Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-04-24
FROM NILES.
NILEs. O.. Anril %. 1861.

NILES, o., April %, 1861.
EDITOR CHNoNIoLE in fulfllment
of that Scripture passage which says
THAT the first shall be last, and the
last shall be first" 1 will commence
my description of the Iron Establish
ments of Niles, with those-of the "Fal-
con Nail Co.," they being the last that
have been erected here, and are called
Falcon Nail Works" They are own
ed, and being built by James Ward,
Jr., Esq, Of this place, William II.
Brown, Esq, of Pittsburgh, Pa, and
Messrs. Greeuebaum Sons, of Chicago,
Ill, under the firm name of "Falcen
Nail Co." They are situated about
midway between the Rolling Mill and
Furnace of Messrs. James Ward & Co.,
the Nail Factory proper being on the
east, and the Rolling Mill for manufac-
turing the nail iron on the west side of
the branch rail road of Messrs. James
Ward & Co., both buildings being near
ly opposite each other, and about the
same distance from the rail road; viz:
40 feet. The nail factory building is
Ill feet long, 60 feet wide and "a feet
high on the sides. and lighted by 143
windows, % of which are in the base
ment or packing room; !" rs in the
second story or feeding room" and
42 in the ventilator, which runs the
whole length of the building on top.
The windows in the packing room"
are fixed in slides, so as to move either
right or left while those in the feed
i1r roop,O onJ napFiIotor ORC HING on
pivots, and can be raised or lowered, at
pleasure. The nail machines, in all
As, are placed in the second story,
where the nails are cut and carried
through pipes into the packing room"
they are received in boxes, pack
ed, and weighed on scales fixed on
trucks, which can be quickly and east
ly moved to any part of the building,
By means of a track running the whole
of the building on both sides.
In the front of the nail factory, is a
fancy Windows feet high and 4 feet
wide, with an arched top, which gives
the building a very imposing appear
In the rear, is the ''engine
room," built of brick, one story high,
feet long and q feet wide. On each
side of the nail factory, is a frame
building, one story high, 50 feet long
md 16 feet wide, each containing two
grindstones. The "grihdstone"
buildings are lighted by q windows,
Zach. Immediately adjoining tho
'grindstone" buildings, on each side
If the main building, is a building 20
eet long and Is feet wide, one story
high, each n enclosing a furnace for
the nail plate. The engine
Ised in driving the nail factory is about
o horse power, cylinder 16 inches in
liameter, piston % inch stroke, and
1as made at the extensive Foundry
nd Machine Shop of Thomas Carter,
in this place. The nail machines
7ere also made at the same works.
he Rolling Mill is 100 feet square and
l feet high on the sides, and has q
entilator on top running the whole
of the building. On each side
f the "rolling milp' building, is a shed
ne story high, and Is feet wide, run
ing the whole length of the main
uilding, enclosing the pudding fur
aces"-lo in number, and the cheat
Dg furnaces"-2 in number. In the
enter of the main building, are placed
he Squeezers, Shears, Pirions, Rolls,
&c. There are two trains of rolls one
s inch train for rolling muck bar, and
ne 16 inch train for rolling nail plate.
The whole are driven by a powerful
ngIne of 500 horse power; cylinder
0 inches in diameter, piston 5 feet
inches stroke, manufactured by
fessrs. Hartupee Go, Of Pittsburgh,
"a. These works have capacity for
our 5000 kegs of nails per
lonth. They are not quite completed
ct, but the p%roprietors are making
-renuous efforts to get them in opera.
on by the lst of June next. Phe
Mill and Nail Factory of the
Nail Co" are without excep- J
on the finest works of the kind west
f Pittsburgh. The work on them has
cen performed by Henry Ernest, Esq,
{ Warren, under the personal super
ision of James Ward, Jr., ESQ.
There still remain three more large
Mills, which 1 will endeavor to
escribe TO your readers in due time.
he builders of the new brick block, =,
D Mill street, have about decided to :
Id another story to it. making the
lock three stories high. One room in J
lie upper Story, 2Ix62 feet, will be !
sed for photograph Gallery ; anoth- j
: room, 30x62, for a Masonic Lodge, |
Id the balance will be made into a i
rye Hall, for a lecture room, &c. {
Yours, truly, 1