Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-03-24

After being treated in this way, a comb,
or donrr takes the web from the small
cvlinder, which is now Il delicate gauzei
and it is gathered up and passed through
a small hole, say half an inch in size, after
which il is coilcd in revolving can. The
whole process is one of wonderful dellca-
cv,the material being So finely worked
that a breath Of air would break it. This
card contains ninety thousand square
teeth to a foot, or a total Of four million
one hundredan eighty-six thousand, On
the carding machine is little joker that
works like some old man, raising the
wire.covered flats from the teeth OF the
carder, which it cleans, and throws OH
the particles of dirt and coarse cotton
left on them. Six of the
TIN CANS CALLED CARD SLlVERS,
in which the roll is wound are now taken
to another machine called n Drawing
Framean run together into one Silver.
These six are So light that when they are
passed together through II hole and made
one, they fall into another silver and are
then no larger than one Of the six from
which it wasmade, although they havenot
yet been twisted atall. Fourteen of these
cans full of sliyers are placed atthe Lap
per'' and run between two rollers, makinga
new webnineinches wide and halt an inch
thick. which comes out like the original
roll from hescutching machine that takes
the cotton from the bales, only that now
it is soft and delicate as is possible to
conceive, weighing only one hundred
and forty>fve grains to the yard, nine
inches wide. 1t now goes in rolls TO a
wonderful little machine, a French in
yention, first introduced in this country
by The Clark Thread Company. 1t IS a
refined carding machine, the product OF
which is as much superior in fincncs, to
the large carders Just described as the
most elegant silk goods are to
THE C0ARsEsr COTTON CLOTH.
1t is called the French combing machine
and is only used by the best thread max.
ers, as it is very expensive and while II
/ makes the thread superior in quality, it
adds twenty per cent. to the cost OF man
uiacture. Six of the rolls of webbing are
now passed together through the combing
machine between two rollers, and COmbeo
by innumerable steel teeth to the fine
ness of gossamer and the thinncss of ;
spiders web. 1t passes on, is gathered
into one soft round silver again, goe'
through rollers once more, when it i
coilcd into cans az before, with a loss o
twenty per cent. on the material whicI
composed the web when it was put Oh
the French machine. 1t is a texture $,
fine and soft that one cannot but wOnde
how it b]earsits own weight. After the las
process, six of the sIiyers are again PIT
through the drawing frame making on,
silver no larger than any OF the six from
which it is drawn. Then six OF these las
are p%utthrough thesame process reducing
them in size six times, and adding that It
the length. This is repeated three times
and each time they are coilcd into cans
The last silver is the same sizcand weigh
as when the process began, although doub
led four hundred andthirty-fvc thousan,
four hundred and fifty six times. The las
cans are now takentO
THE FIRST sLl BLING FRAME,
from which cans they are passed througI
rollers, then twisted to about the size Of
lead pencil, and wound ON bobbjns, all b
the same machine. From this they 90 t
the second -luhbing frame, whcrcOnc hur
dred and twospindles oneaCh machine ar
winding yarn from two hundred and fou
bobbins, whichcame from their sIubbeI
two threads being wound upon one spOo
The next or intermediate slubbing N;
chine winds upon one hundred and seN
enty-six speeds, from three hundred an
ffty-two bobbins, which came from tn
second slubber. The e last is calle
8 the rowing machine, and fills two hundre
and forty sp0ols, which came from lou
hundred and eighty bobbins, from the il
ermediatcslubbingmachinc Bythisrel
etition of doUbling and twisting the var
is fast becomingstrong and hard, Weno
followlthe yarn called rowing to the sci
acting mule" which makes eight hun
, dred and forty threads of yarn from 81.
teen hundred and eighty bobbius. Th
, wonderful machine, two of which are o.
Grated byoneman, draws out the yarn an
!, twists it from sixteen hundred and eight
' Spools, when it comes away. and on its r
turn winds it on eight hundred col
! (spools) making the last number of threa
= yarn. We now come to
THE THREAD MILL,
which is a distinct and independent d
partment. Thecotton yarn comes here, an
, first goes to the cop winding machine
:, where it is run from the cops, through de.
cate balances, over soft felt ground, upC
!, bobbins, two threads together upon on
From the cop winding department, Il
bobbins go to the singing departmer
where the two threads that were run {
', gether on the spool, in the cop windil
department, are twisted or spun in o.
y thread. The thread, as it is unwoun
runs through water, and rapidly ov
! glass guides, and the bobbin which |
=, ceives it %revOlvcs five thousand times y
- minute twisting hundreds of threads ,
. each machine. After being twisted {,
&C threads together, makingone hard threa
~ three of the latter are again run togeth
~ on a bobhin, the same as in the first G.
.. winding department. Three of these q
- now twisted together, making six stral
v and
IT, THE PROCESS OF TWISTING THEM
=! is exactly the same as the one last {
,s scrlbed. 1t is known as the finish