The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-05-08
THE new TEXTILE SCHOOL.
Will BE i'm Active Operation by
First of June.

an DtN'fiP'ioH W ~
pariment of the starkvilIe AgricuI-
turaI and Mechanical College.
Hon. Fl. NJ. Quin, editor of the Cen
treville Jeffersonian, recently made
visit to the Starkville A & NJ. College,
and thus describes the new textile
school connected with the institution:
"On recent visit to Starkville we
had the pleasure of visiting the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College. We
are indebted to Prof. Hardy and other
members of the faculty for a pleasant
and instructive inspection of the Col
lege. We had a particular desire to
visit and examine the Textile build
ing and are indebted to Director Ar
thur Whittam for much valuable in
formation. A valued friend of the
college, and also our personal friend,
secured the following data which can
not fail to be of interest to all Missis-
sippians.
THE equipment of machinery in
the Textile Department of the A. q M.
College will consist of the following;
"One complete go saw cotton gin
outfit, one automatic feeder, one sin
gle beater beaker lapper, one single
beater finisher lapper together with
all necessary counter shafts for same,
four revolving top fiat carding engines,
one railway head, three drawing
frames, one silver lap machine, one
ribbon lap machine, one slubber, one
intermediate, one rowing machine, one
fine Jack frame, five spinning frames,
three twisters, three spoilers, one uni
versal winder, one bobbin winder, one
reel, two Wrappers, one beaming ma
chine, one double cylinder slasher and
size kettle, two draWing-in frames, sew
en- plains goods looms, one wide sheet
ing loom, one bag and tubing loom,
four Bingham looms, one Jacquard
damask loom, one dress goods loom,
| twenty hand looms, one hydro-ex
tractor, one dying machine, and nine
dye tubes.
1.-The power plant will consist OF one
b.. p. boiler, one 100 b. p. Corliss en-
CINE, equipped with American system
of rope transmission, one p X. w.
generator, one 10 b, p, motor with
switch board. Also necessary shaft
ing, pullies, betting, bobbins, shuttles,
spools, quilts and other mill supplies.
"The textile building is two stories
high, 227 10" long 49, A. wide. The
building is equipped with the latest
system of Grinell automatic sprinklers,
the Sturtevant system of heating and
| yeptilating, and with automatic fire
doors.
complete instruction ~ both the
practical and theoretical branches of
cotton manufacturing will be given to
the students, This instruction will
cover the manufacture of all kinds of
cotton cloth, and will be supplemented
by lectures on the practical operation
Of cotton mills, in this manner cover
ing AS many of the small details of
cotton manufacturing as possible in a
Textile school.
"AIl students will be taught to OPP
crate and adjust the various machines
from eickers to looms; to make their
own designs, TO prepare and spin their
own warps; and to weave ana finish
the cloth.
''theiF attainments upon graduation,
if supplemented by experience in an
operating cotton mill, will ENABLE one
to take position as overseep in an
average size mill, or the superinten
dency of a small mill.
"The likely pay of students turned
out 10y this department, will depend
entirely upon tbs position he obtains.
If, as stated before, he spends some
months in a cotton manufacturing
plant and should then take an oyer
seer's position, this would pay him,
from two and half to four dollars per
day, and at the end of year. when be
should be competent to fill superin-
tendent's place. the salary he might
expect would vary from four to SIX or
eight dollars per day.
1.-THE number of bales consumed per
annum will depend upon several
things, such as the number of students
in this department, and the number
of hours per week the machinery can
be operated.
I'VE were Informed that donations
of machinery, materials and other
necessary equipments have been made
the Textile department amounting to
nearly as much as the Legislative APP
preparation This is fact that our
people SHOULD appreciate.
"Drector .Whittam informed us
that the Textile Department of our A.
Il M. College will be the finest Textile
plant in the world. combining, as it
does, the complete work from the cot
ton field to the finished product. The
department will be in operation by
June"