New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-19

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prsnared in this manner has been proved that the
milk win keep sound for years and mny be reduced AZ
or soys 10 one and give good satisfaction to those re-
rir;ns fresh milk FOR all uses where sugar and miif
ho,h reouired as for tea and coffee the preserved
milk NAV be used ia and viii keep sweet after te
can Is opened until used up and generally preerrca
20 cre,m For custards puddings ice-cream, &c. 1t 10
oo,tanIv better than fresh milk cream. For most
nnrnoses IL il necessary to dilute the preserved MIX
witb hot water because II contains sugar OF mix ~
CRYSTALS which might not be dissolved II diluted WIN
cold water and used immediately.
II 20 ssen from what We have stated that milk drawn
tho ovs In the morning IN the pleasant valleys OF
mtbass Connty NAV undergo oil this preparation dur.
~ me Jav and reach NewYork during the night, and
nj the end Of three days be IN the tents OF our army N
Virginia Such has been the case ana members o. inc
ovation Of its inventor who has been the means Of al
forine great blessing To our hospitals. He has eso
aGorded n great blessing 20 woman, in opening FOR her
@ sd IF Labor An the light work ~ this factory
il allotted 10 females generally natives OF inc shrvunu
mo country fine looking, intelligent girls Of eighteen
or twenty years with 10" Vi aino'e niioN' 'Pp'"'
THs TIy-sHoP-THE WORK ALL DoSB By GihLs-
HOW TIN CAN II MADE
.xyhat Interest," we fancy some readers viii say,
"bsvs IL in tin. shop and how q tin can is nader
Patience reader. Let us see II We ca1not give yon
an interest In this one Following miniature ran
freicht-cars Of the railroad standing, We cross
bridge over the creek aud ent the packing room Just
described, in the second s0ry VI the main building
Following the track through tat and other store
that once were occuped as saw MILL and over another
bridge, perhaps hundred feet long, and enter The TN
shop the second story Of frame building occupied
below by the carpenters who make the packing boxes
We find the tin shop very light, airy neat, ana argo
enough afford ample room for the operatives 10 MAXI
ten GOpsand tin day And these operatives aio
all females except errand boy, who takes all inc
dirty part Of the work upon his hands ana foreman
who directs all the operations and keeps account BOOKS
that NAV serye as a model He tell at oil times
with all the fluctuations Of cost Of materials what IL
costs tho fraction Of mill TO manufacture the cans
With "a oPeratiyesIet Us stop moment ana cvn'sm n
plate this sight and II II has no intereet-it had 10
u.s. TO see - females finding new source OF employ.
ment IL interesting ~ see the first TIN shop that
we ever heard Of operated By e%aes Il was ana ii
laborng women remember ana honor Tie hAihe VI jail
Borden.
Now 10 return to the tin shop. -,
With 81 operatives the shop can turn ont goo NIX
cans a day each holding an exact pound. This re-.
Qures 1870 sheets of tn 900 for the bodies and 3'o
for bottoms tops and caps uheTe are SO So ,1se now
els 80 TO SIT. To make these cans requires 60 pounds
Of solder made by melting and mixing carefully block
lin and lead IN equal paris LIE eSt N IurS t tcs
threefourths OF inch wide and twelve inches long
For sealing the bars are made about fourth Of
an inch square and eighteen inches long, Tor one par
of the work the solder If formed into grains about as
large as rye straw threeOurts OF an inch long pointed
at each end, and exactly uniform IN size ana 'ofin
This II done by pouring tho metal into Ice water o ex
acty the right temperature Tue result very curious
and can be produced in no other wa! Ills too Is all
vomans work.
Mt cost Of shilling bushel and pound Of rosin
which Secession las made quite an item OF cost
The advance upon all the materials has made the cans
oost much than formerly but not IN proportion TO
cost Of materials because formerly they were made Dy
contract. by hands Of men, who. without dong any
more work than women. demand higher wages
Much he largest portion Of the cans are made OF the
one pound sizea few made 10 hold two and three
pounds by the system If labor and economy sdopted
In this shop we satisfied that the cans are furnished
Al twenty hive per less than they could be obtained
on contract at an ordinary tin shop.
Besides the sealed cans many are made win novsOs
covers TO contain family milk, and apple Jelly Of Inch
anon. The girls also make large cream pals In short
they can 10 anything required in the lin linz Ihey
work the ten hour system, by days work and aver
age 81 1874 per day. one who nSts rs Inspector and
examines every TO II IL Is perfect and Who has
renar kable fitness for that work has resolved dollar
and half DAY for years. An average days work at
soldering IL 800 bodies OF $40 tips bottoms. sew
cr the CRIB assured that they could easily solder
Loco bodes day. 30 II appears that they arr noio'cr
worked . .
The division u labor fully carried ont shows that II
takes thirteen hands 10 make one uncsn. The study
Is curious. and well worth the observation OF all LABOR
economists We will give tho operation In detail that
our Young readers, In particular may hon tin-cAn
Is made and how much labor Is required ~ store sin
gle pound Of this condensed milk.
First there Is a machine, operated by one girl which
cuts oil the edge Of side and one cad making them
smooth and the sheet oIacy square. she paSses the
sheets TO a girl and another machine standing along
side by which the sheets cnt into exact sire for
bodies or tops and bottoms or covers, accordingly as
tho machine IL gauged. Tie strips fail into borcs.
| which IL for bodice arc taken to tho machlse that
bends them II for tops bottoms to the
speciiye cutting machines, each operated by girl,
though not oil continuously a. one machine does It's OIL
lotted work faster than another.
The bent bodies fall from the machine into boxes.
which are empted upon the benches In front VI the sol
derers, who drop them @ fst as finished into bVhes at
The rate Of more than two minute.
The bottoms and tops are all passed threugh ma.
chine that turns up the edge 80 that they can be put
on as lids are upon q box Tho bottoms and sides are
| mon hr,u Ia "A
work putting thcm together Then they arc passed
along step further 10 machine that eliAehes the
joints together and makes them smooth and ready for
soldering; but before they to the bench Of the sol
derer they pass through another machine the invention
OF the foreman that pns On the rosn. ibis Is great
sbOrsavey. The can, In lie manufacture 10 moth
ug OF the soder-maker and some intermediate hand
ling has been through the hands Of twelve workers.
From the last soderers the cans are 10 he nspec
tors table. II any are found objective they re-.
turned TO tho proper person each can having AL Initial
mark as the last touch II the soldering tool We
tced that not one In q hundred was returned.
We noticed TOO, how beautifully tho work has been
simplifed that oil these tuRs Of tin arc handled by
the girls without fatigue.
The tin n brought BY the little railway carriage from
the store room by some Of the men early in the morn
ing. enough for a days work. and the boxes opened
and placed close by the first machines at the further
end Of tile room. During the day II gradually works
its way through other machines and hands " the In
spcctors table near the door. and there the
placed in boxes and transported by railway to the
packers rcom where they are placed close b, the hand
ere and packers and again upon tie car aud into the
store ro5m ready for shipment
LthBER USED FOR BOXES.
When We look at single Packing.bOK tie eniosnt Of
lumber appears Insignificant that We do nd count II
Of any voiue. Let us look at IL Ia the aggregate II
We estimate average Of 900 pounds Of preserved
Bkt day--conntiDg 800 working days in the year
and this Is pu up In oAs Of four Dozen each II will
require 100 boxes daily 10 so total. Zach containing
eight feet and making for the year 80 900 fset Of lum
Der The amount IL 60 large that special commission
has been sent TO Maine 20 make contract 70 have the