The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-31
THE DELGAD0 COTTON MILLS.
MAIN FACTORY BUILDING TO Be COM
PLETED WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
Work fPlacing Machinery i'm Position
Will be superintendent of the Mills
Has Arrived and VIII Direct the
Work.

Mr.. Zachary. OF the firm OF Zachary
& Zachary, contractors for the erection
Of the Delgado cotton mills, told a Mes
senger representative last night that
his original contract for the erection
of the main building, the engine and
boiler rooms and the smokestack will
be completed within two weeks. There
only remains some interior finishing
work TO be lone on the main building
and the engine and boiler house will
be complete within a few days. 1t will
probably take until h new year or
longer, however, to complete the new
contract work such as the cottages for
the operatives, the superintendent
residence, the dye house, etc.
The work upon the proposed dye
house will begin in about ten days. II
viii be 40x120 feet.
Workmen nave commenced work
upon - big reservoir, 40x75 feet, and S
feet deep.
OF the cottages for the operatives six
~ are either completed or in course of
construction, and there yet t~hirty-five
foundations to be laid.
TO PUT MACHINERY IN POSITION.
A corps of machinists were expected
here yesterday from Mccall, S. c., to
commence the work of placing the ma
chinery of the main building in posi-
ton. They are certainly expected to-
day and will begin at once to place in
position and put in working order the
pickers, carders and %spindles on the
first floor. Subsequently, the looms will
be placed on the second floor. The ma
chinery is arriving at frequent intervals
in car load lots and from now on is ex-
pected to come in very much more
rapidly.
THE SUPERINTENDENT HERE.
The placing of the machinery will be
under the personal SUPPLEMENTARY of
Mr.. James G. Reed, who is to be the
permanent superintendent of the mills
when in operation. He and family
wife and three children-arrived here
last Sunday and expects to go to house
keeping out at the mills just as soon as
a residence can be put in order for him.
He will occupy what is termed a
bosses house" until the s~uperinten-
dents residence, a handsome two story
structure, can be erected.
Mr.. Reed is an expert in the mechani-
cal department Of cotton milling, hav-
ing served his apprenticeship with Will
liam Anderson & Co, of Glasgow, Scot
land, especially successful manufac-
turers Of color fabrics. He is, by the
| way, a native of Scotland, and came to
this country to assume the Superinten-
dency of The Barnaby Manufacturing
Company's mills at Fail River, Mass.
For the past several years he has been
in charge of the AIlamahaw cotton
mills at Zion College, owned and ope-
rated by Messrs. Holt, Cant & Holt.
Prior t. GCing to Elon College Mr..
Reed, however, superintendent the Park
Hill nj nUftcturing Company's mills at
Fitchburg, Mass, and the Dellmore
| mill OF Philadelphia.
| IN ALTON BY NEW YEAR.
I4lere IS now every indication that
the DelgaGO mills will be in operation
by the new year at least hat a portion
of the machinery will be running in
that time, and the splendid $500, 900
plant in full blast not later than Feb
| ruary LIST.