Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-24
CLEVELAND MANUFACTUREs,1
IRON WORKS.

"a STOVES AND HOLLOW WARE.
There are but two establishments in this
city exclusively devoted to the manufacture
of stotes and hollow ware. These, how
ever, manufacture on an extensive scale.
We have aIrsady.noticed one of them, and
will now proceed to glance at the eapa-
eityi facilities and extent of the other, of
which Messrs- Woolsons Hitchcock 4 Carter
are the proprietors. ~
The senior partner of this firm has been
engaged in the manufacture Of stoves for a
great length of unexpectedly longer than.
any other man in the business here. This
experience is-of great aeeount1in enabling
the company to produce goods of a superior
quality and adaptation to the various pur-
poses required. q Their business was estab-
lished in IS4l, with a capital of $4,000, and
a force of wofkmen numbering Y or Is, to
whom they paid from Use. to $1.5O per day.
IN 1855 they erected their present works,
+ Estimated on the cahaicorner ofeemmercial'
street and Central Way,) at cost, includ-
ing machinery, &C., Of 6vef$SO,OeO. The
lot extends along the canal SIS feet and is
200 feet deep. The main building Is of
brick, two stories high, and the whole is $50
by -Iso SfeeG.ai There tare three moulding
Aoors, the first 70 by $50 feet, the second 80
by l5O, and the third 50 by 100, These
floors contain 49, $50 square feet of moulding
room. The engine occupies a separate
building, used also as q blaeksmith's shop
aad for other purposes, which is substan-
tally built Of brick, and contains the cylin-
der blower, the blast Of which is conducted
to the oupalos in the main building by q tin
tube Is inches in diameter and $50 feet long.
A third building is used exclusively for
finishing and storing hollow ware, There
IS also another building occupied as a pat
tern shop and for other mechanical pur-
poses connected with the trade. 80
There are two cupalo furnaces, the blast
fer which is furnished by two fan blowers
and one cylinder blower. There are four
heavy iron cylinders or drums, and four
heavy krindstOdss constantly running. Two
Of the cylinders are filled with loose cast
ipgs, which are Cleaned and polished BY
trituratiOn one grinds up ali the cinders
and separates and saves the small particles
Of iron, whicfwout otherwise go into tho
dust heap; while the fourth cylindrical
drum contains several large cannon-balls
which roll around inside as the cylinder re-
wolves, and grind to the finest powder the
charcoal and other substances used in pre-
pairing the moulds for fine castings. Heavier
castings and hollow ware are smoothed on
the grindstones. This machinery, together
with numerous drills and other devices Of a
labor-saving character, is driven by steam
power. trEEzE
The annual consumption Of raw material
is about as follows +: 1890 tons pig iron 200
tons Lehigh Goa, 200 do. Coke,iand 200 do.
Ohio coal. The iron is maiuly from the
furnaces of the Mahoning and Tusearawas
Valleys, Hanging Rock and Lake Superior.
The establishment manufactures over one
hundred different patterns, sizes and styles
of cooking and heating stoves, for wood and
for coal. which they sell in Ohio, Michigan,
Indiana Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Min
nesota. The capital of the firm is over $780,
900, and they employ from So to 100 hands,
at wages from 81 to IS per day.
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