The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-27
Melrose Cotton Mill.

The question has been often asked in other places, 'sWhy don t the Russell vile DEMOCRAT folks blow more about the cotton factory? Why don't they 'pufi7 it, and let the people know what the company is doing?" In reply to such, we say that the best "blowing" and sspuifing'' an enterprise can get is for the papers to let it alone to grow into tangible form and become reality. The gentlemen com posing the Melrose Cotton Mill Company are not tae klnd that need or desire "blowing" and Hpuffing," but they arc men of action, who, when they have made up their mind to do d thing, go and do 1t With out waiting to be 'blowed" and pull ed.o But to our subject.
 A DEMOCRAT commissioner of mahH- factures' visited the office of Mir. James E. Battepfield, the affable secretary Of the Melrose Cotton Mill Co.,, last Satul- day, and was kindly favGIed with an examinations of the plans of the great cotton manufacturing building, now in course of erection in East End, from which following facts and figures were gleaned: The foundation walls will be of stone, 252 feet long and 5S feet wide, three feet iu thickness at tiIe bottom and two feet at top. On this solld stone masonry will rest the super structure of brick, the walls of when will be l3 inches in thickness with 4-inch pilaster between each window. The basement will be seven feet i'll height and the supsrstructure fifteeh feet. The building on the first floor will be subdivided as follows: Main room 15S feet long and 5S feet wide. West of the main room and next to it will be the lap.room P by 5S feet made thoroughly fire proof and so arranged that it can be completely shut off from other parts of the building in case of fire. Joining the lap-room on the west will be the engine room If feet inches by 5S feet, alid west of this and on the outside of the building will. be the boil CT room Is feet inches by 39 feet 6 inches. The office will be in the front and centre of the building and will be 17 feet inches in length and F feet 6 inches in width. The entire struct- ure will be surmounted with a single pitch truss roof, covered with gravel, and the whole we'll lighted and ven tiated.
 The following is a complete list of the machinery, contracted for, all of the latest and most approved patents: 3 lappers with trunk system of clean ing j; 24 sets clipper cards; 3 drawing frames;2 grinders; railway heads; 13 spinning frames; 34S-spindle speed CTS; 6 twisters;2 spoilers; 3 double rope machines and formers; 3 ballers; all driven by l20 horse power Cen tennial' engine. The steam will be furnished by Il boiler of ample dimcn- sions.
 The architects of the building are Pettifer Bros, of Little Rock, and contractors, J. B. Evants, of Russell vile, foundation, and Thomas Cox, of Dardanelle, superstructure. The en- zine is from Smith, Beggs & Rankin, of St, Louis, and the machinery is being expressly built for the Melrose Mill by some of the most noted manufacturers in the country.
 The building will cost in round num- bers about Sl2, ,000, the machinery will approximate $50 GOO ill cost.
 We have endeavored, as briefly a. possible, to give description of the Melrose Mill, and can assure our read CTS that the wide reputation of the con- tractors is q sure guarantee that it will be completed on time.