The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-15
SOCKS BY The THOUSAND.
The Pulaski Knitting Mills 0leOl Sa-
Vallah'S Big Industries.

The Company Has Been Reorganized
and the Plant is Now Making $50
Dozen Pairs Of Socks Day-The Ca
pacity Soon to Be Increased-A
! Profitable Industry and a Large
Force Of Hands Employed-How
! Socks Are Knit.
| To those unaware of the industries that
are being carried on in Savannah, visit
to the Pulaski Knitting Mills would be a
| revelation
Three months ago the stockholders Of
the company We're contemplating giving
up their plant, selling out and quitting
the business. Now they are making $50
dozen pairs of socks a day, with q pros
pect of increasing the product and are
finding a ready market for almost all the
goods they can manufacture.
Whan the plant of the Pulaski Knitting
mills was located on Williamson street,
where it was operated for long time.
the company lost money steadily until it
was compelled to shut down. 1t was on
the point of disposing of the property and
contemplated this step when it was in
formed of the whereabouts of man who
could manage the plant in such way as
to make ii profitable.
PUT IN NEW HANDS.
Mr.. VIM Brevard, who has been in
the business for years and who thoroughly
understands the operations Of such a mill
was brought here from Macon and put in
charge of the plant, and since that time it
has been economically operated and prom
ises to be source of large profit 10 its
owners.
The plant having deteriorated by bad
management, it was found necessary to re
organize the company and start on new
basis, This was done and an amendment
to the charter was obtained by which the
minimum of the capital stock was made
$4,000 instead of S25, 900 as formerly The
capital stock of the present plant is
$4,000.
FACILITIES OF THE PLANT.
The Pulaski knitting mills is one of the
three mills in the United States that has
the right to use the Scott and Williams
automatic knitting machine, for the pri-
vilege Of which it paid $4,000, besides the
price of the forty-seven machines which
it operates or will operate when the plant
is worked up to its full capacity The
company has the right to operate mills
using this machine, and to put up plants
anywhere west of line south from Pitts
burgh Pa
The plant contains forty-seven of these
automatic knitting machines and en-
ploys fifty operatives. Its capacity when
all the machines are operated is 200
dozen pairs of socks per day, and this
will require force of about sixty hands.
At present, however, the mill is making
from 800 to 1000 dozen pairs a week.
During the week which ended last We'd
nesday $50 dozen pairs were made, but it
is the intention to increase the product
the full capacity of the plant within
few weeks by the employment of a sufi-
cient force of hands and the operation of
the entire number of knitting machines.
now THE SOCKS ARE MADE.
The automatic knitting machine is one
of the wonders of the age After the
cotton yarn has been wound into the bob
bins and the rib of the sock which is
made by a separate machine has been put
on, the machine, which can be gagged for
any size sock takes up the work and com
pletes it entirely with the exception of
sewing up the toe. This is done by
another machine.
The body of the sock is knit onto the
rib and the machine then takes up another
thread to reinforce the heel. After
the heel is completed the ma
chine turns the sock automatically and
knits the heel. The sock is then taken
out and put on another rotary machine,
which sews up the toe.
Most of the work is done by women
and girls. They tend the machines and
finish up the work. Many of them are
experienced operat tors, who were brought
here from the north.
The greater quantity of the socks are
knit in white yarn and then dyed in solid
colors. The knitting mill is putting in a
plant for doing this work also. The
greater quantity of the cotton yarn
used in making these socks is OBJ
tanned from the Savannah Cotton mills
which is a case of one Savannah indus
try contributing to another,
The Pulaski Knitting Mill, in it's new
quarters at Bryan and West Broad
streets has been operated on its new basis
now for only five weeks, and it promises
to pay well enough to warrant large
| increase in the output at an early date
A market for the product is found in all
parts of the northwest, and orders are
| now being filled for the spring trade
A ready market Will be found for all
the goods manufactured. and Savannah
needs more of just this class of industries
which not only help other domestic in
| dustries, but which are profitable in
! themselves and which contribute largely
| to the material welfare of the community.
AFTER ALL THE GAMBLERS.
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