The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-03
COTTON FACTORIES
ABOUT DANV|LLE
Continued From First Page

consume 25.oOO0oo pounds OF cotton.
or $4,000 bales. The power utilized is
developed by hfty-thr water turbines,
aggregating 1900 horsepower. three
steam engines with 800 horsepower.
and three steam turbines with 10000
horsepower. = portion OF this power
is used direct and portion is con-
Nertcd into electric current by means
OF thirteen electric generators of a
total capacity OF $4,000 horsepower.
The capacity OF the eighteen boilers
Installed is $1,000 horsepower Cnder
these boilers 10000 tons OF Goa! is
consumed annually. The aggregate
.oor space in the mills is l975.OoO
square feet, or fortynve acres.
New Mill Going Up.
But the rapidly growing business of
the Riverside and Dan River Cotton
Mills demanded still more room, and
the fourth mill, now under construc-
ton, Will increase the floor space by
slightly more than 22l-2 per cent.
oVO.V 600 square feet, or eleven and a half
acres. The new mill Will house 5000
spindies and 200 looms. together with
such other machinery and appliances
as are necessary TO their operation. 1t
Will furnish work for 1900 additional
operatives, swelling the total OF the
company's employees TO 5000. The new
mill Will consist OF two buildings of
brick and steel. with concrete founda-
lions.
;, one one of these will be three stories
VIII be for the most part only one story.
the low. heavy style OF building hav-
ing been adopted for weaving purposes
because OF being subject TO less vibra-
ton than the taller kind. The cngi-
neerins work ZOE thls property has been
IN the hands of Lockwood, Greene *
Co, Of Boston. and the new mill is
being built upon plans worked out by
lneN me contract for the construc-
tion work was let to L. c. Thompson &
Eros. or birmingham and Charlotte
The first mill of the Dan River divi-
sion, 43,000-spindlc plant was sup
a ,niye on the Dan River half a
crnc,e IN d 1895 steamp3wer; plant. was
Chalmers turbo-altcrnator installed
When No. 3 mill was built. with $4,000
a spa on more power was demanded
10 altcrnator was installed. To meet
the demand Of No. 4 mill another, 4.40O
operate in parallel with the hydro
electric station.
Power Plants.
The first boiler plant supplied steam
/ for heating and manufacturing pur-
poses only. and, consisted Of six 200
pounds pressure AS the various tur-
bines We're added the boiler plant was
Increased, nrSt by the installation of
I three horsepower Stirling boilers
/ second by eight 5+2-horsepower Edge
moor boilers. The boilers now being
Installed are two TAG Edgemoors. Ali
! these boilers, with the exception Of the
! original six, arc built for IFS pounds
/ working pressure. and are equipped
\ with Webster superheaters.
! Advantage is being taken Of the con-
Struction incident to the present en-
largenent OF the power plant to pro-
/ vide n more economical system for
/ handling coal. and this is being in
stalled. An overhead bunker of con-
crete and steel, with 800 tons capacity.
/ VIII he built to supply the boilers by
: gravity. From the cars on the trestle
/ in the yard the coal will pass through
l a crusher. whence 1t will be elevated