Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-10-20
United States Patent, April. 1865.

United States Patent, April. 1865.
THE above Cut represents three Of the
i Button and three of the Buckle Tie, as they
appear bale OF Cotton.
The hoops cut to lengths OF ~, lo ana II ieet'
Ten feet most generally used but w ana are
sometimes required for large bales The buckles are
fastened to tho hoops the buttons will be put up In
small boxes.
THE WEIGHT IS ABOUT 10 POUNDS
TO THE BALE OF COTTON.
u, Button Tie the first offered for sale to any
OK tent in the South, and has been used by thousands
of planters with universal approval have made a
valuable Improvement in the shape OF the Button
sin CO It was rst introduced and have also procured
a patent for BUCKLE TIE which for simplicity.
facility and expedition Of adjustment to bales Of any
or of unequal szes and for security In holding IL,
think, superior to any offered to the public.
The advantage OF iron over rope for baling cotton
are now universally owledged. 1t holds the bale
in much smaller compass is applied ana fastened
with as much facility both In the country pressing
and the pressing at the ports; lessons immense
" the risk from fire Is stronger and Its strength Is
not impaired by time and exposure as T. that OF rope
This last advantage has been strkingly manifested
during the war. Thousands of bales Of cotton have
been lost by the roting and breaking Of rope, which
could have been preserved If Iron hoops had been
used In addition to this, it can be furnished cheap
or than Rope. The arrangement oflabOr in the hemp
growing States has reduced the supply OF hemp to
such extent as to cause prices to rule unprecedeh
ly high indeed, sufiiciency for baling moderate
cotton crop cannot be relied on at any price.
have arranged for the importation OF large
quantity Of the very best English Iron, and have
made arrangements with Messrs. Chambers Lat
ting, for the sale and delivery Of my Ties.
Ship Refuge, N. Orleans, July ~, 80.
II. FASsMAN, Orleans Cotton Press:
Sin I'm January last received from your Press
1859 bales Of cotton of which about 1000 bales were
compressed aud bound with your new "Iron Tie,"-
| can safely affirm that the cotton so bound was re-
ceiyed In better order than II generally comes from
the Presses that IL slowed better, and enabled the
ship to carry more than any previous voyage.
The cotton when discharged rcm the ship In Liver
pool was In better order than the bound cotton
II highly preferable for ground tier, as the damp
arising from the ballast hus effect upon It, for 1t is
well known by practical men that dampness viii rot
the Rope bound / can confidently recommend your
"Iron Tie," as took this lot for experiment and
carefully watched It both in loadingand discharging
lam, Sir, yours Respectfully.
JOHN HOWARD, Master.
Tho undersigned masters Of vessels having cotton
compressed at the "0rleans Cotton Press" with
Fassman's new Iron hoop fastening, hereby recon.
mend the same, the bales being we'll compressed, aud
the buttons or hoops never breaking when thrown
down in the hole OF the ship, or when slowed:
J. James Thomas, Mate ship Henry Ware-A. Tai
bot, Master ship Hanasccket-John Deary, ship Jane
Titcomb-James c. Wilmer, ship Malhouse, OF New
orlcans-Herman Kopperhold, Master ship Ella A.
Clark-L. L. Coadry, ship Moses Davenport-Hiram
Robinson, ship Madras.