The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-29

of cotton undergoes is one trillon seven hun,
dred and seventy-tTFo billion three hundred ana
twenty million, six hundred and thirty five
six hundred feet or,stated In figures;
/. 772 800, 635 GOO, distance of 335, All, 5S21z
parently incredible statement: The web of
cotton from VII CHI THE immense length OF
thread is drawn is forty inches wide. 1t goes
to the carder, where it is drawn to 4x120, equal
it to 4S0x6 equal to 1850 the lapper 2,SS0x21, |
equal to $50; the comber draws it out to |
G. 48Ox26, equal to 16S, 460 then it goes to the /
first head drawing frame, where 16S, 40Ox6 !
equal 10 ;n19Ss0.
THE SECOND DRAWING FhATk
multiplies the last length by six again, making
1.oIO SSox6 equal to 6,065, $50, which repeated
on the slitrd draw ing frame makes length OF
6 O65 2SOx6 eqiai 70 ~; sol $50 feet. Now comes
fine first slubbinc frame whSrs &c, 391 ,6S0x5 is
equal to 1S1, 95S, 400 the second si!ihbht 49,
9Sa 4O1x415 equal to S18, 49, 500 the lnteriileE
date slubber 1871. 95S, 400x6 equal to 4,6l2Sio,
800; tie finishing thread winding mac nine
makes the total length of the thread 4, 1872 S76.
SOox6 equal to 20. Al. 800, oUC. Nozy It goes Oh
bohbins to the mill" where %, All 2oJ, st'Hgz
gives us 272, 60, $50, 400 feet. We then multi
tiplv 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 il six and half feet. and have the
ttG ae stated before, 272, 664 662, 40Ox613 teet,
making gra ID total of .772, 800, 63o, 600 feet
The cotton when finished ~ yarn, has been
doubled six million, nine hundred a's, sixty
seven thousand, two hundred and nnety-sN
timcs(6, 967 1850, in passing through the olher-
ent prOce sses. When the yarn Is made INTO SIX
cord finished thread, the above number OF
doub1inEs have been multiplied by six, making
total of 81 ,S03,762 doublings. Now DIVIDE
the tcta; dtaught ,772 1927 632, 500 by the total
doubiiiigs ard # tbs wOrk Is correct, we shall
have the total n;iInbeT Of feet of yarn IN
pound of cotton, which is z5A,537 fest But
there has been 20 per cent. loss Iii the manu-
factrre, which must be added, making a totai
of 305. 254 feet of yarn for pound of cotton,
or J20 hanks of $40 yards each, enough to
reach fI0lil Iss- York to Trenton, distance of
sixty miles.
MACHINE AND CABINET SHOPS, BOX FACTORY AID
PRINTING HOUSE.
| The Clark Thread Company do all their
| prifitins and i;thoeraphiGg at the works here.
| -Four printing piEssas are kept running all the
time and in the lithogfaph department one
steam press and six or eight hand hthograph
| presses are continually employed. In both de-
partments the practice of the art preserya-
I It's IS in the highest style. Orders for the
| paper box department in the one item of straw
board are given as high ne eighty to one hun
| dred tons at time. In the machine shop
/ a large number of men are employed IN making
new machinery and keeping III repair the vast
quantity in use i'll the various departments OF
| the works. The cabinet factory turns out about
/ two hundred cabinets per day. The bobblns,
! sff, Used IN the mill are made here. In fact
/ about ali the Elafs Thread Company go out
side for is the raw material They manufacture
all they use, except few OF fhs more intricate
or patented machines
THE CLARK HOSE COMPANY.
One of the best organized and equipped IRE
companies in the city of Newark Is the LARK
Hose Company" organized May 10Th, 1869.
i THETA RS twenty members, employees of the
factory, brave actve msn. trained by frequent
practice to their duty, and pfGtfd st Their COM
pany and outfit. Their equipment Is rs fol
! lows Two hose carriages with Wrenches, bars
! and axes carrvil q seven hundred ami nifty 1eet
! of hose on reels and two pipes with extra noz-
I s!e-; Thee also command nine hundred feet OF
| hose wifi f',res gnd noZZle5 in twenty-one
different stations, il dna around the factory,
one Cameron fire pump, one Warrington, one
| Watts q Campbell aid one Blake ptIinP, one
! hundred and seTenty-eight filled buckets III
! their proper places throughout the works, SIX
teen hand pumps, splinlilers in all the rooms OF
the cotton mill, the packing house, the machine
There orc also sprinklers in the two top floors
OF the tFltasd mil and in the warehouse, and
there are thin tyafive fire plugs or hydrants on
the premises. Regular meetings ere held on
the second Monday in each month, and practice
is had every two weeks. Examination OF all
Tzt7es, hydrants pumps and other equipments
takes place CT the first of each month, ana
! minute report of the exact condition, position
~
| The Clark Thread Company.
THE CLARK THREAD COMPANY RELIEF SOCIETY,"
One of the best and most beneficial organ
! Aatig,ls which constitutes n part of the system
| and clfS Of the Clark Thread Company fol
their EMPLOYEES is the Relief Society. 1t was
organized January 22d, 1870 for the purpose Of
providing a fund for The relief of those who
might BY accident or sickness be lncapacltatee
from sustaining themselves an the ehlpioy ,e
of the company must be members OF the SO
! cietv and each receives assistance when
needed, from the fund according to the amount
| paid III. which must be at least one cent pei
! tTeek but no one is permitted to pay III an
216Ii,1t which would draw, IN case OF sickness,
| more tltaa il5it their average weekly wages.
| Every cent paid Iii draws ssvspty-five cents psr
week The Clark Thread Company contributes
five dollars per week to the fund without Sessa-
ton, but all others cease their contributions
! when the unexpended balance in the treasury
! reaches fifteen hundred dollars. When the
! find is reduced to seven hundred dollars, pay
mefits ais renewed. The payments into the
treasury average aD5t htne nioiiths III tlie year.
| We hope that this humane attd Systematic
organization may find many iht!tators
among the manufacturers of Newark and
! throughout the country, who read this article.
tbs company pays interest at seven per cent
on the i1ioiey In The treasury. besides their five
dollars per week Tito tbs fund. Since its OF
! ganization enc thousand thFeC hundred and
ninetv-seven members have been relieved, and
twenty-four deaths have occurred i'll the society.
/ The feasen that the receipts for 1871 and 1876
/ are less than iislial IL because the fund had
| reached the maximum of s., 500. and payments
were stopped. The following very interesting
! table shows the amount received and pad cut
from 1870 to 1876 inclusive:
| Years. Iiecc5Pts: fGgf2SntS;;
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