New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-06

system Of water tanks and heating pipes An entranc
on sherifst opens into the marrow oO6peCs T
the building five pairs OF satecoloi6a GooIS ton
pair in each story open into me IaGsDy aS par and a.
heavy iron door, hollow and filled win plaster Jhes'
are all shut at night and form WIN ,S prItR ""'
The factory itself is 126 feet in length on sberlust
and co feet deep with narrow N ae rear ~ IRON
stairways communicating with all the stories power
full hoistyay for Raising heavy ToTk Two
one for the wOrkmen IN each story The floors ana Io
are supported by tiers Of six cOlumns each In edd
ton 70 the walls the masonry foundations Of which
are Of an average depth OF 1--WE feet and WIDTH d. tne
bottom OF a. The cOums foundations also OF stone
masonry six feet deep eight square at the base
On these rest granite blocks TWO rect tnlck anu -
square, on which iron sockets with bases three Ieet
sauare are bedded TO receive the wooden columns The
hight Of the first story from the ground TO te ssoon9
oprh stories are each IS feet and two inches from neOr
0Or and the NTH story Is u foet ton tne moor ~ the
ar S vindovs in each story on the Sheriff front, with
the same plumber IN the rear except where the entrances
prevent; ard there five in each story at the oLnds
end and four at tho opposite end portion Of tse rear
extension il run up into tower supporting wafer
nd beSTs s ali Of the best Florida pine ard the col
aims are IA riches square. exceps IN the hith st@y'
cted ~ receive the Orders which the floor beams
rest and with square socket in the top aud bottom 81
each receive column above ana one below These caps
are made with loose side so that any cOiann or
grdbr mag be- removed at any time without
The eoiuinng are II feet aud 8 inches from center
to center in the length of the building and 10 FEET
i'm the width The gYers carrying hocrs IS inches
deep by is inches vide and are secured to the column
caps by strong gongh DOTS at eae end Inc n sna
Orders rest upon blue stone built into the per ana as
secured by strong aDchor bolts passing through ava
screwed against clstren plates on the outside OF e
building The girdeu carrying rOofbeams are II
inches deep by inches wide, and are seourea
i'm the same manner The floor beams are
70 inches deep by thick, and spaced 20 sustain
floor load OF 800 pounds To the square foot Ga he tOp
the S roof beams are Sinches deep and thick aud
secured TO the wall beneath the corniee plates ny
wrought iron anchors In the middle OF the rooI Is
raised portion running engshWise occupying aoout Ie
third OF its width, adhled with glazed sw1gsas.es
The roof is OF II inch dressed plank covered WIN ieit
treated with plastic slate The cutters Of castlron
with four rain water outlets in the front ana nVe ~ he
swing sases for ventilation OF the same mate rial ex
cept those used In the roof The beams, grdens ana
proof has bsen devised, ingenious ana elsctnhl
that the do consider il necessary to obtain
When is patented by Hoe Co.. cOnasts simply IN meas
ing the columns grdes and efnii hc s1Si ad s
OF wrought iron were nald " me unIer sue Dnt Aept
at distance OF hall an loI an ~" From fhS Ton n
the outside these sheets were covered with plaster OF
ksif an inch fug hespace between the beams and the
sheet irOn and wheyrt IN plastic state being sWaytd
used Was previous covered with strong coat OF metal
he paint and uee with prepared paper fet on tue SIDE
next the beams, prevent the moisture III Tue plaster
from rusng ths iron. Whom dry the roof ankng was
put on The uder sides Of the beams OF each Moor were
covered In the same way with sheet o Iell ana plaster
of maria and after the moisture had eYaporated similar
sheets OF ion were naea on tSp OF me Ues. i
plaster, spread smooth with straightedges. ms
hronrb he floor planks which In two layers the IN
ner OF tW OiDch Florida pine ana the outer OF dressed
bent TO the shape Of the Orders and columns, covered
with felt aud filed with plaster 70 tckheSs OF hEe
resn ef series experiments made last year. III one of
which section OF flooring ten feet square, ana made III
aliy fed om below, for more than four hours and Tor
more than half Of that time pile OF wood was kpt burn
