The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-07
comply with imperative commercial de'
mands and likewise to meet the require
ments OF the machinery In tho milis.

comply with imperative commercial de'
mands and likewise to meet the require
ments OF the machinery in tho mills.
IMPROVEMENTS MADE.
VERY naturally. in view OF the long
time that has elapsed since public atten.
ton was first called to tho cylindrical
bale, there is a widespread eagerness Tor
Information about tho improvements IN
tho new press which warrant It's claim
to practical perfection. These CONSIST
FIRST In tho avoidance or difficulties re-
sulting from the fact that In tho carrier
bales tho first lew laps were wound 100
tight causing an unwindabie ccn're.
which. I'm itself. negatived the utility OK
tho whole system.
This drawback. however, has been en-
tlrcly removed by making tho bat UNI
form and much thicker from the very
beginning. Formerly the bat started out
from the gin either so thin and irregular
as 20 make a tangled c0nglomeration
around the core, or else. as In some or
tho patents. IL was attempted TO start
tho bale without any core. thereby max
ing the centre OF the bale a hard. matted
mass OF tangled cotton. To-day the GEN.
ire OF tho BALE from the very first lap. IL
as easy 10 unwind as the final lap In the
finished roll. Moreover. the pressure on
the bale through the interposition or
easily-manlpulated. soft. yielding sur
faces Is the same from start TO finish.
and the cotton M no time comes In con-
tact. as was the case with the press
shown at Atlanta, with the hard. un-
Welding surfaces OF the iron rollers. so
completely have these stumbling blocks
been removed that every bale which tho
American Cotton Co turns ont is guar
antoed 10 wind uniformly and perfectly
from it's circumference TO its centre.
STEEL CORES.
another objection 10 tho earlier bals
arose from the difficulty OF removing tho
steel cores This has been entirely over
come and the cores. instead OF having to
be knocked out with slodge hammers. ara
removed I'm n few seconds by an arrange
mont which Is. In itself. a marvel of easy
simplicity.
with tho earlier machines II was also
objected. and with some reason. that so
soon as one bale was wound M II was
necessary 10 shut down the entire plant
and BEGIN on the next only after the first
bale had been covered and removed This
meant not only considerable loss Of
time but great irregularitv IN the bat.
resulting from the impOssihillty Of start
ing and stopping all the gins smul.ane-
ously. with the perfected machine tho
gin work and the bale-making 20 on and
on together without interruption
through tho use OF a duplex press. by
means Of which the bat may be shifted
I'm an instant from a finished bale to
start 4 new one.
81
length Of every bale will be exactly Tho
same. as well as its diameter: the first
will probably be fixed at four feet.
THE PROCESS.
1T las been so far assumed that the
reader is familiar, in a general way with
the process Of making the cylindrical bale
and understands how the combined out
put of a battery of from four to eight
gins Is passed TO a condenser and there
subjected 10 heavy air pressure, so as TO
drive out any lingering dirt, and then In
the 'bat-fOrmer' made into a thick, uni
form bat, which is wound into round
bale like a roll OF carpet. Thus the cot
ton may be compressed. without breaking
fibre. TO any density desired. say thir-
ty-eight pounds TO the cubic foot. In
this operation any sort OF false packing
IS impossible.
"a mix would show at the ends or
beads Of the cylinder. Wet cotton would
= s,op tho machinery. as would the intro
! duction OF any foreign substance
Tho article then goes on TO show the
Z great loss TO this country resulting from
: the old method Of handling cotton, by
reason OF bales bursting. marks being
obliterated, and other damages from faul-
~ baling.
Severe tests recently made demonstrated
that danger from fire was almost entirely
done away with by the cylindrical bale.
on account Of IRE close packing and free
! dom from grease under the new method,
and the economy I'm the matter Of space
also greatly reduces the cost Of transpor-
tation.