The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-19
THE COTTON MILL.
The WaterwOrkS and Sprinkler Sys.
tenn Ready for Operation - Other
Machinery Still Going into POsi.
Iion-The Acquisition Of Valuable
Watar priv yilpYRS.

,ion-Thc Acquisition OF Valuable
Water Privileges.
1t seems that all the arrangements for
firstclass cotton mill plant are about com
plete. and that AbbeviIle Is TO have Cotton
Mill which is second TO none In existence
The company set out at first to build q first
class mill, which should measure up 10 tne
highest standards In every respect.
Ii was either bravery, or the recklesSness ol
ignorance, that inspired men with only SlO-
900 of subscriptions 10 undertake the build
ing Of q mill which must cost more than
quarter OF a million OF dollars, but. as has
been said by another, they "builded better
than they knew
With a subscription of only $4,000, and
with no cash in the treasury, and none OF the
subscriptions due for six months yet enough
of the subscribers TO the capital stock antlcl-
pated their payments 10 enable the company
10 buy the land, and when the contract Tor
making brick was awarded other subscribers
paid up, and so 1t is, there has not been
mitch or delay on account of money, since the
first lick was struck.
In the history OF corporations it is fair 10
presume that the individual members have
never been more faithful. They have paid up
readily and cheerlui,y; ana wnen % aaatIiOnal
ed, but stood squarely up to the demands oil
the circumstances.
At the time of awarding the contract for the
construction OF the building the company
had no money, and the contract called for an
amount not very different from the total sub
scriptions.
Captain eagle has been paid In full, and we
believe the same Is true as TO Slr. Long VINO
built the cottages. 4 better mill house, or
better cottages would be hard to fiud.
The area OF land and the water irileges
are all that heart or soul cou Id wish. new
er failing stream furnishes abundant water To
run the compound condensipg engine. which
requires from two hundred TO five hundred
gallons minute. The water by gravltation
runs into u lake covering considerably more
than a acre, from five TO nine feet deep, and
holding perhaps three million gallons. The
water Is taken from the stream some Twelve
hundred feet above the lake, and the TALL III
that distance is enough 10 raise the surface OF
the water almost To level with the floor
of the boiler room.
A great saving is effected by not having to
raise the water. In many mills the water has
10 be raised from the stream 10 consider
able elevation, but in this instance the water
runs through fifteen inch terra Gotta pipe,
with no other cost than that which was ln-
Cured in the laying the pipe.
Although the water Is now about on level
with the boiler house floor, yet II there should
be need. the company could raise II several
further up the creek. BY recent purchase
of sixteen acres, the company now mas land
ON both sides OF the creek from the mill TO
the foot of the Blue Hill where the stream
crosses the road. The acquisition OF the
Thomson land and the water Of the creek adds
immensely to the value Of the mill plant.
The company owns the land on the North
~
lan's brick yard on the Augusta road, up TO
the peighborhood of the mill, and from That
point II owns to the foot OF the Blue Hill,
land on both sides of the new falling streatn .
The company now own about one hundred
acres lying most advant tageously. Although
the tract has been made up of several tracts,
yet the company has met with the most gene
rous treatment OF those whose lands were
wanted. They found every landowner Will.
| ing 10 sell at reasonable price, and no one
has sought to take advantage OF the necessi-
ties Of the company. Whlle the company
might buy some of the adjacent lands, yet, II
il should be impracticabe TO do so, the mill
would not suffer If no other lands were added.
The water is all that ANYBODY could wish, and
The company has one hundred acres OF their
own selection. Isn't that good enough? We
think so.
As we have stated In former articles. the
machinery from the boiler room 10 the NJ
most limits OF the building are the latest,
best and most expensive that is made.
The protection against fire Is acknowledged
TO be the best in the world. The sanitary ar
rangements are trstclass.
The machinery consists in part or the ol-
lowing: lO,OSO spindles: 3O4 Warthrop looms
OF the latest patent; IL OF the newest Hat
| cards; the engine Is Greene compound
condensing double engine; the boilers and
water dues are the most economical IN use,
and the highest priced. The water Is all that
any body could wish.
1t is true that the editor of the Press and
Banner has the utmost faith In the ulti-
some experience with water, in former years,
he pronounces the supply OF water, and the
access ibilty OF the same, as hrstclass In ev-
cry respect. There Is no possible contingency
that could cause the mill 10 lack for water,
aud no mill was ever furnished with water
more cheaply. 1t simply runs 10 the place
where II is wanted, without other cost than
the pipe; and the company has elbow room
until II doesn't touch anywhere.
One popularity about the Abbeville Cotton
Mill Company, and their directors Is, that
not q single man of them has sought TO make
dollar out OF the company. President Bailey
has been giving his entire time to the affairs
OF the company for a nominal sum. and from
the first he has been as unseltiSh as IL is p0sSi-
BILE for anybody to be. Not single one OF
the Directors has made cent out OF the mill
and none have desired TO do so.
Another thing. All the men who
are 10 be employed will be given places, sole
ly because Of their fitness Ior the place, and
they will hold their places no longer than
they earn their pay.
Merit and the ability 10 earn the salary is
the only criterion.
Men who earn their salary will be safe, but
whenever inefficiency is discovered some
body will have TO walk plank.
The object of the company Is to make
dividend for those who put their money into
! it-not 10 provide fat places for anybody.