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

, I% a has , come out Of the drying rSom, no.
"N'' ~ co,oEEp OR uxcoLoREp, ,e'.,
:, 900. N The wNreroou,s, where it's counted
~, S nv, in packages to be given out preplr-
Nv" ~, Lsins wound upon spoo!s for ne
mai Tie thread having reached t ~ !
siase Of perfection, has bec''me very va'a
,hIc mil Is Locked after with ne SrealSS"
r ,.,r Tickets direct it to its different Ge'
S.r,,ucnw anil denote itS size, quality, e!c.
FL ;ns'ecli6n and testing Of THREAD Is one
~ The most important features in its pro
.,Iariion and il would surprise the Indy w = {,
ssws Inv after d. with Clarks "o-N.l.
Snool Cotton, to Know by what patient ahg
,,drs,ont care the perfect smoothneS ana
reo,,lsri,y Of the thread was secured. 1t Il
now taken to tile hank winding department
and wound upon, large bObbins, when It rs
ready Ss for the last wind upon the spoo.ls,
from which it is taken by the consumers iof
In thousand uses OF necessity and utility,
from wing the rag on the boys whitfield and
bloody finger, TO the delicate embroidery Oh
the wedding garment. 7'g- s +'.i-.
THE spooLISG DEPARTMENT. 90
The spooling room il busy place, where
.pools 81 thread Of all sizes and colors By
I'M Of thousands are wound every day Two
hundred yards on spool. The Selt-act'ng
shooting machine is marvellous piece oil
mechanism. The spools are placed in an
iron gutter by the operator, when the ma !,
chine picks them up, puts them on shalt
eight nj a time, winds the thread upon them
nj lie rateot three thousand revolutions per
minute. cuts little slot in the edge Of The
spool, catches the thread in i, nips i OF,
drops the spools full Of thread into boxes
below, picks up eight more empty Spools,,
places, winds and drops them as before, and
never makes u mistake. The machine,
which il used in tbs country only BY Ihc
Clark Thread Company, was exhibited by
them at the Centennial, md with their
magnificent case Of goods, was one OF the
great attractions among the many wonders
II the exhibition. From the spooling de-
1,artmcnI, the spoiled thread is taken to
TIE wARERooM,
where Tie beautiful little label containing
the name, number, etc, Of the thread, is put
on BY girls. The quickest Of them will
nut labels on the ends Of nine or ten thou.
sand in a day, all Of which have to he
Inoistened by the tongue, placed on the
spool, and ihrn struck with the hand TO
PASTE II. Some Of these girls work about Ns
quick as lightning. Alter ticketing. the
| s'pools Of thread arc put into boxes Of one
dozen each. They are then ready for pack.
Ing. About twenty-five thousand feet Of
lumber prr month il cut ut the. mills, in
I Michigan, to the various lengths required,
aud all thut is done here is to- put the boxes
/ together. a private wire runs from the
works. in Newark to the New York Office
and the line is kept busy in sending orrlers
and transmitting messages Of the company
In the short time We were there several
| lnrge orders came in from different parts Of
the country, and among them were some
from Maine, Texas, California, Wisconsin
I Oregon, etc. The CLARK Thread Company
sends out annually vast quantities oil show
cards, calendars, etc, some Of which arr
magnificent specimens Of the photographic
! p
.gul IS THIS IS 4 FAIR CoUNT7rt az
The number Of feet Of draft which ont
pound Of cotton undergoes is one trillion
( seven hundred and seventy two billion
three hundred and twenty million, six hun
,lrcd and thirty-fvc thousand, six hundret
leet, or stated in figures, liz, so, 63j, 600,
distance Of 335,477,5S2l miles. The fol
lowing demonstrates the apparently in
credible statement: The web Of cottol
from which this immense length Of threa,
is drawn is forty inches wide. 1t goes I
the carler, where it is drawn 10 ix12t
equal 10 $50 feet. Then The drawing frani
increases it to 4S0xG, equal to $3.50; III
lappcr 2,SSOx2t equal TO 1880; the combe
draws Il out to G,4S0x26, equal to $3.50
then It goes to the first head drawing franz
where l6S, lS0xG equal 70 l,Ol0SsO.
l. THE sEcOSn nI;AwtSG FRAME
multiplicS the Inst length BY SIX agai
making l,Ql0,SSQxt equal 10 G,065,aaSt
which repeated on the third drawing fran
makes length Of 6,065, 2SOx6 equal TO 80
Z SOL $50 feet. Now comes the first slnSlin
frame where SG,39l ,Gs0x5 is equal to ISL
95S,iON; The second slubbcr Isl, 96S, 4OOx.i
equal to SlS,Sl2, 500; the intcrmcdiat
slnbhcr ISL, 95S,4OOxG equal TO i,6io,S7G
200; the finishing thread winding macliin
makes the total length hf tho thread 4,Gl2
SI6,S0xG equal to 2g,47777, 100000. Now
goes on bobbins 10 the "uliIl where 80
4T,eGO, S0Ox9l gives lis 272,66i CO., 400 fee
We then multiply the last number Of fcC
which states the Total length oil one poun
Of cotton drawn into thread, by the icngt
Of the original web, which is six md n hal
icet, and have The total rs stated befor
22,Gii, GG2, i00x6l feet making gran
total Of l,T2,320, GLE, 600 feet. The cottot
when finished Ms yarn. has hen doubled ii
million, nine hundred and sixty.sevcn thou
sand, two hundred and nihc,y-six time
(G967, 20j), in passing through lie diilcrcn
processes. When the yarn Is made into 81
cord flushed thread, the above number 4
donblints have been multiplied by 81,
making a total Of 4l,s03,76. doui,lin.
Now divide the total draft, l,TT9,3a97 ,C5Jj
I 6OO, by the total doublings, and II the wor
Is correct, we shall have the utalnnmbcr {
feet Of yarn in pound Of cotton, which
.5l,33T feet. But there has been 20 Dc
cent. lnSS in the manufacture, which mu,
lie added, making total Of 3O5,a54 feet I
yarn for pound Of cotton, Of 10 hanks {
} Ao yards eaclI, enough to reach from Ne,
York I" Trenton. distance tsixty mile
MACiIlSE. AND CABINET SHOTS, nox FAC
TORY AND PRINTING HOUSE.
The Clark Thread Company do all thei
printing and lithographing at the WORK
here. Four printing presses are kept rlil
ming nll the time, and in the lithograph d,
ParIinsnt ono steam press and six or eigi
land litiIograph presses are continually eli
ployed. In both departments the praGti,
Of the art prescryative"- is in the highe
style. Orders for the paper box departmei