The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-09-13
OUR VIENNA CORRESPONDENCE
NIENNA, July 20, 1873.

ing TO the boilers which furnish the
team for the American machinery.
This same flag was the only one which
decorated the Machinery Hall at the
Paris Exposition in 1867, and is to-day
The pride of its owner, rs it floats in the
air ut n higher point than any other
flag ON the grounds. That rdg which
hangs on the ilag-stuif on the end of
Machinery Hall is an attempt, though
/ a ridiculous one, by Austria, to make
/ m American flag.
/ Our Commissioners have been re-
/ 1uested to remove it and put in its
( place flag that we will not be ashamed
I of, but they have no time to attend to
small matters, and so scores OF little
things are left undone, which, II at
tended to- would add to our self-rcspect,
as well as place us in more favorable
Light before the world.
TO our right is "rhc American Res
taurant,n which has been one of the
causes of our trouble and disgrace. To
our left stands II pyramid iron pumps,
which are not in motionyet; the water
is flowing from the top one down
through all of them.
The American machinery occupies
Tie west end of the vast hall, and as we
enter we find ourselves Immediately at
home. There is Howe sewing ma
chine running by steam with light
ning-likc rapdity, and yet under the
most complete control Of the foot of
the operator, us one, ten or fifty stitches
can be made at will.
Near by are ten machines which
attract universal attention, and are
Ly many considered the most novel,
in geniOus and interesting Of any ma
chimes in the whole exposition. They
are for making shoes, and, "they say,N
can manufacture five hundred pairs in
one day. This first machine is for
making the heel The layers Of leatli-
cr, cut into shape, are placed upon
similarly shaped plate of metal which
rcrolves, so that at one point they
come under II hammer which presses
them; at another point Il number Of
avis descend and pierce the holes,
which at the next point are filled with
the nails. As the heel is taken cut you
see that on the side which fastens TO
HE boot the nails project. y boot
ready for the heel is put upon the ma
chine, the heel placed where it be-
longs, and n hammer descending into
the boot at one blow drives the nails
through and riVets them.
The machines for cutting pegs nip OF
the thin strips Of wood or the iron or
brass wire, making at nip the mead
Of one peg square, and the point of the
succeeding one sharp.
Then there is the machine for insert
ing and fastening the metal eyclets,
The machine for finishing and polish
ing the heel, and the sewing machines
which make the chain stitch, and run
with single thread. E5hoemalling is
no .0nger work-it is fun. The shoe
maker sets his machines running and
Whistles while they do the labor, as no
part of the work is done by hand.
At the west stand we find II machine
which is very ingenious as well rs very
practical-a patent cutting machine,
invented by Mr.. Albin Warth, Of
staten Island 1t is machine by
means of which all articles of clothing,
boots, shoes, umbrellas, etc, can he
cut out as correctly as by the shears,
and much more rapidly.
The cutting is done by II movable
knife, with an automatic feed and pres
urc foot attached, and it will be seen at
once that, by this means, when the
thickness of the goods, or the number
of layers is increased, the liability to
irfcgularity in the cutting is not there
by increased, as in cutting with the
shears. BY means of Il handle and
thumb-plate attached to the cutter-bar,
the machine is completely under the
coutrol of the operator, and when the
material is perfectly marked and Sc
cured by the patent pins employed for
the purpose, one hundred and twenty
! thicknesses of muslin are cut as quick
/ " and accurately cut rs one. The
| power can be supplied by hand or by
steam, and when the latter is used, the
capability of the machine is greatly i'm
I creased. and can be made 10 cut layers
| of cloth up to three inches in thick
ness. The original ,machine was first
operated in 1870, and now more than
/ twenty firms are using them in their
manufacture.
Mr.. West is demonstrating every day
/ to The world at this exposition that a
/ good wagon or carriage wheel can be
made without heating the tire. The
/ tire is set by pressure, the wheel being
/ placed in a circular band, which closes
upon ii, squeezing upon il as you
would squeeze putty in the hand. lis
success is acknowledged, and the opcr-
alton much admired 10y wOrkmen and
good judges.
j abanks' scales are here, ready TO
assist all who wish TO do an honest
commercial businsss.
Machines for making WOODEN buck
cts attract much attention. Bueke;s,
such as we use, are unknown here, and
it is doubtful If they would find them
advantageous, as they do the most of
theircarrying in the large buttes, which
they can fasten upon their backs.
An elegantly finished street car from
New York j. greatly admired, and it
may not be generally known that New
York furnishes street cars 10 South
America. France. England and also 10