The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-29
TEXTILE INDUSTRIES.
Second Days Session of the Cotton
~~ Manufacturers.
Papers Read by Nessrs. Fish, Adams
and Sherman.

Crawford House, White Mountains,
n. H.. Sept. 29.--Among the papers pre-
sented at the New England cotton
manufacturers meeting today were
those by Charles II. Fish of Dover, y.
H., on "The Possibilities of a New
Method of Drying Textile Fabrics" by
Alfred r.. Adams OF Whitinsville. Mass,
on THE Important Features Relating 10
Ring Spinning and Cost of Supplies for
Plain Looms and by William Il. Sher-
man Of Boston on Different Values of
Cotton Mills"
All these papers were OF a technical
nature. Mr.. Fish. by figures and dia-
grams, showed the advantage To be
gained by drying cloth in a vacuum
thus removing the atmospheric pressure
from the cans containing the steam
used in drying. Having shown the
relative cost OF high and low pressure
FOR drying and the comparative econ
omy of the latter, he said:
Let us assume 10 pounds gauge as
the average pressure at which low
pressure dry cans receive steam, and
that the condensed steam leaves the
cans at atmospheric pressure. The
average pressure within the cans VIII
then be somewhere between 10 pounds
and 0 pounds. A vacuum of 2S inches
would enable our cans TO increase their
state IL differently, the set of cans could
be divided into eight equal parts, and
each part would when drying in va
cuum OF 2S inches have the full capacity
Of the original set of cans drying under
. atmospheric pressure.
"The resulting advantages are obvi-
Gus. IL remains to be shown that
practical application of the theory Is
feasible, and that there is no serious
falling off i'm the benefits which
theoretical study of the subject has led
us To expect.
Experiments conducted with this end
in view have, on the whole, been salts
factory"
The facts given by Mr.. Adams were
presented in tabulated form, with most
exhaustive details, covering statistics
gathered from many factories and COW
ering several years.
Mr.. Sherman discussed the methods
OF insurance experts and of assessors
in arriving at the valuation of property
and applied them TO the mill estimates.
The following persons were elected 10
membership at the forenoon sessions:
For active membership-Isaac A.
Brown, treasurer Narragansett mills,
Fall River. Mass; William w. Crapo,
president Wamsutta mills. New Bed
ford. Mass: Philip Dana, superintend-
ent Dana Warp mills, Westbrook, Me-;
Samuel Dlbble. president Enterprise
cotton mills. Orangeburg, ;. e.; John
Gilligan, manager Fort Mills Manufac-
turing company. Fort Mills, S. c.; Ed
ward b. Jennings, treasurer. Globe
yarn mills, Fall River, Mass; &. Pres
yarn mills. Fall River; c. p. knight.
manager Riverpoint mills, Riverpoint;
Webster knight, manager Natick mills.
Natick r. L.: William G. Lowering.
president Whittenton Manufacturing
company, Boston: n. M. Miller. Jr., vice
president The Atherton mills. Charlotte,
n. c.. J. r. Montgomery, president The
j. r. Montgomery company. windsor
Locks, Conn: Benjamin Phipps, treas
urer Clarendon mills. Boston; John r..
Rostron, superintendent Indian Head
mills of Alabama, Cordova, Ala: Will
liam L. Vaughn agent Putnam Manu-
featuring company, Providence. r. /.
For associate membership-Fred w.
Bushnell, mechanical superintendent
Narragansett Electric Light company.
Providence II. l.: James III. Kendall of
Edward Kendall e. Sons. Cambridge
port, Mass; George c. Newell Of Stark
weather & Shepley. Providence, X. IT,;
II. II. Schaefer, Sterling Coal company.
Lowell. Mass.
The papers presented and other topics
of interest were discussed by the men,
bers of the association, among those
taking part being Frank II. Underwood
of Boston, s. N. Bourne OF Manches-
ter. N H.: Louis Simpson, Valleyfleld,
Que. stephen A. Knight, Providence:
w. s. Granger, Providence: Frederick
A. Fladher Lowell. and George o. Dra-
per- Hopedale.
During the forenoon. also, William w.
Crosby, principal OF the Lowell (MassD
Textile School, gave an address describ-
ing the methods and purposes OF the in
stitution.