New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-05
------.--,--, III, ,ho noams are returnod 70 tho

- Nv hand. and the beams are returned 70 the
roshers and made ready C yo M we enter the picking
leaNlHs ln ~, ron weights levers &c. are iE- tsa
rVV' ytripl THIS ClC3nsoS an U'H nv Weights
che large ones SUI G,y,ycr after receiving their 9
ana ,l are uIaccd in revolving cyhh"gi ,' Tr kitcr
Income smooth hy their acton ui| t When TOO heavy,
tl,' 1 br,Ygrt 10 nearly the corIeCi WciAa II TOO
my %cr which cuts the holes We away i,d Then
mum" No., an, made heavier by the use o viii pres
hgat IS t 10 thc iapanuinsrocw, whittier we shop
MI foIov thom Proceeding 10 inc ul, attention Is
tutN nj, Allprl Wheeler Il foreman ou IYnou these,
~ ,.t,5ard to the cutting Of sec pNoI emf from two
The weight Of the platform rests tspering form ana
!" a.. ",re When cut they are COM Sdce 10 the an
and With great case naSle ~iyofs are driven INTO.
sic known az is h nycr and fitted 1hey are trne Wh re
trcd and ,uccd that each usaI. correct in position
spcct TO me oin3Is otIeT the scales W'u b sharp
aud parallel with edcl V... Knocked out WIN e'lr
Ac being proved they a lT ~ such degree mat NO
blow from halu, srratch and then rem; corrected
there then he found the e In the blacksmithshop also
10y means OF a"tnciTard rods or 6eaulIous' Ty,e
t he levers and oei ;b NOM one Side are aS-
loops are near! ,forIn OF the scales, WINE ine o1cI
. .e" hangs upon one ; GI lined with steel
scrbed I5nS5o Of equal hardness with the PlNo'S,
" Tbgs friction reduced TO . M otfoTm The
20 hind the motion or inc ,Va'! NJ. I,
nonls nation is prevented from BENG 700 graz w
rods" which keep the plau9r III ~ tns If steel
manufacture OF 1nC , Vo leaving the blacksmith shop
a. come 10 the iapannngro0m Az one slue ~ a Ia ~
ve0 where the iron uprights weights &C. are -
~ tI,t coat This done the weights are lttuIneu 10
- tost,lu- room where two men are conStdhuh IN
nicycl with their scales and runners Nhen, III tuc
pu! y, tbese men the weights have been made cor
81 tbcv are passed 10 MI. Herrck ana hgh ~stc
~ , Tc9,y 10 he packed This operation which the
weights undergo after leaving ibe I'LL ilt
called sealing" Seeing us Looking Curlousy a cioSt
a. him Mr. Icrrick kindly opened il and displayed the
standard weights Of France spain, RUSSIA Ruls"Iudu'
rTRcy Persia. China, JAPAN and Denmark, beside Il
beautiful set Of those Of our oWn country. lnosc W.
mcuts send their standards ana OrucIS' ana hec III o.
