Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-23

of the witness nobody manufacturing
cotton machinery was making the ola
cards that are in use at the EdwafdS
mill When discarded, all that they would
be worth is what they would bring for old
iron.
Oi the drawing frames, many nc lohlu
to be practically worthless; some. how
ever. were the new Mason frames ana
possibly they could be changed 5" as 10
DE used in 4 romodellcd plant. There IS
but single line of drawing in this :llil
though nobody thinks of having less than
two lines nowadays. At the I'M mill
they have three lines or drawing with
each putting six shvcrs into one.
The warp spinning frames are doing
good work; six OF them are q years old
70 are new, but all are in such a condl-
ton that l should put some depreciation
upon them" Concerning the mules. ne
SAID that he believed that there was but
one concern left that WAS making that
kind of a machine nowadays. Most eN-
cryhody was using tie heavier English
mule. In a mill like the Edwards the
witness would not think of running mules
for a minute. In the H.ll mill they
changed over and got NOR" and better
yarn in onc-half the room. If the wit
ness Was to spin the finer numbers he
would keep n worry few of the best mules.
These mules here would not do for the
finest vans. They are not steady
ercugh. There were other advantages to
the mule ICu can get a little softer
yarns on mules than you can on spinning
frames though some fine grades are spun
on frames by the King Philip mills but
the process Of preparation is entirely
different than is pursued here.
In the dressing room he found on" or
two of the slashers in good condition.
other, had deprecated in value until IN
a short time they must be replaced The
snooIcrs have been in use {; long time.
The warpcrs Ec would not consider worth
much of anything.
In the weave room he found many old
Lewiston looms and some of the later
Draper looms The latter variety were
some of the first that were constructed
by the Draper people and lack many "l
the improvements that are found in their
latest production.
In remarking on the general trade stu
alton for a mill in this city. Mr.. Hcnnell
said that it did not strike him that tins
city was too far from TIL" trade ccnters
and market to compete with other mills
of the same class but he did not think
that this mill was adapted to the making
OF print cloths.
In closing his testimony on the mill he
made the following estimates:
Machinery and wheels. S3'S."H
Mill furniture Observation-Disclosures. o-'"j
ct.au pI,nt 3S.O0o
Sraf.i,r hcltiur and hanccrs... % oo9
t,,ect,tc light continent. 500
Water power. head gates. etc. but
not wheels ..........''...''''''''''' o. '.''oo'
Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. H''"''o'
The cross-cxamnation occupied the on
tire afternoon and il will require som"
tine this mcrning to complete it. A num-
bar of points were brought out III this
cross-exlmination that were of interest,
in that some of il was exactly contrary
to preferences expressed by other experts.
a notable instance was that of the Kit
son pickers. The other witnesses de-
cIarcd thcEl to be inferior TO other ma
chimes Going the same class of work. MT.
Pennell stated that hk experience h'lu
proved them to b. as good dS any PICKER
made Confronted with Mr.. WarmSlcy's
statement to the contrary. he remarked
that he was not ansu erinS for Mr..
Warmslcv, but for himself.
Freight rates were brought up. Mr.. Pen
nell testified that Boston was the near
est market to Augusta and Lewiston 10:
both cloth and waste. The freight rate
from Lewiston to Boston IS 12is cents per
100 pounds He did not know the rate
from Augusta to Boston. II" stated that
assuming the cloth produced annually by
the Edwards Co. was 900 tons and the
rate i cents per hundred to Boston. he
should estimate the total cost of shipping
the whole product Of the mill to Boston
annually would not exceed s'S''. lfAS
was based on an estimate Of Ii per cent,
net waste. which he said might vary.