Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-03-22

as5, ~, 5a2x miles. The following demon
seratee the apparently incredible statement:
The web Of cotton from which this Immense
length Of thread b lawn, 10 forty tl'ohes wide.
Il goa to tue oasder, whers It y drawn to
fame increases Il to 4soxe, equal to $50; the
ispper ,60Ox2 4, equal TO $3.50; the conber
draws Il out to g. l00x26. equal to l68, 40; then
It goes to the first head drawing frame, where
l6S, 4SOx6 IL equalto LOT, $50.
THR SECOND DRAWING rnArR
multiplies the last length by six again, making
l,0l0, S8Ox6 equal to 6,O65, 30O, which repeated
on tl'e third drawing frame makes length Of
comes the first slubbing frame where q, 39l, -
68oxs is equal to 1871 ,s63, 400; the second stub.
Der 1871, ~, 4OOx4 \ equal to 6i8, 6i2, 0OO; the
intermediate slubber 1871 ,968, 400x6 equal to
4,6l2 ST. 800: tue finishing thread winding
machine makes the total length Of the thread
oSxS equal ~ to 70 1 Nsw
26O, 0u0x9 < gives u 972 60, : g., 40e 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 origi-
nal web, which is six and half feet, aud have
the total IS stated before 272, &C., So, 40ox6 4
600 feet. The cotton, when finished IS yarn,
and sixty.seven Thousand two hundred and
ninety six times (6,967 1851 In passing
through the different processes. When the
yarn is made into nix cord finished thread.
the above number Of doublinss have been
762 doubIngs. Now divide the total draft,
l,772, 81, $50. 500, by the total doublings, and
If the work Is correct, We shall have the total
number Of feet OF yarn in pound of cotton,
which is o., 337 feet. But there has been 20
per cent. loss in the manufacture. which must
yarn for ! pound of cotton Of 100 hanks of
$40 yards each, enough to reach from New
York to Trenton, distance of sixty miles.
MACHINE AND CABINET SHOPS, Bsx FACTORY
AND PRINTING HOUSE.
The Clark Thread Company do all their
printing and ithographing At the works here.
-Four printing presses are kept running all the
time. and in the Autograph department t!!, one
presses are continually employed. In both
departments the practice of the "art preserva-
tivs'' is in the highest style. Orders for the
paper box department in the one item of
straw board are given as high ~ eighty to one
hundred tons at time. the machine
shop large number Of men are employed in
the vast quantity in use in the various depart
ments 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 oil the Clark Thread Com
pany 80 outside for 10 the raw material. They
manufacture all they use, except 4 few of the
more intricate or patented machines.
THE CLARK HOSE COMPANY.
One Of the best organized anil equipped fire
companies in the city of Newark is the ''Clark
Hose Company" organized May 18th, 1859
There are twenty members, employees Of tue
quent practice to their duty, and proud Of
their company and outfit. Their equipment
| is as follows: Two hose carriages with
wrenches. bars aud axes, carrying seven hum
dred and fifty feet of hose on reels, and two
pipes with extra nozzles. They also command
nine hundred feet Of hose with pipes and noz:
around the factory, one Cameron fire pump,
one Worthington, one Watts & Campbell, and
| one Blake pump, Que hundred and seventy.
| eight filed buckets in their proper places
throughout the works, sixteen hand pumps,
! sprinklers in all the rooms Of the cotton mill,
| ter shops and the drying rooms. There are
also sprinklers in the two top floors Of the
thread mill and in the warehouse, aud there
are thirty five fire plugs or hydrants on the pre-
misses. Regular meetings are held on the
| second Monday in each month, and practices
10 had every two weeks. Examination Of oil
the valves, hydrants, pumps and other equip
and minute report of the exact condition,
position aud effectiveness Of the fire service
made to The Clark Thread Company.
TIE CLARK THREAD COMPANY RELIEF SOCIETY
One OF thu best aud most beneficial organ
cations which constitutes part Of the system
and caro- of tue Clark Thread Company FOL
I AI>D:~ ;oH D..ls 80 nsx,<-
organized January 22d. 1870, for the purpose
of providing fund for the relief Of thost
who might, by accident Or sickness, be in:
capacitated from sustaining themselves. All
the employees Of the com pany must be mem.
bers of tue society, and each receives AISLE
lance when needed, from the fund, according
to the amount paid in, which must be at Least
pay in an amount which would draw, in case
Of sickness, more than half their average
weekly wages. Every cent paid in draw.
seventy.fve cents per week. The Clark
Thread Company contributes five dollars pei
week to the fund without cessation, but al
Others cease their contributions when the un:
expended balance in the treasury reaches nj
teen hundred dollars. When the fund is re.
duced to seven hundred dollars, payments
are renewed. The payments into the treas
ury average about nine months in the year
We hope that this humane and systematic or
ganization may lind many imitators among
the manufacturers of Newark and Throughout
the country, who read this article. The com
pany pays interest at seven per cent on tn,
money in the treasury, besides their fv'
dollars per week into the fund. Since its or
ganization, one thousand three hundred an6
ninety-se members have been. relieved
and twenty-four deaths have occurred in tn
society. The reason that the receipts for 49,
and 1876 are less than usual, il because tn,
fund had reached the maximum of 81, 500
and payments wero stopped. The following
very interesting table shows the amount ~.
ceived and paid out from 1910 to 1876 inclu'
| Year,. Receipts. Payments
$780,. .... ...... 80. 81, 742.34 81, 5O4.2$