The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-10-19
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Tng Quo BARREL CoMpASY.-Last
week took occasion to notice the progress
Of this great enterprise Tho building
now being erected for the factory, We are
informed, is The largest Of the kind in the
world. The buildings, or the greater
part Of them, arc now under roof The
machinery is being put up, aud it is ex-
.pected the saw mill will be running within
. week or two. This will prove to be Of
vastbene6t to Poiut Pleasant, which has
bcen,kept down by "iogies" for near q
hundred years, and to this Company will
our town be indebted, for teaching her
A. citizens the way'to advancement and re-
nown.
TO give our readers some conception Of
the character Of this great work. and Of the
barrel, we extract the following from the
Chicago journal J'Commerce:
TIE MICHIGAN BARREL, COMPANY.
This company was organized in 1870.
with capital of 100000, to manufact.
+ urc waters Improved Barrel and CIV.
cry kind of wooden vessel or measure
made Of bent material--such as grain
measures, round boxes for salt, grease,
cheese, tobacco, spice, sieses, riddles, bar
rel covers, etc, etc. THIS barrel patent
e. cd by D. II Waters, is ar.admirablc ar
ticlc, aud for dry matcri;I,.a great I'M
provcment on the ordimryobarrel made
Of slaves and hoops. Except for liquids,
it must soon supcrsedc cu.irely the ordi.
nary old.fashioucd bar'cL lit is much
better article, and can be s,ade for half
the money. The new banssl is heater,
stronger, safer, more casilg handled, aud
makes much better and mere contract
stowago' These facts are easily demon
strated. That they will take the place
of the hoop and s,avc barrel is but a
question Of time. Men shoaLl at once
cease cutting hoop poles. l.'isa vandal
destruction Of timbcr. The .scw barrel
can be made Of any kind Of lard wood,
or bass, white, cotton, poplar or cypress
wood. Pine and hcmloyk may 'hc used
for the heads. Any Que who 'has seen
"a cheese hoop and u half bushelmsasurc
can easily 'iorm an-ilca of the 'ney bar
rel. Two half bushels, With =! inch
band made oft;ic same material, prjjcct.
ling an inch below the bottom aud The
same distance above tn, top, form the
two cnls Of the barrel, and u cheese
Ihoop Of the same diameter placed in the
iinch groove between these, and you have
the barrel complete with four bands.
1.-TWO or three slaves, placed out Of sight
on tho inside, receive the wrought nails
..or riycts, aud the barrel forms neat
eeylinlor, as perfectly uniform in size and
weight as corn measure. For Hour,
grain, plaster, lime, fruit, nails, sugar,
rice, dried meat, bread, crackers, cotton
and tobacco, they are better than casks
,madc of slaves. They are cheaper
and stronger even than little square box.
es; and for shipping cotton they are
cheaper and safer thaUbauds, ropes, and
cotton bagging. They are an admirable
invention for the Grand Rapids gypsum
quarry. For plaster, ground and calcn.
cd, they come just at the right time; for
ordinary cheap barrels waste as much
plaster aud lime as would pay for one Of
the new barrels. These casks are made
Of any dimensions, from a small spice
box to a rice ticrce. Although the pat.
ont and the organization arc both recent,
the company already employ l2O h nds,
and pay out 81, 2OOa week for wages.
These hands, require a about 100000
feet of pine aud hardwood lumber an
nually to keep them in work, and will
soon consume much more. Their first
years business aggregated nearly $780,
900. The officers of the company arc:
d, IF. Waters, President; Geo. G. Briggs,
Treasurer, aud D. II, Powers, Secretary
| wish | had space to write more
about this establishment, but | have al
ready greatly extended my remarks. But
feel particularly ANXIOUS that the pub
lie should become acquainted with SO
valuable an invention.
Rcspcctfully'yeur,
SAMUEL S. WoOD. NJ. D..