The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-09-05


The labor OF Algrr's extensive foun
! dry, III South Boston, has been turncC
into the channels Of war 1t was wei
that in these works there found mechan.
les adapted to the manufacture of muni
tions OF war--canDon, shot and shell -
The establishment has held GOOD rank in
! these manufactures, and We have seen al
! through the country arms apparently as
/ good AS were made bearing the initials Q
| our fellow citizen.
| The present demand of the country
has given an impetus to the labor in this
establishment aud turned it all into the
the war chanacl. la view of the depres
sion that bears down on all the arts OF
peace, we find relief by these operations
for many mechanics and laborers who
would otherwise see their families suffer
in. because their skillful hands coult
find no occupation.
One Of US visited Ayers foundry du
ring the latter part Of last week, to lool
into the operations there, and report up
on them for the interest Of our readers
4 great foundry and machine shop arc
always interesting to those who have the
least regard for the triumph of skilfu
labor aud the progress Of machinery .-
And IN such times as this, when brawny
hands of iron are laboring night and day
and never knowing fatigue, to manufac-
ture the various instruments of death
which invention has contrvcd aud cxpc-
rience approved, the scene of such mag
niicent operations, so trlught with the
hopes Of a natiou,s 50 mcnacing to the lives
of the foe, has peculiar interest belong
ing to the time and its hurried events.
In the foundry the greater part of the
business seemed to be the casting OF
shells, Of the round pattern, which were
generally large size, and the SchDable
projectilc, which is much in the form of
goose egg. as left when cast. The lat
ter shell is afterwards finished in the
machine shop by a shcathing of paper,
made very sold, and forming one end Of
the projectilc into round cylindrical
form which fits the bore of the gun
This paper sheathIng is put on after the
casting is literally fabricated with 0ees-
wax, which allows it to strip off readily
when free. These are the percussion
shells which explode when they strike
an object, End which Of course is very
proper time for them to do so. We have
seen the fact noticed, however, that some
Of these shells fell without exploding, as
was proved at Manassas, and left on the
field, quite dangerous things to handle
They arc cast two together and when
the dir; is removed from the solidificd
castings, a ve9y heavy pair of twins,
with Siamcse attachment, which is af-
terwards broken, is disclosed. Red hot,
and smoking, they bear as strongly the
character Of 'eggs Of he'll" :" as somewhat
later in their existence, when they are
hurled like lightning into the ranks Of
! the foe
The grcl, round shells are rolled ou.
from their molds into rows, whore they
are left to cool and when we imagine
! one Of these going for an object at can.
non ball rate, we see something of what
cannonadn with red hot balls must be,
though these 'iGyh thew post destructive
power within. The foundry has weird
and dcviljsh look about it always, with
out taking into account what is made
here. The streams of liquid iron run,
ming from the melted mass, the flashing
OF light and the spattering of sparks, the
| half naked men moving to ard fro with