The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-17
Danville Mill Owners
Leaders in Caring for
Their Operatives.
HOW WORK is DONE.
A I'D HOW 1T PAYS
Largest Mills in South, Built
With View of Comfort, Health
and Uplift of Thousands of
Employes-Kind OF Phil
anthropy That Pays
in Dividends.
ny FRANK $. wooDsoN.

The claim that the Riverside and Dan
River Cotton Mills. Inc, mt papvilie.
about which | wrote TWO weeks ago
(writlng from Danville). form the
largest cotton manufacturing plant in
all Of tn" South, has been disputed.
Well. did not say positively II Is the
largest, but TINT such WAS the claim
that had been made for the combined
establishment. and l believe the claim
Is just one. Bat let The facts and
figures SPEAK for thems elves. and II
there ~ another establishment III all
OF the South that can show larger sta j.
tlstics IL may stand up and be counted.
The new mill now being nlled with
machinery VIII be in full operation by
September !. and as the mills are push :
cd to their utmost capacity 10 hll or
dcrs. the goods completed one day
going out 10 anxious buyers the next
Jay, ami not 4 particle Of stock re-
naming II the close OF 4 day as ION
hand" the output OF tn. new mill as
1t viii be next month, may be counted
In tho figures forming n years estimate
OF the products The capital stock of
the company Is now $500, coo. The an
nuai pay RON is s2.0oo.o0o. the monthly
pay roll amounts to Sl65. 900, and the
weekly pay roll To Sil,500 The mum
Der OF employees is 1000. Number OF
spindles, 100000; number OF looms. 10
o0e: bales OF cotton consumed per an
mum. 10000; pounds OF cotton consumed
in a year. 30,o0o.0c0 Yards of cloth
woven per annum, l12,577.s3o: miles of
cloth woven per annum. 6i.63S; yards
OF cloth woven daily. 373,542 miles of
cloth woven daily, 2l3.
Considerable Machinery and Power.
Here are some more figures that give
an idea OF the immensely OF the plant
or plants: number of turbine water
wheels in operation, So total capacity
OF water wheels 1000 horsepower:
number OF boilers. Is; total capacity OF
boilers lS.co0 horsepower: number of
steam engines, 3: total capacity of
steam engines 100 horsepower: num-
her of steam turbines 1 capacity OF
steam turbines. 5000 horsepower:
number of electric generators 13; ca
paciLy of electric generators. $4,000
horsepower; tons Of coal consumed per
annum, $4,000: square feet of floor
space in buildings. 2,4T5.6oo acres of
floor space in buildings, 56 l-2. Now,
If there Is n cotton factory layout any
where i'm the South that lays over that
l will be glad to tell about 1t.
The new mill to begin operations so
soon, the product Of which is included
in the above figures. has 100000 feet of
The four-story building is 400 feet
long and 1873 feet wide, while the weav-
ing sheds are 420 feet long by 316 feet
in width. The new mill, which will
add 500 operatives to the force, is in
all respects the very latest thing in
improved cotton mill building. This
applies to the building itself and all of
its equipment and machinery.
The Acme in MilI-MnkinE.
The very latest that science and in
ventive genius have discovered in the
way OF lighting, ventilating, heating,
air purifying, etc, has been installed.
Experts from various sections who
have examined the establishment de-
clare that in the matter of sanitation
and in the matter of providing for the
comfort and health Of the operatives.
the whole work Is perfect from cellar
to garnet. ! could go into technical
detail and tell of the processes by
which the air is taken from above and
purified. cooled or warmed. as condi-
tions may require: how the water for
drinking purposes is cooled to the tenn
perature of n mountain spring, and
how dozen other Inventions and TWEEN
tieth century discoveries have been
brought into requisition for making
tho entire establishment perfect
place in which 1t is n JOY and a COM
fort to work, but 1t will make this
article too long, and to the average
reader tiresome perhaps; Ii is sufficient
to simply give. as above. the verdict Of
the experts in hygiene and sanitation.
Thirty-odd years ago, when the cot
ton mills were started In Danville. the
owners and managers laid down cor
tain rules that should forever guide
tho business. First, they were to keep
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