Savannah morning news., 1886-06-16
RUNNING on FULL TINE,
THE ARIIWRiGHT COTTON MILL
BUSY WITH ORDERS AHEAD.

EnOueh in Now to Keep the Factory
Running All Sumner-The owners
Are Satisfied with the Milis working
and Are Putting in New Machinery
and Increasing Its Capacity.
"We are running on full time and have
orders enough to keep us busy for the
next three months even if we don't receive
another one in hattime," )" said Mr.. Lyons,
the superintendent OF the Arkwright Cot
ton Factory, yesterday. All OF last
summer the mill was idle
The factory had never been financial
success. About the first Of the present
year Messrs. George and William Camp
bell, who control the mill now, sent the
present superintendent here to start the
mill up on trial. 1t was 10 be run Tor
time, and IL no money could be made the
works were to be closed up. The ma
chinery, from lying idle, was rusty and IN
bad repair. A force OF operatives had to
be got together and starting up proved
big Job.
No stock was dyed here then. but it was
all sent North TO be dyed. Recently
dying apparatus was put in, and now or
ders can be filed for any shade OF yarns.
When the stock comes out OF the dye tubs
it has considerable water in 1t. Two men
and when 1t Is full 1t is
started revolving. 1t makes 1,200
revolutions a minute, and the rapid
motion takes the water out Of the cotton
better than clothes wringer takes 1t out
OF family washing. The water runs out
at the bottom in a stream, and in five
minutes 800 or 400 pounds are dried.
Yesterday they were making old gold.
Hosiery yarns and warp are made at the
70 II fxr ma
and when the market for warp was duh
the mill shut down. The factory is rum
nIng now principally upon hosiery yarns.
A great deal of new machinery has been
put in this year, and three new mules
With over $500 spindles are being put in
now.
When they are all in the factory will
have 1860 spndles. As the old Ark
wright machinery wears out It is replaced
with new and improved machinery. The
output is $4,000 pounds Of manufactured
goods per week.
The principal owner OF the factory now
is a large wOolen manufacturer of Phila-
delDhia. This Mr.. Campbell expresses
himself as satisfied with the working OF
the mill. 1t is the only cotton mill In
whicn he is Interested, though he has five
wO0len mills.
One great trouble that the superintend-
y
belp. There are certain kinds OF work that
Fan be best done by girls, but there is
strong aversion here to working in factO-
~ and being known as factory hands. The
employees were well aware of the difficulty
the management would have in filing
their places, aud they were the more inde-
pendent. There are so many out OF EN-
IN other places now on account
Df the labor troubles that 1t is not so diff
cult to get skilled labor as it was. South
ern operatives have the reputation OF
wasting more stock than the Northern
mill hands. That of course increases the
expense of running here. The small
items are watched as closely as the large
ones, for where the profit Is only cent or
two, aud sometimes only a fraction Of
cent on a pound of goods, the cost must
be carefully looked after.
From present indications the Arkwright
Factory gives better promise of financial
success than ever before. Mr.. Lyons, the
superintendent. is a skilled manufacturer,
and he says that he is quite we'll satisfied
with the work that has been done since
he took charge of the mill.