The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-12-13
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DE- the Hs5dle 4 iitale plato which tarns
exnctiyi IN accordancc With the Outlines
Of the battonh6le, and stops when the
several machines, starts Them and does
not touch them while they are az work.
Alter this the soles and uppers come
into the hands Of one set Of convicts,
the lasteFs and taul<5rs on, who put the
two together with . very few small |
tscks. These people all work like
lightning. but they are slow beside the |
The soils and uppsffs afsifrmly joined
hin several ways. & One machine puts IN |
brass screws and bitesthem OF exactly
at the right distance between the upper
and under surface Of the leather;
another drives In an iron screw with the
Same nicely another sews the parts
aorethex with WAX thread, 'th6 thread
passing through 81 heased nnsealhorM.
which keeps 1t soft and warm; yet
another initiates hand sewing with yel-
low thread. leaving an extended sole,
which is afterward beveled to look
Ipr8ttys The merit OF ehls lniAohine Is
5hst the isllnesl it sewa aFesplable and
easy To. the. fOot, and bring COED price.
This does its work In eleven. seconds.
| The heels are made separately. and
when finished have all the nails pro-
jecting half an inch below the bottom Of
the lowen sheet OF leather. ~ conivict
puts one Of these heels into; q metal cup
in press Of great power, and over TINT
he rests q shoe in the right position
Then comes down. Q. great bar and
fsqueezes the heel and shoe together,
driving every other nail all the way IN,
and leaving every ether nail sticking
little way out. he takes the shoe out,
puts 4 pretty heel tap in, puts the shoe
back, submits II TO the pressure, and
then withdraws it and finds the tap
firmly nailed, with the nails not quitA
through lthsl tsp, which presentg a
smooth. unbrpken surface. The thenk
shaving machines present TO, the heel .
J set Of rapidly revolving knives, shaped
! to make straight heel or guttqred
| enc, or even lady's French heel. An
! ether machine cuts the front Of the
heel square,, and another trims sand
Ismooths the edge of the sole. The edge
; of the sole and the sides of the heel are
0 tblackened, and the edge is put under 9
I hot iron about the size Of a fat chestnut
Q The iron moves to and fro with incredi-
!, Bile rapidity, in imitation Of the motion
d of the cobblers. who used to do the work
a by hand. A large iron, also heated BY
Q gas Jet, does the same thing for the
$ heel, and does it under such pressurV
Q that cracks and unevennesses in thl
) heelTare smoOthed bver. filed up Ant
Y concealed, ,.s, rsf atA al
!. Some shoe uppers have eyelet hole.
It instead Of but holes There Is q ma
s ehine III the icon for doing this work
Q It has two steel rods 'close to one an
d other, and while one punches the holei
S ~tbe,9ther. inserts Ahe eyelets, which run
N down . little gutter, right side up, ex
s Aetly into place to fix the punctures II
+ IfhS leather, and to have the edge
Is lasqu0ezed over BY the other rcd and tll
Is piece that fits upon It. Twenty yoar
" ago shoemaking machinery performe'
70 only one-hah this work, and did tina
le roughly. Now the shoes made in Croy
A. E1flT prison are such as most person
= weaR, and are I'D all respects Bhapely
1t presantable and we'll linished.' Some Q
r. them retail ct four or five dollars a pain
At In this prison, aidesby side with III
% scum Of humanity, reputable man ~
20 girls are employed, There are, probs
t. Bly, two hundred girls il the femAl
a prison, who live In Brooklyn, com
~ every morning, and are FREQ to 60 nom
70 whenever they present certain tickle
he at the prison door. The Warden, VIII
d. is, in all probability, not consulted
of since these persons work for the col
be TRACTORS, was asked what he though
" was the effect of such surroundings upo
of the youths of good morals. :. He replie
o. that there used to be q. general feelin
az that the arrangement was improper m
Oh dangerous, but it has not proved 8.
on Outside free labor has been employed
ic. Grow i I'LL eleven or twelve years, ~
OF all the hundreds who have thus con
daily to the. prison. not one has ev'
been sent there as q prisoner. III
. outsiders do not have anything to I
"a With She prisoners. They sic apart, al
m never, under any circumstances spei
nd word to the convicts, -,ApserSca'a O.
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