River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-03-22


whore it is drawn 10 4xt20, equal 70 $50 feet.
Then the drawing frame increases il to 4S0x6.
equal TO 2, $50; the lappeT 2, SS0x2 K, equal TO
$3.50; the eomber draws Is ont 10 6, 4S0x26,
equal 70 los, $50: then il goes to the first head
drawing frame. where los, 4Sox6 equal 10
l,0l0. $50.
THE sEcoyD PRAYING FRAME
multiplies the last length ny six again max
ing i,0le, sS9x6 equal To 6, COS, $50, which re-
peated on the third drawing frame makes q
length OF ,O65, SSOx6 equal 10 ST, SSi $50 teet
Now comes the first slnbbing frame where
Sc, 39i ,6S0x5 is equal 70 Isl 95s, 400: the Sec
ond slubber Isl, 96s, 400x4 IL equal TO SIS
Sc, 500; the intermediate slubber Isl, 95s. 4gO
x6 equal to 4,6l2, SIT, 500; the finishing thread
winding machine makes the total length OF
the thread 4,9l2, $40, S0x6 equal TO IS, az
POI, 500. Now it goes on bObbins to the .-mill''
where 29. Az. 20, S00x9 IL gives US 90 Col
662, 400 eet. We then multiply the last num-
Der OF feet which states the total length OF one
pound OF cotton drawn into thread, by the
length OF the original web, which is six and a
half feet, and have the total as stated before
az, 664, 662, s00x6 IL feet MAKING a grand to-
tai OF ,7T2, 320, 635, 900 feet. The cotton, when
finished as yarn, has been doubled six million
nine hundred and sixty-seven thousand. two
hundred and ninety Six times Il, 967 1861, in
passing through the different processes.
When the yarn is made iIsO six cord finished
thread, the above number Of doublings have
heen multiplied by six, making a total of4I,-
S03 1852 dOublings Now divide the total draft
l,772, S27 ,6S2, 500, by the total doublings, and
II the work Is correct, we shall have the total
number Of ieet OF yarn in pound OF cotton,
which is 25i, 3S7 ieet. But there has been 20
per cent. loss in the manufacture. which must
be added, making a total OF 500, 254 feet OF
yarn Tor pound OF cotton, or 100 hanks Of
4Oyards each, enough 10 reach from New
York to Trenton, a distance OF sixty miles.
MACHINE AND CABINET SHOPS, BOX FACTORY
AND PRINTING HOUSE,.
The Clark Thread Company 90 all their
printing and hthographing at the works here.
-Four printing presses are Kept running all the
time, and in the lithograph department one
steam press and six er eight hand Autograph
presses are continually employed. In both
departments the practice OF the ''art preserva-
tive" is in the highest style. Orders for the
paper box department in the one item OF
straw-bOard are given rs high as eighty to one
hundred tons az q time. In the machins shop
a large number OF me-. are employed in max
ing new machinery and keeping in repair the
vast quantity in use in the various depart
ments OF the works The cabinet factory turns
out about two hundred cabinets per day. The
bobbins. etc, used in the mill are made here
In fact about all the Clark Thread Company
60 outside tor Is the raw material. They man
uiacture all they use, except few Of the more
THE CLARK HOSE COMPANY.
One OF the best organized and equipped fire
companies in the city OF Newark is the ''Clark
Hose Company" organized May 10th, 1869
There are tweEty members, employees OF the
factory, brave active men, trained by frequent
practice to their duty, and proud OF their
company and outfit. Their equipment is as
follows Two hose carriages with wrenches,
bars and axes, carrying seven hundred AMI
fifty feet OF hose on reels and two pipes with
exua nozzles. They also command nine hun
dred feet OF hose with pipes and MOBILES i'll
twenty-oBe different stations, in and around
the factory, one Cameron lire pump, one
Worthington, one Watts and Campbell, and
one Blake pump, one hundred and seventy
eight filed buckets in their proper places
throughout the works, sixteen hand puDps,
sprnklers in all the rooms OF the cotton mill,
the packing house, the machine and carpen-
ter shop aud in the drying rooms. There are
also sprinklers IN the two top floors OF the
thread mill and in the warehouse, and there
are thirty-f fire plugs or hydrants 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 equip
ments takes place on the first OF each month,
and minute report OF the exact condition,
position and effectiveness OF the IRE s. vice Is
made to The Clark Thread Company.
THE CLARK THREAD COMPANY RELIEF SOCIETY.
One Oh the best and most beneficial organi-
cations which constitutes part OF the system
and care q the Clark Thread Company TOR their
employees, is the Relief Society. Ii was or
gained January 22d, 1870, for the purpose OF
providing a fund for the relict OF those who
might bY accident or sickness, be incapacita-
ted from sustaining themselves. All the en-
ployees OF the company must be members OF
the 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 permitted TO pay
in an amount, which would draw, in case OF
sickness. more than one-halt their average
weekly wages. Every centpaid in draws sew
enty-fiye cents per week. The Clark Thread
Company contributes five dollars per week TO
the fund without cessation, but all others
cease their contributions when the unexpend-
ed balance in the treasury reaches fifteen hum
dred dollars When the fund is reduced TO
seven hundred dollars, payments are renewed.
The payments INTO the treasury average about
nine months in the year. We hope that this
humane and systematic organization may hnd
many imitators among the manufacturers OF
Newark. and throughout the country, who
read this article. The company pays interest
at seven per cent. on the money In the treas
ury. besides their five dollars per week in the
fund. Since its organization one thousand
three hundred and ninety seven members
have been relieved, and twenty-Iour deaths
have occurred in the society. The reason that |
the receipts for 1874 and 1876 are less than
usual is because the sum had reached the max
imum OF 81 500 and payments were stopped.
The following very interesting table shows
the amount received and paid out from 1870
to 1876 inclusive: