The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1849-11-22
LNclterm aIches

MaJol Moan; Oi the Sunddy Messenger,
gives IN Interesting account OF the or, i'll
Luclitr or LOcOiucu, match establishment ui
AIr. burger. Ia New \ Ork. MOI one in ten
thousand OF the p, opIe who are momentariiy
indebted to this mD' useful invention knows
any Thing TO the mode OF It's Manufacture
Ii We ! adj tie control OF lame in this world
we would place thrfInvtIuor of these ina sclIS
III The rolls Oi that tickle deity ii little ahead
OF the ntDle OF bOnapart or any other con-
qucrer before or since the days OF Alexander
! but Tie Il How : name is lost and we can
only W rshIp lis shade.
4'IaJ0r Moan say ; that five lots of ground
on the corner oi hirtltIll street and tie Sic
ond Avenue arc covered by the buildings OF
Nir bul gers immense match Establishment.
ite proc, eds thus:
! Inc quantity OF matches turned out there
daily. viii III almost Incredible to those ulI-
dcqu ,Inied WItt Tie rxtcnt to which ingeni
Gus machinery muiulileS production. -Four
hundred groce, or ABOUT sic millions of
matches, is the average number manui, .ctur-
Il per day and toy Il division OF labor equal
10 that III a pin factory every stick passes
through 1T ie.,st ktirty different ha.lds.
1hc nacl lttr! emf iOytd we'll worth see
ln5. Al tIg.t horse power steam engine OF,
tnc INST tlorI drives The machinery. which
cuts Out blocks OF the required size. from three
hch plank Circular saws which make 100
revolutions per Minute, divided the blocks into
inc ,qulred Duhlber Of matches. turning ont
no les tn,tn zb4 CO.. per hour .CIIrk'S
matches ID squire spit match, which is
generally II eds mad. il d similar way. -
tor Is tnls al the work doue by the SAWS:
lie cases la which The matches are packed
are also made by these "revolversn In
Stori. the machinery does the rough work il,
al the processes, manufacturing not ONLY
@ol UUO mhciIeS per hour, bur 300 round
IN 'tcii- boxes within The SAM time. 10 tut
t'e u la. A1oui ~ men employed on
me first floor.
1ne paLer match- boxes are made on the
s'cond IOJr. they are cut inIo sllape-cov-
rs ts well us boXrs-Rith II " orr,uls clIt-
ting press AID the making up OF these, boxes
also CIV, 5 emf lDymrnr t. some 100 womeu
dl thor own homes. There is a laburaror,
III llls part OF the factory, where the blue
composition Is applied 10 one end of the
.unlcnrs; and the NhIte 10 tie other. They
are ut THE time double the ordinary IeputII
ii,d being divided Ia the middle two seperat,
cots are loaned one lot being tipped with
white, The oiher with blue.
weity five hands are employed in this
portion OF the establishment and their work
III, Is ten hours per day. they can readily
F"cN 100 groce per day, re;rdy for the ven
I-rs hdrdS. Seventy or eighty children NC
cupy another room Oh the same floor. Their
BUSINESS is to arrange the matches. and the,
cam from ten 10 fourteen shitlIiIps a w4.k
according TO their txperIness and Industry.
In ii third room, the matches are dipped il,
The ulphur and then gradually dried by "A
moderate heat.
Inrre is one other room on this floor and
here the finishing touch is given by the an
i.hcntion OF the phosphorus. Eight or ten
hands have chaFge OF this department. ami
Thenther work Is done and the match, ,o,i,,
lried they are lit Tor use. And here we Inv,
curious fit;t to state. 1t has generally been
thought the fumes Oh phosphorus and sulphur
were leterlous 10 health hut this theory Is
strlklngly conlradlcted by Ihe-tac that not
one OF Inc two hundred men, boys and girls
mFloyed ia the ftclory has been att.tcke,i du
'i'.g the prevalence OF The choer;t-that tfrr-y
nave beeh utterly exempted from DLirrhast
iyseHery. and other afitcrions OF the bowels
Indeed. more healthy community could mol
DC found within the city imitE