The Osceola times., 1877-03-24
York 10 Trenton, a distance OF sixty miles
MACHINE AND CABINET SHOPS, BOX FACTORY

York to Trenton, distance OF sixty miles.
MACHINE AND CABINET sHo Ps, BOX FACTORY
AND PRINTING HOUSE.
The Clark Thread Company do all their
printing and lithographing at the works here;
-Four printing presses are kept running All
the time, and ia the lithogrsph depart,
ment one steam press and six or eight hand
Autograph presses are continually employed.
In both departments the practice OF the arr
preventative" il in the highest style. Orders
Tor the paper box department in the one
item Of straw board are given US high as
eighty to one hundred tons at time. In the
machine shop large number Of men are eni'
ployed in making new machinery and keep
ing In repisr the vast quantity in use In the
various departments OF the works. The CAB.
met factory turns out about two hundred
cabinets per day. The Dobbins, etc, used IN
the mill are. made here. In fact abeut all the
Clark Thread Company 60 outside for is the
raw material. They manufacture all they
use, except few OF the more intricate or
patented machines.
THE CLARK HOSE COMPANY.
One of the best organized and equipped
f.e companies in the city of Newark Is the
"Clark Hose Company" organized May 18th,
| 1869. There are twenty members.employees
| of the factory, brave active men, trained by
| frequent practice to their duty, and proud
Of their company and outfit. Their equip
nlent is as follows: Two hose carriages with
wrenches, bars and axes, carrying seven hun
dred and fifty feet Of hose on rees and two
pipes with extra nozzles. They also com.
mand nine hundred feet OF hose with pipes
and nozzles in twenty.one different stations,
in and around the factory, one Cameron fire
pump, one Worthington, one Watts 4 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 sprnklers in the two top
floors Of the thread mill and In the ware
house and there are thirty fire plugs or
dydrauts 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, hydrsnts, pumps
and other equipments takes place on the first
OF each month, and minute report of the
exact condition, position and effectiveness
of the fire service is made to the Clark
Thread Company.
THE CLARK THREAD COMPANY RELIEF SO
Getty,
One of the best and most beneficial organ
izations which constitutes a part OF the sys
TEN and care of the Clark Thread Company
for their employees, is the Relief Society. II
was organized January 22d 1870, for the pur
pose Of providing fund for the relief Of thos,
who might, by accident or sickness, be in
capacitated from sustaining themselves. Al
the employees of the company must be mem
, bers of the society and each receives assistanc
when needed, from the fund according Il
the amount paid in, which must be at leas
one cent. per week, but no one is pei
, mitted to pay in an amount which woul
draw, in case of sickness, more than hi
their average weekly wages. Every cen
paid in draws seventy.6ve cents per week
The Clark thread Company contributes fv
dollars per week to the fund without cess
ton, but all Others cease their contribution
when the uDexpended balance in the treast
ry reaches fifteen hundred dollars. Whe
the fund is reduced to seven hundred dollar
} payments are renewed. The payments int
the treasury average about nine months i
E the year. We hope that this humane an
systematic organization may find many i'm
tators among the manufacturers Of Newar
: and throughout the country, who read tn
article. The company pays interest at seve
per cent. on the money in the treasury, b
, sides their five dollars per week into the fun,
r Since its organization one thousand thrs
hundred and ninety-seven members hay
been relieved, and twenty.four deaths hay
occurred in the society. The reason tbi
the receipts for 1874 and 1876 are less tina
usual is because the fund had reached tt
maximum Of $500, and payments wei
; stopped. The following very interesting t
BILE shows the amount received and paid O,
from $50 to 1876 inclusiye.