, 1866-04-07


,h,eld Of sbeet iron. behind which ray be seen
rezce drc aith,n furnace rerI similar TO poGs..
ass.tset or foot blower deiily dips ae end Of
Icne hollow hun trbe N the melted glass IN an
open pot and "tthdnws on the end enough Of The
ihis ron ruddy mas On s.marTer Of fat, smooth
piece Of iron and gives sor! Of pfemontory pull
through The tnbc, ean.tns The little cylinder 70
swell snddenly This finishes hls aha1e Of lhe work
and he hands oyer the rod to the "blose1." THIS
adrott person. with an obtrusise alf OF vast ex-
petience, blows through the tube, pinehes the now
cca1es slump out On the end, and then knocks tie
lump flor being coa1ed out By this time the
glass ha. become too cool for working, 80 be steks
hen ent .wiiiy siihdawns spills q an in.iru
neut very closely 6ltnR pair Of eheep sbesrs,
BY means Of which he rounds II nicely aud turns np
bottom By ruage snd dndmg It Hight, be touches
piece Of cold eteel 10 the cylinder at a definite
length, and The completed chimney drops of. ready
Which It bss taken 20 long 10 describe, has taken
jutt 4 minute 10 perform. from the time the lump
Of plass as taken from the PCT np 10 the comple-
Of these chimueys are maae here. Th1 blowing looks
as lit were very easy. pnti one tries It On, and
then It loses its air of sweet simplicity Pressing
Is st1!l called = y 'bionsr, a!,boush be IS how a
presseE, sits before singular looking machine
called mould pseas-sthinc o. screws and springs,
an assistant, who Is likewise called "footblower"
albeit The Eauu be wieldeth Is not hollow aud he
blo~eih rot, except when pc hcapeth naledfcttons
eih 10 touch him With toMethinC red hot. This
ohjurgatory assistant w1thdraws a ball OF melted
elass on the end Of long lron wand, and
% INTO wh,eh il roufs: The quick and sccurate eyo
Of the workMan lells to a kcropa how much will be
required, and at TINT polnt exactly be cuts OF The
lump W1b pair Of shear. In m instant the mould
il in tis place. the lever de:cends bringing down
plnrger into the molten mass. and moment amer
The mould is WITHDRAWN, The form TUNED ont, and
enough in reality. where four Of these ii1s plaes
are made each minute. The wofkmen and boys
gqe kp9 ea
''foot-b1oWerr," and sixteen boys engaged here in
the two alternating gangs. Each gang works five
md h1n houIs At . stretch, from Monday morn
ele.en hours assistant Sc, and lbs boys iom
eGy cents as,a 70 do1l.s and h aalf RI RI d.y
placed 10 cool eraaualJ. are three IN number, but
only now In use while the great stack IS being
repaired. They arc thtrty.si1 feet N length. and
cpt TO cold at the Other. The bottom OF each Is a
kuccettipn Of iron pans running On rollers and
going through in constant ehsin. For each tIay
wsthing ann packing All these wx5es have gatned
of The coke which heats tho annealing furnace but
i.s patses OF snA.anls In cold wa.sr, leaving the
articles bright and clear az any flint glassware In
the World. The next step Tor fine ware Is to
TIE OUTING SHOP
On the same floor, Here sw1flly turning wheels Of
emery cul off The surtnee OF the glass IN elegantly
divcrsifed patterpe. and on coarscr stones are
r1ennd on ,hs rough edges marks "a Of the mould
the mosl attractive and beautiful works here is the
cutting OF patterns tn enamelted ware. It will be
remembered That o1idized gold was employed in
nnle quantities. II nevertheless ts quite costly. the
molten material beng worth a0pe7 pound, and
The art Of thu Eass blower has had 10 DO called into
as possible 10 do this, The blower takes frst upon
his tube enough clear iut glass TO form the object
which BE- has designed. aEd Then he costa this With
f. ,nby sas: ny dipping qutety u PCT Q, tas
blown OF shaped Of pistsed, this color 1.ma,ns.
l. in untouched, sid the tact Il ndstlnEuisbaoie
ihat # Is but httle thicker than sheet Of paper
but Tor oiher wares the cutting process takes of
lie zane Wy thar one ensmri 81 color is lid on,
two three, on more, may be. and when this i done
the effects produced by cutting Into the diGtteut
iheIe ale but ase :eu1i1ae ,tsmes" IL this dtpsrt
nent, bur as many more arc to be put up within
- THE MOULD SHOP
supervision Of Que of the owners Of Tue wofke. Mr.
uJpschs. He1e We diecorer that Ill mou1ds are not
Some ef Them arc quite MITIGATE AtIair.. cnTiouBly
hinged and jolnted together. for the formation Of
strange lorna OF ware, and their cost Il nom 80 To
$3.50 each. They art made Of cast iron. and what
ever patterns they bear arc engraved In Them BY
hand. This establishment has. at p.eseat, about
Two hundred and tfty moqlds. and their number is
on the ihiEt door, bui all the re.t which We haye
seen Is On the second. Descending now 10 the
ground 1ooE: ve core 70 , tbe
The several foams In which the prepafstoIy pro-
ene s.a ,hs RarS1s Ss s ., Ss Rsassa = ne Sna
1ulnuocs matter. this work consists simply Of
s b ne a| q D asfs %
tie, and Then esaporailnE the Watef- In the ns1t
room which We enter, arc the lead o!ers where the
h,ha1ge Ii made. Ono Of them Is being uecd nox,
oven. with an iron tloor Inclined It an anclo ot
twenty.nve or thirty ,'ec4ees- ''p1e'' Of lead.
