New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-02

IKE ey,yy oiber country, has lane" " P'. "e
chine which viii perform this noof, Aonga
ere.s.s the steel and makes rsseais ne IN ape 81
aree The forte of Americana, thef'ore the proonc'
ton of l.bor-sa, ipg machinery, has been formally de-
dea nae missatle, but iSee are manufacturers "ho
contend that although originally indebted for in'truc
ti,n 10 emirrnnts from the workshops OF Lancashire
the b. st and most skfu sorkmen BOW in The bus'nes
are Americans. BY the census OF 1917 there were wv
6l..euters in the United States and s believed inst
American files are equal il lot SUPERIOR to any pro-
dueed in the world ,
n, J,n,,s Wolstenholme, who came from Sheffield
:, 1870 With scarce dosr in his pocket is nov em-
rio, inc about thirty men at Providence making every
r,,;ey of ire and coarse fcs and supplying some Of
the b..t maehine..tops in NeS.Eogland. Mr.. Beo,.
s. Sokes, formerly suI erDtendent OF the Cro'on lie
Works. employs about forty hands, making every va
riety Of excellent qual,s, at Manche'ter, N H.; and
there are concerns at Taunton Lowell Boston, Pills
depbia Troy. Albany, Newark and other places, ac-
,velv and we believe, all prof,sby employed in this
manufacture. The heaviest in Amencs-ihe Arcade
File Works, at sing Sing, this S.ate-emPloys about
ITO hands the neat largest-the Croton, at the same
plsce-eives employment TO ninety or more and va
sble nOmber, reaching last Spring about 100, are EN-
Moved in the state Prison st the place. Fifteen
,.ars ago the bushes. WAS barely commenced IN the
Prison seven years later ts profit and attracveness
nduC ed citizens TO commence il. The increase WITHIN
the last five years not Only in this great center, bat
tbrou,hout the country, has been very rapid. The
yalue of the entire production is about half million
dollars annually. OF the files used in this country,
there are imported sey from England eghttenths ron
| Germany notwithstanding one-ten,h OF the demand
| to be supplied by domestic goods.
Mr.. G.. b. Hubbel the proprietor of the Arcade
Wmks. in a letter published this season, IN answer
TO an inquiry in regard to the difficulties contend
ed with saws: list We have to compete with large
amount of inferior goods, imported from Germany
and sold here at a low price. Mspy OF these hles
are made of cast iron. I'd. There are many WORTH
"less files imported from Eogland, and great many
medium to fair quality and further large quantity
| " of very rood once We have no trouble in diving
"back The inferior and worthless, but the merchants
are constantly striving TO class our files with the
medium English goods and thereby force US down
in price,
| AUTOMATIC WHISTLE FOR LoooMorIyEs.-MT.
james Harrison Of this city has put IN successful use
devico for whistling automatically at every point re-
| quired CD any given railroad. We have haon Oh
riding on the locomotive whenever practicable, and oil
observing with attention the operations OF duer-
ent individuals in managing tbete delicate, complicated,
end intensely powerful monsters. Ringing the bell 'r
vbtlnp with undertaking certainty at just the proper
d,tar &C before schng each crossing we know to be
one Of the most difficult duties and one which the per-
Torrance o: the machine referred to, the "Foriham
on the Harlem Railroad has proved to belong to that
great class which can be performed better by mech an
| ism than by hand The manner in which all the de-
tails of Mr.. HarrsOn's invention are arranged so as
to overcome the practical difficulties and provide for
all possible contingencies hardly be too much adj
mired. The motion is derived from one Of the shafts
of the tuck strong worm endless screw thereon
gives slow revolution to a stout wheel into which it
nesbes and the motion of this is carried up to the top
fthe boiler by the aid Of shaft with universal joints
and strong sleevecoupling, as to allow for the
bounding and working of the engine. II here results
in giving very Glow rotation to large screw, in the
r.ctat guar threads Of which wedge-shaped stops o.
sn a cams are inserted to act on lever ana
sound the bse at corresponding point IN the track.
The truck wheels never tempted, like the driving
wbe H. to Zip the track, and being made OF hard
r,n chi led the tread, scnsibly change their
diameter by use, that the motion OF the screw, II
correctly arranged at the 6rt never changes Its reia
ton to the length Of road until the wheels are changed
| but provision is made for adapting she parts to
change at any time with little trouble, and the engi
peer has always within reach q SINAI. handle which 81
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give all the signals little or later whenever he
deems it advisable temporarily to disconnec 1t alto
gether and sound or stop the whistle BY the ordinary
means. The invention ia perfectly practicable one
throughout nd appears TO be great step toward per-
fece the railroad system. If the ghosts Of the scores,
or perhaps hundreds annually killed at the crossings in
| this country-a number which has almost induced
law compelling railroads to cary al roads either over
or under their hnes-could sep forward or urge the
adoption Of a device Of this kind, 1t would not be long
in finding place every locomotive in the Unioa. It
be apphedto old nearly well as to new machines
and the money annually saved to companies first, by
avoiding many of the accidents of this class and
ond by being able TO prove that loud and long signal
was certainly made at the proper time waning To
the careless country man, would probably be sufficient
TO pay the expense in a short period Of time.
Az IsprLmLE PrscrL.-rhs paragraph is written
with pen of entirely novel construction. To all
appearance pencil the article is yet really Fountain
PEN lux IL used in in Princes Protean Fountain
Pen II L. fled in the way and the tube Is made
of The same material: but instead Of flowing out on
pen of the ordinary construction, the ink aows out
through fine tube apoing to point and split length
way,. The tube is about as long a. that Of an or
binary goldcsse pencil which the whole affair resem-
bes very cceely except that il is ok and is much
lighter. The inventor lie Dr.. N. b. Sayton Of Msii-
son, Ind. The pencil viii be found very conve-
nient for memoranda, but as it is capable of making
only line Of uniform thickness apprehend that il
cannot supersede Mr. Princes Fount,in Pen, which
for ordinary writing 10 the bes, thing within knowl
edge. We have used this now for nearly two yesrs,
aud during that time hay, say ed many hours dipping