The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-09-09


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From the Washington Union.
IMPROVEMENT IN FIGURING MILLS.
Most persons would be much surprised to be in
formed of the perfect accuracy demanded in adjust
ing the upper and neither milestone" between the
faces of which all the wheat Of country is ground
into -four; and yet accomplished miller in any of
our merchant mills will tell YOU that this pondcrous
instrument--the p,iHaone-which whirls like light
ming before your eye when once rightly poised upon
its spindle and adjusted with the perfect accuracy
demanded for executing its work will if varied high
lower than the fro hUhdred ami fce0fieth n,yt
Of inch, utterly spoil the work He will also tell
you that with all his watchunes and care the great
trouble of the miller has always been to guard against
the instability of the foot of the spindle caused by
the sprngig and radii of the ordinary bridge
Mr.. Hotchkiss of Broome county, New York, the
ingenious inventor of the waterwhee so widely
known through the country, has now invented a
counter bridge and tram-bock, by which the steps
to the grist-ml spindle secured and adjusted in
manner perfect AS to sumount entirely the diff
culties above referred TO- and for which the "Amor-
can Institute presented Mr. H. with a medal b.
The following testimonias from respectable prac-
teal mers of Georgetown, b. C., so eminent for the
excellence of its -four furnish the strongest proof of
the value of Mr. Hotchkiss tram block and counter
bridge:
GEORGETOWN, July 2S, 1852
The undersigned, of the firm of Boyce Tay-
lor nronrietors IF the Cnlumhia Mills in this c;ty
would state that having been bred to the business,
am the superinte ndent of our extensive mills in
which we have eleven run of stones.
In this capacity my attention was recently called
to the bridge tree and tram block patented
by Mr.. Gideon Hotchkss, of Broome county, New
York. the object of which is to secure and adjust the
foot of spindles and stones in grisnills brief OK
animation of this invention convinced me Jas think
it would any intelligent miller that il is a very i'm
portant invention. But / went further, and made
thorough trial of single set which so fully answered
my expectations to induce to from the
patenteo, as have done, rights for complete sets for
whole eleven run of stones
] so fully convinced of the utility and OK
cellence of this invention, that | cheerfuy add my
testimony as practical man to tho high commcnda-
ton given by the American Institute and others in
favor of this meritorious invention
V. j. TAYLOR.
We, the undersigned, having used the counter
bridge tree and tram block patented by Mr. Hotch-
kiss, fully in the foregoing recommendation
HORAS IL. b HowEs. Mnlwright
RICHARD SHEA, Miller
GEORGETOWN AHgHa t. 1852.
In, A.
twenty years in frstclass merchant mills | have
found the greatest obstacle lin common with all good
mllers to keep the proper grinding qualities of the
meal chargeable to the instability of the foot of the
spindle which is caused by the springing and radii
of the ordinary bridge. Since tho adoption of the
lotchkiss trans and counter bridge in Charles vii.
sons MILL in which am head miller find il exact
ly the thing wanted Ii perfectly prevents a sdeway
oscillation, and u non elastic fixed relative
distance of the grinding surface of the stone, which
not only greatly facilitates the grinding capacty of
the mill, but makes tho -four more uniform I am
sure no mill-owner would fail to adopt them for
double the cost, when the advantages arc known.
In addition to the above if for other considera
ton, the great durability of the gear derived by the
use of this patent would warrant their adopton.
r. j. WEBB
Another great advantage not stated in the above
is that by the adoption of this machine you are ena
bled to make your entire husk as solid and durable
as you please. CHARLES WILSON.
While this invention secured by caveat, over
twenty sets we're put into different mills in the State
of New York, and a sample examined by board of
practical and scientific judges, appointed by tho
American Institute, ON whose certificate IA medal was
awarded
The writer of the following letter is a highly re-
spectacle merchant of Delaware county, New York
and partner of Henry Sheldon, New York city, and
speaks in reference to the first set Of tram blocks
made. They have since adopted them for all their
spindes Numerous others omitted for want of
space. Since the date Of tho patent Goth Of June
last) nine out of ten of the large class -four mills in
Georgetown, Alexandria, and their vcinities. have
either adopted or contracted TO adopt them.
PHILADELPHIA, AprH 2, 1850.
DEAR SIR Yours of the 22d reached mo at this
place having been forwarded by my nephew Ia re-.
ply TO your inquiry about the counter bridge treo and
tram block have had but little experience in the
milling business, so far as machinery is concerned
and while you were putting the one in mill, pre-.
JUDGE was very strong our miller very much
opposed to it indeed saying it would, in his opinion,
be failure and be attended with great loss Of time
and expense but from your acknowledged character
in such matters and the high opinion entertained Of
your knowledge in such afairs, shoaid have been
controlled TO extent by our miller, he also hay
ing good deal of experience and reputation as mas
ter Of that business After the machine fairly
arranged and its utility fully tested the miller yields
TO it, great improvement in regulating the stone with
much precision, being altogether superior to any
thing he has in that line. His remark was,
- II is exactly the thing wanted SO well pleased
with it, that If we rebuild our mill, think
Of doing this year, shall want three more If We
do not build We shall have another in the present
mill during the summer. We are sure, after fair
trial, deny its vast improvement in that
line. We shall be most happy to do all in our power
in giving it general publicity viii, ere long writo
more at length URlAH GREGORY
GIDEON HorCBKIss, Esq
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In bursuance of tho resolution Of n public meeting