, 1860-09-17
Steel Works.
rFfou ths Pitts5ryEh 1az!tts.1


We vero led to reflect in pAsaIng up tas sl1n
Ward en- Monday, .tha: the clouds OF smoke
that darken our horizon and tue eeeseaess utog'
c|ankjpr engines which il heard On every Esao'
though unpleasant 70 asrangera anu nouAe.
shs hshsSs ,a6
these arc still on the increase; and among INC
e.tsh, ,shmenta recently started We may note
tba S:Iei Works or Hussey, Wells TO-. on
ia Garner at E,ua and Harrison streets. This
arm erected II new building sozaeslme ago, ior
The 11anufa:ture OF every deseflp.1on ae o. s,te,
Of yeyy lurRe proportions. The main buud'ns
IA 135 feet iorg hy 100 in width, and 81 feettn
height. It is supported on foundation Of
atone. and is make fire proof By aheeting Of
iron, which covers every part. me rool Is
braced on aitniiar plan with that Of the rem
sylvania Railroad, in order to support the 4at8e
under It. 4 considerable degree Of attention
has been paid 10 proper ventilation and the ad"
mission Of light-a -very commeudahle I'M
proyement In tho plan of building iactories: ~
Thc stack is OF colossal proportions, being u"
feet high and feet inches in diameter. It's
drauohs almost exceeds belief. The air ascends
through it as we ascertained bT examlnatlon, II
a perfect gale. 1t is handsomely constructed
in circular form, and Is perhaps the hnest
stack in The city. =. -,
The machinery is very hesry, the whole mill
trembling with every stroke Of the enormous
the largest size, and train Of immense fols.
The hammers will do very large anount Of
work, AID ret the busirefs Of -the eatablish-
ment has increased 50 rapidly th7s tLtFa IL q
demand for Eve mora. The rolls are employed
for manufacturing plates tor c1tcu'ar aa"s;
are believed 10 bs the largsst in the couatrv.
| The machinery is driven By an engine OF $50
horse power. The aJ wheel, which consists Of
q solid rim aad centre, weighs twenty tons, and
.he driving pulley eleven tons. The latter IS a
solid casting, AID a msrvel to all wh' see IT,
There a1elTo ether engines in operation. one
for driving the fans and the other for pumping.
Adjoining the main buildicg is another eree.
ted, tie dimensions Of which are one hundred
feet in length bY seEentJ+ +h7e ia width. IL con-
trains three trains of rolls, one IGr sheets a1d
the other two tor bars, dri9en BY IN engine OF
125 horse power.
The works have capacity to manufacture nine
tons # cast steel daily. All varieties Of steel
uce made, iocadinx The various sur!s ot tool
steel, al u1e steel, mil machine steel, chisel
stsei, &c with shovelstcel, spring steel, reaper
steel, plates ofeverJ description, etc. Every
piece Of steel Is xutject 70 g careful examina.
lion before it i3 exposed Tor sale, to p;tvent
any worthless matsri4l from emsnatirg from
these works. This course, though perhaps
irconvenieut a. frs:, must ultimately prive
jad;clous, as it will attract the attention II all
reliable buyers, aud proposes them win IA
yorable opirions Of this tEC-.
The day Of cur visit to tho works, prepare
tions were made to put rp msmmoth puir Of
shears. These shears will weigh some twelve
tens, and are designed to shear circulars ard
saw plates. They will be worked BY machine
II, und are expected to cut plates with the
sdre facility that a timer shears sheet iron.
TIE product Of these works has hec7Ee ex-
| tremely ropulsr, many Of our manufacturers
using it extensively. Messrs. Liopincott L Co..
| J. Il. Shocnberger l. Co., a:d knupp, Rudd l.
Co., give it tie prsfereEce, aud i. il employed
in tue Pennsylvania railway shops 80 far cs
| neede1 70: their w~nts. Having concentrated
their whcle resources On Que husineax-the
manufacture simply Of steel-aad ha7ing avail
ed themselves Of the best aud mos. improved
machinery, it il not surprising their mauu:ac.
lures shou d hare Iet With peculiar favor. The
raeidity with which the demand for them has
increased, while it is gratifying to the firm,
maxt encourage fnturs enterprise among tue
caoitalis's Of cur community. Hessrs. HusseT,
Wells l. Cn, we're exhibitors at our County
Fair Of last week. receiving premium for each
sanp:e Of their steel (tocl, SAN pate and spring
| stsel), and for d;zsn axes. Tue axes we're
highly Hrough: and appeared to be hare 10 IL
val. Beinx buE poor judges OF steel, we could
form 70 opinil1 OF the specimens Of it sxhib:t-
ed. The axes were not made b; Hussey, Wells
4 Co, but merely shown as samples Of their
worked steel.