Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-10-09
NO. ~.
BATON ROUGE COTTON FACTORY.
FACTS AND FIGURES CONCERNING
IT'S PRESENT CONDITION,
CAPACITY, ETC.

Since the subject Of re>establishing or
rather re-operating the cotton factory,
WHICH once paid SO handsomely ut this
city, has Of late been much talked Of.
l have thought it would not be out Of
place to visit the penitcntiary, where il
was formerly located, and obtain all the
facts that would be Of any moment tn
those interested and the public gener-
ally. BY the Kindness of Mr.. Malta, We
were permitted to enter and survey all
the premises, and with the assistance Of
a guide, we CLEANED the following facts,
viz: The building which contains tho
machinery Of the factory is three stories
high and contains the following rooms:
THE CARD LAP AND PICKER ROOM,
with 96 cards, 36 in on the wire, self-ship-
pcrs comprising 8 sections and 8 railway
heads, 10 drawing frames, heads and doi-
bling, 4 slubbing frames, 60spindles each,
A spccders frames, Ga spindles each,
grinding frame, 3 batting cards, 2 lap
machines with double beaters and 2
doubling lap machines with single beat
ers and picker.
THE SPINNING ROOM.
with 80 ring and traveller spinning
frames, f20 spindles each, 10 selfacting
mules, 2l0 spindles each, spooling
frames, u spindles each, warping or
beamipg frames.
THE WEAVING ROOM,
with 300 looms, 8 drawing frames, siz-
ing tubs, etc, slasher frames to size
and beam the warps, and other neces-
sary appendages.
MACHINE SHOP AND ROLLER COW
ERING ROOM,
with planning iron machine, | turning
laith, l cogg cutting machine, and
roller covering apparatus, etc.
THE CLOTH ROOM,
with | dresser and balling press and
table, ETC., etc
In addition to the foregoing there is
also
with s wool carding machines, compris-
ing 3 first and second breakers and 2
tinislers, l wool jack, 240 spindles,
grinding frame, l picker and other ma
chinery for dying, securing, etc, etc.
An elevator extends from the basement
to the third story, which is run by
steam.
The capacity Of this factory is about
ten bales of cotton, weighing 450pounds
each, or 1850 pounds of cotton daily.
This will yield 5000 yards Of osnaburgs
and 5000 yards Of sheeting. There arc
two large engines with sufficient power
to run the entire machinery on the
place, say forty horse power each, and
100 barrels of coal are required to sup
ply fuel for the same. Water necessary
to run these engines is procured from a
large artificial pond, bricked and &C.
mentcd, which will last century and
will supply any amount of water. For
merly, $50 men were required to operate
the factory, consisting Of four foremep,
one machinist, one engineer and assist
ant; with these exceptions, the entire
work was accomplished with convict
labor.
1t has been five years exactly since all
operations ceased at this factory, and
with the exception Of the arrangements
necessarily attendant after five years Of
id1eness, the entire apparatus is in per-
feet order. by u rough calculation, it
will be seen that there is big money for
any capitalist who will venture an III
vestment in this enterprise, and we are
satisfied that if these materials laid in q
colder latitude, some Yankee genius
would not be slow to discover the DO
aa"sa and invest Immediately. If with
the advantages and materials Of this a.
ready-established factory money cannot
be made, we fail to see how any cotton
factory can be made financial success.
LOCAL.
The famous Carlist Chief 1'ristany il
dead.
Colquitt has been reelected Governor
Of Georgia by 40, 600 majority.