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

wood and Edwards plants compared
the witness said that the Lockwood
mill buiIdingS were cNcclcntly can
structcd. their only fault being that
thcv were tn" growth of years. ya,i-
Gus departments having been enlarged
until the buildings might be said ia hc
ahcaI of their time.
As for the weaving, a single STORY.
vca:c shed should lie constructed In
summing up his remarks CONCERNING
the buildings, ne declared them ~ N
antiuuatcd. behind the times. Of ~,
li.sht construction and that the Minis.
have been put to uses that have dom.
them no :.oo4. In this reference w,s
made t" the weaving. which was car
riri on through three floors
A comparison with the machinery in H..
Lnckw""d mill was made. The pickiu.,
ana car,ling in the Watcrvillc MN u.,.,
stated Ia be of the same class as in tbo
Edwards mill excepting some r.y M,
chIncry that has recently been mt i'm
The rowing frames are of Il very simiI,,.
nature. The mule spinning was siniI,
tn the mule spinning here, the machine,
being built " 4 conccm that has n,t
built or sold this machine for Il yc,r.
Some of the spinning in the Iorkw,nJ
mills WIS on the old Sawyer sriudI,.c
All the Sawyer spndlcS Were t1kcu ON,
of the Edwards mill some years ago TN.
general ..up-k"cp" Of the mills is MOI ;.
good as that III the Lockwood ana In.
Lockwood has 4 large number of tn.
Draper looms.
1.,,,,
that he considered it Il poor building site
rs there was no chance for expansion
and it is necessary to go very deep fo;,
foundations ut considerable expense.
The accessories were placed ut 81. 900
ara include I'll" electric light plant. steam
heating and moiSteninS system. ire rrn-
lection, shaftinE and betting and the
many other smaller items that go to
make UP tn" equipment of the mill The
witness remarked that Il now mill would
require S12?0J0 worth.
The final item was that Of water
power. The witness assumed that il rc-
qllircd 800 horse power to operate tho
Edwards Mills. In reaching the valua-
ton that appeared on the schedule the
witness based his calculations on the
rule that a perfect water power is as
sumcd to be worth from So to $40 per
horsepower to the textile industry.
mo water power runs with the Steadi-
ness of steam said Mr.. Eaton. Now
with a machine as highly organized as
most cotton machinery is. it must not he
allowed to run up. and when it does the
standard speed must be lowered Looms
running ut absolutely standard speed can
b. run per cent faster"
The witne S. experience with Maine
water powers has shown him that they
were far from first class. The average
total Stoppage per year for 10 years at
his mill has been three or four days In
addition to that there are periods when
the mill runs slow.
As far rs the fact that 5000 was derived
from rental of power was concerned, the
wit%css thought that the effect of the
sal- of supposedly surplus power was
more than offset by the fact that really
thcr" was seldom a time when til" water
could not be stored with greater profit
by the owners of the power on this ac-
count tn" $1,000 rental was eliminated on
tirCly.
The summary of estimates was as fol
lows:
Total Of all machinery so6e rcS