Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-10

the second slubbing frame, where one hun
bred and two spindles on each machine are
winding yarn from two hundred and four
bobbins, which came from the frat slubber,
two threads being wound upon one spool,
The next or intermediate sluhbing machine
winds upon one hundred aud sevcnty-six
rpools, from three hundred and tiily-two
bolbins, which came from the second Stub
bcr The next aud last IL called the rowing
machine, and fills two hundred and forty
spools, which came from four hundred and
eighty bohbins, from tho intermediate stub
hing machine. by this repetition OF doub-
ling and twisting the yarn IL fast becoming
strong and hard, We now follow the yarn
called "roving" to the self.acting mule,
which makes eight hundred and forty
threads OF yarn from sixteen hundred and
eighty bobbins. This wonderful machine,
two OF which are operated by one man,
draws out the yarn and twists 1t from SIX
teen hundred and eighty spools, when il
comes away, and on Its return winds II on
eight hundred cops (spools) making the
last number of thread yarn. We now come
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THE THREAD MILL,
which is n distinct and Independent depart
ment, The cotton yarn comes here, and
first goes to the cop winding machines,
where it is run from the cops, through deli
cate balances, over soft felt ground, upon
bobbins, two threads together upon one
From the cop winding department. the bob
bins go to the singing department, where
the two threads that were run together on
the spool, in the cop winding department
are twisted or spun in one thread. The
thread, as it is unwound, runs through
water, and rapidly over glass guides, and
the bobbin which receives it revolves Ave
thousand times per minute twisting hundreds
OF threads on each machine. After being
twisted two threads together, making one
hard thread, three OF the latter are again
run together on II bobbin, the same as in
the first cop winding department. Three of
these are now twisted together, making six
strans, and
TIE PROCESS OF TWISTING THEM
is exactly the same as the one last de-
scribed. 1t is known rs the finishing twist
ing department When the thread comes
from the finishing twisting department, it Is
inspected with the greatest care, by skilliul
persons, and put through several tests be-
fore passing the Keeling department, to be
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machines in this department are very Curl
Gus, and daily turn ont vast quantities OF
thread, which is packed, and given n
through ticket to the bleach and dye houses.
They measure off the thread into skens OF
AN exact length and size, and when they
have reeled off just the right amount of yarn,
always stop, and unlike some kind OF yarn
ers, they never forget to tell the same story
without variations. Again after coming
from the reels,
THE THREAD is CAREFULLY INSPECTED,
the work employing several girls, who take
all the rough and imperfect thread from the
hanks. After this second inspection, we
find it next in the bleach house. The bleach
and dye houses are among the most inter-
esting departments of this vast establish
ment, although not the most agreeable.
The progress in washing machinery, that is
here exhibited, would make our grand
mothers think that the millennium had
come. The baby washer, as we call it, OF
this concern, is rather large child, whose
place and uses will appear later. After the
thread is sent from the inspection depart
ment to the bleach and dye houses, it is
unpacked, counted and put into large tanks,
steam for several hours, which takes out the
dirt and
CLEANS 1T PERFECTLY.
1t is then put through washings oft, and
preparations wonderful and curious The
water used, we judge, would have increased
the flood just about enough to have lifted
Noah's ark from the snag at Mount Ararat.
Some OF the wash tubs are of stone, and all
are on a scale equal in magnitude to any OF
Col. Sellers schemes for making millions.
The loads of thread are put in and taken
out of boilers, rinsers, washers, dryers and
half dozen other processes by machinery
Then after all this, it goes right back to
those huge steam boilers, and the same
thing is done over again. The dry room is
heated by seven thousand five hundred feet
of steam pipe, and can be regulated to any
desired temperature. After leaving the
Keeling department, the thread that is to be
colored goes to the dye house, and that
which is to remain white, to the bleach
house. In the dye house is the patent dye
ing machine, used only to dye black. 1t
does the work far better than by hand and
is equal to the labor OF more than dozen
men.
ALL COLORS OF THREAD
are made, and the quantities of soaps, dye
stuffs, and other material of the kind used,
are immense. Eighty thousand gallons of
water are consumed daily in the bleach
house alone, and one of the Artesian wells
of The Clark Thread Company has a capa-
city of one hundred and fifty thousand gal
Ions per day. This is remarkable we'll,
sixteen feet deep and eight feet in diameter,
nf ,,,b,n al, ri Io
chemist said it produced the purest water
he ever saw. 1t makes man thirsty to
look at it, and is absolutely free from any
particles of matter, by chemical test. The
thread is blUed on a big scale, which gives
that handsome tint SO greatly admired by
the ladies. Then it is committed to the
tender mercies OF the baby washer, which
are cruel and goes through it ten times.
The baby is built like an ordinary washing
machine, but each of the rollers weighs a
thousand pounds, and as the thread passes
through the water into the washer
THEY HOP AND JUMP
and pound with antics queer, but tit does the
business thoroughly. This was formerly
done by the old fashioned FOUNDER and bar
rel which our grandmothers used to set us
at when we were boys, before going to school
in the morning. Then it is drawn through
the rinser, which is simple and novel ma
chine continually supplied with pure Arte-
sian well water. The thread passes over a
roller into the water 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 great boxes on
wheels, from which it is put into a large
water extractor, a perforated hollow cylin-
der, revolving several thousand times per
minute, and then it is transported to the
drying room. In this way five hundred
heads can be rinsed in four minutes which
used to take an hour and half. After the
thread has come out of the drying room,
CoLoRED OR UNCoLoRED,
il goes to the warerooms, where discounted
and put in packages to be given out prepar-
atory to being wound upon spools for the
market. The thread having reached this
stage of perfection, has become very valu-
able and is looked after with the greatest
care. Tickets direct it to its different de-
partments and denote its size, quality, etc.
The inspection and testing OF thread is one
Of the most important features In its pro-
duc,ion, and it would surprise the lady who |