The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-09-12
THE MANUFACTURE OF Spoa-

1t may have occurred IN
lady friends Willie using ~ o,
sewing thread, that n vast conn
spOOls are required annuaI1v III.
/ ufacturers Of that article In, ,Af1
be generally known that the D. 4. l.a,--
Quebec furnishes its quota % -l-=
the English and Scotch fbr..5 60s
facturers. such, however. is H.,
and while on flying visit to fbs
tic village of DrummOndviUa VIA
we had the pleasure Of visifin-, n
factories there in operation '-- 8
DrummOndville is situated ,u.
I Francis river, and the nortbe,-. j. .ls :.
of the Southeastern railway No n l.
it. Several years ago the -. %
wood which grew in the --i,;.:.' ~--,
white birch, which does not M.
make first class-fire wood bTt ,-,.--
pears to be the best FOR the na,.,,s.- z,
of spOolS. This probably was tIs-
why DrummoRdville was salact-.- -.-s
place in which to locate tLesa 49,.
and the farmers in the yicfrit-.
ways find ready market for 4 s- a
of wood at about =. 30 10 - r.-
The wood, after being deliver55I' ~
r.rr.
four feet long and from an irsI q
inch and a half square. accorlfT.,
size of the spool it is destined f. r---
These pieces are put into a 7rrI
and thoroughly dried from +ba--.-..
are taken to the factory and rrfvs-.t
''roughers, - who in an incrediI1- Z,
space of time bore a hole i'm rls -. FL.
about two inches deep. turn aI,--...
same space round, and then cu+ ,F
length required for a spool n
chimes used for this purpose are ~r,-
ing planerS. IN the center of vIfH 7
revolving gimlet OF bit. and inma7.-.. 4.
to the right a small circular SAW -E-s
guage set the proper size for fhs .,.-.
The ''roughers'' receive a cent --.a
half per gross for their work. and g--
perienced man can turn out from I....
130 gross per day. The round Ir--
pass fIOm them TO the .'fuisbers q. n.
place them in machines which gfra.r--
the shape of spOOls and make theme
smooth. 1t is quite interesting ha-,
notice the men at work. 4 man So
with his left hand upon a small r---
and with the right he places the hrr.z-
/ one at a time, in the lathe. then 1---
I the lever toward him for an instant ri
the work is done the lever Is 7r.lsE
/ back and the spool drops down ir---
box below, while the right hand is --9t
with another block. These block, +.
handled at the rate of tweutv-era +.
/ thirty per minute. The "huishl~,. Il.
. receive one cent and a half Der r-a
and they can each turn from loo -a ~
/ gross per day. The Spo0Is are IT,
thrown loosely into q large cvlfr4--
which revolyes slowly 50 that the sr-
are polished by the constant ulf-,
upon each other for some time. On b.
/ ing taken out of the cylinder thev m
: placed in a large hopper with an 0pa-r.
at the bottom. through which thegr-
down a slide for inspection. Here d
inspector sits and watches closely 90 s.
that no imperfect spoOls are allowed q
pass. and a very small knot or scratch
. sufficient 10 condemn them. The srr.
Z then pass into the hands of the Uaes-.
who handle them very lively. Thar s-
/ packed in large boxes made the r-5F
1 size, SO that the layers of sp0ols eyael
/ fill the box and no additional packing
needed. These boys receive d quartr-
a cent gross for packing, and q yl-
boy who is accustomed TO the work
. pack about 200 gross per day. Oueu
I prietOr ships from Il. 600 to 5000 rr--
( Tor over two million spOOlsf per month.
England. and another firm ships 1r
5000 to 5000 gross Tor over one mill
I SpOOls) to Glasgow, SCOtlaud.-J
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