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

hOoN Va Iiiblt iHSls " III L, anu lltG lltE-
lining with the full hose or lad1e,
ware. Alter the singeing process thC
goods are steamed and pressed, ther
stamped and packed in packages o
half dozen or one dozen, and ar5
ready for the market.
Our next point of visitation wa.
Montgomery Ala, and the kind oi
plant was "A manufactory of cloth. VIZ
visited two cloth mills in Montgomery
and will give in detail the Information
We gained from the secretary and
treasurer ard the supcr1ntendent OF
the Peoples Cotton Factory. 1t IS an
institution like ours, bult by popular
subscription. 1t began its existence
about four years ago, under the most
| favorable circumstances. 1t bought
all Of its machinery on two years time
! something that cannot be done at the
present. Two million brick were used
in construction Of building which Is Il
three story and we'll adapted TO the
purposes for which it was intended
1t has deep well, about seventy feet
deep, and twelve 10 fifteen feet in di
ameter. a pump is used in raising
the water and delivering it in large
reservoir. They use the Kitson opener
the AthertOn picRcts, the rest OF the
machinery mostly Fa1cs x jerks.
! They employ besides the opener and
| pickers, thirty cards three processes
| of drawing, Of thirty deliveries each,
eight slubbers of forty -fOur sptndles
each, twelve fly frames Of one hundred
and twenty spiudles each, four spool
ers of one hundred spiudles each, five
Wrappers, one slasher, ten thousand
| spindlrs, and three hundred and %
| looms Of forty-six yards per day.
This factory took the raw cotton and
converted it into four yard sheeting
The baled cotton is placed In a large
bin, where it IS opened and put in the
Opener. From the Opener it is forced
into the Picker, where all oil the dirt
and other foreign substances are re-
moved, and the finished work of this
machine leaves the cotton clean and
" ounG around cylinder, just as the
round lap bale is made. In this shape
the cotton is placed on the platform
of the cards, where it is taken by said
cards, still further cleaned of any
foreign Substance that may have es-
capped the Picker, and when The cards |
work is done the cotton IS given oil in |
the shape of a soft, untwisted roll J
which is delivered in tin vessel about |
three and half feet in height and one |
foot in diameter, set on support |
which reyolyes about as fast as the roll |
of cotton is delivered. By this motion |
the cotton is placed in the vessel in
such manner that 1t can be taken
out without tangle. From the cards
the cotton conveyed in these tin vessels
is delivered to the drawing frames.
The process is this: from four to six of
these vessels taken from the cards in
which the soft rolls Of cotton resi- are
taken by the drawing frame and made
into one roll, no larger, and contain
ing no more cotton than one of the
rolls before passing through the frame
This new roll is still further combined
with other rolls resulting from similar
processes, and thus the operation car
rled on, until ninety to one hundred
omb1nations are made. The object OF
these drawings is to get as near as
possible each fiber parallel to its fel
low. In securing this end each fiber is
called upon at the same time to bear
its proportion Of the strain, and thus
the greatest strength is obtained from
a given amount of colt III. From the
drawing frames the rolls go to the
slubbers, first to the single, afterwards
10 the intermediate. Here the cotton |
begins to receive small amount Of
,wist, and combinations are made ac
.ording TO the size Of the thread
wanted
From the slubbers the crude yarns
70 to the spinning frames to be fiuish-
ID in form, necessary to the purpose
4, 81, Ia III al Is
he object as in the case Of the Peoples
lotion Factory, the thread or yarn is
un on spools of large size, and one of
hese spools will have 1900 to 1000
ards, or even more according to size
# thread used. These large spools
ire put on triangular shaped frame
bout to 10 feet high. From this
rame the thread or yarn is drawn off
md wound on cylinder. This thread
,r yarn makes the warp. After this :
process this large cylinder is carried
O the slasbing room. Here by various .
orins of machinery this thread or
-arn is passed through starchfng c
process. This is done to size it unit ,
ormly and make it smooth, and as
rec from friction as possible. The
lext process is slashihg or arranging c
he threads in sleys, so that while the ! t
oom is worked, the odd, or first, third, +
fifth, etc threads are drawn upward =
,r downwards, the even, or second,
ou1th, etc, threads are drawn in a
contrary direction. e
In this condition the slashed warp is :
AIKEN to the loom, where the weaving
process finishes the work. Inspectors
the cloth, clip off all 1rregu-
arities and condemn such pieces as
10 not come up to requirements. After /
his it is folded by a machine in yard
eugths. It's then stamped and pui
ID in bales, and is ready for shipment. $
Ne hereby file paper marked exh1bit a
'A' which is the REPORT OF the super
ntendent of certain mill which we
,lsited. to tie President ard Board for !
he month of April l9oo. 1t will thus +
,e seen that they finished in 21 days i
f April $3.50 pieces weighing lot. .297 G
,ounds, making 425,6ie yards, thus !,
veraging -FOUR yards to the pound !,
here was an average of 3l5 81 90 Z
ooms at work on these goods. The Y
et gain per yard on the five grades +
fcloth made was from / 20 100 cents
0 / sa5 loco cts, which shows a net
mount profit for the month of 50. 49, v
8, If this were maintained for the u
ear it would give yearly income OF =
81. sos IS. AS this mill had paid III
$50. 900, it shows an earning of 36H
er cent. We visited the Montgom $
ry cotton mills which were erected III |
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