Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-22
nAKrSe gSvRLopgs,
The Enormous Proportions "a which the
Industry has Grown, and How
They arc made.
Springfield Republican,

Anev arc made.
Springfield Republican,
Springfield has six firms engaged IN |
the manufacture of either envelopes or |
papeterie, or both these products. The |
Powers Paper company and z. p. Kel. |
l0gg Il Co. turn out envelopes alone. |
The Brine Paper company confine
themselves TO papeterie and the Ma.
tional Papeterie company and Tavlor
Nichols 4 Co., and the Morgan I'm,
velope company combine the rnanufac. |
ture of both. The company last named
Is the oldest in the business. hayiny
started IN 1865, and having manufsc,
tured the first lot of pspeterie ever
thrown upon the market, Ia 1850
Since moving into their new factory
on Harrison avenue, last summer. IL
has secured facilities for making en-
velopes, papeterie and boxes, which
are unsurpassed In the country. and
which afford an admirable opportunity
TO watch the process of manufactura
from the beginning. The company
use annually l,20O tons of paper of
every style, tint, and quality, the prod
uct of envelopes in 1883 having aver
aged l4O0O000 a month, rising i'm
August To 1900, 600, while the papete-
| RE product averaged 1,Ge0, 900.
The process OF manufacturing envel-
opes is apparently simple, although in
reality complicated. True, there are
only three distinct operations to be
gone through with--the cutting, gum.
ming and folding, but the blending of
the last two operations into one makes
necessary the use of complex ma.
chine. There is nothing remarkable
in the first part of the operation. The
PAPER as 1t comes from the factories Is
cut in squares or diagonals measuring
thirty 10y forty inches, special diago-
nal shapes being chosen for particular
cuttlDg-dies, in order to save waste
which would follow from the shee
not being especially adapted to tn,
die. Each sheet will averag,
thirteen envelopes, which are cut on
by dies Of innumerable sizes an,
shapes, but all vergng on tn,
diamond, 500 sheets being placed oI
the presses at time. In spite of al
precautions there IL waste OF tw,
pounds in every forty. and some ide
of the extent of the business may b
gained from the fact that out of thi
waste fifty tons are sent away ever
| suh
chimes are now brought into use, an
no more fascinating occupation en-
be found for awhile than to waite
their lightning.like motion
J they turn out finished eDvelop,
u minute. There are sixty-six of the,
machines in operation,. each one, c
which requires no other attendai
| ,,l fla aprnl, ~,
as they are forced out, bind them, AZ
packs them into boxes. Six Of the IN
chimes are used entirely for papeteri
! five for cumming, folding and priI
= ing at the same time, and the rest {
plain commercial envelopes. The pi
cess is an interesting one, the machin
being self-feeding, taking the pap
direct from the cutters, and turnil
the completed envelopes TO the pac
ers in lots counted out 70 suit. About
gross are laid in n receiving-b
near The top of the machine, and abo
this hangs n picker" the edges
which conform to the edges of I
d envelope. This works up and dov
like flash. receiving mucilage on
edges from little rollers that fly ba
J., and forth between a couple of res
voirs filled with gum.arabic. Pnui
. lug on the top sheet, the "picke
catches 1t up, cumming it with t
same movement. Long fingers d
in, seize the captive, and hurry
back couple of feet to
"plunger," II couple of separator
having shot in beneath the sh
to keep the rest Ia place, all bel
done So quickly that the top sheet
those remaining seems To have be
the one touched by the "picke
The "pIunger," an iron cube, the 10
er surface of which is the size &
shape of the intended envelope, wol
up and down like piston, punchi
the sheet down through a square
flee that gives the correct shape.
instantaneous folding and pressing
GRAFTON Is performed by some uns
apparatus, and, almost bel
ole has fairly realized that
beet has been snatched up by
"picker.n it comes out of the l
chime complete envelope, and p
ing along a chain with hundreds
others in order to dry takes cir
tous route back under the mach
where it drops into the hands OF
iolder and packer, rs mentioned
fore. The machines which gun, I
and print, work Off only 25 900 I
or fortv-one a minute, the sheet hay
10 receive an impression from
types just before IL reaches