The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-07-17
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Communicated
! To the Editor OF the Now Orleans Democrat:
| here appears In your Issue Of Saturday last
under tho beading Of Third Press Cast" .
spirited notice Of tho casting OF largs cylin
der Mt Leeds Foundry. under which you editor
tally comment as follows:
| Az has already been s,ated in tho DEMOCRAT
! the new impulse given tJ the construction O
powerful compressors is due mainly to the
sound criticisms Of Mr.. Laiitte- who was The
| first cotton market Of the world should be- pro
yided with only the most interior presses Mr.
~ Presdent Il the Louisiana Gotten as Tie Com
pany. this, gentleman has ordered for his com
| pany another press. which will make six in all
with which New Orleans will be provided. hy the
beginning Of the commercial year
The new press will also be OF the Tyler pat
tern, with many patented improvements and
Pennsylvania. owing to the inability OF our home
institutions. through press OF business. TO do
the work here. ityill have 7stnoh 4 cyl.inder q.
ter, IA cumulations, and is expected TO create D
pressure Of twenty tons to the inch. therefore
making It tho most powerful cotton con- pressing
it will pbesent will be its frame. which will be
entirely Of iron. and two small reversible cylin
to not only acesierate tho reversing OF the ma
chinery. but slso to avoid any possible arrest"
when the rods toreh the perpendicular line as
necessitaiing the dismonnting Of the press to
put It back in working order. The press wedge
will also be OF u novel pattern and ~ great i'm
pr0vement on the old STYLE S: 44 a.
The new press, Mr.. La1te assures us, will be
placed into position In tho Batture Warehouse.
which will then assume the character of a cotton
press, and be ready to go into operation on the
ilrst of September next.
believe that my interests rs n manufacturer
OF cotton presses warrant me In calling your
attention to several errors. which will attem pt
by giving q brief history Of the building OF large
cotton presses.
In March. 1875. certain parties commenced to
put MP powerful hydraulic press In Mobile.
Ala OF the Taylor patent. Some OF the cotton
press men there became alarmed. and wrote me
to learn the cost of a Tyler press "a inches
diameter of cylinder. which resulted in my con
lracting and building three presses for Mobile.
one OF which WAS brought back and erected In
Algiers for Mr.. Chas. Morgan.
Aitor contracting for Theses presses | learned
that a ~ inch press had been put up In Mem
phs. Tenn. by parties in New York then
added one inch to the diameter of the cylinders.
that might claim the honor OF having built the
largest press Il might as well have added a few
inches more. ms the cost we'll the increase
Of power is not nppfeciablel. this honor how
ovor. like all unrnerited distinction was short
lived. rs othors in building large presses now
claim the largest. In March last / contracted
with parties In Savannah. Ga. for u du picate Of
the Morgan and Mobile presses. and shortly
after with Mr. Saml. Boyd Il Co.. Of this city, for
presses for the Shippers and Pelican yards
The Savannah press is finished and now in
operation; the Shippers is nearly finished and
will have steam In few days tho Pelican press
is all finished IN foundry and will DO In opera
ton by the 18th Of August.
Having no other positiye orders am making
two presses on stock. both Of which can finish
II required by the LIST of September and October
Mr.. Latitte's letter to the Cotton Exchange. to
which you doubtless refer, was first printed In
the New Orleans Times Just one month after |
had commenced the Savannah and Samuel Boyd
Co. presses. and sir months after the ret three
presses built by me were In operation, and in
which presses most OF cargoes referred TO by
him in said letter were compressed.
You will perceive from Tire above stat .ment
that your first point 10 wit: The impulse !" etc.
is not sustaipea as also your second point 10
wit. 'Tne inability OF our home industry" etc.
Tor would much prefer working for Mr.. La
te all other things being equal than IN no
working on stock: as also your third point: 1t
will havea 75-inch cylinder. and fourteen cumu-
ations." The presses built by me are the ontD
Tyler presses as yet built that can permit the
md no person poseessing any knowledge Of a
Tyler press will allow it to work past the fifth
stimulation. however strong tho parts; as also
your fourth point. to wit: These reversible
cylinders" etc. / have never seen the rods Of a
Tyler press touch the parallel line nor did |
ever know a press dismounted for the reason
given. / do not expect to see these wonderful
hngs. as | am Of the opinion that the dis
Of the prees will be an Interesting
performance, little in advance of the rods
ouching the parallel line.
The wedgc" etc. The wedge built by me Is
If iron so much superior to the old style that 1t
s being everywhere adopted.
The truth is that the press men of New Or
cans have been aware of the demands for better
these many years: the great diff
,ulty has been to decide what type Of press to
ret and what size. They needed no new i'm
pulse. no Eolian music to cheer them in their
Investigations. nor advice from the unintiated.
Successful business men In any line would
,ot hazard an investment of 900 or $40 900 on
IN experiment advocated by rapidly developed
amateurs and professional blunderers. Unfor-
unately New Orleans seems to be the happy
hunting ground for all adventurers in mechan-
cs and sciences.
We have the press to compress fifty per cent
,etter the Bond Fuller to pull fifty per cent bet
er the improved tie to hold fifty per coat better
ships to carry fifty per cent MORE jettes to Let
Dut fifty per cent more. and the Nameless Force
% blow up an indefinite per cent from an indefl- |
nite investment. All We now need is some great
genius to combine and. utilize these wonderful
advantages to reader US entirely happy.
Respectfully. yours.
New Orleans. July II. 1876