The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-03-23
Cotton Factory.

Cotton Factory.
The matter of cotton factory at
Newberry is being revived again.
1t was agitated last year, and some
steps were taken looking to the in
auguration of such enterprise, but
the short crops cast damper over
the people and so curtailed their
means as to render it unwise to
make the attempt then Not only
the capitalists Of this community
but all citizens, recognize the su-
preme importance Of this matter
nou. There are two cotton facto-
ries in process of establishment near
US and soliciting subscriptions from
our people-the Trough Shoals, on
Pacolet, and the Cherokee, or Mag
netic, on Broad river. All round
Us factories are being built; some
of them with the aid of capital from
our midst-capital sent away be-
cause it has no place for Investment
here. And these manufacturing
localities are pushing ahead OF us,
while we are standing still. Pelzer,
8 desolate waste scarce twelve
months ago, is now thriving town
of seven or eight hundred inhablt-
ants. What Piedmont has done
for Greenville it is not possible to
estimate; but it has done great
deal. Without some sort OF enter
prise Newberry is going to be left
far behind in the onward march
toward prosperity; and a cotton
factory is just the enterprise that
she needs. True we have no water
power but that is no hindrance:
Steam is cheap, and in a few months
will be cheaper still. We have
been reliably informed that when
the Georgia Pacific R. R. is COM
pleted, from Atlanta, Ca, to Bir-
mingham, Ala, coal can be deliver
ed at NewberrY at : of q cent per
ton per mile; the distance is 400
miles, making $500 per ton. The
cost of the coal at Birmingham will
be about $500 per ton; so that the
total cost of coal at Newberry will
be about $500 per ton. This road
will be completed in July.
Those who are working for cot
ton factory at Newberry are in earn
est, and because they are in earnest
they do not wish to act hastily.
They do nod want a small factory,
but one that will be 8 power in the
community, with 8 capital of $780,
900 or S250,00O. They think that
with S25O,OOO a factory of 10000
spindles can be built-S25 per
spindle. This is the estimate made
| By Mr.. Hammett for the Magnetic
Factory and it will cost no more
here than there. AS to raising the
requisite subscriptions, it is thought
| that there will be no difficulty in
getting ,ooO-probably $780,.
900.
It has been reported that efforts
would be made to get the Helena
Car Shops property for site; this
is q mistake. Those having the
matter in charge are determined to
build the factory, if at all, in the
town Of Newberry, and directly on
the railroad. They propose no
stores, no churches, no "side shows
to the factory at all so that the
merchants of the town shall com
pete for the trade OF the population
TINS brought in, and so that this
population may be thoroughly alb.
sorbed into and become identified
with the community-a part and
parcel of it.
There is no calculating the ad-
vantages that would accrue to New
berry and the surrounding country
by the establishment here of q large,
first class cotton factory. And we
feel safe in saying that such fac
tory will be built at no distant day.
Senator Hill, who has undergone