Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-03-22

spindles on each machine are winding yarn
from two hundred and four bobbins, which
came from the tirst slubber, two threads being
wound upon one spool. The next or inter.
mrdiate slubbing machine winds upon one
hundred and seventy-six s!pools, from three
h ta.d r.. and afty-tXo boe6ins, which came I'M:
is called the rowing machine, and fills two
hundred and forty spools, which come from
four hundred and eighty bobLins, from the
intermediate slubbinG machine. By this repe-
tition Of doubling and twisting the yarn is fast
bsoouing strong and hard. We now follow
the yarn called ''roving'' to the SELF acting
':mole. which makes eight hundred and forty
eighty bobbins This wonderful machine,
two Of which are operated by one man, draws
out the yarn and twists It from sixteen hun
dred and eighty sp1ols, when it comes away,
and on its return winds it on eight bundled
cops (spools) making the last number Of thread
yarn. We now come to
rae THREAD MILL,
which is distinct and independent depart
ment. The cotton yarn comes here, and first
goes t. the cop winding machines, where it is
run from the cops, through delicate distances,
threads togeh upon one. From the cop
winding department., the bobbins go to the
slinging department, where the two threads
that were run together ON the spool, in the cop
winding department. are twisted or spun in
one thread. TIE thread, as it is unwound,
guides, and the bobbin which receives it M
wolves five thousand times per minute, twist
ting hundreds Of threads on each machine.
After being twisted two threats together, MAXI
ing one hard thread, three of the latter are
again run together on bobbin, the same asin
the first cop winding department. Three of
these sre now twisted together, making six
STRAINS, and
TIE PROCESS OF TWISTING THEN
is exactly the same as the one last described.
It is known as the finishing twisting depart.
ment. When the thread comes from the fin
isi.ing twisting department, it is inspected
with the greatest care, by skillful persons, and
put through several tests before passing the
Keeling department., to he wound III skeins for
the bleach house. Tie machines in this de-
partment are very curious. and daily turn out
vast quantities Of thread, which is packed, and
given thsCugh ticket to the bleach and dye
skeins of an exact length and size, md when
they have reeled off just the right amount Of
warn, always stop, and unlike some kind of
yarners, they never forget to tell the same
story without variations. Again, after coming
from the reels,
tho work employing several girls, who take all
hanks. After this second inspection, We fluid
it next in tie bleach house. The bleach aud
dye houses are among the most interesting d..
partments of this vast establishment, sltllOugh
not the most agreeable The progress in wash
ing machinery, that is here exhibited, would
make our graudmothers thiuk that the mile.
yoi,,v,o S,ad oo,oo T,.. Go| vos1,op "a II
it, of this concern, is rather large child,
whose place and uses will appear later. After
the thread il sent from the inspection de.
partlnent to the bleach and dye houses, it
Is unpacked, counted and put into large tanks,
immense loads At time, and boiled by steam
for several hours, which takes out the dirt
and
CLEANS IT PERFECTLY.
1t is then put through washings Oft, and pre-.
partitions wonderful and curious. The water
used, W. judge, would have increased the food
just about enough to have lifted Noal's ark
from the snag on Mount Ararat. Some Of the
wash tubs are of stone, and all are on g. all
equal in magnitude TO any of Col. Sellers
schemes for making millions. The loads OF
thread are.p put in and taken out Of boilers, rim
sers, washers, dryers, and half dozen other
this. il GOES right back to those huge
by BY seven thousand i've hundred ' feet
of steam pipe, and can be regulated to any de-.
sired temperature. After leaving the reellng
department, the thread that is to be colored
goes to the dye house, and that which Is to ~.
house is the patent dyeing machine, used only
to dye black. It does the work far better than
by. hand an I Is equal to the labor Of more than
dozen men.
ALL C0LORS OF THREAD
stuffs. and other material of the kind used, are
immense. Eighty thousand gallons Of water
ars consumed daily in the bleach house alone,
and ono of the Artesian wells of The Clark
Thread Company has capacity of one hun.
bred and fifty thousand gallons per day. This
is . remarkable we'll, sixteen feet deep and
eight feet in diameter, Of which Professor
duced the purest water he ever saw. 1t makes
a man thirsty to look At il, and is absolutely
free from any particles Of matter, by chemical
test. Tho thread is blued ON 4 big. scale
which gives that handsome tint SO greatly ad.
mired by the ladies. Then it is committed t0
the tender mercies Of the baby washer, which
are cruel, aud goes through it ten times. The
chine, but each Of the rollers weighs = lhou-
sand pounds, and ~ the thread passes through
the water into the washer
THEY HOP AND JUMP
and ponnd with antics queer, but it does thu
business thoroughly. This was formerly done
BY the old fashioned FOUNDER and barre
which our grandmother used to set US a
when We were boys, before going to school il
the morning. Then It is drawn through thu
rinser, which IL q simple aud novel machine
continually supplied with pure Arteetan vel
the water. comes up again over another roller
then d. wn into the water, and up and down
and out and in, and ont and mp over the reel:
into great boxes on wheels, from which it il
put into . large water extractor, perforated
hollow cylinder, revolving several thousand
times minute, and then it is transported IA
the drying room. In this way five hundred
used to take an hour and . half. After the
thread has come out of the drying room,
coLoRED Or uscoLoRED,
Il goes to the warerooms, where it il counted
aud put in packages t0 b. given cut prepare
tory to being wound upon sp0ols for the mar
ket:: The thread having reached this stage Of
looked after with the greatest care. Tickets
direct it to its different departments and de-
note its size, quality, etc. The inspection aud
testing Of thread il one Of the must important
features in its production, and it would sur
prise the lady who ssws day after day with
Claik's 20. N. T." Spool Cotton, to know by
what patient and constant care the pertec.
smoothness and regularity of the thread was
secured. It is now taken to the hank wind.
ing department and wound upon large bob
bins, when it is rea ~ for the last wind upon
the spools, from which it is taken by the con.
sumers for its thousand uses of necessity and
utilitv, from tying the rag on the boys whit
tied and bloody finger, to tue delicate embroi-
derry Of the wedding garment.
THE SPo0LlNo DEPARTMENT..
The spooling room is = busy place, where
snoolR OF thread of all si1ea and colora hY tens