The Red Cloud chief., 1877-03-22

tint 80 greatly admired by the ladies'
Then IL IL cDm mitted Ia the tender msr-
cies Of the baby washer. which are
cruel. and gus through 10 ten 'im~%
Tn. baby is built like an ordinary wash
ing machine. but each Of the rollers
weighs q thousand pounds. and as the
thread passes through the water into
the washer
THEY Tor ~ JUMP
and pound with antics queer, bu; H.
does the business thoroughly. This
WAS formerly done hy the old fashioned
FOUNDER and barrel which our grand
mothers used 20 So. Us a; when we w~r~
boys. before going 20 school in the
morning. Then II is drawn through the
rinser. which IS a simple and move. ma
chine. continually supplied with pure
Artssian well water. The THREAD passes
over a roller into the wa;e.. comes up
again over another roller. then down
into the water. and up and down. and
out and in. and out and up over the
reels into greA; boxes on wheelS from
which IL Is put into a large water ex-
tractor. a perforated hollow cylinder.
revolving several thousand times PER
minute. and then II IL transported Ia
the drying room. In this Way 1--WE hun
dred heads can De rinsed In -four min.
utes, which used 10 take an hour and a
half. After the thread has cvme out y!
the drying room.
CoLORED OR TNCpLoKED.
IL GOES TO the wsreroons. where |. is
counted and put in packages Ia b~ given
out preparatory "a being wound upon
spools for the market. The thread
having reached this stage Of perfection.
has become very valuable and is looked
after with the greatest are. Tickets
direct IL ~ its different departments
and denote It's size. quality. etc. The
inspection and testing OF thread il one
Of the most important features in its
production. and il would surprise the
lady who saws day after day with
Clark's 20. y. T." spool cotton. Ia know
by what patient and constant care the
perfect smoothness and regularity of
the thread was secured. IL is now
taken to the haUk winding department
and wound upon large bpbbiils, when IL
is ready for its last wind upon the
spools. from which il is taken by the
consumers for its thousand uses Of ne
and utility. from tving the rag
the bows whitfield ard bloody fin
pc Ia the delicate embroidery of the
wedding garment
II SPOOLISG DEPARTMENT.
The spOOling nom is a busy place.
where spoOls of thread of all sizes and
hy tens OF thousands are wound
every day, two hundred yards on a
spool. The self acting spO-ling ma
chine Is a marvellous piece IF mechan-
ism. The spoOls are placed In an iron
gutter by the operator. when the ma
chine picks them up. puts them on "A
shalt eight AZ IA time, winds The thread
upon them at the rate of eight Teyolu-
tons per minute. cuts "A little slot in the
OF the spool. catches the thread in
it, nips IL off. drops the spOols full of
into boxes below, picks up eight
more empty spo0ls. places. winds and
drops them as before, and never makes
mistake. The machine, which is used
in this country only by The Clark
Thread Company. was exhibited by
them at the Centennial. and with their
magnificent case of goods. WAS one of
the great attractions among the MANY
wonders of the exhibition. From the
spO ling department, the spoiled thread
is taken to
TIFF wAREROOM.
the beautiful little label contain.
ing the name. number, etc. Of the
is put on by girls. The quickest
II them will put labels on the ends Of
nine or ten thousand in q day. all Of
have To be moistened by the
placed on the spool, and then
struck with the hand to paste it. Some
these girls work about As quick rs
lightning. After ticketing. the spoOis
IF thread are put into boxes of n
iozen each. About twenty-five thou |
sand feet Of lumber is cut in Michigan,
1t the mills, To the various lengths re-
luired. and all that is done here is TO
put the boxes together. a private wire
from the work in Newark TO the
New York Office. and the line il kept
busy in sending orders and transmitted
messages of the company. In the short
lime We were there several large orders !
in from all parts of the country, |
md one was from Brigham YOung's
in salt Lake City. The Clark |
Thread Company sends out annually
vast quantities of calendars OF various
some of which are magnificent
specimens Of the photographic and print
art.
Is THIS A FAIR COUNT?
The number Of feet OF draft which,
ne pound of cotton undergoss is one
.rilliOn, seven hundred and seventy-two
billion. three hundred and twenty mil. |
ion. six hundred and t%hirty-ive thou
six hundred feet, or stated i'm
1.772,320.635.8 800. a distance Of
'35,47I.5S2R miles. The following
the apparently incredible
The web Of cotton from
which this immense length of thread is
lrawn is forty inches wide. Ii goes To
he carder, where it ia drawn 10 4xI2O.
quail To $50 feet. Then the drawing
increases it to 4SOx6. equal 10
$50; the lapper 2,ssOx21. equal tn g.
80; the comber draws it out to 6.4sO
,26. equal to 8 $3.50; then it goes To the
irst head drawing frame, where lGs.-
S0x8 equal to 1!OlOSsn.
THE SECOND DRAWING FRAME
nultiplies the last length by six again
1.Ol0,SS0x6 equal To 8C85.2S 8
Which repeated on the third drawing
rame makes a length Of 0.O65 2sOx6
quail to 80, $50 feet. Now comes the
slubbing frame where 30, 1871 68Ox5
equal TO 1883 400; the second Stub
er 1Sl ,95S,4OOx4la equal to siS si2ySOO:
he intermediate slubber 1871, 95s. 4OOx6
quail to 49l2,S76.SOO; the finishing
bread winding machine makes the to-
length Of the thread 4~,9I2s7o.soxe
quail to .417,26O,S0O Now it goes on
Obbins to the mill" where 294I7. 2sO.-
gives us 272,66t.662. 4OO feet
low we multiply the last number of
Get which states the total length of
ne pound Of cotton drawn into thread.
y the length of the original web.
Ihich is six and a half feet, and
on have the total as stated before
q. 662. 1852 4OO,6k feet making a grand
)tal Of 1,772y32O,635.6 600 feet. The cot
IN, when finished as yarn, has been
Dubbed six million, Zine hunded and
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