Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-11-10
FASSM ANS PA T E N T
Iron Ties,
FOR
COTTON BALES.

-r United States Patent, April, 1865.
vTHE above Cut represents three of the
Button and three of tho Buckle Tie, as they
appear on bale of Cotton.
The hoops are cut to lengths OF TO- l0R and ~ ieet
Ten feet are most generally used but lO and III are
sometimes required for large bales The buckles are
fastened to the hoops the buttons will be put up in
small boxes.
THE WEIGHT is ABOUT 10 POUNDS
TO THE BALE OF COTTON.
NJ, Button Tie was the first offered for sale to any
extent in the South and has been used by thousands
Of planters with universal approval. have made
valuable Improvement in the shape of the Button
a patent for a BUCKLE TIE which for simplicity,
facility and expedition Of adjustment to bales OF any
or Of unequal sizes, and for security In holding 49,
think, superior to any offered to the public
Tho advantage OF Iron over rope Tor ballns COTTON
are now universally acknowledged. 1t holds the bale
In much smaller compass is applied and fastened
with as much facility both In the country pressing
and the pressing at the ports; lessons immense
ly the risk from fire Is stronger, and its strength Is
not impaired by time and exposure as l. that OF rope
This last advantage has been strikingy manifested
during the war. Thousands Of bales of cotton have
been lost by tho rotthg and breaking Of rope which
could have been preserved II Iron hoops had been
used In addition to this 1t can be furnished cheap
CIR than Rope. The arrangement oflabor In the hemp
growing States has reduced the supply OF hemp to
such an extent to prices to rule unprecedent
ly high; indeed, suiiciency for baling moderate
cotton crop cannot be relied on at any price.
I 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: ~
ssR:-In January last received from your Press
1883 bales Of cotton Of which about 1000 bales were
compressed and bound with your new "Iron Tie,'-
I can safely affirm that the cotton so bound was re-
ceived in better order than It generally comes from
the Presses that II slowed BETTER and enabled the
ship to carry more than on any previous voyage;
pool was IN better order than the ropebound cotton.
II is highly preferable for ground tier, as the damp
arising from the ballast hss no effect upon H. Tor IL u
well known by practical men that dampness will rot
the Rope bound can confidently recommend your
"Irph Tie, as ] took this ld for experiment and
carefully watched II both loadingand discharging.
lam, Sir, yours Respectfully,
JOHN HOWARD, Master.
The 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 well compressed aud
the buttons or hoops never breaking when thrown
down in the hole Of the ship, or when slowed:
moi, Mss,sr hin HapsseStstPJoSp cSry shin jane
Titc0mb-James c. Wilmer, ship Malhouse, Of New
OrleGns--Herman Kopperhold, Master ship Ella A.
Clsrk--L. L. Coadry, ship Moses Davenport-Hiram
Robinson, ship Madras.
CHAMBERS & LATTING,
Cotton Factors & CommissionM Merchants,
AGENTS ToR
Fassman's Celebrated Iron Ties,
FOR BALING COTTON.
Dealers in Bagging, Rope and Irvine,
New Orleans, La.
REFER TO
j. PEAK. Dallas, Texas,
Where samples can be shown, and Iron Ties
furnished at short notice. 81.
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