The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-04-10

are good hghtny men, are not good hus- |
bandors OF their Uncle's property. a large
proportion of the arms received by Ohio |
IRON the General Government have been of
foreign make, and by no means rs good os
the home made article. They have had to |
overhsulcd, and their DEFICIENCIES uuppled, /,
and defects corrected before being issued |
to the treore. This has imposed largo
amount Of unlocked for labor upon our ord
nance officers. When il is remembered that
about eighty Thousand muskets and rides
have passed through our Arsenal since the
war 6egnn, il Will I've seen that simply open
ing, examining, and rc-packing them would
he no small jo6. With the crowded state
of the Arsenal, and want Of proper accom-.
mo lat ons, the work has been done under
many disadvantages. The worhinen at tho
Town Street Aruiurv have now in hand ten
thousand Austr'sn rites, lately received
from abroad. every one Of which need tho
srmorer's skill, ond which, as fast as they
eHu be opened, put in order, md re-pacl;cd,
are sent of to our troops in Kentucky.
But we must pass 10
THE LABORATORY.
Eorly in the war it was discovered that
the Cmtci States Atscuals could not sup-
ply in sufficient quantities and as fast as
needed the large amount of fixed eu,muni-
ton for our tens Of thou sands of patriotic
volunteers. This necessitated the organi2a
t on If o force for that purpose here. Fixed
aniuum ton comprises cartridges of Vari-
Gus sorts and yea, for the different classes
OF muskots, also shot, shell, canister, etc.
! for held-guns For the formation of the
| eartrldg ge.cAses, us they are terme!, females
are employed. The work is done in an old
! frame building on Broad Street near the
! bridge, 1t is an incunvenient place - cut
up into small rooms. and badly lighted and
! ventilated, Here we found fifty to sixty
| young women and girls, seated at long ta-
| bles forming upon cylindrical sticks the
paper cy,lnde"s which contain the powder
| and ball. III l. nhnble fingers handle the
few, simple tools employed with great dex-
trr.ty, pnd mary thUusunds Of the little pa
| per cases viii be the result OF u days Ia
Dor.
From this place the paper shells ore tax
, cn across the river TO an isolated building
formerly used as a railroad car-shop, where
from forty to fifty men and boys are EN-.
pluyed filling the shells with powder. lubri
eating and aifixing the balls, packing the
cartridges into bundles of ten each, with I
complement Of percussion caps, and finally
into wooden boxes each containing thou.
sand cartridges. The work here Is vel
systematized, each workman having his ap-
pointed place, and a special part OF the
manipulations to perform. The floor Ii
covered with sawdust, the room is warmed
by steam-pipes, lead III from furnace uno
boiler, some fifty feet OH, aud the usual pre-
cautions are taken against danger from cx
plosion. However, We do hot care 10 ling
or here. Those barrels of powder have NJ
explosive look, and that locomotive passing
within u few yards OF the old building
might whirl n vicious spark through q neg
lectcd crevce, and blow M all sky high
So we shake the sawdust from our feet onC
BID the Laboratory rate.
The Quartermaster-Gcre in his ropor
before referred to, tells us that there ha
been used i'll this establishment to the Is
OF December about fifty thousand pound
Of powder, two hundred and sixty thou
sand pounds Of lead, and about five milliol
OF percussion caps.
We have now gore the rounds OF th
State Arsenal institutions but are reminde'
that these various buildings. no wldoi.
scattered, do not contain all tie State
' "Ordnance, and ordnance stores Th'
basement of the State House is crowde,
with artillery carriages and caissons, bat