Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-07
SOUTHERN PLANT GROWS.
Textile Machinery Works to Be En-
larged.

baltimore, Dee. 5.-Heretofore the cry
has been. the cotton mills to the cotton
hc,dS." Tho natural trend OF events foi-
lowing such Il movement as tins VIII he
'tcxtiIe I~lchin"ry shops to the mills. y
The MAJ 'idcturrrS' Record has repeated
ly pointed cut that in the deNeloptncnt
Of tn.. cotton mill business OF the S"uth
there N,uld inevitably he ere Gated Il great
cotton mill machinery industry. Just as
the vast textile macnIHcry works Of New
ENGLAND a,.d Of England have GinwE w
around their cotton mills. The first Strlk-
ing movement in this direction is noted y!
TINS We, Ks issue Of the Manufacturers
Re-, Jrd. which annuurc"S that the "ntir"
husircss. patterns, patents and DRAWINGS
Il a textile machinery business. e$tih-
hsh",. IN Philadelphia in $50. has been
sold for removal to Charlotte. n {. I'M
cor CEN has long been - man kcr OF looms
and other textile machinery, dyehouSc
rlac:1inerv. transmission r'achinery and
| elevators. and the purchase includes al
the patents. draw ingS and patterns OF the
InilaG. lphia concern for ITS Inherent
types of looms dolby and harn' IS mo
tion. h.annng warning. sp""linG. winding,
dytiuE. sizing and other t"Nail" machines.
| and for al! its pullcys. hangers. post
| hangers. pillow blocks, Wall brackets ana
| boxes angular mulsY and vertical diiv-
| ings. couplings, carriers. tightchrrs,
ernovcd pullcYs. spur. nitro and hev"i
| gearing. friction clutches and pulleNS;
presses etc. All this equipment will be
| transferred to Charlotte as rapidly as
| nossible The business has had an unin-
| terrupted career for more than sixty
| wears enjoying always the highest repu-
| tation and credit. y large part of tn"
p,io,iuct of the concern has gone +" tn"
| South and il is felt by its former owners
that the business should be at home III Its
new location.
| Thu. purchasing company at Charlotte
has Etterly hcen developing a SHOP to
build trxtil" machinery and cotfon-setd-
oil machinery Tic shop it is now op"rat
ing is l>l fact long and four stories high.
This Is exclusive Of the foundry. The
company is now manufacturing cotton
ma chintry. including spinning frames.
spoilers. reels band machines. size kct-
ties drawing-in frames. shatting. pull"yS.
hangers and gears. and its purohas" of
the Philadcluhia business plant, good VIII
| cate. puts it in a position to furnish a
great variety of looms for cotton duck,
weaving of dress goods and dye-housc
machinery and shafting. puleys and
| hangers and elevators to meet an adj
vance in the manufacture of cotton in the
South Commenting on this move. the
Manufacturers Record says that tht
Charlotte company is erecting a shop Z
| Iiy 80 feet in which this new machinery
will be built and IL adds:
| Thus one more step * taken in tbs
broad divcrSiiiC3tion of the industrial in.
, ter1Sts Of the South. ana this section
which has been building cotton mills 50
| raridly is now preparing to build the ma
chinery with which 20 equip the cottor
. mill This diversity Of industrial develop
| ment throughout tilt SCUM - lpl III ANY
way an injury to Other sections ON the
| contrary In the shifting of ndnStrie.
where each finally finds lis location at tht
most advantageous point. there will h'
developed a sornder condition Of every
| industry Of the country. and with III,
| rapid expansion Of the manufacturing
ard general business interests of the en-
tire country every section will find abur
dant employment for all its capital anC
all its energy and out of the inter
mngiing Of trade and the healthy dc
velopmcnt If every section there vii
| com, the best foundation for the hroa deS
patriotism where sectional lines no Longer
, mark dividing business interests"