The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-24
TIE WAY SOCKS ARE MADE.
The Little Machines That Do the Work
in the Pulaski Knitting Mills.

The Little Machines That Do the Work
in the Pulaski Knitting Mills.
The Pulaski knitting mills, one of Savan-
nah's new enterprises, is now In full blast al
the old warehouse of the upper press on
Williamson street, near Bay.
The enterprise was established severa
months ago, but owing to difficulties in Sc
curing the proper machinery and the neces
sity Of training nearly all the help employed
it was some time before the mills were got
ten fully In operation. They have been al
WORK now for some time turning out goods
for the trade
A MORNING NEWS reporter accompanied
| President W. w. Williamson on a trip
through the mill yesterday afternoon.
The top floor of the warehouses occupied
! by the machinery and it is there the prIn-
oipal portion Of the work is done. About
twenty-five girls are employed on this floor
| tending the knitting machines The COM
pany is now engaged entirely in the pro-
| duction Of yarn socks, which have already
| been brought to such perfection that con-
siderable pride is taken In the work, and
with good reason, by the officers of the
company. There are thirty nine Knitting
machines in the mill and the work
OF putting IN fifteen more has begun. These
machines will turn out a sock each on an
| very rapid.
| The yarn used is the product of the So
vannah cotton mills and is of good quality.
1t Is received in large quantities and is first
wound upon b1bbins for use on the
machines One set of machines makes the
| top ribbed portion Of the sock, which is cut
10 proper lengths and fitted into the large
knitting machines. The sock is then ground
out In short order. The machines are in
tirely automatic, widening aud narrowing
at the proper places and knitting the heel
without any change IN the machine by the
operative. The only thing it doesn't do is to
finish the toe which is done by another
machine.
The knitting machines are little wonders
to person not acquainted with this class of
machinery. They do everything automati-
cally and appear to be almost things Of
intelligence. so promptly is every move-
ment executed. The machines are a new
patent, and peculiar advantage is claimed
for them in Flushing the heel aud other
minor particulars. They are believed
to be superior to any machine
Of the kind in the market. The patent on
the machine is owned by the Pulaski knit
ting mills and two northern knitting mills
The Savannah company has the exclusive
right to establish mills using this machine
anywhere east of a line drawn north and
south through Pittsburg, Pa.
The product of the mills made
from the yarn of the Savannah
cotton mills is of a very high quality,
better in fact than the trade
here demands and the entire product Is sold
in New York at good prices. One reason Of
the output being placed in New York is
that the sock made by this knitting mill is a
little heavier than is suitable for this
climate. The New York agent of the com
pany has assured it that he could sell the
entire product for two months every day
The mill is now turning out about 100
dozen socks day.
On the second floor the socks are shaped,
pressed and neatly packed in boxes for ship
meut 20
The company has been 80 successful In
the production of yarn socks that it is now
putting in more machinery for this pur-
pose, and does not intend branching out in
any other direction for the present. The
only extension contemplated ia the putting
in ofmaohinery to produce children's knit
ribbed socks and stockings, which will
probably bs done this fall. Mr.. F. A.
Habersham is secretary and treasurer of
the mills. and is devoting his entire time to
the work.