The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-29

Az ,2G0, sO0Kgl gives us 272, ,G64 ,66a, 400 feet
We then multiply the last number oi feet
which states the total length Of one pound
pi cotton drawn into thread, By the length
~ the original web, which IL six and a half
feet and have the total ~ stated before
272 ,G6i ,G62, iOOKBl feet making grand
total Of 1880, ,G35 600 feet The cotton,
when finished Hn yarn, haa been
doubled six million, nine hundred aud
HiKiy-rcycn thousand, two hundred and
ninciy-siK times l6,96l 200, in passing
through the different processes. When the
yarn l. made into six cord finished thread.
the above number oi doublinga have been
multiplied by six, making n total d A.
7 sO3,1b2 doublings. Now divide the total
draft, l,77232s ,G32 COO, by the total
doublings aud ii the work 4 correct, We
shall have the total number Of feet oi yarn
la a pound Of cotton, which l. 254, 337 feet
Hat there has bcen 20 per ocnt loss In the
manufacture, which must b. added, max
ing total oi 305 30 feet Of yarn for
pound OF cotton, or 20 hanks oi so yards
each, enough % reach from New York %
Trenton distance ot sixty miles.
MAcHlsE AsD CABINET sHoIs, BOx PAC-
tory AND PhIErIN8 nouaH.
The CLARK Thread Company do all their
printing and lilhographing at tie works
here -Four printing prtszes are kept run
ming all the time, aud la the lithograph de-
psTlmeuI one steam press and Az OF eight
hand lithogruph presses are continually en-
ployed. Ia bath departments the practice
u the Z" aIi prvseryatiFe h in tie hightsi
stylr. ordors ioF the psper box deBartlnenl
Ia the one item 81 slras board are given ~
high as eighty "a oue hundred Tons ~ time
In the machine shop large number Of men
are employed in nak ing noN machinery and
keeping in repair the vast quantity in use
in the various departments oi Tie works
The cabinet factory turns ont about tao
hundred cabinets per day. The hobbins
etc, used in the min are made here Ia
fact about ali the Clark Thread Company
60 outside Tor is the raw material They
manufacture all they use. except u few oi
the mpne intricate % patented machines
TiE CLARK HosE CONTAIN
One % tho best organized aud equipped
fre coml0nies 10 the city oi Newark Il the
CLARK Hose Company urganiaed May
l5thi leHs, There are twenty member,
employees Of the factory, brave active men,
trained by frequent praciioe 10 their duty.
and proud ui their company and 0ulhI
Their equipment j. as i0lloWs Two hose
carriages Wish Wrencll@, ban and axes.
carrying seyen hundred and fifty feet oi
h0sr GA rorls and two pipA with e=tra nor
zles. They also command nsne hundred
ieci OF hose with pipes and nafxlea ia isen-
ly-uue different stations, ln and around the
factory, one Cameron fire pump, one
Nouhingion, one Watts a Campbell, and
one Blak pump, one hundred and seventy
eight filled buckets in their proper places
throughout the works, sixteen hand pumps.
sFriuklers in an the rooms oi the cotton
mill, the packing hous~, the machine and
carpenter shop and the driving rooms There
arr also sprinklefs In the tao top hoofs oi
the thread mill and IN the Warehouse. aud
there are thiuy-hgc IRE plugs or hydFants
on the premises. Regular meetings are heid
on The scoond Monday 10 each month, and
practice j. had every tw0 weeks Examiua-
lion 81 all valves, hydrants, pumps and
other equipments takes place on tie iirst Of
each month. and a minute report of the ex-
act condition, position and effectiveness Of
the Gre service Is made 10 TaeC.aFk Thread
Company.
TIIE CLARK THREAD COMPANY RELIEF
sOlET1.
One Of the best and mosi benehcisl or
ganizalions which constitutes a part Of the
system and care Of the Clprk Thread Com
pany for their employees, is Tie Relief So
ciety. Il was organized January s2j, 1870,
for the purpose of trogiding a fund Tor the
relief ol those who might, BY accident or
sickness. Ice incapaciiaied from sustaining
themselves. All the employees Of the com
pAny must bc members 81 the society, and
N u "a "a q
ihetund according 70 the amount paid in,
which must he az least one cent per week,
but no one j. permitted 20 pay IN an amount
which would draw, in oase oi sickness,
more than half heir average weekly
wages Every cent paid in draws seventy
1--WE cgnls per week. The Clark Thread
Company contributes Eve dollars per week
10 the fund without cessation, but all oiheFs
cease their contributions when the uueK-
pended balance IN the treasury reaches fl
teen hundred dollar When the fund j.
reduced 10 seven hundred dollars, payments
are renewed. The payments into the trcas-
ury average about nine months in the year
We hope that this humane and systematic
organization may hnd many imitaIors
amOng the manufacturers ot Newark and
Throughout the country. vino read this srti-
Gle. The company pays interest at seven
per cent on the money in the treasury, I've.
sides their FIVE dollars per week into the
fund. Since lis organization one thousand
,hncc hundred and nlnety-seyen membcr-
have been relieycd. sud twenty four deaths
have occurred in the s0cieiy. Ihe reason
that the receipts Tor 1874 and 1876 are les>
than usual Is because the fund had reached
the maximum Of $500, and payments
were stopped. The following very inter
e,iiug table shows the amount received aud
mid nnf frnfn 1870 IN IS-6 inclnkirr.