Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-08
who range from IL years up. At tho
Graniteville Factory 4,264 spndlcs and
584 looms arc in operation, and at Vau-
cluso 10000 spiudles and 500 looms
MOTIVE POWER AND MACHINERY.

cof 'oo"o aic III opeFutlOO, ana at yau-
cluso 10000 spiudles and 800 looms.
MOTIVE POWER AND MACHINERY.
Tho motive power is supplied by little
stream bearing the somewhat uuouphonious
namo of Horse Crock. This stream fur
nishes 600 horse power at GranitevilIc and
300 horse power at Vauclusc. Two ponds,
created by tho damming of tho stream
covering 375 acres, are located q half mile
above the Granitcvllc Factory, aud tho
water from these ponds is conveyed by
means Of canal and trunks to q "BordcpH
turbine wheel
At Vauclusc the water is collected bv
dams into pond 343 feet long and is
conveyed to turbine wheel by an immense
iron pipe six and a half feet in diameter.
The classes of goods manufactured arc
sheetngs, shirtings and drills The brands
arc: I G shirting, I r r shifting, "A u
li shectiug, "A A a shccting, A LII
shecting, improved drills and S drills.
The machinery used at the Grunitcyilc
Factory is nearly all English, while at the
Vaucluso American machinery is used
entirely. 1t would be useless to describe
tho numerous processes through which tho
cotton posses in lis journcying from tho
seed to the loom. 1t is already thoroughly
understood by those who have seen it,
while those who havo not seen it will
be no wiser after such description than
before it. In BRIEF then, it will be only
necessary to state that after ginning, the
cotton first goes through tho openers, then
to tho piokcrs, then to tho cards, then to
the drawing machine, then to tho sluober,
then to tho fly frame, then to the mule aud
throstlc. 1t then comes out filling and
warp, numbering from IL to 20 yarn.
This then passes to tho spoilers, then to
the warper, then to the slasher, and finally
to tho loom from which it cmcrgcs cloth.
10 give an idea of tho capacity of these
two mills secured during an intcryisw
with tho President aud Superintendent tho
following figures which were taken from
the books of the company: Tho daily pro
duction at the Granitcvlle mill is $4,000
yards and at Vaucluse 16, 800 yards. At tho
Graniteville mill during two weeks ending
January 10, 1880, 165,61G pounds Of
cotton was consumed, which turned out
i40, ,773 pounds or 100000 yards of cloth.
At the Vauclusc Mill during the same
tune 7O,73S pounds of cotton was con
snmcd, which produced 5G,5S7 pounds, or
1877 900 yards of cloth. The cotton which
was used during this time was purchased
at l1.72 cents per pound The cost, there.
fore, for the cotton used at both mills
daring those two weeks was $27 600 81 .
Tho cloth produced from this cotton at
both mills was 68G,000 yards, the price for
which in the market at this time is over s
CENTS per yard. Calling it 8 cents yard. the
value of the cloth produced is S54,SS0, or
within small fraction of double the value
of the cotton. In other words, the process
OF manufacture increased the valuo of tho
raw cotton 100 per cent.
COST OF PRODUCTION.
Having arrived at tho relative values of
tho raw cotton and the manufactured goods,
we must next try and arrive at the cost of
production, aud thereby estimate as near as
possible tho net profit in the business.
| found the President and Superintcn
dent, while ecrupulously courteous and
obiging, little unwilling to divulge what
they termed the secrets of the company. l
could not, therefore, get the exact figures
of the cost of production, but an estimate
very nearly exact may be arrived ut 10
another way. The pay roll at Granitevillc
for tho two weeks ending January 10, 1870,
was 1888 92, and at Vuuclusc for the
same time it was S2,lSS IA. This makes
the total pay roll at both factories 81, ,127 &C.
The cost of supplies, such as oil, harness,
spoos, 30 is 500 day OF both factories
The supply account, therefore, for two
weeks, of six days each, would be 81 200.
The cost of producing GSG,000 yards of
cloth, therefore, was Se,327 G6. Add to
this S27 500 81, the cost of the cotton,
and we have s36,027 II as the total cost Of
the manufactured article to the company.
Thisa amount Of goods, az shown above, is
worth in the market S5l,SS0, or net
profit Of slS,S52 73 in two weeks. There
may be incidental expenses which have not
been calculated, aud which may slightly
but not materially alter this result. Then,
of course, must also be deducted commits
sious OH sales and freight and insurance.
Tho real success of the company cannot
perhaps be bcttor demonstrated than by
quoting the language of the President him
self, who, despite his cautlousncss, could
not help expressing his pride and satisfac-
tion in tho work he had accomplished.
"Wo have," said Mr. Hickman, sheen
running since 1873 between two fires, but
We seem to havo emerged from that trouble
now, and we are at present making hand
some profits. If this condition of affairs
continues for five years, and / think it will,
We will mako heap of money. Every.
thing has conspired during tho last twelve
months to help this country, and of course
cotton manufacturers have come in for
their share Of the profits. The success of
this concern has been really wnnanrfnl