The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-03-24

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,si. ia very expensive and while il makes
Tho thread superior in quality, i adds
twenty per cent. to the cost Of manufacture;
Sir 81 the rollsof webbing are now passed
together through the combing machine DC
tween two rollers, and combed By innuRier-
able steel teeth to the fineness Of gosssa'ngs1
and the, ,hinneSs Of a spiders weo. ~
p mo on, is gathered into one soft round
tsliycr n'again, goes through rollers once
I more. when it is coiled into cans as before,
with 4 loss Of twenty pqr cent on the ma
terinl which composed the web when it was
nut on the French machine. II is lex.
ture 40 fine and soft that one cannot but
wonder how it bears It's own wight. Alter
the last process, six Of the slivers are again
| mt through the drawing frame making one
silver no larger than any OF the SIX IRON
which it is drawn. Then sir Of these last
are nut through the same process reducing
1 them in size ak times, and adding that to
the length. This Is repeated three times,
and each time they are colled into cans.
/ The last silver is the same size and weight
as when the process began, although doubled
! four hundred and thirty-ive thousand, io'lr
I hundred and tifty.six times The last cans
are now taken 10
-''r' THE FIRST sLuBH1SG FRAME,
from which cans they are passed through
rollers, then twisted TO about the size Of a
| lead pencil, and wound on bobblns, all by
the same machine. From this they 50 10
the second slubbing frame, where one hun
dred and two spindles on each machine are
winding yarn from two hundred and four
bobbins, which came from the first slubher,
two threads being wound upon one spool.
The next or intermediate slubbing machine
winds upon one hundred and seventy-six
spools, from three hundred and tifty.two
6obbins, which came from the second Stub
Der. The next and last il. called the rowing
machine, and fills two hundred and forty
spooIs, which came from four hundred and
eighty bobbins, from the intermediate Stub
hing machine. Dy this repetition Of deub-
ling and twisting the yarn is fast becoming
strong and hard. We now follow the yarn
called "roying to the scli.acting " mnlc,'
which makes eight hundred and forty
threads OF yarn from sixteen hundred and
eighty bohbins. This wonderful machine,
two Of which are operated by ono man,
draws out the yarn and twists il from six
teen hundred and eighty sp0Ols, when it
comes away, and on lis return Winds it on
4 eight hundred cops (spoOls) making the
last number Of thread yarn. We now come
| On l9yNl THE THREAD MILL,
which isa distinct and independent depart,
ment. The cotton yarn comes here, and
fiut goes TO the cop winding machines,
where it Is run from the cops, through deli
cate balances over soft felt ground, upon
bObbins, two threads together upon one.
From the cop winding department, the hob.
1bings 60 TO the singing department, WHERE
the two threads that were run together on
the spool, in the cop winding department,
are twisted or spun in one thread. The
thread, as It is unwound, runs through
water, and rapidly over glass guides, ant!
the bobbin which receives il rcvolvcs Eve
thousand timcapcr minute twisting hundreds
Of threads on each machine. After lNing
twisted two threads together, making one
hard thread, three Of the latter arc again
run together OH bobbin, the same Ms in
tie first cop winding department. Three Of
these are now twisted together, making six
strans, and .'''.s'l '''-t i'-
THE PROCESS OF TWISTING THEN
is exactly the same as the one last dc.
scribed. q Il, is known MS tile finishing twist.
ing department. When the thread cone:
from the finishing twisting department Il i,
inspected with the greatest care, by skillfn
persons and put through several tCstS lie
fore passing the reeling department, 10 b,
wound In skeins for the bleach house, Til,
machines in this department are very curl
\ Gus, and daily turn ont vast quantities o
thread, which Is packed, and given I
! through ticket 10 the bleach md dye houses
They measure off the thread into skcirs o.
MI exact length and size, and when they
have reeled or Just the right amount 0
yarn, always stop, and unlike come kind .
warmers, they never forgctto tell the SAINT
story without variations. Again after con,
ing from the reels, L5.=. Ilp.='{ slED
TIE THREAD Is CAREFULLY INSPECTED,
the work employing several girls, who tax,
Nil the rough and imperfect thread from III,
hanks. After this second inspection, ",
: find 1t mex, In the lIeaclllouse. The bleari
md dye houses are .mOng the most Inter
cSting departments Of this vast establish
inent although not the. most agreeable
The progress in washing machinery, that i
here exhibited, would make Our grand
mothers think that the millenium ha,
come. The baby washer; as we call it, o
this concern, is rather large child, who's
4 place and uses will appear later. Aitcrth
thread is sent from the inspection depart
nlent 10 the bleach and dye houses, il i
unpacked, counted and put into largetnnks
immense loads at time, and boiled b.
steam FOR several hours, which takes nut tn
dirt and -.-u7 ~ .u' sypi- 1I
j ,s, FL, CLEANS IT PERFECTLY. ..I ..g
It is then put through washings oft, ant
preparations wonderful and curious. TIL
water used, We judge, would have Increase
the fond just about enough TO have LITE,
N0al'S nrk from the snag ON Mount AraraI
4 Some Of the wash tubs are Of stone, 'nnd al
ure III a scale equal in magnitude to amy O
Col. Sellers schemes for making million,
The londs Of thread are put in and takC
ant of boilers, rinsers, washers, dryers nm,
half dozen other processes by machinery
Then after all this, Il goes right back i
those huge steam boilers, and the sam
thing Is done over again. The dry roonl i
heated by seven thousand five hundret
feet Of steam pipe, and can be regulated /
any desired temperature. After leavin
the rceling department, the thread that
to be colored goes to the dye house, an,