, 1875-09-08


nt:oost1SoToS, Ill.,, Sept 7.-;rho. quarterly
meeting Of Friends, held ut Ecnlan,lnvlllc. BIC.
Lean County. Sunday mud Moitar, was largely
E.Kirk. Jorori. a. pnednlc, EIilrl Durfco, and
Tcnrono Chapman. all OF national reputation ns
speakers. nnd MI on their way to tho annual
mcotipg in Putnam County.
THE SANDWICH MANurACTUR1VQ
COMPANY.
Vhonp Excellent rm-lRrchincry
Cnn tie Seen in tho Exposition.
The practically unlimited multiplication OF
establishments for tic production Of ngricul-
turaf implements III tho future to mcot the con-
stantly.incroasing demands OF tho great West
ANIL south, is pntcnt to oYon tho caAual OBJ
Bervor. Ono OF tho most conspIcn-
ous aud successful oxamploa OF this
brunch Of manufacture Is TINT which, In
tle hnnls OF its founders, tho AannBes,
Inns made OF pretty village tho f1ouris'l,ng and
elegant lttlo City Of Sandwich, 81 miles from
Chicago. OIL tho Chicago, Burlington Quincy
Railroad, whore tho Sandwich Manufacturing
Company turn ont their oror-incroasing thou
saula Of implements, chiefly corn-shoilers. Tho
Company wns organized Under iss prosont namo
In 1867, but Ia Tho outgrowth Of tic manufhc-
turing intorcats established horo In 1876 by A,
Adams l. Sons. Tho Company il now ofIlcerod
M followa, Tho well aud favorably
known buRuess man, W. L. Simmons, Es4.,
IN P1csIont; George n. Culvoy, Vico-proa-
ident, with whom aro A. AdanR i. DAnta, L.
Lowie. II. A, Adams, nnd II. Lathail, consutut-
Ing tho Doar,l Of Managers. Dir. ]. ?. AdanB
Secretary and Treasurer, ii tho Executive Man
agor, assiEtod by W. C. Phelps. Mr. 1Ionry A.
Albums, an oltlcor Of remarkable Judgment tact.
vigilance, and system, is Superintendent Of tho
entiro mechanical works. ...-......
This establishment etrikinsiiy illustrates hoy ,,
o1ce!lepco iB over growth. Every mechanical
device which tho latoss ingenuity offers for not-
tion III to bo found here, and tho special itnass
Of each 10 the whole ia studied with
demonstrate That adaptation has bpen 80 por-
fcctol that with his present force OF 200 tnen ho
produces what must haVo required at loast 800
but Bix or seven Jenrs ago Tho secret Of this
| surprIatnE economy Ia, OF course, in studying
and ndal ting details ny ieconrsa to cynry deVlco
| And continuance OF roccnt invention.
The shops nro worry extensive and the dtfYor-
ont departments disposed with grcat Judgment
aud convenience, tic whole occupying two full
y Payroll Of about s2,500. Tho black-
ninth shop Is 10 tho baso Of tho main butld-
ing aoia structure Of stone, and exhibits
to tho forge and tho hammer.
Tho machino-slop occupies the second loor tho
third iH used for tho mechanical engineers and
| y
wooden building affords two long hoorn for tho
| woodworking maahinary. Besides those arc the
large foundry (mcltlng four tons per day). pant-
b0pH, ropalr-shoNt eto., Including every depart
| machine. A new engine OF 100-horao powcr haa
recently been tnaAs 1t tho rcoria Works for this
establishment. Tho ongino-houso and Btenm
chimney aro uow.. Nothing in tho equipment
mud arrangement OF tho concern Ia moro 1dmlra-
bio than tho yards, with their tnrsl-tAbcB, rail-
tracks, atc, bringing every point OF loading or
delivering about tho establishment In direct con-
| nectlou with tho rallload.
| THE coIss-altEL1sEn
WAS tho original. aud contlnues to bo tho loading
| product OF tho works, from tho great nctf-fecd-
Ing nAohine for elevators, mills, aud largo pinn-
| tati0ns, down to tho simple aud cheap hand-iDa-
"Ilckor Wheel Machines, mud their operation
Ia moro automatic s!lan that OF other coIn-eloll
ing machinery tllat H., tho corn is separated
from tho cob In u,nch tho samo way 1t would bo
doue BY hand, aud without aubjeetluE tho oars
Ia utulno presnure. Thus tho cobs aro not brok-
en- up and uiixcd with tho gratn; tue kernols aro
not orackod and ground as they aro llablo to
when ahelled with pressure sholots; Tle sep
| arating and cleaning ara perfect, md tho grain
| Ia discharged olean and sound and In tho beBt
possible condition for market.
Another striking feature in this aheller Is tho
very much less powor required than Oh tho best
cylinder 1aaclurs. four iorses boing equivalent,
to from uix to eight on tue latter, To do q given
amount Of work In given tine. While II ~
true that there may Ia oshor shellerr which. un-
dor favorable conaltiops-as when operating III
perfectly dry aud Houud oorn-1nay do work to
compare fayosably with this one. i Is to bo ro-
mombered that shelter in ita lifetime mttst
deal With oorn sound. soft, frosted, and IN q!
conditions; aud tho machine which, under Al ~
circumstances, with tho least powcs, will
do tho beat aud cloanost work. haTo
tho most grain. turning u on 10 tho
bost condition for market, and last tho longest.
IL the bobt maol.uc. That tho "Ficker Wheel
bhellsr" ~ that machine has been Hal'slaotottly
proven by trial in comparison with otloru, md
BY tho satisfaction OF Thousands ttroughoatL + the Lm
country Who have used II, Or hia cotn shelled
| by It.
TIE IArAovEMENrs
OF tho laat thrce years hare proved OF the great
cut value tho tl!torna! separating ptatoH a.
AdA1ns' patent) Affecting great lInpFoTome in
noparatLng and cleaning. ana II. a. AuAhls