The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-04-28
COgswell Is Co's Foundry aud Reaper
Manufactury.

Several weeks ago we gave from the En-
terpr'Se OF this city sketch Of the Ottawa
Gas Works. From the same source we CO.
py the following iirst-rate notice Of anoth-
er oil the ''institutions of ofOttawa-the ma
chine shop and foundry of Cogswell d Go.
TIN. establishment, the Oldest one in
town, = devoted 10 the manufacture OF
Reapers, sugar Mills Mill Gearing, Steam
Engines, together with all kinds OF cast
lnSs and general repairing.
1t wa, started ia lSij by WIN CoCswE.I.,
who by untiring industry. energy and per
severence has built il up from u small, in
slShli!cant concern, to it, present maSnl-
tude.
The machine shop is Of brick. three sto-
ries high. 80 by 80 feet; boiler house, 10
by 80 ieet foundry 81 by 81 feet pattern
house, 20 lay 81 feet, TWO stories high +;
wood shop. 80 10y 80 feet and blacksmith
shop ," feet square, besides some four or
five additions. and out buildings
The establishment Is capable OF workin .
to advantage from Zoo tn l5O men. but
owing TO Z. want Of demand for work il is
not now run 10 its full capacity.
1hc machine shop contains an engine
OF twenty horse power. i've first class en-
gin" iattes one boring lathe, one long iron
Ilancr. one key seat cutter, on" screw
cutter, one upright drill, bench tools DC
The wood shop contains one first class
wood plluer. together with many in-cn.
lou, machines and devices for working III
wood and saving labor.
The pattern shop is furnished WIKI u
combination lathe and saws and all the
most approved machines which are o.llv
found IN a first class pattern shop
In the foundry is I cupoia capable Of
melting five tons OF iron pr day. with
TASKS, some 1000 ~ so-aud all the
necessary fixtures for making castings ot
aEv desired size or shape. and we
may a. well say IN passing. that Mr.. 'has.
SNOW who works IL this foundry has the
reputation of h~Iay the best moulder In
the city, and seems 10 care no more Tor
the scOTching heat o! the cupOia than ne
does for the binding, suifocalinc, smoke
aai flame which he has - t-ar.essly eE
coun,cr,d a, Ih,. recent fires in this city
a. ppcrnau OF Niagara Fire %.
The leading feature at the present time
time in this establishment i the manuiac
ture Of CoGswELLS patent i,yo motion rea
per ana mower. a machine possesss!ng 4
number Of novel features beside the one
i'I'sffi ~ - - !'-'''A.'h4 ~ ~ dii'
requires something more than 4 passing
notice
( 1t IS well known that few machines
work equally in grass ami III grain. owing
20 the difference required in motion and
in the height o: ,A. platform from the
ground Both y! these difficulties are We
~ eifectualiy removed nv 'or-sweils ma
chine and in a manner SO einpi. tnat tt.t
wonder j. why It was not thought Of be
fore.
We know nothing Of farming. practi
callv but il seems TO u that this machine
j. Just the thin- needed and that it mus
NEE; with universal favor
W. have no time 10 90 into the sta
tistical part OF reaper manufacturing, mol
u diecriue the various other kinds made
here we may, however- DO both n IL
tur- numher: a. the masking OF these ma
chimes i 81 important par; os manuiac
turing and adds much 10 the prosperit,
aud wealth O. our c!;v.