Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-08

juied after having worked continu-
ously upon them for seven weeks. The
work done upon them is the second
process in the manufacture of cotton
cloth The machines consist of
cylinders placed side by side and
have covering set with short wires
like the bristles of a brush very close
| tosether." These cylinders reNolNe with
different speeds, the cylinder in the
middle of the frame being much larg-
| er than the others and revolving win
gfeat rapidity by reason OF Which art
ard foreign substances were thrown
Off. In the process of manufacture
the cotton is placed in the back eha
| OF machine and comes cut on the
trent cylinder called the doffer where
comb is set 90 take off the cotton IN
very light fraugible sheet which on
this machine was 40 inches wide,
This light sheet of cotton then de-
seends into a funnel shaped oriiiee.
called trumpet, about Is inches from
the doffer and is reduced to what Is
sometimes called a silver. which IS a
small band of cotton about one inch IN
diameter In the practical operation
Of this machine this fan shaped web
Will break down; and this is what the
Plaintiff says happened on the day OF
the accident and was what he was at
tempting to remedy at the time of the
| INJURY. In order to accomplish this
purpose it was necessary TO remove
the waste cotton. in the language OF
| the plaintiff, bad cotton which he
says had accumulated in lunches at
| a.
| Whatever may be the fact with REFER
eEce to where the cotton accumulated
which caused the trouble the plaintiff
was seeking to remedy, ii is evident
that il had collected somewhere IN the
| Interior of the cylinders and that the
plaintiff was endeavoring to remove 1t
to obviate the interference causing the
break.
IL order to remove the waste the
plaintiff opened a small door giving
access TO the space occupied by the
large revolving middle cylinder, anu
according 10 his own version he de-
lhberately put his hand in from l. to
lis inches where he says with my
EYES | could not see. but just feel II
with my fingers" BY doing this he
vas injured by bringing his fingers IN
contact with the cards which tore the
flesh.
The only question here presented IS
vas he entitled to instructions as Il
how to operate the machine in which
he vas at work, or. from his OWL
knowledge and experience must he b'
. deemed to have known the dangers
lid especially the danger by which h.
was injured. The court IS OF IN
erinion from the evidence that IN
p.aintin should be charged with tn
knowledge Of the dangers conneete'
Nth the operation OF these machine
land particularly with the knowledg
OF the danger liable TO be incurred b
Inserting his hand into space oecu
pied by d cylinder which he knew I
b. revolving and the particular loea
soy, of which in the hidden space b
ibid not know,
ne plaintiffs own evidence full
va rrants the conclusion that he thor
oughlv understood every method {
starting and stopping the whole or an
iualt of the machine and cylinders
that he knew. or with the exercise
Due care ought to have known at II
time of the accident that the bi
cslinder was revolving; that when r.
vciving II was dangerous; henc
when he thrust his hand into II
space occupied By this revoiYii
cylinder ne was either so thoughtle
THAT he took no note Of his act
knowing the danger voluntarily To-
tie chance of injury. In either ca
he was guilty of eontributory neg
gerce and cannot recover.
Motion sustained