Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-07-05

ing pens such as retail for S. plain silver case double
slide, with perfect security to the point into length Of
three inches.
His processes for the manufacure Of the gold and silver
also of great interest the reader who desires IN
formation The silver coin is first melted into ngos OF suit
able dimensions and then rolled between presses to the re-
qured thickness aud width when it is next turned up on
steel cylinder and sodered tubes Rods then inserted
into these tubes, and, placing them mand with holes
bored through the drawpe Of decreasing dimensions they
are drawn by machinery down to the required diameter and
thickness their length increasing Of course The tube being
next cut into pieces Of the desired length they are placed on
small rod in machine and pressure being brought to bear
them by the Of lever worked with pedal they are in
sany ued The chasing Of the heads and ngsis beautifully
and quickly accomplished by very small machine into which
they inserted when proper dies brought TO bear on
them which press the metal into the fsnc forms desired
The singular process in this branch of the business
that Of putting cutting the "waeed ornaments Of the
unfuied This is done with very complicated ma
chine, not than and aha foo; in bulk square,
wherein cutting tooth scratches the any form of de-
vice watering desired contains great many wheels
and other combinations removable pleasure of which
are changed ss often as different design required to be
worked, with the single cutting tooth thus made to move
eccencay Il works with great rapidy, and never fails
discharge i Office cutting letters flowers, graceful
bnaions Of straight lines may be required with
more apdy and accuracy than one conceive who has
witnessed its operation This is the only machine Of the
particular kind that know Of in the wofld-Mr Bagley,
by whom has been brought lis present remarkable per-
ection doing his best to keep the of its muaous
rsngemen,s to himself Its "bareycorning" is said be
DEEPER regular and distinct than any other similar
chine-engraving executed in either hemisphere
But hasten In 1910 gold pens first became
article of in the United States and already they
exposed for sale by every staoner and almost every eweer
and matchmaker, from Bangor San Francisco being, as
wee as necessary stock such trade domescs in that
Of the dry goods dealer. There none speak of i'm
ported but the contrary large quantities are sent
by this house Of Bagley Co., abroad your Washington
readers will for an instant reflect the probable number for
in tv then hat in use
every where in the United States extensively with you
they will get idea of the rapdty with which they turn
ed ouony about three hundred and fifty hands in all being
employed in their fabrication. The house Of Bagey Co.
make none except orde either for obbes here for Anne
rican and foreign merchants for individuals They thus
6 heavy orders from London, Paris, Germany Spain, China
South America, and Mexico When was in their counting
yesterday they packing invoice just made to fill
order from Sierra Leone Besides their factory (Which
in the upper story Of huge iron building Duane sreet
they have establishment in the lower part OF Broadway for
whoesaleng, and of the most magnificent stores under
the Irving House, opposite Suar where they supply their
city This last is the only establishment in the
city exclusively appropriated to selling gold pens sngy the
city demand for their work being much general than for
any other such pens said that they may thank for this
preference their Of iridium instead of rhodum, their par
tcusr skill in cutting the points and shaping the to
give great strength and elasticity their patents for saving
space the handles, ectuay preventing injury to the
n the case, and their beautiful little machine for watering
ornaments the case which works SO like thing Of life and
will.
A. G. BAsLEY by whose side and under whose instruc-
ons than half the mechanics in the Union engaged in
the business learned the trade, who, before remarked in
vented every machine peculiar to the business is not
yet thirty seven years Of age Though young, he has
already lived to his country rank the first in the world in
article Of which be may be said to have estab
shed for it. That this remark is emphatcay true may be
drawn from the fact that his house sends Paris alone
special orders, gold pens than imported from Europe
every part Of the United States may add that those
which are imported the United States sl made in
Paris, lip eipcaI bow placed on the inside Of
the pen in order make them hold much ink possible.
They do not 60 down. here the inside raspng applied by
Bag being found best adapted to attain the desired end
w. D. w.