Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-03-16

guar piece is sawed out. leaving them in
j, The shape of Il fork. They are then
turned around and two !nclsions are
made with the SAW forming the head OF
the pomnlel in the rough. They ure
again turned and Two missions are made
with the saw 10 block ont the piece,
which must come out between the upper
part OF the pommel and the saddle. IN
front. They are then ready for the
) blocks. where a number OF men with
hand axes trim them into shape With
wonderful deNterity aud rapldity, and
the finishing touches are given with the
drawing knife. Muley pommels. As
they are called. are sawed out in some
what different style, receiving more OF
their final shape from the first saw
The norm or fork" the sides and the
cantle having passed through the various
processes here briefly narrated. finally
reach one man. who hastily sees that
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mel and camille must touch the sides. and
passes the whole to the tinishers. who
rapidly, with drawing knives. cause all
to fit suug!y. and pass them on to the
n%ailers. who nail the sides to the cantle
and pommel, then to tho mortising ma
chine. where the holes tor the stirrup
feathers are bored d steam auger bores
the holes necessary for sewing on the
covering. and Ut last We ave q saddle
tree. fifty of which could have been made
in the factory Of which we speak while
we have been writing about them. Our
description OF their manufacture is. OF
course. a bare outline. Aiterthelr com-
pletiun they are seasoned on racks. and
finally are hoisted, by steam, to the sec
ond door. where they are smoothed up
on n sand belt, trimmed and rasped up
II warped in drying. and are covered
with raw hide. tightly stitched over them
while wet. the trees being painted with
yellow ochre to cause the covers to ad-
here to them, and as n preservative to
dried in the dryinh-ro0m. vGrnished,
packed and are ready for shipping.
Even the hides Tor the coverings are
prepared by the firm, which has u tan
merry Tor the purpose in the PRISON. The
factory easily turns out 400 trees per
day, and it is intended to make 500 per
day next fall and winter. Beside the
American styles, the firm is preparing to
manufacture 500 English trees per day.
tor which they are building, In theirOwn
machine shop. an ingenious machine TO
shape up the whole tree arer mailing it
,l,,..fa.. ~, thn ,.n,,rt, II, t,lly aDpro-
cinte the magnitude of the operations OF
tins enterprise, it must be seen. With
our limited knowledge o. its details, We
do not expect to more han convey an
idea OF its extent.
JACOB >TRAUS 4 CO.
This is 4 St. Louis firm. which manu-
f~lctures whips. harness and collars OF
all kinds. They employ 1855 men. and
do most OF their w tanning in the pen
itentiarv. II is one Of the few factories
in the United States ~ hich continues TO
manufacture the old-i;nhioned raw hide.
81 familiar 10 the youth OF our fore
fathers. Their shop is 4 large one, and
Very complete in all its appointments.
L T. holland.
THIS gentleman employs a number OF
men IN making wooden handles. neck
yOkes. slngle-trees, SC. &c.
wM. c. BOON
Manufactures what is known as the pen
itentiary char. His wares comp Use,
from the common hickory chair tor parks
or lawns. u the neatest specimens of
hickory work finely upholstered tor the
parlor and office.
II BROOM FACTORY
Is run by the state. Here some IS men
are employed, mostly short time men,
whose labor is not desirable to contrac-
tors. Tho state uses a patent block in
It's broom, and makes HI excellent arti-
Gle. From the merchants brands which
we saw upon them, we learned that they
are sold in the St. Louis market extern
sivelv. and from there distributed in
every direction. Most of the men in the
. shop are engaged in sorting and bunch.
, ing the broom straw, others In filling
the blocks. which retain the middle, or
body OF the broom. and six machines
are kept constantly employed, each OF
which makes five dozen large, or seven
dozen small brooms per day. The
broom find ready sale.
The WAGON AND REPAIR SHOP
- Ntll'iuCt'u lpt lit STATE, Nv IL
Charles Spaunhorst. foreman. Here farm
wagons, spring wagons. buggles. &c.
are made. and the repairing aud horse
shUc!ug TOR the prison is done. The
wagons turned out seem to be well got
ten up, and sell faster than they can be
made. at S65. Twenty-Five men are
worked in this shop sometimes more.
II WEAVE SHOP.
In this shop the striped cloth is made
with which 10 clothe the prisoners, and
sufficient square cloth is made to give
! each man q suit when he is discharged.
! The machinery consists of one spinning
Jenny with one hundred and twenty bob
bins. two looms working on stripes,
and one working on square" cloth. and
two carding machines. The cloth made
is halt cotton and halt wool. and Is sub
~stantial and warm. \ natural transition
tom Ills shop takes us to the
CLOTHING DEPARTMENT.
| Presided over by Mr.. II. Catlett, Z
brother of DR.. Catlett. OF st. Joseph.
| Here the clothes of the prisoners are
taken care of and repaired. aud from this
! department they must draw such cloth
ing as they may need. An account Is
Kept Win ctcn man, auu ny tutHtCh ~
1t the superintendent can, in a moment.
see Just when the last article OF the kind
asked Tor was drawn. Twenty men
work in this STOP. and beside mending
the clothes, keep the shoes and harness
OF the institution in repair. Everything
Is conducted ~ q system of checks. so
that no impositious can be practiced.
The men are allowed, as q rule. two
suits per year; but when engaged IN
rough work receive extra clothing.
Their clothing consists OF socks. drawers,
undershirt. shirt. pants, jacket, cap and
shoes. The underclothing is of cotton.
the shirts OF iiusey or cotton. They are
permitted to receive underclothiUg from
| the outside. which. when they have, is
kept separate. otherwise the shirts and
drawers go into the wash In common.
They are required to change their cloth
/ Jag once Z week. In addition to the
articles above mentioned. they are al
lowed hanhkerchiefs OF coarse cotton.
towels Of the same material and aprons
to project their clothing while at work.
THE STONE CUTTEl's sH9P
IS 4 large wooden building, where ]
number of men are employed in dress
ing stone for building purposes for the