y e. asa1.ea q se he H.
surface, assistant pushes it on md AWAY up the
inclined plane Bright little dra,ets and elobules
eont!sn ba. i. ths os es he dy Is s,oR~a
i. being heaped up-aud pushed over the Top Of tho
planc Into another osen, exactly ike thls In which
comes 5esoy for use, The thlid room On his level
hns In II mary barrels Of ttnd, totne burnt bones.
quantities OF IRE clar, and, dnven fnr1onsly BY i
hs Sunr nj erndns
oeIn capable eferindlue an, tb1n9 from atn up TO
shs 9ae Is u'1 i
III i! 90: = = IT, ss5 NJ. THIS aa
n fset. ~ Vel !, topography, W DOW bow ind ind
ourselves at lie door Of
TIE POT NOOK.
Absolute IL the Requirement. hers for experience.
md OAtl fHJy
1Rrorant or csselese sol kmen IT, this department.
for upon thelr hsud1wark depends all the future
p1eai e. los. Of The % mannl.esuse 4 the el.y Se
bul up, he fry heating may Eeaalt In the loss ol
The emile .'ta.ch pnt 10 i: The worth Of an
rua,itr 10 love hut at] more Is lost in lhe iauute
u pot BY orlays md Naate OF valuable time.
sese1si huge boxes Or tanks, each ~ large a. m
away in the dtstance stretch long rows Of completed
pois great clumsy vessels which remind one o.
he he sewer5.5 @ 81 Flse xeismen sre oaslly ensa:ed d
here for The krnud o: iect Is 10 eel as many pot+
shsad as postiee 70 order isat hey nay dfx Erad.
ciay in the great 1anAs, shoTeilsne it tn thin
Hilh their feet: The thsP, eilek q .
Oh he vitIeous ennnel from pieces of burnt oul
potr, preparatory 10 reSnnoin2 them: Farther on
the work Of building the pots Is to be seen. The
pounds each sud tho tucceasive rolls are built On,
tqueezcd psekeed, mixed, Ineaded and pared from
The base to TIC eroWn Of each pot. Only foHt
clothes n carefully 1atd over The work. shfoudlns
it AZ sculptor does nss models, until 1t shall have
TO lar settled II 70 admit Of another laJer Leaving
the po room. We have nothing mort to 8tc except
The "case "-a big cavern running through the
LullGirg under the EAcks and supplying the strong
cu1rtrt ot air which feeds the. inimeuse dres-and
Ike any other Of lis kind, and only Interesting a.
shoufIp how PERFECTLY eeit-c01tained and aelC.re.
liant the establishment Is.
TIE PROFITS
Of elsss mandatory are hard to arrive At On 60
many different eventualit1es does success depend
and 20 prevalent among glass workers il The nlanl1
for experimenting that = very large proportion q
nese. Where 70 well managed, however, ~ these
Chicago Ghts Works are, and supplying 20 erea
demand a they DO, the psoa's cannot our BE-
ee5Spnest SS es y ss 's
Of work pei mon b, and the yield OF the len poi
etaek when IN tail ~ and steady operation ia isom
oniy oSji'A an A average NJ" between lae and
eoRea,issly cheap gla:s and ,s varied fsIms @ mic
a. vu1uabie a other from the same pot. simply BY
| ,hc form 1t IL made to assume. One OF the most
expensive and probable forms 4 ihat q
lie Urcd Ststes in which these arr made, 1t en-:
| Joys toEt Of monopoly Of them. What Is called
*hfDt 4DAdt ~ ware - aiE&ys Ne 83oAk F4A0AOie,
ard ,hs will be ;the specially hereafter OF these
| workt.
Aimoet everything. usea In the manufacture q
| Eata IL Of a class which Hu:r be paid for In nd
vaeee, md probably 20 claes Of Workmen ass g
waRes, he moment they ate due, a. qlass-Sotkers
The wuk, TOO, il one which cannot be carried On
| fhcte sa1ions rcatons 4 heavy capital L
| .equlred 10 conduct, factory. There
| nre e1ehty.ihsee men and boy. now a. work here,
ard ibetf weekly payroll Is over $sop. The iue
| used is mother heavy Item IN the expenditure
amouusfng to $50 ions OF Ohio coal for The stacks
1Co bastl: Of coke for the a1nea!,n9 furnaces and
100 barrels q oil lor ne "glosy.holes." The
FED x,ih eeal bqt Il was toupd M that finer pe!,.l
BY lhe ute oi On. The quality OF oil used costs
sae5 ps1 barrel and Is that from which The deale,
in l}tum!Dahon has sAkEn III the easooN oil and
tcnzolc, and The 1oefcr all the pitch.
1n,conpn'me, o. rather Eres.ing At prodts, I
ID The ptss Is not made up 1t eaeh melting Into
Wa1cs There arc Jumps. threads and dab: Of glaes
constantly beng dropped and cut OIL and there art
ua1y imperfect p.eccs Of work. and all !hete have