The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-04-21

to school in The morning: Then it is
drawn through the rinsef, 1h'eh Is a ,,
simple and novel machine, continually
supplied 4ith pure Artesian well water. +
The thread passes over 4 r"llet INTO the i
water, comes up again over another roller
then down into the water, II up anu
down, and out and in, and out and over
the reels Into the great boxes on Wheels,
from which it is put into p large water
extractor, a perforated hollo" cJ1Nhoer'
revolving several thousand times per m
ute, and then it is transported to the dry
ing rooti. IN ibis way five hundred headS
can be rinsed in foitr minutes which used
to take an hour and kaif. After the
threat has conc out Of the drying room,
COLORED OR UNCOLORED,
It goes to the warerooms, where 1t Is
counted and put into packages to be gwen
out preparatory to beihg wound upon
stools for the market. The thread hav-
ing reached this stage of perfection, has
bscome very valuable ard IS looked after
with the greatest care. Tickets direct 1t
to its different departments and denote
its size, Equality, etc. The inspection
and testing OF thread is one Of the most
important features IN Its production, and
il would surprise the lady who sewe LAY
after day with Clark's 80. y. T." Spoo'
Cotton, to know by what patient and con,
slant care the perfect smoothness and
regularity of the thread was secured. 1t Is
} now taken to the hank winding depart
it}}iibnt and wound upon large bobblns, when
# il ready for its LIST wind upon thespools,
from which it is taken by the consumers
, for it's thousand uses of necessity ant uti!-
. itv, from tying the ragon the boys Whit
: tied; and bloody finger. to the delicate
! embroidery of the wedding garment.
l THE sPooLING DEPARTMENT.
e the s~njollng room isa busy place, where
snooIs Of thread of all sizes and colors by
d ter softhousands are Wiottnd everyd two
I hundred Yards on aspool. The s6lf-actlng
g~pooling machine is a marvellous piece OF
,aechanism. The spools are placed III an
iron gutter by the operator, When the nla.
y chime picks them UP, pitts them on sllalI
eightatatime, windst the threaarpont them
l at the rate of three thousand reVoItttiOnT
\: pcr minute, cuts a little slot IN II cage ol
Is the spool. catches the thread IN 1t, nlpslt
?, off. drops the spools full of thread into
ia boxes below, picks upeightor more empty
y spools, places winds and drops them as De-
e. fore, and never makes a mistake. The ma
20 chine, which is used in this countryOnlyDT
VI TheClark ThreadC Company, was exhibited
by them at the Centennial and with their
J., magnificent case of goods, was one otthe
e creatattractionsam among the many wonders
lo of the exhibition. From the spooling de-
- partment, the spoiled thread Is taken TO
THE WAREROOM,
where the beautiful little label contain
le' inc the name number, etc, OF the thread
ne is but on by girls. The quickest OF them
will nut labels on the ends of nine Or ten
o. thousand in a day, all of which have to Re
hg nloistened by the tongue, placed on thu
ne snccl, antl,then struck with the hand t
haste it. Some of these girls work abou
'er a. quick as lightning. After tlcketlng
re- the spools of thread are put MOO boXe
per of one dozen each. They are then read.
on for hacking. About twenty-five thousal'
wo feet of lumber per month is cut at til
ad, mills. in Michigan, to the variou54Angih
ler reouired, and all that is done Here is t
mt the boxes together. 4 private wiz
are rnns from the works in Newark to tn
DIS, New York Office, and the line is KEEP
busy in sending orders and tran3mlttln
messages of the company. In the s1oi
ae- time we were theme several large ofdei
ing came in from different parts OF the coul
eao try, and among them were some 1foi
art- Maine, Texas, California, Wisconsin
Test Oregon, etc. The Clark Thread Comp
ign nv sends o~ut"annually yas 1-@tt""
ing show cards, calendars, etc, some OF Whlf
the are ma~n;fce1i5' specimens OF the llth
de- graphic and printers art.
urn IS TIL A AIR COUNT?
Il Is The number of feet of draft whlt
the one pound of cotton undergoes IS OF
? OIL t%rillion, seven hundred and seventy-tV
9Th billion, three hundred and twenty m
OFT lion, six hundred and thirty-ive tho
rays sand, six hundred feet, or stated
ers, figures, 1,772, 800, 635,600, a distah
.oory Of 1886, All $50! miles. The folio
hing ING demonstrates the apparently
credible statement: The web Of cott'
ED, from which this imEtense length OF tire
who is drawn is forty inches wide. 1t goes
read the carder, where it is drawn to 4xl
pee equal to $50 feet. Thenthe drawlngtral
use. increases it to 480x6, equal to 1850; t
lapper 2,88Ox24, equal 10 6.460; t
this comber draws it out to 6,48Ox26, equal
most l68,48O; then it goeseto the zlrst ne
ma, drawing frame, where 168,4S0x6 equal
1,O10,880
the THE SECOND DRAWING FRAME
'[er, multiplies the last length by six agt
" making 1,O10, 880x6 equal to $780,
~ "p which repeated on the third draw.
rom frame makes length of 5000 280x6 eq'
e, 391. $50. Now comes the first slubb
n 1 frame where 36, 391, 680x5 isequal to Il
usaG 95S, 400; theseconds lubber1 81 1868, 400.
'er"A equal to SIS, 1925 $780,; the intermedl
slubber 1871 958, 40Ox6 equal to- ,6l2,8,
800; the finishingthread windingmach
ole' makes the total length of the thread
ious' ~ 1916, S00x6 equal to 29,477 ,26o,e
llaxe Now it goes on bobbins to to the IN.
On W where 29,477, 260, 800x94 gives us 2
Z On e64. 662, 400 feet. We then multiply
tuo1 last number of feet which states the t!
5dua, length of one pound ofcotton drawn
,i1ers thread, by the length of the original v
.1s VI which ID six and a half feet, and h
:Ilels' the total as stated be!orJ 272,664, II
rozeh 4O0x6l feet, making a grand total Of
men, 772, 500. 1885, 800 feet. The cotton, "
tpose finished as yarn, has been doubled
WI LINZ million, nine hundred and sixty
oI 1 - en- thousand, two hundred and min
1a od . u six times (6.967, 1860, in passing thro
the different processes. Wnen
aFnlS warn il made into six cord finished thrta'
that above number of doublings have been
e,and tiplied by six making a total OF 4l,o =
to the dnuhlincs. Now divide the total drai
il the 1852, 632, 500, by the total dou4stngs,a
0 dye the work IS &C frect, VIC Snal nonnd If co
than which is 254, 1857 feet. But there has BET
| more rorcentIoss in The manufacture ,whlcf