Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-07-10
Cleveland Manufacrories - The CIeveIan'
Rolling Mill.

Rolling Mill.
The Rolling Mill main building is one hun
dred and eight feet long by sixty wide, venti-
lated above and below, SO that when any air is
stirring the operatives enjoy its full benefit.
The structure is to be enlarged by an extension
of one hundred feet, which will make it in
length two hundred and eight feet, and includ-
ing the wings on esch side will embrace a
width of one hundred and forty feet-covering
an area of 90, I20 square feet These improve
meuts will be constructed the coming Fall.
Messrs Frankland & Co., of the Eagle Foan-
dry, have furnished most of the machinery for
the Mill at cost of fifteen thousand dollars;
and when the new machinery for the extension
of the Mill is added, the bill of Messrs. F. & Co.
will exceed twenty thousand dollars.
OF the fixtures and engines already located
and in working condition in the Mill, is large
stationary engine of one hundred and sixty
horse power, for doing the bulk of the work
two stationary locomotive engines Of twenty
horsepower each, for jobbing purposes-and
one stationary engine of twenty-five horse
power for running the circular saws that cut
the iron into proper lengths. The main fly
wheel to the principal engine is twenty-five
feet in diameter, weighs twenty-six tons, and
revolves with velocity which makes its outer
rim complete distance of over one mile per
minute.
A train of twenty inch rolls is situated on
one side and another train of twelve inch rolls
on the other; the latter for merchantable iron
and the former for the manufacture of rails.
These rolls weigh from four to six tons each.
The T rails made by them weigh from twenty
two to sixty-four pounds to the yard, and range
in length from eighteen to twenty-four feet.
Contiguous to the machinery are the heating
furnaces, and near them the smoke stacks, with
parallel fues) Two of them are dnished, be-
ing sixty five feet in hight, and seven feet six
inches square at the base. Tho new smoke
stack, now in process of erection, is eight feet
square at the base and will be seventy feet high.
Connected with the stacks are the boilers and
hues
The elephant punching apparatus used here
is plain, yet ingenious, machine of sufficient
capacity to punch twO-ineh iron slabs. II
weighs fifteen and half tons. and was made
in Providence, z. 1. In point of size and power
it is equal to any in the country.
We examined also two pairs of large "shears'
one cutting pieces of iron six and halfineh-
ss wide by two inches in thickness, and the
other used for cutting old 7 rails and hot fla
bar iron as it came from the rolls They have
a smaller pair which performs valuable service
in trimming merchantable iron. These three
pairs of cutters are worked by spur-gearing OF
belt power.
We should not forget to mention monster
sledge hammer. welded by one of the employ
ees of the Mil, which weighs ninety-twO pounds
and is used for Strengthening new rail road iron
beams, rafters, girders, joice, etc.
One hundred and twenty-five men arc en-
PlOyed, and are divided into two gangs for day
and night service-the former gang consisting
of eighty men and the latter of forty-five. Theil
work is all performed under the superintendent
ofDavid Isaac Jones and his brother John Jones
both members of the firm.
When in full operation one hundred and forty.
seven superior 7 rails can be manufactured here
daily. The amount of iron used is over thirty
tons per day together with twenty tons of Sa
Iineville coal.
Four engineers are employed, and William
Hays, formerly of this city, acts in the capacity
of Clerk.
The Rolling Mil Company of Messrs. Stone
Chisholm & Jones, have built neat and sub
stantial frame building near these works, thirt]
feet by fifty, which contains store well fllet
with goods and two convenient business Offices
They purchased the fifteen acres of ground upol
which their works are located, in April 1857
and since the erection of their Mill have bull
sixteen dwellings in IFS immediate vicinity-tel
cheap frame houses for their laborers, and 81,
brick residences for the accommodation of thei
engineers, heaters, and carpenters. These resi-
dences are neat and tasteful in their appearance
and internal arrangements.
A branch track Is now being constructed fror
the C. & NJ Railroad to the Mil, which will b
ene-eighth of mile in length. One of Keller
platform scales is used over which this trac
runs, the rails over it being 2s feet and inc
, in length. 1t is used for weighing iron an
cars.
: We should remark that in filing their contra:
for the new Court House in this city, the Con
pany have made beams twenty four feet lonI
: being four feet longer than any ever made
d this country outside of New York city. Iro
,, for the Randolph Street Bridge. Chicago, W;
I furnished by the Company.
The iron of every description manufacture
! by this Company is equal to any made in Il
3 United States, and they always use the be
4 puddled iron for the heads of their 7 Rails.
BoLD BURGLARY Chittende
No. 80 Erie street, was on Wednesday som
IF what surprised by burglary after this fashiO
Re BE had stepped into e neighbOr's, locking Il
1. d,or Of his bousc "a he went ont He return,