The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-29

drawing frame making one silver no larger than
any of the six from which it Is drawn
Then six of these last afe put through the same
process reducing them in size six times, and
adding that to the length. This is repeated
three times, and each time they are coiled into
cans. The last silver is the same size and
weight as when the process began. although
doubled four hundred and thirty-five thousand
four hundred and fifty-six tines The last .
cans are now taken -
THE FIRST sLUBB1No rRA,1E,
from which they are passed through |
rollers, then twisted to about the size of lead |
pencil, and wound on bobhins, all by the same
machine. From this they z" =. the second |
slu. blng frame, where one hundred aiiG 49, |
spindles each machine are winding yarn |
from two hundred and four bobbins, which |
came from the first slubber, two threads being
wound upop one spool The next or interme-
date, slubbing machine winds upon one hum
dred and seventy-six spools, from tines hrn-
dred and fifty-two bobhins, which came from
the second slubber. The next and last is called
the rowing machine, and fills two hundred and
forty spools, which came from four hundred
and eighty bobbins, from the intermediate Stub
bling machine, BY this repetition of doubling
and twisting the yarn is fast becon ing strong
and hard: Tvs 1tcw fslloys the yarn called
growing to the self-actinS u tijt1e;' which
makes eight hundred and forty threads of yafh
from sixteen hundred and eighty bobbins This
wonderful machine, two of which are operated
BY one man, draws out the yarn and twists
it from sixteen hundred and eighty spools,
when it comes away, and on its return winds it
on eight hundred cops (spools) making the last
number of thread yarn. We now come to
stiE fitRBAD EtIidg
which is distinct and independents aBpsrt5
ment The cotton yarn comes here, and first
goes to the cop of winding machines, where 1t
is run from the cops, through delicate balances,
over soft felt ground, upon bobbins, two threads
t0gethSr tpbn one. From the cop winding de-
partment the bobbins 81 - ttts singing de-
partnent, where the two threads that wtio +t,1t
together on the spool, in the cop winding de-
partrnent, are twisted or spun in one thread.
The thread, as it is unwound, runs through
water. and rapidly over glass guides, and the
bobbif which receives it reyolyes five thousand
times per minute, twistii; tut-tlte5s OF threads
on each machine. After being twisted 80
threads together, making one hard thread,
three of the latter are again run together on
bobbin, the same as in the first cop winding
depatthier!t; Three of these are now twisted
together, making six strands, -1te
THE PROCESS OF TWISTING THEM
IS exactly the same as the one last described
1T is known as the finishing twisting depart
ment. When the thread comes from the fin
ishing twisting department, it is inspected with
tins greatest care by shifui PERSONS and put
through stTsfai tsste tefufe, passing the reel
ing department, to be N0'ttia IN sseiIis for the
bleach house. The machines In this Hspart-
ment are very curious, and daily turn out vast
quantities of thread, which IS packed, and
given through ticket to the bleach and dye
houses. They measure off the threadinto skeins
Of exact length and size, and when they
| havs rHeied off just the right amount of yarn,
| always stop; and; unlike some kind of yarners,
they nevef fotFet r. tell the same story without
variations. Again, after coming tts1t. the reeis
THE THREAD Is CAREFULLY INSPECTED,
the work employing several girls, who cut all
| the rough and imperfect thread from the
! Efft,,s: Aftst this second inspection, We find
it next 1t tliG bteat tet+s. 1ile bieaei. and dye
|
ments of this vast establishment, although not
! the most agreeable. The progress in wash
ing machinery, that is here exhibited, would
make our grandmothers think that the m:llell-
! ium had come The baby washer as call it,,
of this concern, is rather Oft large child, whose
/ place and ttses viii appear later. After the
| thread Is sent from the Inspection department
| to tHS blsa@t ord Aye itbtises, 1t Is tupacked,
counted and put into fafSe tGf'ks, ina'nsnse loads
at time, and boiled by steam for SEVERAL hours,
which takes out the dirt and
! CLEANS 1T PERFECTLY.
| It is then ~ through washings oft, and
preparations wonderful ana Giit;o-ts; The
! water used, we judge, would have increased
the flood just about enough to have lifted
Noahs ark from the snag on Mount Ararat.
