The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-15
IT IS A SUCCESS.
The Bessonette Method OF Com
pressing Cotton.

unObtruslvely, out energelicai's lof
several months past at an enterprise
which will revolutionize the pres
ent method of COMPRISING, hand
ling and storing cotton.
These gentlemen have been averse
to notoriety and objected hitherto
to the publication of anything con-
nected with the operations of what
was once an experiment but Is now
success.
Reference is made to the Bessc.
ne.te Compress Manufacturing
company.
The advantages of the new way
of COMPRISING bale of cotton ale
obvious to any one who has seen
the present method of compression
and handling. The rotary bale is
smaller, easier handled by draymen,
weighers, warehousemen, anmeIs,
and in fact all who have to do with
the moving of cotton. The old
style bale is more cumbrous, on &C
count of it's shape, and more expen-
sive because an army of people ls
necessary to get it from the gin to
the depot or the ships side. The
staple is often ruined in compress
ing, there being often Jumps of dirt
and grit in it in some places, while
in others there is nothing but loose
cotton. Where cotton is carried
SO loosely compressed from the gin
it gathers in its travels dirt, grease,
and other accumulalions which de-
stroy the fibre and entail large
loss in the end. 1t is always tx.
posed to the weather and to fire.
These disadvantages az ainst the old
bale have long been apparent to
cotton men, but the cost of build.
ing other congresses has been SO
enormous that it would have been
a tremedous loss to make a change
in the machinery.
By the new method the com
presses are to be placed directly on
the plantations, several planters
combining to have their cotton
compressed and ginned at the same
place, becoming JOINT owners of the
presses and gins.
The new method is simple. Sew
eral gins may be connected with
the condensers which feed the com
press, and the cotton comes from
the gins in thin sheets, entering the
condenser in loose shape, while a
blow pipe cleanses it of dust and
other impurities. Leaving the con
denser the sheet is wound up on a
rolling pin between two high pres
sure rollers, which revolve with a
rotary movement, the pressure be
ing even and smooth, until the bale
becomes of sufficient size, being
wound around in a. spiral shape be-
fore leaving the press, and is ready
for the heads to be put in. 1t is
then ready for the market, being
compact. easy to handle and thor
oughly clean. A five horsepower
engine will run gin and the com
press. The cost of the compress
will be about $4,000.
Another big expense saved will
be in ties, which is no small item to
consider. The bales are sewed
where the covering laps and at the
ends with strong cord.
This bale cannot get its contents
dirty and is weather-proof for a
long period and almost proof
from sparks.
The fiber is preserved intact and
there is no Jumping or cutting.
OF the two bales on exhibition at
the Pacific hotel one wheiges $50
pounds and has density of about
"a pounds to the square foot, while
the other has density of 80 feet
and weighs 43O gounds.
The average weight of bales COM
pressed by the new method will be
from $50 to 800 pounds.
The company is incorporated
with sl,OoO,ooo capital, the stock
holders being Texas gentlemen with
the exception of Mr.. Hamilton E.
Smith, of Philadelphia, who is
president of the Hospital Supply
Company, of Sandusky, o., who
have contracted for the manufac-
ture of the presses.
The warehouses for the COM
presses will be in this city, which
will be the distributing point and