The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-12-29
WHAT SCIENCE HAS EFpEcTRD.

tByour Old kmployel .,.g.f ,.--. .5.r. .,
WHAT SCIENCE HAS RFFEcTRp. II
Tho chemical knowledge brought tc
bear upon the various processes incident
to the production Of iron has 80 refined
the metal and Invested 1t Of every ele
ment oil weakness, that lightness and
elegance, with strength and durability
have become the great desideratum In
the manufacture Of iron goods. Even
the cast iron varieties have been relieved
Of the clumsy weight that used to be nee,
essary to give requisite strength, while
wrought iron goods have been reduced
10 surprising minimum.
In no class Of goods is this combination
of lightness with strength more marked
than in The wrought iron hinges which
have Of late years almost driven the cast
iron article out Of the markets. Wehave
no means Of information at hand as "a
where or whom the original machi-
merry (mpchof which Is still In ise) for
the manufacture Of. wrought iron hinges
was invented, but 1t Is sufficient to know
that 1t was invented some time previous
to the manufacture Of any iron in this
country Of the requisite toughness and
malleabillty necessary to make the ma
chinery available. So long, indeed, was
It that the patent expired before the in.
ventor had succeeded in bringing II to
favorable notice. SG, !, y., ,-
TIE START OF TIE BUSINESS IN THE o. 8.
Many years ago tho Roys', Englishmen,
and residents Of Troy, New York, got
possession Of the original machinery, or
built: some like 1t, and commenced the
manufacture Of wrought hinges, Straps,
rs and Butts. ay .silss, ~ lsl1.s
1--we are not mislnEormed, they had at
first to import the quality OF iron neces.
sary for theiri purpose from England,
which, Of course, enhanced the cost Of
the gooda considerably and was sufficient
to relard their introduction into the mar.
kets.- Wherever introduced, however,
their superiority was acknowledged, and
they finally came into general use al
over the Eastern states, The next es-
tablishment 10 enter upon the manpiAc.
ture Of wrought hinges wHs the Stanley
Works. Of New Britain, Conn. : a full
line Of Straps, rs and Butts Is now made
at those works, though at first they made
no Butts. Next came Gilmore & Co., Of
North Easton, Mass ., who have never
manufactured anything but Straps and
Ts For some years these three factories
made all ,loi what were called patent
hinges that were made In tho United
States, and for Q portion OF the time
the Roys enjoyed q sort OIL monop-
oily in the manufacture Of Butt hinges.
They are said 10 have become 80 imper-
iouS that parties isyoring them with or,
ders Tor Butt hinges alone, were told 70
90 and buy their Butiswhete they bought
their Straps and rs, theconsequence was
that the Stanley works also entered on The
whole line Of goods and so continue 70
this day. 5ii. r-a ~ ia5tI. isa
THE FIRST ATTKAtPr WEST OF TIE NOUN.
lls TA1Ha Nc. ID .fsl.. ID
A few years later Miles Greenwood, sol
Cincinnati entered upon tho manufacture
Of this class Of hinges, making on kinds
but being largely interested In extensive
foundries and machine shops did not push
the hinge business 90 "a TO effect the etds
tern manufacturers. The eastern men 70,
allied that they had a very nice thing In,
their possession, md their factories were
carefully guarded against the intrusion Of
inquisitiYe strangers, Greenwood himself