The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22 00:00:00

FURNACE Fukt ANNEALING WIRE.

A FURNACE for annealing wire has bi.ea patented
ny Mr. E. M. Herr, of Denver, Ceorado, and Mr.
U. W. Ctveiniiis, of Vienna, New Jersey. 'lh,
annealing ciiainber contains a hewing and a cooling
eotnpartment piaced side by side, the torwer beins
,omewhat hightr tt,an the later. Vales or damper,
ate plac,d between the c(-inpartwents, and are
adapted to establish or break cowmunication be-
tween the 'a The wire to be annealea is placed in
a cage, and is raised into the heating c.imf artinent
hy means of a cairi,.r attach dto a piston. A non-
oxidising ined:u,a, stu h as wat r gas, is introduced
to fi 1 the compirtment, This gas is ignited by ii
th.) excess being caned off through a dis-
mirge pipe. When tue wire has be,:n. heat, -1
suffitn, nay, the otge is lowered until It Comes
contact with an ine.ined trauk, dwn which it
.ipun a second carrier raised wi,hiu the coolin
.hamber. After the wire has cooled, this cartie
1 .weied, and the cage is placed upon tra,k bars t„
be remo ed.
Iron.

THE RAILWAYS OF THE UNI `..)TATES
We learn from Poor's Manual of the Railroads of
the UitZted Nates for 1885, which just been -
ceiy, a, twit The pat y, ur wa marke,i uy less con
atruc.ion, less earnings, and less diyi,:ends ia t e
pieceding year. During the past year 3,977 mile
of railway were cons•ruct Pd, making a total on De-
cember 31, 1881 of 125.379 milk.s, In the preced-
ing year the increase was 6,731 miles, awl one ili
have lo g ) back to 1878 ti ritui a hear in which con-
struetion w4B credited with a smaller figure. Aboui
50 per cent. of the increase of the past year is fowl.:
in n the western states, a though the tighest rate
of increase compared wiih th -mile.ge already ex
istinz was in the S uthe.o group. The grcss o in-
ings have fallen off a little over 6 per cent, and ! h
unhinge shows a laning off of 21 per cent, -1 h e
yorking expenses were 65.6 per cent, Tn 1881,
a,ninst 64.3 per cent. in 1883, an increase of 13
per c,nt.
/eon,

SEAziON 1885.
VALENTINE, HA 1-1.) tWAY & SOPPING
(Members of Tattersall's, tioulogne-Sun-Mer,Fiance.)
rpHE Oldest Established Firm i- existence. Entrie
j_ f:)1. the ST LEGER. CkSAREWICII AND CAM
BRIDGESHIRE fcrwArded free upon receipt of addrea

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A 13-ook showing "How to Blake a 100 per year by
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DAILY Ith.LIABLE TURF ADVICE, sent by an old estal,
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WILSON, lurf Herald Office, find. No cummi,si it
done.