Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-10
spooling department, the spoiled thread Ia
THE wAREROOM,


THE wARERooM,
where the beautiful little label containing
the name, number, etc, Of the thread Is put
on by girls. TIE quickest Of them will
put labels on tho ends nine or ten thou
sand In day, all Of which have to be- moist
enod by the tungue plac on the spool, and
then struck with the hand tn paste il. Some
OF these girls work about as quick IN light
ming After ,icketing, the spools Of thread
are put in boxes Of one dozen each. They are
then ready for packing, About twenty-five
thousand feet OF lumber per n onth is cut al
the mills, in Michigan, to the various
lengths required, and all that is done here
is to put the boxes together. Aprivate wire
runs from the works In Newark TO the New
York office, and the line Is kept busy 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 country, and among them were
some from Maine, Texas, California, Wis.
c0nsin, Oregon, etc. The Clark Thread
Company send out annually vast quantities
OF show cards calendars, etc, some OF which
are magnificent specimens OF the litho'
graphic and printers nrt.
Is THIS A FAIR COUNT?
The number of feet of draft which one
pound OF cotton undergoes is one trillion
seven hundred and sevcnty-two billion
three hundred and twenty million, six hun,
dred and thirty-ivc thousand, six hundred
feet, or stated in figures, l,772,S20, 635, 600, q
distance OF 335, All ,5s2! miles. The fol-
lowing demonstrates the apparently in
credible statements: The web of cotton
from which this immense length of thread
is drawn is forty inches wide. 1t goes tC
the cardcr, where il is drawn to 4xl20
equal to 4S0 feet. Then the drawing frame
increases it to 4S0x6, equal to 1850; the
lapper 2,SSOx2t, equal to 6,4S0; the combci
draws it out to 6,4S0x2G, equal to 1853, 4S0
then il goes to the head drawing frame
where los, 4S0x6 equal to l,0l0,SS0.
THE SECOND DRAWING FRAME
multiplies the last length by six again
making l,0l0,SS0x6 equal to 6,O65, 2S0
which repeated on the third drawing frame
makes length of 6,065, 2S0x6 equal to &c.,
491 $50 feet. Now comes the first slubbinp
frame where 36,39l ,GS0x5 is equal to ISL, ),
05S, 400; the second slubber Isl, 1868, 40Ox4!
equal to SlS,Sl2,S00 the intermediate
slubber 1871 ,05s, 400x6 equal to 4,Gl2,S76,.
500; the finishing thread winding machine
makes the total length OF the thread 4,9l2,-
S76,SOx6 equal to 29,477 ,26O,S 500. Now il
goes on bobbins to the "miil" where 29,-
Az, 260, S00x9t gives us 272, G6i, 6G2. 400 feet
We then multiply the last number 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 az stated before
272,664, 662, 400x64 feet making grand
total OF l,772,320, 1886, 600 feet. The cotton,
when finish as yarn, has been doubled six
million, nine hundred and sixty-seven thou
sand, two hundred and ninety six times
1885,, 29G), in passing through the differ
ent processes. When the yarn is made into
six cord finished thread, the above number
of doublings have been multiplied by six,
making a total of Al, S03,762 doublings
Now divide the total draft, 1,772,327 ,632,
600, by the total doublngs and ii the work
is correct, we shall have the total number OF
feet of yarn in a pound OF cotton, which is
254,337 feet. But there has been 20 per
Cent. loss in the manufacture, which must
be added, making a total of 305, 254 feet of
yarn for Il pound of cotton, or l2O hanks OF
$40 yards each, enough to reach from New
York to Trenton, Il distance of sixty miles.
MACHINE AND CABINET SHOPS, Box FAC
TORY AND PRINTING HOUSE.
The Clark Thread Company do all their
printing and lithographing at the works
here. Four printing presses are kept run
ming all the time, and in the Autograph de-
partment one steam press and six or eight
hand Autograph presses are continually en-
ployed. In both departments the practice
of the " art preservative" is in the highest
style. Orders for the paper box department
in the one item of straw board are given as
high as eighty to one hundred tons at a time.
In the machine shop large number OF men
are employed in making new machinery and
keeping in repair the vast quantity in use
in the various departments of the works.
hundred cabinets per day. The bobbins,
fact about all the Clark Thread Company
60 outside for 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 best organized and equipped
fire companies in the city of Newark is the
"Clark Hose Company" organized May
10Th, 1869. There are twenty 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 and fifty feet of
hose on reels and two pipes with extra noz-
al hI,t,I ,,I
feet of hose with pipes and nozzles in twen-
ty-one different stations, in and around the
factory, one Cameron fire pump, one Worth
ing'on, one Watts Il Campbell, and one
Blake pump, one hundred and seventy eight
filled buckets in their proper places
throughout the works, sixteen hand pumps,
sprinklers in all the rooms OF the cotton
mill, the packing house, the machine and
carpenter shop and the drying rooms. There
are also sprinklers in the two top floors OF
the thread mill and in the warehouse, and
there are thirty-fve 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. Examina-
ton of all valves, hydrants, pumps and
other equipments takes place on the first of
each month, and minute report of the ex-
act condition, position and effectiveness of
the fire service is made to The Clark Thread
Company.
THE CLARK THREAD COMPANY RELIEF
SOCIETY.
One of the best and most beneficial or
CARNATIONS which constitutes part of the
system and care of the Clark Thread Com
pany for their employees, is the Relief So
ciety. 1t was organized January 22d, 1870,
for the purpose OF providing fund for the
relief OF those who might, by accident or
sickness. be incapacitated from sustaining
All the employees of the COM
pany 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 half their average weekly wages.
Every cent paid in draws seventy-five cents
per week. The Clark Thread Company
contributes five dollars per week to the fund
without cessation, but all others cease their
when the unexpended balance
in the treasury reaches fifteen hundred dol
lars. When the fund is reduced to seven
hundred dolIars navments are renewed