The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-12-11
MOUNT HOLLY MILL.

This Mill is situate at Mount Holly, nineteen
miles from Philadelphia, on the line OF the Cam
den and Burlington County Railroad and on the
Rancocas River The lot of land on which this
Mill is erected is situate on the Northwest corner
of Washington and King streets, in Mount Holly,
aud contains a front on Washington street of two
hundred and forty -fve feet more or less, and ex-
tending Northward along King street about three
hundred and seventy-hve feet to the Rancocas
River thence down the river to the Mount Holly
Gas Company's property; thence Southwark along
the same and twenty foot alley to Washington
street; containing about two and half acres of
land. Being the same premises that was conveyed
by james Dunlap and wife by deed dated Janu-
AIRY thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one,
and recorded in Book 289 of Deeds, in the Bur
lington County Clerks Office, page 1871.
And also lot nineteen feet by eighty seven
feet on the West side Of said alley conveyed by
Charles H. Shlnn, Sheriff, by deed dated March
10Th, 1891, and recorded in Book 2S9 of Deeds,
There is a railroad siding running from the
freight yard at Mount Holly, TO and upon the
Westerly side of said Mill property, with trestle
direct from the cars into the Mill and the manu-
featured product loaded into cars upon the prem
ises above described. The Rancocas River is
tide water stream navigabe for boats suitable for
the carrying of coal and other supplies
Buildings at Mount Holly
consist of brick building three stories high with
tin roof so feet by 226 feet, containing Elevator
&c. attached thereto is brick building two
stories high, 40 feet by 25 feet; also two story
brick building 25 feet by 60 feet also two story
room 40 feet by 47 feet, and two story drying
room Al feet by 10 feet; communicating with these
buildings is the main weave shed of brick, with
metal and glass roof, 40 feet by 2O8 feet; also
frame store house 90 feet by 80 feet; also large
frame weave shed of about 80 feet by f20 feet
also one story dye house, 50 feet by u feet.
The Mill is lighted by both gas and electricity,
and heated by Steam. There is also an artesian
well on the premises.
Machinery in Mount Holly Mil, &c.
The said Mill contains one Wetherill Corliss
Engine, estimated three hundred and fifty horse
power, with a sixteen foot drive wheel and a
thirty-one inch belt; four Coatesyille Tubular
Boilers, all complete shafting counter shaftlng,
pueys belts, hangers, etc. One hundred and
thirteen body brussel carpet looms, 10 Cr0ssley
make, "a Smith make, and 4 Bats make) all COM
pete and in tirst-class condition, nearly or quite
as good as new, including two beams with each
loom also two hundred and twenty-seven extra
empty beams, 10 Buffalo skin buckets, one sec
ton Butterworth drying machine with engine
complete; Royal repeating and stamping
machine; three plate stamping machines three
steam plate stamping machines, Lamb make !;
three Butterworth drying machines, one of 4c cans
one of cans and one of 16 cans four 10 iron
drum spoong frames with swifts attached for
spooling lutte and Cotton two Lever and Grundy
cop winders, 40 spindles each three II iron drum
spOoling frames three 16 drum brusse spOolng
frames three Is drum brussel spooliDg frames !;
two lS drum piece winding frames one f6 drum
piece winder; 10 drum piece winder; 100
spindle twist machines one drum Butterworth
starching machine with creels complete three b
drum Butterworth sUarching machines with creels
carpet measuring machine two Butterworth
carpet rolling machines two Curtis & Marble
shearing machines; three Butterworth beaming
machines one Shaun & Uhlinger steam lacng
machine one Shaun q Uhlinger card punching
machine Royal card punching machine !;
three securing boxes two whizzers twenty
seven dye kettles 1872 dye poles; one dyeing ma
chine with three sets of poles complete, together
with dyes and dyeing apparatus; about one mil
lion brussel spOols.
One room completely fitted as a MACHINE
SHOP with stationary engine and planer; two
drill presses, one 10 foot, inch lathe two small
athes, emery wheels, grind stone, full set of ma
ehinist tools and equipments for three men, also
a CARPENTER SHOP with bench, vises, tools
and supplies of all kinds also a BLACKSMITH
SHOP with two FORCES one anvil, and fun set of
tools and supplies, together with large quantity
of iron suitable for use in the Mill a STORE
ROOM containing belts, brusse and velvet wires,
loom pickers picking sticks, tail cord, bolts, set
screws washers, shuttles, reeds and heddles; a
fully equipped GLUE HOUSE with tools and
tanks one Hyatt filter, four steam pumps, 5000
weight of castings, partly finished fourteen com
plete sets of three shot Wilton changes Tor Cross
ley looms and about ten parts of sets about two
thousand castings of assorted sizes, suitable for
use in the MILL together with all other machinery
parts, supplies and repairs to be found in car
pet mill of over one hundred looms abouttwenty
burling tables. DESIGNING ROOM, containing
table, desks, chairs, paints and paint brushes,
OFFICE FURNITURE, consisting of fire proof
safe, standing desks, rolling top DESKS typewriter
machine and desk, &c.