New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-05
A PERPETUAL WASH DAY.
STREAK OF LINEN TWENTY-FIVE MILES I.ON'

STREAK OF LINEN TWENTY-FIVE MILES long.
From The Lewiston Journal
Twenty-Five mi es OF towelline. Ten hundred white
Ta M II or W n M
These things excite no remark at the Avon Mil.
Of KEEP! sqs3y o
ure. and bureau scarfs and stand covers are done
quits 'o or spreads are finished OF with the regu
| larity never attained save by machinery
look into this room piled high with bales Of cotton
yarn. beams Of spun cotton and cases OF mule
Richmond, Me. where the Southland Cotton Mill
P hm o sSn from wh Sa n Part S nS tones
have been brought in the lest fifteen years By ne
The yarn which from the mill over the
Weighing five hundred pounds more-a that can
be conveniently handed-and must be sent to the
tansies and starts the 2ScS threads evenly on the
winds the threads evenly and close on the
The ends are first started through n rattle. 20
f VINE" has ~G ee% 'aS
comb IS struck across the huge beam OF cotton,
and by practice degree Of accuracy Is obtained
separate threads. Tho beams then ready for
If ever any person since the day OF job deserved
TO be put into s,orybook to point moral. rs
steady hand and unfailing patience required make
job peeyish. il-natured invalid in comparison
But IFS pretty nearly az hard on the weaver,
Tor When n 1fesh Deam is put on n loom each OF
the ends must be tied separately before the
chlnery can be started
When the product Of the looms has been sewed
together till FIVE miles Of towels, five hundred
or so quilts, are in one piece. this piece Is run
Monday. and is piled up on q platform In one cor
Then the system OF rollers and pulleys re-
versed and the fabric II drawn over the rollers into
the bleaching vat where 1t remains for two hours
empty tank overhead where the chloride drains
off. Then the cloth Is run through rollers. where
clear water Is forced upon IT. then back to The
water is put in and the ker kept boiling for eight
ten hours. Then final rinse is given through
the huge rollers. which squeeze the fabric nearly
dry.
fringed ends. and these quickly folded by the
def young woman who. from practice AZ the pile
before her. folds precisely machinery. An
other part Is taken 10 the room where hemsttch-
ing Is done In the twinkng OF eye
Each quilt before II is bleached passes through
the hands OF two keen-eyed young women. who
snip off any knots OF the fabric or pull away any
BIT OF waste that may be clnging 10 them Then
they are subjected to the bleaching. rinsing and
boiling process
When the quilts come from the bluing vat they
are run through more intricate system OF heated
rollers on account OF their larger size and their
heavier weight Two young fellows with knives
the salvage OF the long stretch OF quilts with a
reckless accuracy born OF practice, and cut each
quilt free from It's fellows.
only short time ago dealers were atisfied To
get the quilts with raw edges. the customers hem
ming them. But now every guilt must lie neatly
hemmed and folded and closely wrapped in m ncr
tcketed and tagged before II goes TO the packing
box and shipping-room.
Pretty SOON" says the manager as he urfolds
beautiful Marseilles quilt finished and ready for
The purchaser. pretty soon well have 10 rive a
nxass osostsad with every onA of thu nniifa."