Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-25

Total fer entire pr"p"rty.........$ G6S, lis
TIL" cross examination was conducted
b. Attorney Williamson FIR tho city
"Whcn there is i lack Of water, do YOU
let your speed run down or shat down
portions Of the mil?"
THAT is Il mattc: of Judgment as tn
how %uII can got the most product ont.
1t is the rule to run Il little slower. for
many times you only expect to u" both
cred a short time ana then will start and
run all right If You send tho help ont,
it is a question whether you can get
them back again within an hour if you
want them"
"Whcn you send the help out you don't
lose their wages, do you2"
"Certainly not, we don't pay them for
tmc they are not working"
Mr.. Williamson then asked the witness
several questions concerning the warp
aud filling spinning frames and the rcla-
tive number of mule and ring spindlcs
used in each case. The Cabot mill was
used by way of illustration. 1t was
brought ont that No. - filing was mad
on mul,s at the cabot mill ana that il
also what is made on the mules in this
cit". Mr.. Eaton alSp has the kitSon
picker; that hav" been both condemned
and recommended by previous witnesses.
At tn" Cabot mill there are thrc" lines
Of drawing i'll til" new part Of til" mill.
two in tn" Old ana some single drawing.
though thoy double four into one instead
of two into one as III til" Edwards mill.
The English cards require three lines Of
drawing to get an even yarn. The use
of the English cards requires more Stub
bcrs intermediates and rowing SpindlcS
Further questioning brought ont that
they require nearly 80 per cent. more
To change over the Edwards mill would
require go deliveries Of drawing 1129
slrhhcr spindles. POO Intermediates and
1880 rowing spinilcs. Asked as to how
that compared in number with the pres
ent equipment. tn" witness said that he
had not made that comparison.
m" matter Of the bridges, which were
given u value Of hut $1,000. was taken up
The witness stated that he considered it
quite an Inconvenience to go from ono
mill to another; it required extra help
Since the bridges were all covered tho
material did not have to be taken out OF
doors
The buildings were next discussed and
after some preliminary questioning the
witness was asked to go to the black
board and figure M the areas of the vari-
Gus buildings and their ages. These will
he divided as to age this morning and
the averages stated.
On rough estimates the witness stated
TINT l. per cent. Of the floor space wa
built in 1916. &c per cent. in 1871 and q
per cent. in 1>I or since. Later it was
brought out that about 60 per cent of the
buildings had been erected within the
last % years.
Mr. Eaton had stated on direct that
he believed that the first cost of Mill No. |
. was between A. and 20 cents per square
foot. He was questioned at considerable
length on this estimate, but did not
change it.
Some stress was laid on the valuation
Of the storehouses The witness was
asked to assume that a citizen owned
two storehouses exactly like those Of the
Edwards Co. across the street. He was
then asked whether he would value them =,
the same or nat
The question was asked several times
before it was clearly understood just