The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-30

asI,S27 ,6S2 600, by the teiel -leublinv.
the work is correct, We sha1 havo ~. M st.n
number OF feet of yarn in Rf0ufri ~ n seIai
which Is ,337 feet, Boa there has hes.' ~
per centloss in the manufacture which ~ ~
be added, makinga to6n sofry05 .gst ~, ~
yarn for pound OF cottons6isa2O skanLs ~
$40 yards each, enough to reach from Me-
York to Trenton, distance Of sixty miles.
MACHINE AND CABINET SHOP. DoK rAcroR,-
ANc PRINTING House.
The Clark Thread Company do all tbe,y
printing and lithographingat the works here
four print ing presses are kept running all
the time, and in the lithOgraDh department
one steam press and six or eight hand 1.-the.
graph presses are continually employed.
In both departments the practice Of The Cart
preservative" is in the highest style Orders
for the paper box department in the one
item of straw board are given ns high -
eighty To one hundred tons At q time I'm the
machine shop large number of men are EN-.
nloyed in making new machinery and Keep
ing in repair the vast quantity in use IN the
various departments Of the works. The cal.
met factory turns out about two hundred
cabinets per day. The bobbins, etc., used in
the mill ere made here. in fact about All the
Clark Thread Company goes outside for Is the
raw material. They manufacture al thew
use, except few of the more intricate or
patented machines.
THE CLARK HOSE COMPANY
One Of the best organized and eqnipped
fire companies in the city OF Newayf 4 the
"Clark Hose Company, organized March15th
1869. There are twenty members, employees
of the factory, brave active men, tTained by
frequent practice 10 their duty. aud proud
Of their company and outfit. Their eauip-
ment is as follows: Two hose carriages with
wrenches, bars and axes, carrying seven hun.
bred and fifty feet Of hose on reels and two
pipes with extra nOzzles. They also com
mand nine hundred feet Of hose with pipes
and DOzzles in twenty-one different stations
in and around the factory, one Cameron fire
pump, one WorthingtOn, one Watts K Camp.
bell, and one Blake 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 spriDklers in the two top
floors OF the thread mill and In the ware
house ana there are thirty-five 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.
Examination OF all valves, hydrants pumns
and other equipments take place on the first
OF each month, ana minute report OF the
exact condition, position and effectiveness
oil the hire service - made TO the Clark
Thread Company.
THE CLARK THREAD COMPANY RELIEF so
Getty.
One of the best and most beneficial organ
iZatiOns which constitutes part Of the sys-
TEN and care OF the Clark Thread Company
for their employees, is the Relief society. il
was organized January f9d, 1870, for the pur.
/ pose OF providing fund for the relief OF those
who might, by accident or sickness, be in
capaeitated from sustaining themselves. All
I the employees Of the company must be mem
/ bers ofthe society, and each receive assistance
when needed, from the fund according to
the amount paid in, which must be az least
one cent per week, but no one Is per-
mitted 10 pay in an amount which would
draw, in case of sickness, more than half
/ their average weekly wages. Every cent
| paid in draws seventy-fye cents per week
/ The Clark Thread Company contributes five
/ dollars per week to the fund without cessa-
ton, but al others cease their contributions
when the unexpended balance in the tfeasu-
~ reaches fifteen hundred dollars. When
the fund is reduced 10 seven hundred dollars
payments are renewed. The payments into
the treasury average about nine months in
the year. We hope that this humane and
systematic organization may find many imi
tatOrs among the manufacturers OF Newark
and throughout the country, who read this
article. The company pays interest at seven
per cent. on the money in the treasury, be.
sides their five dollars per week into the fund
Since its organization one thousand three
I hundred and nineu- seven members have
been relieved, and twenty-fOur deaths have
occurred in the society. The reason that
the receipts for s74 and are hess than
usual is because the fund had reached the
maximum Of 81 800, and pawn ents were
stopped. The following very interesting Ia
bic shows the amount received and paid out