,Iiihom i,,j,ug 10 ne beams As further protcc
,in oSainsf Hrs there is room for hose. Immediately
nnder the water tank which Is Ailed by powerful
S nose reel. and the building itself is heated by steam
zach story constitutes single immense workshop, with
brick walls iron doors, and WINDOW sAshes ltoh'Clau
columns ana sheet iron ceiling. and with scarcely any
t6ng cop,bnstlbe I'm IL save the flooring and the solid
hickory work bench running along TIE sldet Inc same
tbe pfce baiIdings aid wherever of pas
ter was required sheet iron las with tho edges turned
The press makers have been busy for the or
more III removing from their old quarters TO the new lac
tory which already begins TO present tat louape anu
bewilderng array Of huge belts ana revolving shaA
complicated machines and caiteIlng toos dust %
WOrkmen aud mysterious work Nmch ~ is rSAoTy pos pos
sibe 10 describe iptelhgbly without the ad of lslIa
lions. me w iineie aud dSube cylinder printing
and hydraulic presses the third story TO TIE
development Of improvements to the making oi certain
.patened steam photographic presses and 70 tue
construction Of the lately invented troler and sroef
by HARPER Brothers aud the Appetons Tor Their mus
tfated newspapers; and the two lower stories 70 tho
chimes.
No account Of the old works Broome st is requisite
as they have been repeatedly and mnuiey described hnd
Illustrated and, moreover, they partially
Gated and wi doubtless ere long be replaced by Olher
The general reader may 6e surprised 10 learn that
even the two extensive establishments IA TINS CITY 90
NOT include all the business activities OF the eneTprslg
Arm OF Hoe Co. Eleven years ago they purchased OF
Isaac Adams his entire interest IN The patents peculiar 70
making aud repairing printing machinery has been car
red by them with increasing ylgor ana vigilance ~
81. tlv,r-.f f4stn In
they opened an Office and repair shGp IN Iohu0h a 20
- Salisbury adjoining the ONCE OF Loyds heeky
moved TO a much more cOmmodiOus Location III Dor
set-st. and the Manufacture OF presses has pfeh con,
firm, ll2 in Goldst, S55 at the works IN sheIn ana
Broomests, and the remaindre ~ Boston aId L3nd2n
Many OF tho wOrkmen, including the most shlliul
ones are SWISS French or Gcrmansi bat 1t IL worthy
Of note that those who show the greatest genera
variably Americans. The most amieRee relations have
always existed between the firm and their employees,
many OF whom have been their present service more
than twenty thirty or even forty years Ony one STRIKE
has occurred during the 10 years OF the firms existence,
and that rfng affair. In which afew English saw
grinders concerned.
r. Hoe * Co manufacture machinery Of many kinds
the steamengne for instance at their Gods works, be-
ing Of their cOnstruciOnbut saws and presses are
their great speclales. For third OF century, their
saws made OF the best Sheffield Steel and with the most
improved machinery, have been steadily gaining In use
and reputation new circular saw lately patented by
them is SO admirable in principle aud perfect In
structon that its manufacturers might Justly claim II to
be the best In the world THIS saw Is made win strong
circular movable teeth easily removed or Inserted THESE
formed by an ingenious arrangement OF groove and
shoulder that when they are turned into the sockets
they become firmly fixed as II they were part OF
the plate itself and this, too, without the use OF any ry
cts or other Objectionable appliances The advantages of
movable teeth in case OF breakage are obvious ana TINS
simple. strong and perfect that seems destined
10 eventually supersede ali others But u IS upon their
printing machinery that the fame Of the firm chiefly
rests and extensive this department that even the
catalogue Of all they make would at once exhaust
the column and the readers The most stupendous OF
their works the typereVoying lightning presses,
which have been figured and described hundred times
but perhaps the most extraordinary are the machines
whereby railway and theater tickets are at single oper
alton printed numbered In different color and deposited
in regular order in receptacle, at the rate OF 10000 or
1900 hour BY continuous invention, and tho Pur.