! Some of the wash tubs are of stone, and all are
! on Bcale equal in magnitude to any of Col.
i Sellers schemes for making millions. The
! loads Of th*sad are put in and taken out of
boilers, rinsers; #ashsts; atyefs and Eslf a
dozen other processes by machinery; Thtt1
after all this it goes right back to those huge
steam boilers and the same thing is done over
again. The dry room is heated by seven thou
sand five hundred feet of steam pipe, and can
be regulated to any desired temperature. After
leaving the reeling department, the thread
that Is to be eo1ored goes to the dye house. and
that which Is to remain white to the bleach
| house; In the dye house Is the patent dSeins
| machine, Used 6ff1v ts dye black. It does the
work far better than by hand. ara Is aqttal to
| the labor of more than dozen men.
ALL CoLoRs OF THREAD
! are made, and the quantities of soaps, dye
| stuffs, and other material of the kind used are
| immense Eighty thousand gallons of water
are consumed daily in the bleach house alone,
/ and one OF the Artesian wells of The Clark
/ Thread Co1dpat,y itHs espaeity Of ons hundred
and fifty thousand gallons PEI dGF: This is a
| remarkable well. sixteen feet deep and eight
| feet in diameter. of which Professor Maynard,
the New York chemist, said it produced the
| purest water he ever saw. 1t makes man
thirsty to look 1t i, and is absolutely free from
any particles of m&tt6f, ty chemical test, The
thread is blued on a big scale, which gives that
| handsome tint so greatly admired by the ladies.
! Then it is committed to the tender mercies of
! the baby washer, which cruel, and goes
through ii teii ,.irr!ns The baby is built like an
ordinary washing machine, bit -ech of the
rollers weighs q thousand pounds, and as the
thread passes through the water into the washer
THEY HOP AND JUMP
and pound with antics queer but it does the
! business tho roughly. This was formerly done
| by the old-fashioned FOUNDER and barrel which
! our grandnlothers used to set us at when we
were beyss before going to school in the morning.
| Then II Is drawn through tbs tibser which is
! simple and novel machine, continually sup
! piled with pure artesian well water lie
| thread passes over roller into the water, comes
| up again over another roller, then down INTO
! the water. and up and down. and out and III,
| and out and up over the reels into great boxes
! on wheels, from which it is put into large
| water extractor. perforated hollow cylinder,
| revolving several thousand times per minute,
| and then it is transported to the drying room.
! In this way five hundred heads can be rinScd in
! four minutes which used 10 take an hour and a
| half. After the thread has some out of the
| drying room,
CoLoEED OR UNCoLoRED,
| it goes to the warerooms. where if is counted
and put in packages to be given out prepar
atory to being wound upon spools for the
| market. The thread having reached this stage
Of perfection, has become very valuable and is
looked after with the greatest care. Tickets
direct it to its different departments and de,
testing Of thread is Of the most important
features in its production, and 1t would sur
PRISE the lady who sews day after day with
Clarli's so. n. T." spool cotton to know by
what patient and constant care the perfect
smoothness and regularity of the thread was
secured. 1t is now taken to the hank winding
department and wound upon large bobtins
when 1t is ready for Its last %1nd upon the
spools from Which it is taken by the consumers
fer its thousand OF necessity and utility.
from tying the rag on the boys whitfield and
bloody finger, to the delicate embroidery of
the wedding garment.
THE sPooLING DEPARTMENT.
The spooling room is a busy place, where
spools of thread of all sizes and colors by tens OF
thousands are wound every day, two hundred
yards on u spool. The self-acting spoolinG ma
chine is marvellous piece of mechanism. The
spools are placed in an iron gutter by the oper-
them on q shaft eight at time, winds the