Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-27

spirit of opposition existed to the employment
of convict labor in such lines would compete with
the established industries OF the State. The de-
mand for sacks in this State to be used in the ship
ment of gran is enormous. But very small pro-
portion OF this demand is supplied by home manu-
facture- OF the 43,000,000 sacks placed in stock
within the past twelve months, less than 900 900
wele manufactured within the State, as against
SO DOC, 900 imported from Calcutta in India, and
Dundee, in Scotland. The suggestion OF manufact-
uring sacks with the convict labor at the command
| OF the State was one answering in many ways the
requirements OF the case, and, from an obvious
view of the situation. calculated to he received
with much favor. The proposition received atten-
ton in the inaugural message of your Excellency,
and was first introduced to public favor in that
! document. In attempting to trace the subse-
quent hisory of the steps by which this undertaking
reached its present forward state of advancement
toward completion, we have examined the official
records of the Board Of Prison Directors, and
find there is no record Of any order having been
made by said Board declaring its intention, as the
authorized directory of the prison. TO enter upon the
manufacture of jute There is no record of any or.
der TO erect buildings suitable fer such works There
is record Of any order to purchase material, or
instructions to rate quality. There is no rec
ord of any declaration Of intention to enter upon
the enterprise in any form. There is ne record of
any specifications, or scheme, plan, from which
the character extent of the works may be learned
There is record showing the reference of any OF
these things to committees for consideration nor no
report of any committees In the absence of official
| rec0ruS OF THESE important we were
to resort to such information the memory Of the
Directors would afford. The first reference made TO
the subject in the minutes of Transactions of the
Board is to be found ON page 81, enera records oil
the Board, and is contained in the minutes OF a
meeting held at San Quentin, August II, 1850, and
| is as follows:
"Director Everson offered the following resolu-
| ton which was adopted
90 Resolred That this Board enter into contract
with Messrs. Fairbarn, Kennedy Naylor, of Leeds,
England, for 100 looms, and the accompanying
machinery, for the manufacture of material from
| iute.
This first appearance of the subject in the records
is not only after all the plans, specifications, etc
| if any such existed-but is at the point when
| contract for the manufacture OF the looms and
accompanying machinery is entered into. The sec
ond reference is found page 81 and is contained
| in the minutes of meeting held in San Francisco
| August q, 1880, as follows;
"Director Everson offered the following, which
was adopted
"ResoLred That contract be entered into with
Messrs Farbairn, Kennedy & Naylor, of Leeds, En-.
| gland, to furnish the : tate Prison at San Quentin
with 100 looms, as per specifications presented &c
this Board by their agent, John E. Stevens for the
manufacture OF jute bags and the terms OF payment
to be follows. The full amount of said contract
to be El2 ISL los twothirds of the said amount to
| be paid in net cash bills on London, when ready fol
delivery on shipboard at Liverpool. and the re-
mainder in like bills when said machinery arrives in
| San Francisco
ION motion of Director Schell, the President OF
/ Une DOaTQ was VIII
Fairbairn. Kennedy Il Nay Tor, of Leeds, England
| as an act of this Board.
The foregoing extracts present all that is found Of
| record on the subject
| We find, from testimony taken before us, that
Warden Ames addressed communications to various
manufacturers OF jute machinery in England and
| Scotland The responses to these communications
have not been placed in our possession We are in
formed that one firm submitted plans for jute works
| and estimates OF cost. The plans may be seen III
the office of the Warden, but the estimates are mis-
| laid and lost.
1t appears that the contracting firm of Fairbairn
| Kennedy & Naylor sent John E. Stevens from New
York to act their agent, with full power to enter
into contract for the work. The terms OF the con-
| tract were as follows:
Order for machinery to Fairbairn, Kennedy &
Naylor, Leeds From Messrs. the California State
| Prison Board of Directors, San Quentin:
Jute preparing and spinning machinery for .
pound TO 10 pound yarns for the manufa- ture Of
burlaps, etc:
{ S
jute softner of large size. with 81 pairs
| of helical huted rollers and with patent
butching apparatus. ................. $50 90
| 2 shell -breaker cards, Axe cylinder /
doffer, pairs OF rollers, and with cover
ing complete ...........:......... $50 90
A circular fin;sher cards, Axe cylinder, COM
plete with covering .....:........... 92o 90
heads each .............. 400 90
each ........................ 1872 90
| 4
spindes each. Observation-Disclosures. 1,l4s C
each, 81 pitch, 2ss. .e................. 2,5os IL
pitch, 6 traverse 4Os. .................. 96 OC
| Furnishings for this machinery, consisting
of silver cans, bobbins, listi for the
driving spindles, feed sheets for cards,
wrenches, taps and dies, ETC.; also spare
| card covering spIndles, flyers and other
betting -. 1000 90
| Weaving machinery to make buflaps up to
As inches wide:
4 cap winding machines, co spindles each,
3Ss. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 356 10
warp winding machines, go spindles
each, 2ss ..............,........ 1856 90
| 2 yarn dressing machines, with cylinders
each, with bobbin banks for 200 threads
for each machine ................., $50 90
beam and change pinions for up take. 200 90
/ ping machine 90 inches wide. ...... 50 0e
l heavy five -bowled chesting calender, 90
inches wide = paper rollers, y inches
diameter: 2 cast iron bowls, 20x23 inches
diameter and steam bowl, l39 inches
diameter, all complete .......,..,-.... COS 90
l measuring machine, SO inches wide. 80. 60 90
sack cutting machine, Ga inches wide. - 90
Furnishings Tor the foregoing weaving ma
chinery, consisting Of spare yarn beams,
change wheels shuttles, reeds, combs,
warpirg bobbins, etc, but exclusive of
drums, shafting and betting .......... $50 90
Total 10
CONDITIONS IND TERMS.
The machinery is to be packed and delivered free
on board vessel Liverpool frei.hts and in
surance the debit of State Prison Board OF Direc-
tors but Messrs. Fairbarn, Kennedy & NaYlor
will use their offices to obtain lowest possible rates
Payment in net cash bills on London as follows,
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