The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-09-15

lOtte, n. c. S:l3 p. m. We were for
tunate enough to meet Mr.. ID. a.
Tompkins that night, and had
quite a lengthy talk with him up
on the subject of cotton mills and
cotton manufactures. He advised
us 10y all means to start with the
manufacture of yarns from the raw
cotton. We went around 10 his of
flee next morning an were still
further enlightened upon cotton
products and the machinery neces-
sary to manufacture.
lie represents the Mason Ma
chinery and prOnOunces it the sup
elior OF any other make His chief
engineer took us out in a carriage
to the Atherton Mills of which
Mr.. Tompklns is president. 1t was
complete yarn mill of 10000
.spindles equipped with the Mason
Machinery principally. 1t is a mill
that has been running for ten
years or more and had always been
successful. The operation of max
ing the yarns was the same as in
other mills, but instead of putting
the yarn on spools, it was put in
hanks and baled ready for ship
me t.
We visited the same day in Char
lotte, a Bingham mill. The manu-
facturc is the same as other cloth
only the warp and filling are com
posed of different colnrS. On the
eve ing Of the 3rd, we visited the
office of Mr.. Stewart, a cotton mill
engineer. Mr.. Stewart was absent
in n. Y but the gentlemen in his
office invited us to go to Concord
ut 1 o'clock a. IN of the next day.
We gladly accepted. We first Wis
tied the Odell Mandatory Co.
This is plant of 10000 splndIes
and 14l0 looms. You will zee that
the spindle capacity of this mill is
not sufficient for the looms EN-
ployed, but this defect is rene
died by his having another mill of
over 10000 spindles that does no
weaving but makes yarn for this
mill. This mill makes checks of
every de cliptiou and Il great va
riety Of bags. Capt. Odell has been
i'll the manufac uring business for
A years and the thorough system
in his mill showed that he had
gained wisdom by his long expert
ence He stated that the Within
Machinery was the best on the
and needed less repairing
than any other make. The Cannon
Mfg Co. is also situated in this
town. Mr.. Cannon has in his mills
now $4,000 spindles and this num-
Der will be increased to 1O7, 900 by
the first of January. He also ha a
knitting plant Of 40 knitters
In the oider portions of his PLAN
I've Lad diff rent kinds Of makes of
m acl,ine,v from the Wh,tln. Int in
all of his recent additions, and those
vet 20 he made the Wh.t'n was en-
p'oved or engaged to be supplied.
lie, like Capt. O.iell was very out
SPOKEN in his praise OF this make Of
mach ,nery.
W. saw here at work the finest
AMI most complete Engine of any
which we had the pleasure Of seeing.
II was Of G. & G. Cooper make,
Mt. Vernon, Ohio Beng a COM
D,nnd engine il was so constructed
az 10 take the exhaust steam from
IN" engine 10 the other thus using
all the steam a second time and then
after ,hls second nsa Ia return 1t to
,he boilers where it. sem: steam
cond ton is restored to full steam
with half fuel c,st. Thia - Al I'M
Dortant matter with the N. c.. mills
in as much as coal cost them - o.
100 per. ton whereas in Ala. 1t cost
Just half.
After leaving Concord we visited
Gastonia N. G. We first visited the
Avon Mills, which is large and sue
cessful mill. It uses the Within Ma
chinerv. We next visited the Ozark
Mills which is strick1y warn mill. It
uses the Within machinery.
The last mill to he visited by us and
bv far the most interesting was the
Modepa Cotton Mill. 1t is really two
mills Of 5000 spindles and 5000 looms.