The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-11-06

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naasfaesory Of steel goods. Hsrs i The
glowing Of many furnaces, end the ringing 'f
many hammers, and the whirfing Of naehins>
y. Its interesting to watch the process Of
making pitchiss fork. Here is bar OF
ssssids or eight inches long-itis fork pat
ssrn. Its placed 10 this Arst furnace and is
soon 10 glowing white hss1 A workman
takes il end With . few strokes il il shanked.
Then TO smother furnace, and into another
glowing hest, and then the experienced
skill Of another workman has split il. Asais
70 another furnace and another Nesting, or
rather = many heatinss - The fork il TO have
tines. Alter each heating the manipulations
Of wosknAa whose task herein requires the
highest skill Of any Of the processes Of the
fork manufacture. fashion . tine under
ponderous and rapidly bestinG trip-hammer.
How man bssts and binds, and subjects and
tortares the natural to shape it into the arti-
fetal. Orr many serving bar Of steel isn't
10 the end of lis heaslgs yet. Other fnrna-
ccs, and ii goes from the hammer to the
shears, and then to the pointer and is point
cd, then TO the first former and the second
former, and the tines are fashioned into
fork shape wanting the dishipg, bat the
time is come for this dishing now. So into
furnace it goes again, and comes out 81
another red heat, is placed on = form and .
stroke Of machinery has done the disting.
and it 10 in completed fork shape. Then 1t
ia put into val Of oil and the plable steel
becomes, in short time, harder than the
New York Democracy. Removed from that
II placed in lead vat and properly tenn
perei. II goes into the hands Of the success
sivs polishers; now being bright and clesn
and polished it goes upwards: into the hand
ling rVoW, aud handle is put upon it, and
|. is assorted and labeled and put with 9th
ers into bundle and carried to the ware
house, and when you get 1t from there you
have got one OF the bes, forks manufactured
in America or any other country.
The manufacture Of a garden rake involves
the same number Of processes and workmen
a. tn e pitching fork. We watched the man
ufacture Of various implements but We can
70 into further description here. One hun
dred and tbirty.si men are Ike, busy in the
several departments, and it is as complete
and we'll directed mandatory, and the
work done is AS complete as in any manufac-
work done the Contractors defy competition.
AT all Fairs County and State. in Iowa or
elsewhere, where this company have entered
their manufactures, they have taken the
prizes in tach department for which they
have competed, They feel eonident in
claiming for their implements hat they cans
not be surpassed West or East. The
Contractors hav. taken out all
the old machinery and introduced new
and improved. Although selling immense
Quantities of goods, they have . large stock
constantly on hand. A glance At the num-
Der Of implements they have made this sea-
son shows the extent of their work. The
list includes about four thousand horse rakes,
three or four hundred dozens of steel and
mallesble goods, i. .. forks, hoes, spading-
forks, etc 5000 wheel barrows; 1000 doz.
Of snaths three or four thousand grain
cradles one thousand dozen OF flag seat
chairs; barrels, well buckets, rat traps, and
SIGH y inuumerable.
The contractors have made q large i'm :
provement in the matter of supplying the
prison yard and works with water. When
they took charge OF the institution the water
10 supply il was carted there from the river
in a barrel There have been times during
the summer season when, il fire that man
could not spit out had got etarted, all the build
ings inside the prison walls must inevitably
have been burned 10 the ground. 1t is a
short. sighted aud stupid economy on the
part Of the State that has left one hundred
aud fifty thousand dollars of the States
property thus exposed to destruction. The
enterprise Of The contractors has remedied
this to some extent. At an outlay OF up
wards OF four thousand dollars they have
made cisterns, and laid pipes, and put up
pumps, and an engine; so that in twenty
minutes they can now throw constant
stream Of water into the yard. The work Of
furnishing the institution an adequate supply
of water is but partially done. The con-
tractors have furnished the sole supply of
water to the prison since in July last.
Much more might we say OF this company
and their work, hut time and space forbid
Our friend Kelsey is the excsiia- u,
den, and fills the place wsl ~,
assisted he is, to-, by God p.vno,a.
Deputy Wsrdeu. "''N
friend Hills I
compile ~ 0' - 80
me last Democratic arrival at that Demo
cratic Gleason. the murderer Of Unite'
States officers who we're doing their duty b
attempting TO arrest Democratic deserter
and draft sncsks.
We haven : space for much else. There
the able JUG ge elect, Hon. j. NJ. Beck, VIII
| will grace ii . State bench in the future, an
Of whom it would be superogatory to say tn
eommeudate ry things We have in mind; an
our friends General Viewer and Mr.. Winter
botham, the capable and sagacious officers o
the Nationa Bank; and Mr.. Peter Miller
who is the oldest Iowa merchant, as he
one Of tho hest of Iowa Radicals; and GU
talented and promising young legal friend
Mr.. A. J. N Crary, who is but entering
| practice bound TO be successful; and S. D
Morrison 4 Sons, Of whom We purpose
further and filter notice. And Harvey l.
SUI. Well, we must stop. Reservin
to the last OF y because We had more to sa
Of him, our friend Hon. John Van Valken
burg, whose Law card we give elsewhere; VIII
| in n strour and growing LAWYER. who ba