Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-03-24

eighty to one hundred tons nj
machine shop a large number NJ nls
ployed in making new machine tqe
ing in repiar the vast quantity aHi
various departments of the VOL ue h.
met factory turns out about hyo
cabinets per day. The bOhbins Wv u' pf'
the mill are made here, In ract ]
Clark Thread Company 80 oulsi Jo'a' "a
raw material, They manulortn.s Jog
use, except a few OF the mara ~ ~
patented machines. '''ne e
THE CLARK HOSE uoVpAyy he
One OF the best organized ,n5
fire companies in the city of Neyo.,
Clark Hose Company -orcani,"Sn's -
1869. There are twenty member, AN vi
Of the factory, brave active men A. m
frequent practice to their duty , "a'
of their company and outfit. rbaS. \
ment is as follows; Two hose car,a eer
wrcncheS, bars and axes, carrving Hi
bred and fifty Iect OF hose ON rso n,
pipes with extra nO2lles. TLsr =,
mand nine hundred feet Of hose w al !
and noz2les in twenty one diiI,rpr, Q
in and around the factory, one Cons co
pump, n Worlhington, one Wat1q1'
bell, and one Blake pump, one bWJ, a,
seyenty-eight filled buckets in thai,
places throughout the works. siT,m, Ol
pumps, sprinklers in all the rooms ey
cotton mill, the packing house, the r.,
and carpenter shop and the dryio, Il
There are also sprinklers in tbe
floors of the thread mill and in 90
house. and there are thirty.f five fire n. pr
dydrants on the premises, Regular. n.
are held on the second Monday , !.
month, and practice is had every III
Examination Of all valves, hylrnt i
and other equipments takes place o,i.I Q
Of each month, and a minnie rrp,s a,
exact condition, position and e%llect.
of the fire service is made 10 the vi
Thread Company, 70
THE CLARK THREAD COMPANY rruFtt
ClETY. A.
One of the best and most beneficial ~
izations which constitutes a part Of y
TEN and carc Of the Clark Thread Can k
for their employees, is the Relief Socrte
was organized January 22d, 1870. fo,F :,
pose of providing fund iol the relief "
who might, by accident or sickness b
capaCitated from sustaining them,e,w le
the employees OF the company mnstht ,y
hers of the society, and each receiye,sw
when needed, from the fund accom-
the amount paid in, which must be
one cent. per week, but no one ,cl
mitted to pay in an amount wbic. n
draw, in case of sickness, more tbn..
their average weekly wages. Ever 10
paid i'll draws Seventy.fyc cents pe
The Clark thread Company c~ontnSnssd
dollars per week to the fund without :,
ton, but all others cease their contrh =
when the uncypcnded balance in iht,T
re- reaches fifteen hundred dollars II
the fund is reduced TO seven hunllel r,
payments are renewed. The pav8e :,
the treasury average about nine m, '
the year. We hope that this humN U
, systematic organization may ind mao nj
tators among the manufactures Of Nr,
| ana throughout the country, who III N
article. The company pays Interest,"
I per cent. on the money in the treayru
sides their five dollars per week not 81
Since its organization u thOuar 10
hundred and ninety.seyen member I,
been relieved, and twentyfour dealt y
occurred in the society. The u3y 10
the receipts for 1874 and 1916 are 0att
usual is because the fund had rot..
maximum Of $1,000, and peyment !.
stopped. The following very intep1 !"
BILE shows the amount received and a
from 1870 10 1876 inclusive: