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

people ana the hMONnt OIL Wehlth, thc6f
works employ and produce, before we reach
the factory. The sail, the mine, commerce
and manufactures, all find employment Ia
supply The Clark Thread Company
works, and when they stop the cotton may
bloom and fell unplucked, the coal miner
may starve ON bed Of black diamonds, tn,
sails on the rivers be spread to the breeze
no more, and the athes in hundred shops
be left to rust in silence The manufacture
OF Clark's 80. N. T." Spool Cotton en-
braces the islands Of the sea and pcnctralcs
the bowels OF the earth, utilizing the treas
ures OF wealth on every hand, enriching and
blessing mankind at every step, from the
womb OF ages to the spindlcs OF Newark
We will now examine into the immediate
sources of the power which drives the end
less machinery OF this vast hive of industry
with its sixty miles of betting and about
seventy miles OF steam pipe for heating pur.
poses.
WE ENTER THE ENGINE HOUSE,
itself large enough for an ordinary factory
Here is II mighty production of human
brain and Drawn. In the presence Of this
monster, with its majestic tread, one feels
his own insignifcance and frailty. This
vast piece OF machinery, moving silently,
save the sharp click of the improved steam
cutoff, is equal in power to the combined
draft OF six hundred horses, and is two en-.
gines IN one, usually termed double en-
CINE. The ily-wheel, travelling at the rate
OF forty-eight revolutions per minute and
carrying three huge belts on Its surface,
each two feet VIDE, Is seventy-elght feet IN
circumference, twenty-five 1eet IN diameter
and weighs thiriy tons or sixty thousand
p ouhus. my enIi' 80 ,oen l"omes III
six inches in diameter with condcnsers
and n stroke Of five feet They we're built
Inv Corliss in 1874 One If the three bells
On the Ay.wbeel ia ono hundred and 6ftv
feet in lcngth Rnt even th;s dnuhle mon
ster co,,ld not RIM tho works II has n bio
Twin brother and together thew travel every
and never get tired. They are wonders of
power and elegant workmanship. worthy of
a visit from any one who wants to see the
p,oor nom n.,p ~, r,y,,s
' nn " w TWINS
III New jersey lhey are supplied with
steam from nine immense tubular nolIers
ana iour large upright ooilers, Corliss plan
ihey consume twenty-five tons OF coal per
day, winch VIII give some idea OF the
amount OF steam necessary to drive the I'M
mense establishment Besides these there
are thfee oroihary slAeu engines, maze ny
Watts, Camppeli Co. Newark, IN an
ierent parts OF the WORKS, making seven IN
All, grand total OF nearly fourteen nun,
area morse power. Inc young mountain OF
coal, when LOOKS enough TO last the whole
cry year, Is rebuilt ny TWO hundred ana
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Inc co''oh IL orousht III c"les 10 ,hcm'N,
ing rooms when IL Is examined ana placed
IN pms, according 10 the Inherent grades,
ready lor inc scutchihg machines, which
open and peat the maternal, cleaning 1t
from the dirt and sand 1t contains In the
bale; After going through the scutching
machine, 1t comes out In the shape OF aroll,
like wall paper comparatively soft, white
and clean. 1T is, however, really IN very
rough state, compared with the flneness and
perfection that lssto be reached. Several OF
these scltchlng machines are running con.
tinually, and their sound Is ike the roar OF
lightning express train, as it whlrls past
the platform where you stand. The first
scutcher IS LED with the bale cotton from
hopper which lets 1t through INTO knives set
in large rollers, which revolve with tremen-
dous force, and lightning speed, picking the
cotton into small pieces, ana passing 1t by
suction OF air, on to other rollers, between
which 1t goes ana comes out In the shape OF
wen or zap IN large Tolls. -Four OF
i 1;ieSe ioias are .lsm p'aoeu Upon ath. i
.Ne VI. ins. any, s i"' 'oso'nei '"ious'i 'ie
SdIle pIOCesS VI
PICKING AND BEATING AND CLEANING,
when it comes out again in the same shape
as before, rolled to exactly the thickness
which it is desired to make the "sliver"
from which the thread yarn is to be spun.
What silver" is will be learned further
on. The machine is so delicately set that
it regulates the thickness of the web or lap
to within half an ounce, in web OF five
feet, weighing only twelve to eighteen
ounces. After being put through three
scutching machines in this way and coming
out with eight thicknesses of web Or lap
similar to that produced by the first pro-
cess it is ready for the carding machines.
This department is filled with Carding Ma
chimes, Drawing Frames, Lappers, and
Combing Machines, u perfect labyrinth of
betting, pulleys and machinery, the noise of
which is like the roar of many waters min
sieo WIN me clattef OF thousahd "heeis'
0e ~ fa .ne ,%sI 'o n ". y, ~ wa.
rIaood an nord;no n,aoh;,,e wh;nh .al,as
pnd r,ns II '-'
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Oh large ana small cyhnoer Tor the pur-
pose OF drawing out the entahgled hDers
and laying them parallel orlh the same line
OF direction and also to remove the small
pelllcles or notes which may have escaped
the action OF the scutchlng machine: AL
ter being treated in this woy, a comber or
ioffer takes the web from the small cylln-
der, which is now delicate guaze; and it
is gathered up and passed through small
hole, say half an inch in size, after which
it is coiled in revolving can. The whole
process is one OF wonderful delicacy, the
material being so finely worked that
breath of air would break it. This card
contains ninety thousand square teeth to a
oot, or q total of four million one hundred
md eighty-six thousand. On the carding
machine is little joker that works like
'ome old man, raising the wire covered flats
rom the teeth OF the carder, when II cleans,
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