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

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90 Clafk Hose tpmpIuf.' organized Way ilth.
fsgp. There are tFentY members employees
n the factory, brave active men, trained by
frequent practice a. their duty and Proud
n their compsny and outfit Their equip
ment is ~ follows. Two hose carriages with
w%rsnches, bars aud ares, carrying seven hnn
dred and fifty feet NJ bose on reels aud two
pipes with extra n%Ozzles. They also com
mand nine hundred feet Of hose with pipes
and %nozzles In twenty.o one different stations,
in aud around the factory, one Cameron hre
pump, one Worfhington, one Watts Camp.
bell, and one Blake pump, one hundred aud
seventy.eight filed buckets u their proper
places throughout the works, sixteen hand
pumps, sprinklers in all the rooms OF the
cotton mill, the packing house, the machine
and carpenter shop and the drying rooms.
There are also sprinklers in the two top
floors Of the thread mill and in the ware
house. and there are thirty-tive IRE plugs or
dydrauts on the premises, Regular meetings
are held on the second Monday in each
month, and practice is had every two weeks
Examination of all valves, hydrants, pumps
and other equipments takes place on the first
Of each month, and a minute report OF the
exact condition, position and effectiveness
of the fire service is made to the Clark
Thread Company,
THE CLARK THREAD COMPANY RELIEF so
CIETY.
One Of the best and most beneficial organ
izations which constitutes a part of the sys'
tenn and care of the Clark Thread Company
for their employees, is the Relief Society. 1t
was organized January 22d, 1870, for the pur-
pose Of providing a fund TO, the relief of those
who might, by accident or sickness, be IN.
| capacitated from sustaining themselves. All
the employees of the company must be mem
bers ofthe society and each receives assistance
when needed, from the fund according to
the amount paid in, which must be at least
one cent. per week, but no one is per
mitted to pay in an amount which would
draw, in ease of sickness, more than hal
their average weekly wages. Every cent
paid in draws seventy.fve cents per week
The Clark thread Company contributes hve
dollars per week to the fund without cessa
ton, but all Others cease their contributions
when the unexpended balance in the treasu
nv reaches fifteen hundred dollars. Whe1
the fund is reduced to seven hundred dollars
payments are renewed. The payments into
the treasury average about nine months III
the year. We hope that this umane and
systematic organization may find many lml
tators among the manufacturer OF Newark
ana throughout the country, who read TINS
article. The company pays interest at seven
per cent. on the money in. the treasury, pc
sides their five dollars perweek into The lund'
Since its organization one thousand three
hundred and ninety-seven member nave
been relieved, and twenty.fOur deaths have
occurred in the society. Tn reason ina
the receipts for 1874 and 1876 are less thai
usual is because the fund had reached thu
maximum Of $500, and payments wer'
stopped. The following very interesting Ia
BILE shows the amount received and paid on
fxop, Ig-O IA 1874 iDplugiVps