Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-10

manufacture of twisted yarns has been order
ed, and will be put into operation shortly
The consumption of raw cotton is 200
pounds per day, and the daily production is
1850 pounds of yarn. Mr.. Henry S. Put.
nam, a brother of the owner, is the the super.
intendent but has only very recently taken
charge. Forty operatives, all white, are en-
ployed at an average Of 80 cents day. The
cost of production is two and and half cents
per pound. The operatives are furnished with
houses rent free The factory is wooden
frame building two and half stories high,
and is in a tolerable state of preservation con.
sdeling the hard times it has seen. 1t has
been in operation for so short time under
the new management that it is hard to esti.
mate the percentage of profits that have
thus far been made. The owners, however,
express themselves as being perfectly satisfied
with the results.
A gentleman who has had considerable ex-
perience in manufactures in Greenville coun.
ty, while giving me some information concern.
ing the Batesville Factory, expressed himself
very positively concerning the Clement At
tachment. II have no faith in the machine, "
he said. 81 think the community are in er-
ror, and think the newspapers are assuming
great deal of responsibility in giving it so
much notoriety. In the first place, the men
who are making such promising representa-
tions about this machine are not manufactu-
rers, and they cannot take into account many
of the difficulties which are apparent to a
manufacturer. In the first place, the party
who runs a Clement Attachment will have
to combat the prejudice of the planter to sell
his cotton in the seed. In the next place,
the market for the kinds of yarn that the
Clement Attachment can make is limited.
They don't claim to be able to make any Of
the higher numbers. Everything at present
is on boom, and it is hardly fair to judge its
capabilities by its results to day. A cotton
factory which is not making money now had
better close up at once. 1t is absurd for the
Clement Attachment men to say that they
cannot supply the demand when they have no
production to speak Of"
Buena Vista Factory.
This factory, which, like the Batesvile, &C.
quired considerable prominence during the
war, is now under the cloud of lawsuit and
is not running. The property is situated on
the Enoree River, and is partly in Spartan
burg and partly in Greenville counties. Its
capacity is 1000 spindles and 40 looms The
is all old fashioned, and the build.
ing itself is somewhat dilapidated. 1t is new.
ertheless very valuable piece of property.
By recent decree of the Court the portion
of the property in Greenville county has been
ordered to be sold shortly, and the portion in
Spartanburg county is still in possession Of
the creditors of Lester Il Bobo, the former
owners. The water power under control is
esti mated at lO0.horse power, and the entire
property includes 600 acres of land. fpur-
chased by the right sort of men, the property
can be made very valuable and productive.
Cedar Hill Factory.
This is another of those little miniature
which are so thickly crowded
in between Greenville and Spartanburg, and
which appear to thrive and grow rich in re.
gion which seems utterly desolate and cut of
from the world. The factory is owned by
Green & Taylor, and it is located on the South
Tiger River, in Spartanburg county, ten miles
from Greenville. The mill is run by 80
horse power turbine wheel, only 20horse pow.
er being used. 1t runs 800 spindles and 16
looms, and manufactures shirting, and 8, 9
and 10 yarns. 1t employs thirty operatives,
all of whom are white, and wo.thirds Of
whom are females. Mr.. B. F. Hutchins is
the superintendent. The capital invested is
$4,000, which includes the value of the fac.
tory, two and half story frame building,
the houses for the operatives and 240 acres Of
land. The production is 1000 yards Of cloth
and $50 pounds of yarn per day. The aver
age rate of wages for spinners is 335 cents per
day. The machinery is American, and is
partly new. The consumption of raw cotton
is 500 pounds day. The factory has been
running off and on for forty years, and has
been in charge of its present owners for about
four years. 1t is being advantageously man.
aged, and is paying from 20 to 25 per cent.
upon the capital invested. The steam which
runs the factory has force offs horse power,
and there is a probability that the factory
will be so enlarged as to require the utiliza.
tion of the whole Of it. The manufactured
article is hauled in wagons ten miles to Green.
vile.
The Fork Shoals Factory.
This factory is owned by the Sullivan Man.
ufacturing Company. 1t is located on Fork
Shoals Creek, about 18 miles from Greenville
G.. H., which is the nearest available depot.
The capital invested is $25,000. 1t is now
running 1000 spindles and has 5Oslooms,
which are now in operation. The operations
of the factory are at present confined to the
manufacture of from 6 to 20 yarns The force
of the stream is 60 horse power. Sixty FIVE
white operatives are employed at an average
rate Of 40 cents per day for spinners. The
company furnishes houses for its operatives,
rent free, and community of 200 persons
are dependent upon the factory for support.
The consumption of raw cotton is 1900
pounds per day, and the production is 1900
pounds of yarn per day. The factory build
ing is constructed of red brick and is three
stories high. 1t is comparatively new mill,
and much Of the machinery is modern. The
entire property is valued at $50, 1000, and is
now paying a profit of from Is to 20 per
cent.
nteuy nNtT Mduuinctuiihs CO"P""J'
This is small but remarkably well man.
aged and prosperous factory, situated about
seven miles from Greenville Court Honse, on
the Reedy River. Mr.. J. A. David is the
president, and Mr.. Robert Wilson is the su-
perintendent. The capital stock paid in is
$47, 800. The factory is run by water estima.
ted at 1926 horse power. The capacity is $500
spindles and 78 looms. The consumption of
raw cotton is 1900 pounds per day, and the
production is 400 pounds per day, consisting
of 4,5OO yards of and A sheeting and 300
pounds of Nos. 9, IA and l6 yarn. Sixty-6ve
operatives are employed and 12O persons are
dependent upon the factory for support. The