. Fall River, Massachusetts, a publication of personal points pertaining to a city of opportunity. pit. The second floor containedabout six breakers and finishers, and the third story was used as aspinning, sorting and reeling room. The cotton was sent out inbundles to the wives of neighboring farmers who picked from itthe seed that the crude ginning of the time allowed to remain init. There were no looms in the mill and the weaving of the spunyarn was done by these same women. The number of spindles in the mill is believed to have beenabout 500. The water wheel was the cause of many mishaps.
. Fall River, Massachusetts, a publication of personal points pertaining to a city of opportunity. pit. The second floor containedabout six breakers and finishers, and the third story was used as aspinning, sorting and reeling room. The cotton was sent out inbundles to the wives of neighboring farmers who picked from itthe seed that the crude ginning of the time allowed to remain init. There were no looms in the mill and the weaving of the spunyarn was done by these same women. The number of spindles in the mill is believed to have beenabout 500. The water wheel was the cause of many mishaps. It wasknown as a tub and the floats were placed diagonally with theaxis, and water was conveyed to them in one solid stream. Itwas impossible to govern its speed, and it was no uncommonthing for the operatives to see their machines fall apart as thepower increased or slow down to the stopping point as it de-creased. The damage caused by the tub was very serious andeventually it became necessary to supplant it with a breastwheel. The rest of the machinery also gave no end of trouble. There 132.
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