The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-28

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partment, 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 a 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
dozen 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. Aprivate wire runs from the works
in Newark to the New York Office, and the
line is kept busy in sending orders and trans
hitting messages of the company. In the
short time we were there several large
orders came in from different parts of the
country, end 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., ONE of which are
magnificent specimens of the photographic
and printers art.
IS THIS A 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-fve thousand, six hundred
feet, or stated in figures, 1,772,320,635, 600, a
distance of 335,477 ,5S21 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 carder, where it is drawn to 4xl20,
equal to 4S0 feet. Then the drawing frame
increases it to 4S0x6, equal to 1850; the
lapper 2,8S0x21, equal to 6,480; the comber
draws it out to 6,4S0x26, equal to 16S, $50;
then it goes to the first head drawing frame,
where 16S, 4SOx6 equal to l,O1O,SSO.
THE SECOND DRAWING FRAME
multiplies the last length by six again
making 1~,010,S80S6 equal to 6,065, 2S0,
which repeated on the third drawing frame
makes a length Of 6,065, 2S0x6 equal to &c.
391, $50 feet. Now comes the first slubbing
frame where 36,391, 6s0x5 is equal to 49,
95S,400; the second slubber 1sI, 96S, 40Ox4I
equal to 81S,312,800; the intermediate
slubber 1S1, 95S, 40Ox6 equal to 4,62,S7G,-
800; the finishing thread winding machine
S76,S0x6 equal to 29,477, 200, 500. Now it
goes on bobbf,s to the "mill" where 90
AT, 26O, S00x9l gives us 272, 664, 662, 400 feet.
We then multiply 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 is six and a half
feet, and have the total as stated before
272, G64 ,662, 400x64 feet making a grand
total Of l,772,32O,635,6 500 feet. The cotton,
when finished az yarn, has been
doubled six million, nine hundred and
sixty.seven thousand, two hundred and
ninety-six times (G,967 ,296), in passing
through the different processes. When the
yarn is made into six cord finished thread,
the above Humber Of ~doublings have been
multiplied by six, making a total of A.
S03,762 doublings. Now divide the total
draft, 1,772,327, 632,60O, by the total
doublings, and if the work is correct, we
shall have the total number of feet of yarn
in a pound Of cotton, which is 254,337 fert.
But there has been 20 per cent. loss in the
manufacture, which must be added, max
ing q total Of 305,254 feet of yarn for a
pound of cotton, or 120 hanks of $40 yards
each, enough to reach from New York to
Trenton, a distance Of sixty miles.
MACHINE AMI CABINET SHOPS, o A
TORY y PRINTING HOUSE.
The Clark Thread Company do all their
printing and lithographing 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 a time.
In the machine shop a Large number of men
are employed in making now machinery and
keeping in repair the vast quantity in use
in the various departments Of the works.
The cabinet factory turns out about two
hundred cabinets per day. The bobbins,
etc., used in the mill are made here. In
fact about all the Clark Thread Company
60 outside for is the raw material. They
manufacture all they use, except a few OF
the more intricate or patented machines.
THE CLARK HOSE COMPANY.
One OF tho best organized and equipped
fire companies in the city of Newark is the
"Clark Hose Company" organized May
18th, 1869. There are twenty members
employees of the factory, brave active men,
trained by frequent practice to their duty,
and proud OF their company and outfit.
Their equipment is as follows: Two hose
carriages with wrenches, bars and axes,
carving seven hundred and fifty feet Of
hose on reels and two pipes with extra noz-
zles. They also command nine hundred
feet OF hose with pipes and nozzles in twen-
tv-one different stations, in and around the
factory, one Cameron fire pump, one
Worlhington, one Watts & Campbell, and
one Blak,. pump, one hundred and seventy
eight filled buckets in their proper places
throughout the works, sixteen hand pumps,
sprinklers in all the rooms of the cotton
mill, the packing house, the machine and
carpenter shop and the drying rooms. There
are also sprinkIcrs in the two top floors Of
the thread mill and in the warehouse, and
there are thirty-ive fire plugs or hydrants
on the premises. Regular meetings are held
on the second Monday in each month, and
practice is had every two weeks Examina.
ton of all valves, hydrants, pumps and
other equipments takes place on the first OF
each month, and a minute report OF the ex.
act condition, position and effectiveness OF
the fire service is made to The Clark Thread
Company.
THE CLARK THREAD COMPANY RELIEF
SOCIETY.
One of the best and most beneficial Or
CARNATIONS which constitutes a part OF the
system AMI care of the Clark Thread Com
pany for their employees, is the Relief So
ciety. 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 incapacitated from susta:n'ro
themselves. All the employees of the com.
pany must be members OF the society, and
each receives assistance when needed, from
the fund according to the amount paid in,
which must be at least one cent per week,
but no one is permitted to.pay in an amount