Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-03-31

great attractions among the many wonders
Of the exhibition. From the spOOling de-
par;ment, the spoiled thread is taken to
THE wAREROOM,
whore the beautiful little label contain
ing the name number, ETC., of the thread
isput on by girls The quickes, of them
will put labels on the ends of nine or ten
thousand in day, all of which have 70 he
mOistened by the tongue, placed on the
spool, and then struck with the hand TO
paste it. Some of these girls work about
as quick as lightning. After tickc;ing,
the spools of thread are put into boxes
of one dozen each. They are The II ready
for packing. About twenty-five thousand
feet of lumber per month is cut at the
mills, in Michigan. to the various lengths
required, and all that is done here j. to
put the boxes together. 4 private wire
runs from the works in Newark 10 the
New York Office, and the line is kept
buoy in sending orders and transmitting
messages OF the company. In the short
time we were there several large orders
came in from different parts Of the cOun-
try, and among them were some from
Maine, Texas, California, Wisconsin,
Oregon, etc. The CLARK Thread Compa-
ny sends out annually vast quantities of
show cards, calendars, etc, some of which
are magnificent specimens of the litho-
graphic and printers art.
Is THIS a FAIR COUNT?
/ The number of feet of draft which
one pound OF cotton undergoes is one
/ trilliOn, seven hundred and seven.y-two
billion, three hundred and twenty mil.
lion, six hundred and thirty-hve thou.
sand, six hundred feet, or stated in
figures, l.772,32O, 49,, 600, a distance
Of 335, Az ,5S2. miles. The follow
ing demonstrates the apparently in
credible statement: The web OF! cotton
from which this immense length of thread
is drawn is forty inches wide. 1t goes to
the carder, where it Is drawn to IxlO
equal to $50 feet. Then the drawing frame
increases it to 4SOx6, equal to $3.50: the
lapper 2,SS0x2ii, equal to 6,4sO; the
cOmber draws it out to 8, iSOx26, equal to
los, $50; then it goes to the first head
drawing frame, where l6S, 4S0x6 equal TO
l,O10,SSO.
THE SECOND DRAWING FRAME
multiPlies the last length by six again
making 1,OlO, SS0x6 equal to G,O65, $50,
which repeated on the third drawing
frame makes a length of 6, 06j 2SOx6 equal
36,39l $50. Now comes the first slubbing
frame where 50 391 ,6S0xj isequal to ISL.
95S, 400; the second slubberlS ,96s, 4OOx4,
equal to S1S,Sl2,s0 the intermediate
slubber Isl 95s, 4OOx6 equal to I, 6l2, &c.,
800; the finishing thread winding machine
makes the total length of the thread t.
9l2,S76, S0OxG equal to 2?,477 ,26O, 500.
Now it goes on bObbins to to the mill
where 29,477 ,26O, S00x9i gives Us d.
Col ,662, 400 feet. We then multiply the
last number of feet which states the total
length of one pound OfcOttOn Drawn into
thread, by the length of the original web,
which is six and halt feet, and have
the.total as stated before 272, 664 ,662,.
4O0x6l feet, making grand total ~ l.
772, 32O. 635, 500 feet. The cotton,N When
! finished as yarn. has been doubled six
million, nine hundred and sixty-sev-
en- thousand, two hundred and ninety
six times Is .967 1861, in passing through
the different processes. When the
above number Of doublings have been null.
| tiplied by six making u total Of Al, SJ7,7o2
doublinks. Now divide the total draft, L.
77i,S27 g., GOO, by the total doublings, and il
the work is correct, we shall have the total
number Of feet of yarn in pound of cotton,
which is 254 1851 feet. But there has been 20
. per centloss in the manufacture which must
be added, making total Of j05,25i feet of
yarn for a pound Of cotton, or 100 hanks of
$40 yards each, enough to reach from New
York to Trenton, u distance of sixty miles.
MACHINE AND CABINET SHOP. BOX FACTORY
ANC PRINTING HOUSE.
/ The Clark Thread Company do all their
printing and lithographng at the works here.
; four printing presses are kept running all
the time, and in the lithograph department
one steam press and six or eight hand lithO.
graph presses are continually employed.
| In both departments the practice of the "art
preservative" is in the highest style. Orders
/ for the paper box department in the one
eighty to one hundred tons at time. In the
machine shop large number of men are EN-.
"loyed in making new machinery and keep
ing in repair the vast quantity in use in the
various departments of the works. The cab
met factory turns out about two hundred
cabinets per day. The Robbins, etc., used in
the mill are made here. In fact about all the
Clark Thread Company goes outside Tor Is the
raw material. They manufacture all they
use, except few of the more intricate or
patented machines.
THE CLARK HOSE COMPANY.
One of the hest organized and equipped
fire companies in the city of Newark is the
I "Clark Hose Company, Organized March15th
1869. There are twenty members, employees
of the factory, brave active men, tralneI by
frequent practice to their duty. and proud
of their company and outfit. Their equip
ment is as follows: Two hose carriages with
wrenches, bars and axes, carrying seven hun.
bred and fifty feet of hose on reels and two
pipes with extra nozzles. They also com.
mand nine hundred feet OF hose with pipes
and nozzles in twenty-one different stations,
in and around the factory, one Cameron fire
pump, one Worthington, one Watts 4 Camp
bell, and one Blake pump, one hundred and
seventy eight filed buckets in their proper