, 1876-12-29

the path mado by the cuttcre follows tho bends
Of the stream, oily II thnNtscl Of about twenty
result IS Of lolrsa TINT the Ice has 10 be loated
forlc distance beiore IT. reaches the otses. 1cs.
ttttIay
TUE CUTTERS,
l,lorkt. were nt work fully haf milo Off: Tl,cIr
work h. comparatively simple. ind consists tn
furruwfng, OF making narrow channels, Up md
tiown, ac'oss and hack, lMs always twcnty.two
To the depth Of perhaps eight tn!l,cs In sur cc
ns Is low hc!1,H halulltal, which r. from thirteen
To fifteen inches thIck. 1t needs only rassins
reference to describe the work OF the iilefi WIN
rlcan oil tho s1,ow with scrnpcrs.
The Ice, having been property iurrowftl, Is
broken UP fnto ecctInns Just a}nut as wlac as
will pass throuah the san"l nialo by cutting ont
fore about twenty feet vide nnl lerl,aps eighty
to lOO feet long. The rrcw In t;;ull catc Is one
Ina,,. who pocs fts crnit toward the house rs
rnpisIly as mny ho. Arrived in front of tt!e
an Instrument like crpss bstH,ten a fo,,r-tined
lrtehtork and hugo ehsrt. Wlth tllls ho splits
oil frpnu tbs tnn4n httY scetiori Of Wide ~ twn
cnkes and ~ lutiR as the raft fs Wide. Thtse
slips are pushed mp Into narrow canals, Just
willie enough tt receive them, and arc ut once
split into pieces twenty-five Inches wide md
furty-four i0ns:, ready to be fed to
THE 11.svATDNA
perform their work with a,1nstrahle dtspntyl'.
Each co,.ssta essentially of twu endless chains
about sfx lost upart, with heavy bars Ut Wood
form mp to thu top 1T tho inclined n'ane lead-
Ing from tllY watcr to thc top Ut tho building,
anil, rcturntog, pass under the water ana pick
ip the iec blocks as tl,ey nre aoatcd up IL tl!oin
procession Ut great bloe';H us they follow eaeEs
,ther up tho tnclime and dart oil hero and there
into tho building, is II curious one. Each clc-
vator las eescn clItltAs, and dt'eharges tic ieo
~ tn $ttA
with prnmptncss and force enough. to sund II
gliding down the wnyH clear TO tic other rntl ot
the long house, II st, ,lesfreti One uf the most
Ingenious devices III tic wholc equipment - n
machinery, aud wl,tcl, liykics tic supply from.
carh elevator into cquat pnrts by alternating
tic cl,,,trs inta whci, blocks are run. The
motive power uf tue elevate rs y contributed "
beyclcd coewllects. turns The main drum Ut thu
ton Of the Incline.
The beat rcs,,lts arc obtained with only a
molcra,e degree of speed ana 1 TIC aycrass is
to each elevator. htAslnurh ~ eacl blnrk
,rclrlls ubout 100 pounds, tl,ts shows close to
l,EDD tons put away c.@ll working day. The
house |.oIt1s nearly 10 co., tons, and was scstrr-
tlUcs not, however, show with Kccurncy the whole
a,nolltt gathered per day tccausu one chntcis rim
to platform from wfel, tho Ice ts rapidly tlans-
irsrc.l to ears. Same twcttY cnrs per t!ay are
thus hilc.i n,nl drawn nssny BY brewers arl park
crs WHO Iiayn lurgu ice1iouscb OF thctr own, nnh
WHO ri.l transfer nlHl pack tho material nlnrc
cliraply now thar, Inter in tho year. About lfO
met. nrc employed by AIcssr*. Wadhan's. Willard
l. Co. at this place. They hare also catnEtisli-
lncnts at tour other plares, The largcst being ut
Elgn,.
Alter carefully Inspecting the works the party
returned to the car, and wtnc drawn l1omuward
with rnp1dity, the ride being n'ae norc cIljoy-
bic by tic plrsencu Vi yol'.g. man wllo ct'ttn-
ual'y refreshed tho guests wltl, thu various de-