The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-12-28
THE COTTON EXPOSITION
AT Atlanta hessrs. j. & p. Coats Inter
esting Exhibit


esting Exhibit.
;, 10 the Southern visitor, especially, at the
exposition the operation of spooling cot
ton, The intricate and marvellous machinery
USED, ana the busy and skillful operatives
at work in the various departments, is a
thing which never fails to attract their un-
divided attention, Passing through the
man building from west to east immedi-
ately beyond the exhibit of the State De-
psrtment at Washington, which is located
on portion OF the space originally belong
ing to Messrs. j. Il p, Coats, and kindly do
mated by them, is the display of the Messrs.
Coats, framed in by the most elegant spool
cotton sign in the Exposition 1t is COM
posed of 5000 spOols, of 200 sep
arate colors, embracing the latest
ombre. and other fancy shades.
The frames are richly nodded, with plate
glass coverings, and the spool-work is OF
very artistic design and finish. The exhibit
covers an area Of thirty by sixty feet, and
is furnished, in addition to the machinery
with raised seats at one extremity for the
comfort OF visitors, who can thus enjoy
their ease while they are being entertained
by the various processes there presented.
Al OF the machines are automatic and
labor-Saying. The first is the skein spooler,
Which winds the thread.irOm the hanks on
TO large bobbing, from which it is taken to
the winding machines, which transfer ex-
actly 2O0 yards to the spool, and is then
ready to repeat the operation. From
here ii is taken to the ucketing
machine, an ingenious automatic arrange.
ment, probably the most interesting of ali of
the various operations. This machine cuts
the little circular labels from large sheets
and pastes and places them firmly on either
end of the spool. The goods are then re-
moved to the packing-table, where other
operatives are at work in full view of the
pubic, making pape' boxes some of them
holding full dozens and others single spoOls,
the latter to be given To lady visitors All
OF the machines used, which have at other
eXposltions taken the highest medals, are
the inventions of Mr.. Hezekiah Conapt,
who is very prominently connected with
the American mills Of Messrs. J. &. ?.
Coats.
Atanother table two sewing machine OPP
eratives are
CONSTANTLY AT WORK,
making book-marks of colorad satin
which are given as SOUVENIRS 10 visit ors
An elaborate showcase stands at one en-
of the space, and Others partly cover the
broad counters on either side.
Messrs. j. IL p. Coats are the larges
thread-makers in the world. Their success
sive descendants have been famous on nc
count OF the product of their great factories
at Paisley, Scotland Within the last tel
years they have erected five mills a
Pawtucket, K. l., the fourth mil
being completed in the Centennial year
and cost over one million dollars. 1t con
tains Corliss engine of one thousand horse
power. Mill number five, now nearl,
complete, is 500 feet in length, four storie
in height, besides basement, and con
tains more tloor-spacc than any other spoo
cotton mill in the United States or Scot
land. Mr.. James Coats the eldest son {
Sir Peter Coats, is at the head of the Amer
lean business. The old house of Auchin
Gloss Brothers, founded in 1870 and noi
mostly in the third generation, is the Ne'
York agency. The firm has other agencie
in Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco