The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-23
What is Actually Doing at the Mills
The Capacity of the Machinery
and the Production.
Description Of the Modus Operandi- "a Ris-
ing Industry.

~ Tnhman Abraham u ~ r,hi.h - a;t,,,.aa
on Ichoupitoulas street. between Valence aad
Cadiz.
The buildings oceunv ona souare and are
buit OF Dr1ck. three stories high. while along
tho street On either side OF the entrance are
number Of neat frame cottages belonging to the
. 7 80 !, ,1 80. :, = 4, "a !.
salne nrm' ana let OUT 20 the operatives % g
mere nominal rental.
These buildings we're originally erected BY
paioAaso "olo o1s,n"' ~
Mr. L. n Lane as spunyarn aud rope factory,
and subsequently, operated by Mr.. b. Sullivan
FIR YARN only In 1871 rho mill fall into the
80 go v,' - ~ 20 - - -, - -
nands 81 lehman Abraham @ ". wnen laanu 1
featuring On 9 much more extended scale com
49, - -" aa..s'1,, s,.anooaad - H.
22oo spindles ana gradually lacreased 70 tn me
preseat nmmeea lzsvu,. af the narol
Jug OecmIIeuos Y. lese, ass 1so d,tras o ~ .ha
l ~, efao ppotrto,aps il wanld INV be sou
m,hg jtt ~ irament Of the
ais Moulu ~ ~ tnat and hnd haan drawn
Mp. wv were ue,s.teu 80 - fatin Y, IN. -
~. SUMMER unooi 'tioio iasole0'o o'Aoani-
stahees' r,r ,,,ppoyrmrrr
will probably be made, END thqs an increased
number q hands must % emtloyed.
=, The mills are ubdei me shpeIlnten.dence &C, OF
ar: 3. BoatWflRet anu ~ - sylaeHt from Tue
order ana system Wnlen pIepa,. ~ evofy nhno.
Ihat he ~ asalanqus la mis A.esn,aoHa. a1rs
are now sl&tp-elgut l1ouis ~ upsInttloL, when
Kivss mpleyme1t 70 llo peIsons. me maloTlty
sav s ~ aIt ri tbs intt. and with ths exaen.
tion of q faw skilled hands ali belong 10 the
irn,nsdfata peiphhorh nod Their Wages vary
anvwt,ers betWessn twenty. Ave cents and 40 =
aa, neenrninp to the dnprae of nrofleiancy RI
tt.s ,,narator ind the hnnIs ara from i n1,artar
u, A II IN to ID m, and from I2.sn r. m III e.15
4. III. They are I'LL bright. healthy iookit,g ami
active. and the mansg ment snseks in hish
oil their iuanstry. The fart Of
the hsalihfnl appel rance which thew nresant Is
in n striking contrast with many Ijk - 6nsratIves
in New Et,Yiaud where tht, uamn Of .stIv dis
ease IA too franusntIy yisi la on their fncs All
h. rooms ara we'll vantllnted and The ,nalitu
hHs beeu remarked for lhe CON narrative al.
sance If iiseasa from H. - 80 -
The nrnrass If sninninp NAV Ia hrie nv ~
a.rihad. rha rouGh nnttnp ,yoas n rs,,,h 49,
prepares it for the break ar la ner This pnaa IN
10 two ifnisbersi' nrovided with thras haatr
each IL is then made into eight and a huff
punce Ian. II ia then sent bv meaus of eiava. |
thirty. with eight Improyed natent stripnara
IN nsxt pT,es IN tha frst hraaLlr arnwine,
framaa then Io the snapders frnm thar ~ TIC
sninniup fransaa whinh nnn.har t1rnntS, 10
and ii In NEXT seen as warns for nsnnbnrrs Ao'
rha n rot Hnnr ia ,,osti,, a., ri 70 ~
hs enpit,es and The loom danartme me- ri.
main engine T. q flne Corllss of 40 horse. uorer
and pipe leads from the boiler to the dressing.
small engine there. In the sptnniug dsnnrt.
mant there were tventv-ona sntnntn J. III maa ia
Dperation. replsssntine a1oo snjndlas ana II
was "-'e =
IN soo ,,,,th 1,,,o, r,,ora, 49,, - ~,
~ IT, %' nv ha'a a aau i me operatives
@ k :, aae ohi ulnsr oom occupies me SOC
~ ~ htpt tnu - 90. WIN Dy eieva-
q i, j., go 81 iy o'sius. oue peIsoH u
M ar III ,aun M w. - Iuu..esn ~ glVsh
@ ~, 81 .i.leo ae7e - lii6 hhHe room,
80 e aay gabb t ~ ~ pounua. ana tnTee
,h,ntnn Tha shira oor H. dayh 10Y ~ an