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equal to 168, 4SO then it goes to the first head
drawing frame, where l68, 480x6 equal to

equal to les, $50; then it goes to the first head
drawing frame, where l68, 480x6 equal to
1,0lO.880. :
t5N THE SECOND DRAWING FRAME
multiplies the last length nv six again max
ing l,Olp, 88Ox6 equal to 6,O65, $50, which re-
peated OH the third drawing frame makes a
length of6 065 ,28Ox6 equal to sc, 391 $50 teet.
Now comes the first slubbing frame where
sc, sei 6Sox6 is equal to 1871 9bs, 400; the sec
ond slnbber 1871 ,968. 400x4 10 equal to 8l8,-
8l2, 800; the intermediate slubber 1871 ,958, 400
ks equal to 4,6l2, SIC, 800 the finishing thread
winding machine makes the total length OF
the thread ,9l2, 1916, 80x6 equal to q, 49,
260, $40. Now it goes on bobbins to the .'mill''
where q. Az, 26'l 8OOx9 Ia gives US 272 ,664,-
662, 4oo feet. We then multi ply the last num-
pound of cotton drawn into thread, by the
length OF the original web, which is six and q
halt feet, and have the total as stated before
272, 664, 662, 4O0x6 1.2 feet maxine q grand to-
tai OF 800 ,636, $40 feet. The cotton, when
finished as yarn, has been doubled six million
nine hundred and sixty.seven thousand, two
hundred and ninety.six times $685., 296), in
When the yarn is made into six cord finished
thread, the above number of doublings have
teen multiplied by six, making total of A.
8O3, 1852 dOublings. Now divide the total draft,
l,772, 1927 ,632, GOO, by the total doublings, and
II the work is correct, we shall have the total
number OF feet Of yarn in a pound OF cotton,
which is 254 1897 feet. But there has been 20
be added, making total OF 3O5,254 feet of
yarn for a pound of cotton, or 100 hanks of
84Oyards each, enough to reach from New
York to Trenton, distance of sixty miles.
MACHINE AND CABINET SHOPS. 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 in the Autograph department one
steam press and six or eight hand Autograph
presses are continually employed. In both
departments the practice of the cart preserva-
tive" is in the highest style. Orders for the
paper box department in the one Item of
straw-board are given as high as eighty to one
hundred tons at time. In the machine shop
large number OF men are employed in max
ing new machinery and keeping in repair the
vast quantity in use in the various depart
ments of the works. The cabinet factory turns
out about two hundred cabinets per day. The
bobbins, ETC., used in the mill are made here.
In fact about all the Clark Thread Company
go outside for Is the raw material. They man.
intricate or patented machines
THE CLARk HOSE COMPANY.
One OF the best organized and equipped fire
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 equipment is as
follows: Two hose carriages with wrenches,
bars and axes, carrying seven hundred and
fifty feet of hose on reels and two pipes with
extla nozzles. They also command nine hun
dred feet OF hose with pipes and nozzles in
twenty-on different stations, in and around
the factory, one Cameron fire pump, one
Warrington, one Watts and Campbell, and
one Blake pump, one hundred and seventy
eight filed buckets in their proper places
Throughout the works, sixteen hand pumps,
spHnklers in all the rooms of the cotton mill,
the packing house, the machine and carpen-
ter shop and in the drying rooms. There are
also ssprinklers in the two top floors. OF the
thread mill and in the warehouse, and there
| are thirty-tive fire plugs or hydrants 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, hydrants, pumps and other equip
ments takes place on the first of each month,
and a 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 SOCIETY.
One of the best and most beneficial organi-
cations which constitutes part of the system
and care o. the Clark Thread Company tor their
employees, is the Relief Society. 1t was Or
ganized January 22d, 1870, for the purpose OF
might, by accident or sickness, be incapacita-
ted from sustaining themselves. All the en-
ployees OF the company must be members OF
the society, and each receives assistance when
needed, from the fund according to the
amount paid in, which must be at least one
cent per week, but no one is permitted to pay
in an amount, which would draw, in case OF
sickness, more than one-halt their average
weekly wages. Every cent paid in draws sew
enty -fve cents per week. The Clark Thread
Company contributes five dollars per week to
the fund without cessation, but all others
cease their contributions when the unexpend-
ed balance in the treasury reaches fifteen hum
dred dollars. When the fund is reduced to
seven hundred dollars, payments are renewed.
The payments into the treasury average about
nine months in the year. We hope that this
humane and systematic organization may find
many imitatOrs among the manufacturers OF
Newark, and through the country, who
read this article. The company pays interest
at seven per cent. on the money in the treas
ury, besides their five dollars per week in the
fund. Since its organization one thousand
three hundred and ninety seven members
have been relieved, and twenty-tour deaths
have occurred in the society. The reason that
the receipts for 1874 and 1876 are less thar
usual is because the sum had reached the max.
imum OF 81 500 and payments were stopped
The following very interesting table shows
the amount received and paid out from 1871
to 1876 inclusive:
Years. r. All Receipts. Payments
1870 ESQ.,. ...... $3.50. 81, 1924. $l,5O42 q
1871 ...... ...... ...... 2,247.95. 2,OlO.8:
1872 ...... ...... ....... 2,11442. 1,704S
1878 ...... ...... ....... 2,381.57. 1,742.2
1874 ...... ...... ....... $3.50. 1896. g.
1876 ...... ,......e. ,541.Ol. r, l,624.7
I" ..... ...... ...... 77.O4.
1876 ...... 49,. ....... 9633l. l,75l.9