The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-07-17

A rittsburg E'irm Produces Sheet IRON
Equal to the best Russia.

A''gn i,,,,,si ), az, tha hest Rn.sin.
The Plttsburg Conln'erc'GS OF pat
urday says:
oTbose enoaoed in the iron trade,
and especially those who work in
shnot iran are familiar with the fact
tbot for manv wears Russia has had /
tba eyrlns;ve monoroly of the mann.
facture of what is technically known
as tnlanished sheet The process has
heen So we'll kent as to defy the skill
of the most experienced iron workers
ot Furone ana America. England,
with all he PROCESS in this department,
has invariably failed to produce an
article equal to the Russian Sheet,
and The Yankee ingenuity of the
TTnitad States las heretofore been
toxed in vain its efforts to find out
,be oreat serret. Larce fortunes
Nave been spent III the efforts, in both
ihe countries named; and vet nearly
MI Of these enterprises have resulted
n comnlete failures In the great
;rbn center of Pittsburp. large sums
have been snent IN experiments hav.
;na for ,heir oh;ect the nroduction 0f
~ISnss;an shee,'n and Pittsburr skill
and enterprise have At last solved the
problem OF all who have devoted
iheir time and energies TO this sub
iect Mr., w. D. Wood, of the Nc
Keesport IRON Works, has alone been
snc,essfuI After twenty wears Of
study labor and experiment, he sic.
cceded in producing sheet iron equal
in eyerv respect to that OF the
Rusaian make, excepting shat he
could not give it that planished or
hammered appearance, which adds
so much TO the beauty Of the surface,
and which is the chief charac,e.istics
Of The imported article, 1t would be
tedious to euumerate the various
plans.and processes which be has de-
visnd in order 10 give his sheets the
desired "faishipg touch.n He re-
sorted 70 all sorts of hammerinp
schemes, but for a time found that the
more he hammered the less satlsfacto.
rily were theresuts With wonderful
perseverance he Hammered away
until he struck tho taliSmanic blow
\ The process, too, is so simple, so fire,
from complication as to be almost ru
( dimeptarv and with hundredsl o
t Others who have produced great re
suits from simple mechanical agen
: cies. it was TO him a matter of grea
surprise that he had not made, th
n discovery wears before. His inveu
: ton is n heavy hammer, set in a VERT
t cal frame and falling npon the shee
X with rapid blows as they are carrie
% oyer an anyilr--the face Of the han
mer and the surface OF the anvil bein
10 pitted all over. with small irregula
10 indentations. 1t is the passage VI
der this hammer that gives the plal
is isbing--the smooth even surface, Il
" beautifully motted finish, aud Il
t density Of fiber which characteril
ar the genuine Russian sheet. M
le Wood is now able to convince Il
ID world that he can produce an ,Amel
q can sheet iron fully equal If not s
perior, to the Russian article.
The process of the manufacture
as thus described by the Cons0'ercic
g. "The firm formerly used the be
er brands of iron obtainablc for the pu
Ve pose, but it was found nusuitab
he as it lacked uniformity in qualit
ck They then erected charcoal furnac
he for the manufacture of their o'
it; blooms, and ten of these are now
w operation, with a capacity of ten To
,er per day. These blooms are OF NO