The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-04-19

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b. W b. Russell Il Co, st Louis, Mo.
BUILDING HOUSES AND Book ON
advertisement of Hinkle &
b. ia to-day's paper. The proprietors have
zen engaged in the building and manufac-
hiring business for the last thirty-fve years
Ehcy are a prompt, responsible house. The
Cincinnati Gazette thus calls attention to
beir establishment:
BUILDING BY STEAM.-EXtraordin pro-
hess has been made within the last twenty
BE- years in the application of steam to the
hanulacture of building materials, and no
Elere perhaps, has this been more marked
han in Cincinnati Twenty-Five years ago
bills for the manufacture of flooring boards
were considered novelty. These were fol-
pwed by sash factories and, step by step,
be Improvement was added to another, I'M
ID now fOur-hfths of all the work on doors,
ash, window frames, and all the materials
hi finishing buildings is performed by ma
|hiucTy. This is one of the centres of this
|nsiness, aud large extent of country, in
Ending the Southwest, is supplied from
Cincinnati. From small beginnings the bu-
meSs has grown until it is now one of the
eading branches of our manufacturing in
nStry.
Few people, comparatively, who admire
I'D finished work on houses, know how it is
|enc and there are few places in which
hosc who take an interest in such matters
|ould spend few hours more acceptably
ban in one Of our mammoth establishments.
Pne of the largest and oldest of these is the
|actory of Mr. Philip Hinkle, on Front street
Ehere the use of machinery has been
brought to the highest state of perfection,
III =, -.
Eblng houses that is not produced with all
ID Tapidity of which steam machinery is ca
|mble, and in the most perfect style One of
he features of this concern is an arrange
hent for kiln-drying the lumber. Compare
Nely green material put through this pro-
ess has been found to stand the test of time
|Nttcr than that seasoned in the ordinary
EAy. 1t would be interesting to go through
me of these factories, and describe the diff
RENT processes and the different machines
Sci ia the business, and this we may UNI
|ertake at another time. The amount of
|pr6 that may be turned out by one man,
Eaed 10y machinery, would astonish most
eople. The cost of such materials is, of
purse, much less than of similar articles
Manufactured 10y hand. So marked is the
Inference indeed that all manufacturing by
nnd has been almost entirely abandoned.
|ence, as already stated an immense trade
las grown up IN TINS department, between
|hciunati and the West and Southwest. In
rlcr to obtain an idea of the magnitude of
IBIS trade il is necessary to visit such an es-
Enlistment as that of Mr.. Hinkle The
Pttcr commenced business in Cincinnati as
master builder over thirty years ago, and
p the march of improvements he has grown
|nth the times until he has now one of the
FrgeSt, if not the largest manufacturing es-
Enlistment of the kind in the United States
"a VALUABLE " oRK.-Count Bismark
ecently presented a poor but faith
hl secretary with a portfolio bound
&c a book, in which were deposited
be thousand thalers. On meeting his
|ecretary the next day the Count asked
I'm if he had perused the volume.
] es, your highness," said the secre-
ny, land | am so captivated by its
|Pntcnts that l am waiting the APP
|earance of the second volume with
Eelings of the greatest interest" The
punt smiled, but said nothing. A
Nv days afterward the secretary re
Nived a second portfolio, bound and
|ped like the first, and on the title
nge of which was the sentence, This
Fork Is complete in two volumes"
The newest thing in the dancing way,
p Paris, is cotillion in which there
He twenty-four dancers representing
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