kind of yarne
- thew never forget to tell the same ste
No without variations. Again, after con
from the reels,
,r' THETHREAD IS CAREFULLY
N. the work employing several girls, "
take all the rough and imperfect thre
,et from thehanks. After this second lnsp
or ton, we find it next in the bleach hou
of The bleach and dye houses are amc
,en the most interesting departments OF
vast establishment although not the m
agreeable. The progress in washing 7
or cbinery, that is here exhibited Wo'
;rst make our grandmothers think that :
ma. millennium had come. The baby WASH
MS we call it., of this concern, IS rathe
large child, whose place and uses Will
near later. After the thread Is sent II
lin. the inspection department to the BILE
and dive houses, it is unpacked. coun
= Of and put into large tanks, immense lead
woe a time. and boiled by steam for sew
honrs which takes out the dirt and
CLEANS 1T PERFECTLY.
It is then put through washings,
ond prenarations wonderful and curit
mr. The water used, we judge, would b
increased the flood just about enoug
have lifted Noah's ark from the snae
the Mount Ararat. Some OF the wash
aes- are of stone, and all are on a scale et
in magnitude to any OF Col. Bel
NH. scheme for making millions. The loa'
thread are put in and taken outot BOZ
rinsers, washers, dryers,and half a d
other processes by machinery. L
.fter after all this, it goes right back to t
TIE huge steam boilers, and the same t
l;ca- is done over again. The dry roo
rked heated by seve thousand hVe u
tTh;s feet Of seam pipe, aEd.can be regulat
nare anv desired temperature. After lea
lion the reeting department, the thread
On is to be coIered goes to the dye house
that that which Is 10 reiiaIn w. !:
the bleach house. IN ii oye no1so =
{ the patent dying machine, aseu 9ll4y W
8 off black. It does the work far better
otton by hand, and is equal to the laborot
than a dozen men.
6 l. CoLoRs OF THREAD
aiken are made and Inc quaileL:ls' VI 4%ee
wing stuiis, and o1ief hiaseIial y. tho,
ver." used, are immense EishIy 'nu .