Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-15
wALMALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL l5 $50

is s47, 500. The factory is run by water
estimated at l26 horse power. The oapa-
CITY is $500 spiudles and 70 looms. The
! consumption Of raw cotton is 1,500 pounds
per day, and the production is 1,40O
pounds per day, consisting Of 4,5O0 yards
OF 7-8 and "A sheeting and 800 pounds
of Nos 8, ID und I6 yarn. Sixty-fve
operatives are employed and 100 persons
nre dependent upon the fucto., VI support
The average rate of wages pad is fifty
cents day. The cost of production is
about four cents per pound, The waste is
10 per cent. The machinery is ell new,
and is mostly from the Lowell, Mass,
machine shops. During tho last twelve
months the company has declared two
semi-annual dividends of per cent, pur-
chased $4,000 worth of additional maohn-
cry and laid by surplus fund Of $4,000.
MIR. David, the President, says that during
the month of Jannury tho net profit was
81 500. The fuctory at present is paying
23 per cent. on the capital invested
The Camperdovym Mills,
This factory includes two mills, about
100 yards npurt, situated on the Rocdy
River, in the city of Grccnvllle, and is the
only cotton manufacturing establishment in
the State which is located within tho cor.
poratc limits of oity. Both buildings arc
of brick. That which is known as the
lower mill is three stories high, and is run
by two turbine wheels with 1875 horse
power, having fall Of 32 feet. The up
per mill is two story brick building, aud
is run by q 40 inch Lafcll turbine wheel
with zoo horse power and fall Of 81 feet.
The lower mill was built in 1874, ani the
upper mill in 1876 At the upper mill
both steam md water power is used, the
steam beinS l36 horse power. ln few
weeks the company propose to introduce
stenm to The amount of 325 horse power in
| both mills. This is to avoid the contin--
gency of failure Of water in the summer
| months.
These mills were formerly owned by
Sampson, Hall & Co, aud in 1876, when
tho new mill was built, the name wus
changed, and Mr.. iamlin Bcattie Vas
elected President of the company. at
present Mr.. j. A. Sandford is general
Superintendent. He is New Englaudcr,
and is thoroughly educated in tho cotton
manufacturing business.
TIE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE COMPANY is
s168,OOO.
Tho totu capacity of the two mills is
l2,S40 spiudlcs and IL cards. The Glass
OF goods manufactured are hosiery yarns
FROM to Is, aud twisted yarns us high as
No Sc
The consumption Of raw cotton is 7 900
pounds per day or 100 balcs per week, and
the daily production of manufactured goods
is 5000 pounds OF yarn.
Two hundred and sixty operatives, all
white, arc employed. about one-half of
whom arc females. The operatives orc
accommodated in 72 tenement houses.
owned by the company and rented at from
81 SO to So so per month.
TIE OPERATIVES ARE ALL NATIVE
with the exception of Gvo skilled hands
from the North. The pay roll per month
including salaries is $4,000. During the
past year the company paid an per cent.
dividend, has laid aside reserve fund as
commercial capital of S25 600, and has
expended $4,000 in improving the
property. The property is now vuloed at
S310, 900. AS these mills were
RUN BY BOTH STEAM AND WATER,
I thought would be oble to get q defuite
opinion as to the relative cost of these two
classes Of power In answer to nv inouiry
upon this point Mr.. Sundford, the Superin-
t. ndcnt Of the mills, stated that no had
never kept any nccurate account of the
lhaItor lie rather preferred steam, he
thought, because it could be more closely
regulated, aud was more reliable. "a
combination of steam and water," hc said
will yield the best results. know that
when we run by watcr alone our production
falls oft The Merrimac Mills ut Lowell
arc run by both steam and water, and they
have an abundance Of watcr power il they
preferred to use it. l know the steam
mills at the North pay higher dividends
than the water mills, and that tho mills
which arc run by a combination of water
and steam produce the best results If
you can get good and cheap GLASS of
operatives
IN CHARLESTON You CAN RUN A STEAM
COTTON MILL
as chcaply as water mill here. Tho cost
of coal would be cheaper 10 Charleston
than almost anywhere else in the State.
pay 81 10 per ton for my coal at the mine
apd yet it costs me Sc 10 per tor. Coal
could be laid down in Charleston in bulk
by vessel much cheaper than that, I should
imagine. AS to the salt damn atmosnbcre
of Charleston, don't think that an obico-
tion which needs consideration. The same
objection exists at Fall River, and it is
never oonSidcred there. Goods arc in
those places manufactured entirely in an
ARTIFICIAL attn. ohcrc. AS to the