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James L. Haven & Co.'s rOn-Norks.
The Iron Manufacturers of Cincinnati are
among its most extensive and important
branches of industry, and the product known
as malleable iron, now constitutes the stock.
almost entirely, of very many of the Hardware
| Stores OF the country, embracing innumerable
small articles which but few years ago were
constructed of wrought iron. The process by
which common crude iron is reduced to NAL
leable state, is tolerably familiar to the public.
and we will not occupy space in this article in
its itsdsscriptionjbut much greater quantityofpig
| iron is converted into malleable castings at tbc
place designated by the heading of this article,
than the citizens of this city and vicinity have
ever conceived of.
This firm occupies three four-story building,
and ono three-story building, which cover one
acre of land, and furnish about three acres of
floor surface. The works have q frontage on
| Columbia street of one hundred and forty feet.
eighty feet on Elm street, and two hundred
and ninty-six feet on Commerce street. With
all this space, the company find it insufficient
to accommodate their workmen and machinery.
and have made arrangements to occupy more
| ground the coming season.
There are at present about two hundred and
twenty-five hands employed, which number
will probably be increased to three hundred
tho coming summer. This concern finds use
for over thirty iron lathes and drilling ma
chimes, and turns out about $500, 900 per year
Of castings and finished work. Their orders
| como mostly from the South and West, though
some considerable amount Of work is sent East
ward.
In addition to the manufacture of malleable
iron, this establishment turns out a preat
variety of castings, among which we might
mention Bolts, Door and Cato Trimmings. n
large variety of Kitchen and Cooking I'm
PIGMENTS, Copying Presses, Weights, Fur
l. aces, Hammers, Puueys, Apple pairing Ma
ob,. Ies, Meat cutting Machines, Garden I'm
pleme. uts' Carpenters Hardware, School desk
Irons, " agon-boxes, etc., and Butt-hingos are
one of theh staple products.
A few years Ego, English Hinges and Butts
monopolized the n. arkets throughout the Union;
but those made at Tho " orks of JAMES L.
q
manufacture, and the latter have almost en-
tirely been superseded This establishment
has been in operation but cry few years,
and its remarkable success and p opularity are
evidences Of the advantages which this city |
affords for this branch of business, ms well as |
duct it.
Among the novelties of this establishment
we noticed some very ingenious machinery for
making Endless chain-pumps. The pump-log |
is made by boring hole through a four by |
four-inch scantling, lengthwise. These piece. |
of scantlng are about eight feet long, and the |
auger runs through it in about one minute. A |
space of about four inches Of one end of the |
scantling is bored out about two and a halt |
inches in diameter, and journal of the same l
size bored on the other end with q hollow |
auger, SO that they can be put together to form |
a pipe Of any desired length.
These machines are all arranged in the form |
of lathes, and are self-feeding, so that one man |
can attend to boring the scsntling and also to
the tennoning the ends, and keep the augers |
all in operation.
The chains are made of iron wire the right |
size. The first operation is to cut up the wire |
into suitable length for the links this is done |
in a machine which bites them off very rapidly. |
These pieces are then dropped into machine |
which bends both ends around so as to form
the shape of a link, only leaving the ends |
apart far enough go that the links can be put |
together, which is done by boy, who hangs
one upon another, forming a piece of chain |
say two feet in length 1t is then made to |
pass between rollers having grooves in their |
periphery, which have the effect to close the |
links tight together.
The buttons, or buckets, are theM soldered
to these pieces Of chains, at proper distances,
when the chains are dipped into ISOLATION of |
melted zinc, which gives them handsome |
gnlyanic coating of the metal. They are then |
put into tumber and polished.
COcOaIne.-Thc ladies are delighted
with BURNETT's COCAINE. They describe with
no 'light enthusiasm its wonderful effects in
promoting and preserving the beauty of the |
Hair. BURNErT's KALMsToN is equally ad.
mired as a Cosmetic. 1t is BURNETT & Co., |
who are also the proprietors of the new perfume
entitled Florimel, and of the Oriental Tooth
Wash. All these preparations deserve tn,
high reputation which they have already at
taned.-[ [M Y. Home Journal
Bishops Pictures-NOne Better-and
at prices to suit all; No. So Fourth street, be-
tween Walnut and Vine.
Harlan & Wilson, No. 30 West Fourth
street, pay particular attention to the Photo
graphic art. Call at their rooms and examine
for yourselves.
Handsome Pictures arc taken by Win
DER, whose rooms are on Western Row, oppo.
site Court street.