The Osceola times., 1877-03-24

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passed together through hole and made |
one, they fall into another silver and are
then no larger than one of the six from
which 1t was made, although they have not
yet been twisted at all. Fourteen of these
cans full Of slivers are placed at the "Lap.
per- and run between TIVE rollers, makinga
new web nineinches wide and half an inch
thick, which comes out like the original
roll from thescutching machine that takes
the cotton from the bales, only that now
| II is soft and delicate as is possible to
conceive, weighing only one hundred
and forty,five grains TO the yard, nine
I inches wide. 1t now goes in rolls to
wonderful little machine, a French in
vention, 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 iineness 10
the large carders just described as the
most elegant silk goods are to
THE coARsEsT COTTON CLOTH.
IL Is called the French combing machine
and is only used by the best thread max.
ers, AS it is very expensive and while it
makes the thread superior in quality, 1t
adds twenty per cent. to the cost of man.
utacture. Six of the rolls of webbing are
now passed together through the combing
machine between two rollers, and cOmbed
by innumefable steel teeth to the fine.
ness Of gossamer and the thinness Of a
spiders web. 1t passes on, is gathered
into one soft round "sliver" again, goes
through rollers once more, when it is
coiled into cans rs before, with loss of
twenty per cent. on the material which
composed the web when it was put on
the French machine. 1t il a texture 80
fine and soft that one cannot but wonder
how II bearsits own weight. After the last
process, six of the slivers are again put
through the drawing frame making one
silver no larger than any of the six from
which 1t is drawn. Then six of these last
are. put through the same process reducing
them in size six times, and adding that to
the length. This is repeated three times,
and each time they are coiled into cans
The last silver is the same size and weight
a. when the process began although doub-
led four hundred and thirty-fve thousand
four hundred and fifty six times. The last
cans are now taken to
THE FIRST sLUBBING FRAME,
from which cans they are passed through
rollers, then twisted to about the size of a
lead pencil, and wound on bobbins, all by
the same machine. From this they 20 TO
the second slubbiug frame, where one hun.
dred and twospindles on each machine are
winding yarn from two hundred and four
bobbins, which came from the first slubber,
two threads being wound upon one spool
] ha y. II.
chine winds upon one hundred and sew
enty-six spools, from three hundred and
fifty-two bobbins, which came from the
second slubber. The next and last is called
the rowing machine, and fills two hundred
and forty spools, which came from four
hundred and eighty bobbins, from the in.
termediate slubbingmachine. by this rep
etition of doubling and twisting the yarn
Is fast becomingstron and hard. We now
followlthe yarn called "roving" to the sell.
acting "mule," which makes eight hun.
drcd and forty threads of yarn frem six
teen hundred and eighty bobbins. Thi.
wonderful machine, two of which are CD.
Grated by one man, draws out the yarn and
twists il from sixteen hundred and eighty
spools, when it comes away, aud on its re.
turn winds it on eight hundred cops
(spools) making the last number of thread
yarn. We now come to
THE THREAD MILL,
which is distinct and independent de-
partment. Thecotton yarn comes here and
first goes to the cop winding machines,
whore it Is run from the cops, through deli.
cate balances, over soft felt ground, upon
bobbins, two threads together upon one.
From the cop winding department, tho
bobbins go to the singing department.
where the two threads that were run to.
gether on the SPOOL in the cop winding
department, are twisted or spun in one
thread. The thread, as it is unwound,
runs through water, and rapidly over
glass guides, and the bobSin which re.
ceives it revolves five thousand times per
minute twisting hundreds of threads on
each machine. After being twisted two
threads together, makingon hard thread,
three OF the latter are again run together
on bobbin, the same as in the first cop
winding department. Three of these are
now twisted together, making six strans,
and
THE PROCESS OF TWISTING THEM
is exactly the same as the one last de-
scribed. 1t is known as the finishing
twisting department. When the thread
comes from the finishing twisting depart
ment, it is inspected with the greatest
care, by skillful persons, and put through
several tests before passing the reeling
department, to be wound in skeins for the
bleach house. The machines in this de
partmentare very curious, and daily turn
out vast quantities of thread, which il
packed, and given through ticket TO the
bleach and Lighthouses. They measure of
the thread into skeins of an exact length
and size, and when they have reeled off
just the right amount of yarn, always
stop, and unlike some kind of yarners,
they never forget TO tell the sa me story
witho,t variations. Again after coming
from the reels,
THE THREAD Is CAREFULLY INSPECTED,
the work employing several girls, who
take all the rough and imperfect thread
from the hanks. After this second inspec
ton, we find it next in the bleach house.
! The bleach and dye houses are among
the most interesting departments Of this
vast establishment, although not the most
agreeable. The progress in washing ma
chinery that isbere exhibited would make
our grandmothers think that the millen.
ium had come. The baby washer, as we
call it, of this concern; is rather large
child, whose place and uses will appear
later. After the thread is sent from the
inspection department to the bleach and
dye houses, it is unpacked, counted and
put int large tanks, immense loads at
time, and boiled by steam for several
hours, which takes out the dirt and