The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-03-31

Unread mas Couoo ous Vi the crying room
OoLoRED OR uNcoLoRKp,
it goes to the warerooms, where it is couns-
ed aud put in packages to be given out pre-.
paratory to beng wound upon spools for
the market. The thread having reached
this stage of perfection, has become verv
valuable and is looked after with the great.
est 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 nro.
duction, and it would surprise the lady who
sews day after day with Clark's 40. N. To
Spool Cotton, to know by what patient and
constant care the perfec smoothness and reg
| ularity of the thread was secured. r. is now
taken to the hank winding department and
wound upon large bobbins, when it is ready
| for its last wind upon the spools. from
which it is taken by the consumers for its
| thousand uses of necessity and utility. from
tying the rag on the boys whitfield and
bloody finger, to the delicate embroidery of
the wedding garment.
THE sPooLING DEPARTMENT
The spooling room is busy place. where
spools of thread of all sizes and colors nv
tens of thousands are wound every day, two
| hundred yards on spool. The self acting
spooEng machine is marvellous piece of
mechanism. The spools are placed in an
iron gutter by the operator, when the ma
| chine picks them up, puts them on q shaft
eight at time, winds the thread upon
them at the rate of three thousand reyolu-
tons per minute, cuts a little slot in the
edge of the spool, catches the thread in it.
nips it off, drops the spools full of thread
into boxes below, picks up eight more
| empty spools, places, winds and drops
| them as before, and never makes a mistake.
| The machine, which is used in this country
r. l>xxT he
exhibited by them at the Centennial, and
with heir magnificent case of goods, was
| one of the great attractions among the
| many wonders of the exhibition. From the
| spooling department, the spoiled thread is
taken to
THE WARERooM,
where the beautiful little label containing
the name, number, ETC., of the thread, is put
on by girls. The quickest of them will
| put labels on the ends of nine or ten thou
| sand in day, all of which have to be
moistened by the tongue, placed on the
spool, and then struck with the hand to
paste it. Some of these girls work about as
quick as lightning. After ticketing, the
| spools of thread are put into boxes of one
dozsn each. They are then ready for pack
ing About twenty-five thousand feet of
lumber per month is cut at the mills, in
Michigan, to the various lengths required
and all that is done here is to put the boxes
| together. A private wire runs from the works
in Newark to the New York office, and the
line is kept busy in sending orders and trans
uniting messages of the company. La 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, Wisconsin,
Oregon, etc. The Clark Thread Company
sends out annually vast quantities of. show
cards, calendars ETC., some of which are
magnificent specimens of the photographic
and printers art.
Is THIS FAIR COUNT?
The number of feet of draft which one
| pound of cotton undergoes is one trillion,
| seven hundred and seventy-two billion,
three hundred and twenty million, six hun
| dred and thirty five thousand, six hundred
feet or stated in figures, 1, 772, 320 635, 900,
| distance of 1856, All, 1924 miles. The fol-
lowing demonstrates the apparently in
credible statement: The web of cotton
| from which this immense length of thread
is drawn is forty inches wide. 1t goes to
the earder, where it is drawn to 4x12o,
| equal to 480 feet. Then the drawing frame
increases it to 48Ox6, equal to $780, the
lapper 2,88ox24, equal to 6,480; the comber
draws it out to 6, 480x26, equal to 1853, 480;
then it goes to the first head drawing frame
where 1853, 480x6 equal to 1,010, $50.
THE SECOND DRAWING FRAME
multiplies the last length by six again MAX
| ing 1010, 8S0x6 equal to $685. $50, which re-
peated on the third drawing frame makes a
length of 6065, 280x6 equal to SO, 391, $50
feet. Now comes the first slubbing frame
where 36, 391, 6SOx5 is equal to 181, 95S, 400;
the second slubber 181, 1858, 40Gx43 equal to
18,812;800; the intermediate slubber 181,
958 4O0x6 equal to 1912, $40, 800; the finish
he
| total length of the thread 1912, 876, S0x6
equal to 29,477, $50, 800. Now it goes on
bobbins to the mill' where 29,477, $50, :
8OO194 gives us 272, 664, 662, 400 feet. We
then multiply the last number of feet which
states the total length of one pound of cot
ton drawn into thread, by the length of the
original web, which is six and half feet
and have the total as stated before 272, 1884,
662 400x63 feet, making grand total of l.
772, 800, 635, 900 feet. The cotton, when fin
ished as yarn, has been doubled six million,
nine hundred and sixty-seven thousand,
two hundred and ninety-six times $685.
1856, in passing through the different pro-
cesses. When the yarn is made into six
cord finished thread, the above number of
doublings have been multiplied by SIX max
Ing total of Al, 1903, 1852 doublings. Now
divide the total draft 1,772, 327, 632, 600 by
the total doublings, and if the work is cor
\ AoSN
| 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 pound of cotton, or 100 hanks
OF $40 yards each, enough to reach from
New York to Trenton, distance of sixty
miles.
MACHINE AND CABINET SHOPS, BOX FACTORY
| AND PRINTING HOUSE.
The Clark Thread Company do all their
printing and lithographlng 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 preventative" 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 time.
In the machine shop large number of
men are employed in making new ma
chlnery and keeping in repair the vast guam
tity in use in the various departments OF the
works The cabinet factory turns out about
two hundred cabinets per day. The bob
bus, ETC., used in the mill are made here.
In fact about all the Clark Thread Com
pany go outside for is the raw material.
They manufacture all they use, except a
few of the more intricate or patented ma