Yards of Cloth per annum.. 74,141,600 Pounds of Cotton consumed.. .22,880,000 Assuming half to be Upland, and half New Orleans and Alabama, the consumption in bales, 361 lbs. each, is.... ...58,240 Average wages of Females, clear of board, per week... $1,75 Medium produce of a Loom, No. 14 yarn, yds. per day.. Medium produce of a Loom, No. 30 yarn, yds. per day.. Average per Spindle, yards per day.... Average amount of wages paid per month. Consumption of Starch per annum (lbs.).. Consumption of Flour for Starch in Mills, Print Works, and Bleachery, bbls. per annum...... Consumption of Charcoal, bushels per annum. 70c. .44 to 45 .30 • $150,000 ..800,000 .4,000 ..600,000 The Locks and Canals Machine Shop, included among the 33 Mills, can furnish Machinery complete for a Mill of 5000 Spindles in four months; and lumber and materials are always at command, with which to build or rebuild a Mill in that time, if required. When building Mills, the Locks and Canals Company employ directly or indirectly from 1000 to 1200 hands. To the above-named principal establishments may be added, the Lowell WaterProofing, connected with the Middlesex Manufacturing Company; the extensive Powder Mills of O. M. Whipple, Esq.; the Lowell Bleachery, with a capital of $50,000; Flannel Mill; Blanket Mill; Batting mill; Paper Mill; Card and Whip Factory; Planing Machine; Reed Machine; Foundry; Grist and Saw Millstogether employing about 500 hands and a capital of $500,000. With regard to the health of persons employed in the mills, six of the females out of ten enjoy better health than before entering the mills; and of the males one-half derive the same advantage. In their moral condition and character, they are not inferior to any portion of the community. A very considerable portion of the wages of the operatives is deposited in the Lowell Institution for Savings. English Compositions or Translations once in two weeks, and Declamation, by divisions, weekly, through the first two years. Every recitation from 1 to 1 hours English Compositions and Original Declamations weekly, through the last two years. University of Vermont, October 1, 1843. |