, 1864-03-23
PROGRESS OF INVENTION
A Thing that interests Cooners. Park,
erss Otst1lers. &c.

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nvs"hA1ss OF INVENTION.
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Perhaps there is no branch Of mechanical
Industry that has made so little PROGRESS In
the pnst century as the Cooper,s nrt Excent
In producing tubs, pals, end few other arti.
c1es Of like description, the cooper today roes
through the same slow, ,7dull process to pro-
dnce a pork, wine, whisky, or any other
tight barrel, as be did fifty, perhaps hun
dred years ago. Many attempts at progress
have been made, but they have always prac.
tfcally proved failures from various causes
one In particular of which was, the preju-
dice, first by coopers, and then By packers,
dlsiHers, &cS against their uee.. We think
now the time has come, and the means pro-
Vtded, for new era in this branch of indus.
Try, partly from the law. OF supply and de-
mand; and more certainly from an invention
Whach experience has proved will surely and
most satisfactorily answer the purpose. We
reief 70 Hurlbnt's Tight staya Saving and
: Ofeseng Machine.
talse = machine was patented on the Sd Of
Ju4y, leto, by ). d. q W. W. Hurlbut, of our
satt' ana nfst. introduced TO public observa.
% aon at tne lineage Aecnanlcs fa1r, In the
: ".g"aH' IN INC autumn OF the same yen.
VI course, Inc machine thus exhibited, from
ns very no'eity' Was 1mpef1ect and: tncom'-
plete IN many respects, compared with
INC oneWe saw In operation at-Ply mouth,
: Indiana, Last week. 1t was the rongh pioneer
Of now nearly perfect piece ofmechanism,
"mch Performs its work Witha skill and per-
iectiQn which almost eclipscs the manipula-
lions Of human hands. Since the period Of
Its first exhibition; the inventors have been
busy, sparing neither time; labor nor expense
In developing and perfectlng the machine,
and now that its perfect success is assured,
We accord high need Of praise, for the me-
chanical genius md skill they have displayed,
We have said that the prejudices Of coop
ers, packers and distnlers wero some Of the
most serious obstacles which this invention
has had to encounter. This ssas SO, bnt is so
no longer. IL mas, BY Its real and established
nlet1t' conquered the pre]udices Of the
Glasses We nave named, and they are now
londest IN praise OF the stayes made BY this
machine; +; and the experience Of many: of our
largest packers has thoroughly convinced
them that the barrels made from tho machine
staTes are superior to those made from rived
slaves, go much superior that thcyarc willing !
to pay higher price for them. -
Mcssrs, Hurlbut, Bros. g. Co. established
their stnve factory In Plymouth, Ind, adJoin. |
ing the t1ack Of the Pittsburg and Fort
Wayne. Road, IN November, 1901, and hare
eance sold In Chicago about two millions Of |
stayes per year, made exclusively by their |
machines They are now turning ont, with
two machines, from six to eight thousand |
finished 6tavcs per day, consuming within the |
same period from eight to ten cords Of white !
oak bolts. These bolts are purchased d from
the farmers IN the neighborhood at $500 per
cord, delivered at the factQ1. The cost Of
manufacturing the staves from the bolts il
$500 per thousand, and the transportation to
Chicago q. 90 more per Thousand. A cord Of
bolts will make about 500 stayes, and these |
stavessell at from s25 to $50 per Thousand. II |
Il, therefore, very evident that their business
pays well-in fact. enormously. There Is one
feature which gives the staves made by this
machine a decided advantage over rived
etaves. Very much of the eak grown in this
part Of the country Is wayy or Of an inter. |
locking nature. The experience of Messrs.
Hurlhut; Bros. & Co., during the past two |
years, has satisfied them, and they think they
can demonstrate the fact to thu xatfsfaction
Of others, that take oak forests together and
average them, there are five trees that will
produce good megchantable slaves. made hv
this machine, where there ID oua that viii
make equally good slaves by the nroce.s If I
riving. There Is another advantage 4vh,ch
tfis machine ofrtra. and that ia ~. at,ro.
being completed ready fo- r,r ~ N. faoto
~, tley viii weigh ,ust abont bnlf ~ n,nrh
as The rived stayes. which have In ,e s,,s1sa
down by the coopers after dcJtxcrv. ,na 49,
"a cons-onerc. thep co.+ ,,9t 49,. s'
balf as much to fre,cht Them ''~' 0N'~
No+ on1v h,-s th.ea .~...,o
rnnn,n, 1bes. mnch;nss a. naas,- 9ssu ns
xrars Tast Init thev bera so,a . ay,.n"n ,on
3s.;.a;no .,,ht - .s1-..~ 80 ~ utuet'
1sa ..rs hssn n' y. :s1toly, ~ otnel paiuea'
s,1s w. w. s eu9e1ssl IN nelf o.
ssn - ,,; san' ~ !ook 1or me oonr
.,M "uen usy ".l4 "m ue IL nEensfl use throughout
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