mont their scales are made several years aso ' .bn
disposed OF their patentrlght IN EnglahI' pu' u5
I'D stvc of scales Is made there now, ana consequence
En.lishmcn prefer to send their orders mere, .b Of
many orders are also received from lndla. Onc n5
M hole business Is foreign, the largest MAJ Ne ,1
uih America. In most places there tnc Int The
guros an weights 20 be OF the FreIch SIuaI, U 30
neaue prefer the Spanish consequently near! 1 '
ss sent there provided with both STANDARDS, anu
e reopc have their way 54 days OF Ihe year. aiu Vl
~ is,th the Government inspectors ma the tiehch
standard according 10 law. The faIDa9es stdcS ,rC
nj exclusively Oh the railroad between 81 feterSpuIS
- ,osroyy and not only are foreign countries suppCu
viii thciI scales and weights bht ever! "'A5H' las ~
Istters or characters OF that country A.,
SVlc we have been waiting here the operators IN the
er,.i, or sealing room have been busy, and We VIII
now look in upon them, stopping moment however, 70
IN ocv scales sheets Of tin or brass are hrSt cut mo
form am oval They then bent INTO the proper shape
am Ing tsrourb the door into the sealing room, we
end RAT I'M the parts have been sent here, ana they are
pn, together piece by piece until we see periec5 ,c
We already know how The weights are sealed anu "IaI
cr NECESSARY testing sealing the scales is sun
more difficult task When weight is upon the counter
posc and the balance placed AT o. the beam mus NAM
lain perfect equilibrium. When TINS Is seen 10 pe true
Inc platform is loaded with known weights, ana the
balance moved 20 the proper place; the Dcdh
re, or falls too slowly or too quickly, lever must
bp heightened or shortened. Finally, when every |
thing Is satisfactory with the load on the
center Of the platform, II Is shifted rom
.ie Ia side from corner to corner and not until the
beam indicates the same weight no matter wHat lnaE Pe
The position Of the load IL the scale allowed TO he packed
r. lnyaa fnr hacking are all made the premises,
nearly 100000 OF lumber being used for that purpose
tbe ,aWust aud hayucs. When the scales arc packed,
thew are removed 10 the sOrCroOm, which opeus directly
upon railroad track and thence are forwarded through
Their branch houses In New-fOrk, Boston Pulladelpha
and CaEO.tO every part O the globe Last year ABOUT
saCs thus tar tlS year intricate an IbcISa ~ -
wear OF 1900 The monthly payroll during last year
exceeded 5000 and for the last three n0nihs II mas eA
ceded S0ON beside the large amount pau W .mUsS
emu1yts whose sole business II Is 70 lfdNel dIQuN9
putting up The scales HlIheIto tle , an t, ,,nca
great inconvenience from want OF raLroau commune
u0n especially with the coast but the Portland ana
Ogiens1urc Railroad, which Is now open 10 Co.N%g'
WILL when finished, offer every Iachly iVI ,ueIs.
puuatOn In walking through the eStaOhsIiuthI
one struck with the regularity OF every tig b blacy
room has It's foreman. those of the machine anu %
smhShOps and of the beam ana llckhug roos Ring
accountable TO Mr. Thomas sPo9ner wrT T scaIin
ham and Martin superintend lhe HishiiiS rai sIraT
Town Col FRANKLIN Fairbanks mas the gentIaI SuPoi
VISION Of he whole Nh Bingham OF the Se3IhsIlOoini
,rs 1s,ctad win Erast1s and Thaddeus Fairbanks IN
the hemp trade, aud has continued WIN lh'h tNeI
HIS invaluable, L, lic VI
that although ne has offered TO resign his position on &C
count Of his age his res 1atiOn not accepted Each
part OF every scale stamped with the lmllAs OF Hane
of Luu who made H. that any possible imperfect work
may De- Immediately traced. Every scale is nhhDeftS,
which enables the firm % supply any part "Ilch might
become De- broken .
Nj. Erlstus Fairbanks twice Governor OF the state,
died MI LncOlns second election 20 the Presl-
dcncy but the business is still carried under the old
Of L. q T. Fairbanks d Co. The present members
Of the firm are Thlddeus and his two nepneWs horace
and Franklin Fairbanks and MI Edwin Walker is cashier
snd general bGukkeeper The firm IS always rtaay 10
help any mcrtOrOus workman 10 build house ana puy
piece of Land As evidence of the great increase III
population and prosperity OF the residents OF 81 JOus
bury since the Establishment of the scale factory II may
be mentioned that from very small village IL has riSe
b. town of 800 inhabitants, who have but Town nan
and erected soldiers monument (the WOTk OF LaIhlh
Mcadt Wi. do them great credit. Mr. Horace fali-
banks has recently built remarkably handsome puDlc
library which, stocked with foreign and American DOCKS
DC Viii don lte to the town.
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