The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-29

thousand times per minnie twisting hundreds
ul threads on each machine After being
twisted two threads together, making ono
hard thread three Of the latter are again
run together on hobbin. the same as in
the first cop winding department Three oi
these nre now twisted together making siH
rtfAuH aud
TiiE ruo,ra- or TWISTING THEM
is exactly the same ar the one lnnl de-
acribrd II l. known aa the finishing twist
ing department When the thread comes
from the finishing twisting department, IL il
inspected with the greatest care, by skiliiul
persons, aud pat through several trsis be
lore passing the r,eling department, a. be
wound Ia -kcins Tor the bleach house The
machine ia this department are very curl
ou-. and daily turn out Yart quantities oi
thread, which j. packed. aud given q
through ticket 10 the bleach and dye houses
They measure of the thread into skeins 81
an exact length and riEy, and when they
have ua,led OF Just the right amount ui yarn
alNay5 stop, aud unlike some kind Of yarn
rr, they never forget SO tell th, same stor,
without variations Again after coming
from the reels
TIr THREAD o. CAREFULLY TN-PECIIp
lh, work employing several girls. whu take
all lhc rough and imperfect thread from the
hanks After this second inspection, we
lind 10 next in the bleach hourg. The
bleach and dye houses are among lhe most
interesting departments II this yast estab-
lirhmrut, although not thr mos, agreeable
The progress in washing machinery. that h
here exhibited, would make cur grand
mother, think that The millennium had come
The baby washer, as We call il. al lhis CON
cen, ). rather q large child Nhuse place
and uses viii appear later. After the thread
ls sent if1m ,he inspection department % The
bleach and dye houses, IL is unpaeked, count
vd and put into large tanks. Immense l0ads
aJ "a Time, and boiled BY steam Tor several
hour, which takes uuI the dirt and
CLEANS o. FEHFEcTI4
IL b. then put through washiBgs off, and
preparations wonderful aud curious. The
wslcr used, We Judge, pould have increased
the flood just about enough to have lifted
Noah r ark from the ,uag on Mount Ararnt.
Some ut the warh Iubs are uf stone aud ali
are on scale equal IN magnitude to any Of
Col SellrT'- scheme, for making millions.
Ehe loads # lhuaI are pul ia and taken
0ut oi boilers, riH~er. washers, dryers and
half dozen other processes lly machinery.
Then after All tAis. il goes right back 10
tLu-o huge steam boileTs. and the same
thing il done over again. The dry room IL
heated by seven Thousand I've hundred fest
ui steam pipr, and can be regulated 30 any
desired temperature Alter leaving the
r,eliug department the thread that Is 90 be-
coluryd goe- t. the dye house aud thar
which s o. remain white t0 tie bleach
house Ia the dye house Is the patent dye
ing machine, used only tu dre black II
docs ihe work far hesley than by hsnd and
j. equal 10 lhc Labor 81 morr than d dozen
men.
All CuLoAs oF THREAD
arc made, and the quantities of soaps, dye
,lud-. and other material If The kind used
are immense. Eighty Thousand gallons %
water are consumed daily IN the bleach
house alone. and one ui the Artesian wells
ui The Clark Thread Company has a cspa-
civ al one hundred aud lily thousand gall
lun, p,r day. This h. n remarkable Well
sixteen ieel deep and eight feet ia diameter.
ui which Professor MAYNARD. the New York
chemist said it produced the puresi Watef
hr ever saw. IL makes q man thirsty 20
look "a, il, and s. absolutely free from any
particle oi matter by chemical iesi The
thread {, hluci on q big scale. which giyes
that handsome tint 10 greatly admired by
the ladie, Then il is committed to the
tender mcFcie, ul the baby washer. which
are cruel and gpe, through il ten times.
The baby is huilt like an ordinary washing
machine. hut each oi the FullrYs weighs a
thousand pounds aud as tAe thread passes
through tAc water into the washer
THEY HoP AND 5U4r
and pound with antics queer, but il docs The
business thoroughly. IAis was formerly
done by the old fashioned FOUNDER and bar
rvl which our graHdmoihers used 20 - u.
al when We were bovs. before going 70 school
in the morning. Then il l. drawn through
the rin~cr, which is simple and novel ma.
chine continually supplied with pure Arte.
sian we'll wat,r. The thread passes over q
roller into the water comes up again over
another roller. then down iuio the water
and up and dozen, and OAK and iu aud oul
and up over the ruels into great boxes on
wheels from which il is put into large
water extractor. perforated hollow cyliH-
der. revolving several thousands times per
minute, and then IL is transported Go the dry
Ing ronm. In thir way Eve hundred heads
can bc r.n-gd iu four minutes which used
90 take an hour and a hali After the
thread has come oui ot the driving room,
uaLoEED uR uNooLoRro.
DO goes O. the wznrroams where % is counted
and ga, ia packages io he given ouI prepar-
atory 90 being wound upon spaols for the
market The thread having reached this
stage ui perfection, has hooame rery valua-
bic and b. looked after with The greatest
care. Ticket. direct j, 20 its different de-
parmeuls and denote is size. quality, etc.
The inspection and testing 81 s.rcad j. one
oi thc mos, important, features ia IL pro
duc,ian. and IL would surprise the lady who
scv- day after day with Clafk's q. y. r."
Spool Cotton. 20 know hy what patient and
constant care the perfect smoothncss and
regularity Of the thread was secured. Ii il
new taken "a the hank winding department
and wound upon large bobhins, when il ia
ready Tor It's last wind dpon the spools
from which il is taken uy the consumers for
IL, thousand uses Of necessity and utility
from tying the rag on the boys whitfield
and bloody finger. 90 the delicate emhroid-
cry Of the wedding garment
TIE sPooIINo pEPARl MENr.
The spooling room is a busy place, where
spools oi thread 81 all sizes and colors by
tens Of thousands are wound every day. two
hundred yards on a spool. The self-acling
spoouug machine is a marvellous piece oi
mechanism. The spools are placed in an
iron gutter by the operator, when the ma
chine picks them up. puts them on n shaft
eight at q time, winds the thread upon them
al the rate Of three thousand revolutions
per minute, cuts little slot in the edge Of
the spool. catches the thread in it, nips IL
uf. drop. the spaol~ full ui thread into
boxes below, picks mp eight more empty
slnols. places, winds aud drops them a. be-
forr. and never makes mistake, The ma
,l,ur. which is used in this country only bv
The Clark Thread Company. was exhibited
hv jhym %; the Centennial. and with their
magnificent case of goods was one Of the
great attractions among the many wonders
of the cvi i,ion. From the spooling de-
par;m,ut. tIc spoiled thread Is taken 70
THE wARERooN,
where the beautiful little label containing
the name number ETC. Of the thread, is put
on by girls The quickest Of them will
put labels on the ends 81 nine or ten thou
sand IN a day. al of which have to be
moi-,cned by the tongue, placed on the
spool, and then struck with the hand 20
paste IT, Some Of these girls work about as
quick IA lightning. Alter tckoiing. the
spools OF thread are put into boxes oi one
dozen each. They are then ready for pack
ing. About twenty-five thousand feet Of
lumber per month is cut at the mills, in
Michigan. TO the various lengths required,
and all that is done here is 10 put the boxes
together. Aprivate wire runs from the works
in Newark TO the New York oihce, and the
line skcpt busy in sending orders and trans