Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-06-17
a KNITTING FACTORY.

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: Industry can be Established
: Observation-Disclosures for NuneI
Gus ether Establishments Runnir,
Zig mt Machinery:
ID. w. White, of this city, who has +,
Gently returned from an eastern tri
brings back a suggestion which ful
nlshes food for the reflective faculties c
those WHO shape the destiny Of Yanktor
In itself it is not a very large affair, bu
it opens up a train of possibilitie
worthy of the closest consideration. nj
White is o man of mechanical instinct
and at home or abroad his thought
linger among the productive appliance
created by mans ingenuity. at Mazo
mamie, Wisconsin, be visited an extensiv,
knitting establishment, where q hun
bred girls and boys were giving daily
attention to the intricate machiner,
which turns out hosiery, underwear anl
varions other articles o: apparel. Il
struck him that such an establishment
could be proftably run at Yankton and
he talked the matter over with parties
interested in the Mazomanis works. He
told them about our artesian water
power, about our wool product and
shipping facilities. The situation in.
terested them and enough was said to
indicate the possibility of locating q
knitting factory here which would
give employment to a hundred hands,
provided the power was donated.
The works would cost not more thar
$1,000 and they could be run by "a very
small supply from the city artesian we'll.
They manufacture staple products, for
which there Is always ready sale and
give employment TO a class OF people
who now pass their time in idleness,
The Mazomapie mill runs machines
similar to tho n in operation in the
Iankton wooden mill and a large num-
Der of these machines could be operated
by a small expenditure of water. Our
WOODEN mill could supply the yarn and
thus one industry would assist another.
This is q matter worth the attention OF
the people of Yankton. 1t involves
only one accomplishment bat it opens
the door to many other enterprises.
In the department OF manufactures
will be found numerous specialities
which require light power. Expensive
and intricate machinery is made to pro-
duce articles which sell readily and it
requires only a small propelling force to
keep it in motion. The force must be
constant and uDvarying and where
power of this sort can be furnished
these branches of manufacturing
industry will naturally accumulate. The
rivers of the world furnish cheap and
toierably effective propelling power,
but it is subject to the fluctuations OF the
seasons. To the food time there is too
great g pressure. in the dry season too
little. But the power Yankton possesses
flows on forever with unvarying strength.
In winter and in summer it is the same
and there are no idle hours or days be-
of the freaks of the natural supply
of motive force. 1t is sufficient to feed
o number of extensive manufacturing
establishments of the character indicated
in this article and still give the city all
the water needed for other purposes.
And when the power of the well is all
utilized another can be sunk for three
thousand dollars and then another and
another and so on indefinitely. There
is no limit to the capacity of our artesian
basin.
This is a subject for our city govern
ment to consider in a business sense.
The city owns the water supply and can
make it a source of public revenue and
private profit. AT present the city is
the master Of the situation and by o
wise and polite course can cause its
water to properly pay for itself and
then create q steady income. Unless
the city government is equal to the
emergency, private individuals will 80
into the business and prepare to meet
the coming demand for water and power.