New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23
WHERE BIG LOOMS PLY
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are girls whose eyes are ever on the whirling boh
bins. the singing spindles and the thread Tbe,,
have little to do. for the machines are regulated -
a nicely but when their assistance is necessary &
must be given without delay. Each person in the
spinning is responsible for two or me-
frames each Of which has from two TO tbrsa
hundred spindIes.
In the mule" spinning room on the floor abova
they spin the cop" which goes into the shuttle 80
the LOOM II is possible to make a finer warn ON
these self acting mules than can be made on the
spinning frames. The spindles in this process are
mounted upon carriage. which moves away from,
the rollers little faster than the rowing is de-
Hvered to them In this way a ''stretch"-fOur Or
hve feet of yarn-is drawn out As the carriaga
returns automatically to the stationary frame The
yarn Is wound upon the spindieS. These thread
making mules need only slight attention and
that little is given by boys. who are clad as lightly
as possible owing to the high temperature ar
which the room is kept in order to facilitate the
spinning operations. Their restless eyes are quick
to notice broken threads
The yarn is not ready for the loom when it CONES
from the spinning room. 1t would melt in the
hands of the operators in that raw state and rnus
receive bath Of starch To this end il is n11lIs5
tnr9ugh dressing machines and comes out starched
10 prevent any possibility of broken threads 4
number OF young women watch the yarn in this
Ipoo.iiLs operdCon On their LETT hanGS they wear
knottlng machines, a new invention which picEs
Sp nne or9Ken ends OF the threads and ties them
securely, all with the pressure of the thumb When
the knotting had be done by hand the work Vs.
into the ringers despite the us Of ans would
tectors- The final winding upon the spools from
placing great many bobbins-sometimes so or SS
Upon d q reel Inc threads are drawn and rolled
breaking OF single thread stops the winding ma
Like a boiler shop in fun blast sounds the loom
ICON OF cotton mill especially where they have
hIteen hundred looms at work in one room. as they
nave at the Ponemah mill Each OF the different
Cbahicsi paris OF 5he LOOM moving with Jery me-
10 eAdctheS mas distinct noise OF its own,
ana when the volume OF sound is swelled fifteen
The looms are operated by power Of course
which lessons the number Of weavers and makes
and women are employed as weavers. and if firta-
Ions are carried on over the looms the employers
Some OF the younger weavers have mastered the
sign alphabet. while others have become experr In
readers. The women are cOmeIy for the rnOst Dary
and neatly dressed in print garments They wear
their sleeves rolled up above the elbows. displaying
shapely arms Their portion of labor is neither
for the eternal Cater We WoGdnt ask for was bsi not
work, was the way one pretty weaver put II
the uninitated How the kicking. iumpi1g ra 70
ting machines ever manage to make cloth is a
head weaver howls into ones ear makes It little
clearer. He talks Of treadles. reeds and battens
That all these things are in the loom and that each
does It's share in the cloth making one does 1ot
doubt The threads get together some way pulled
cloth grows slowly but surely.
In smaller loom room. where the fancy figured
cotton dress goods are made. there many still
more wonderful jacquard looms, so called after
the SILK weaver OF Lyons. The essential
part Is series Of perforated metal or paper CARDS
which are laid Nat upon the faces OF a revolving
perforated prism. They exactly supcrimpOse CORE
spending perforations in the prism. There Is no
limit 70 the variety OF figures which may be woven
and the patterns are endless
Greatly different is I'll this from the way IN
which the pioneer maker OF cotton goods ths
native Of India. Went ABOUT the work OF turning
out the finest of muslins and stI gees about II IN
some Of the remote interior districts He spins
upon a distan and from finger and thumb con-
tributes a moisture which brings the fbres OF the
cotton together more perfectly than the most i'm
proved machinery. The loom OF India consists OF
a few reeds which can he set up in the shade ~ a
tree or beside the natives hut. After digging a
hole FOR his feet into which he dr0ps the looms -
rope which serve as treadIes he hangs The fooT-
balance from the limb OF a tree. He works his
shuttle entirely by hand. No American machine
made Fabric can equal the hand product OF The
oriental In beauty or wearing qualities but many
persons would not have gowns every sT1n1r1e-
yards. - N--0 AAA-IO-I