The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-16
MAKING MAILS.


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ia The X e.
u,on euteriog .ne works the first
~ which strise one 10 the arrange
~ Of sne p ID iIiag furnaees, they
.;rs built 50 IA 10 firm hollow
.sars, E.ch furnace is double-that
ma stack Is divided into Two parts,
-akius wo u iii,as furn sess. Ia the
.acs wi hin nv sqisrs is placed The
.oueeEsr," the trsia OF rolls, aud
- engine, whica latter furnishes
~ power Ia drive the machinery and
1pe,ies the blast tar The Furnaces,
"a pig iron Is p'oaght from the bl .s,
Srrsce i'll carr AID Carts.
"a ct q ce't,in piece ia broken 10
lalyes, weighed anu apporNoDed 60
N puddi.r., rns iron is placed in
asfurpsc S, - blast OF hot air IN driven
Aver it b, means OF u ian, and rs II
nails tho plHdier stirs IL continu,lIy
v;th lons irou instru meus osll d a
snuddis tool" his process is kent IN
,riil every veslige OF impurlty has
hsen driven our. Then The workman
1Y0UH Ally Nt+N6 WV Ills NuIuANB nv
1smpiDg he iire, using careful u note
he consistency Of the mass. TRen be
nils into bail shape, Hi,hdraws IL
nom the furnace, ana by means OF q
ponder u, psir OF turgs running freely
an an overhead rail ay, conveys il {
The squss ger, a piecs ct mechanism
worth tsc'ibing. In former times
Inc squeessr resent ed she laws
. II monster CIR atile from when IT,
leriyed us neu o n Nv the arp srstus
/ i called "c flee mil tqueez, r." ana,
indeed, il look vtIy much like a big
| xflee mill The bsil IL tossed into Il
uues2 r, Shich selz - it and sends il
|nllpg around ard around, the space
| BECOMING narrower 40 he outcome ia
approached. When ut LAST the mass
VmerveS Il has taken tie shape of a rul
| fcoston bsuing A man On the "iook-
| out" inr IL grsSps It with tangs, and
| and tho ovdrhesi rigging Is again
brought Ia 10 play 10 carry the
| Gbloom," vs. IL Is nuw called on tina
Trolls. the rolls arc eonstruct, d
| with pumar0f@ q oovos grad
usted 20 tho sizs % the bar de-
| hired TO re Dlaar. rae "nlO mn has
| row gone through TIE puddle rolls aud
lib fst, SAY four inch 8 wide, three
quarters Of at iroh thick, and IL feet
long /; IL ia r. ised uu die or muck bar
| When usrd for nal making " must bs
cut into abort Tong OF ut iojt These
are piieo IL q cersain manner, weighed
and taken 20 department, ths 'sheet
|nill.n Ttds niili has Dithia 1t severa!
heating furnaces aud two trains of
olls-ons 10 hresk down che pile and
another b flush the sheet, Tire heat
ers arrange the piles Of iron on tho fur
naces precisely ae tn. baker docs h q
loaves il b3 oveu, When II il suifi =
elently heated 1t IL conveyed by
means OF tbs ever-u ssiuI orer.
lead fsil"ay 90 the role,
there to DC again ii .ltel ed and drawn
Into lor & tnnn shtets. Now we have
cone 10 Inc nail factory. The Sheets
are taken 10 tne "sliusr,r who Gus
them into different eizes, rs he Kind
olnalls desuea 10 be made rtquiges
The nail plates are then paeked In
Numbered boxes tn no Delivered 10 the
hsil-cuttsfs. rms large-,ized nails are
cut hot, end Tor lh4 purp 80 OF heating
the plates 8 furnace IL VI hand il
ehsrge OF a mao wh $50 business L. IL
10 supply The usil.rs with iron Now
We have reactied he las. process Of
this Intricate m-nufactura. We hear
the busy La 81 10 Machines, which
IN the course IL nnu,R cut LOO kegs
o. nails An lnventiOn ct recent
laR, " nlon ~ ono time
uf6ateued 70 r.volutiUuiZs tbs
mtting ot nsils, has been introduce
u TINS factory. II IL called q self
lee0er, but rs Il only cute middle sizes
ihe trade OF the nail feeder ia no. YET
feopardized. The ingenious machines
We almosL human in tDeic workipg.
An attendant trka, up q nstl pl4ts,
Price open the sliffj Tvs II hia nippers,
" aekilifu thrust has set the ma.
Dhine going IL certainly is more ac-
lursto 10 ia action than any feeder
ian be. Ope person eau, IL diligent,
rtend to twO sclf-ieeding merhines
Gseh machine consists OF Is cutiiLg
lDiia,s hsadtng machine, bed plat.
iy-wheel aud spliDt sud miss-eut s, D.
Mat0r. The lsSt IA tho iuveutiOu uf
OLD OF the woIkmeR- In the faciory
There IS another process To he toto
ABOUT, and that 10 the blueing. This
Is done in sn Inclined revolving
Nliader, pie;s with hole aud
kept AZ dul, red heat. 'rh.
nails aIe poured In nc the elevated
end. aad, ~ Trey slosly roll down the
moline, tsBe on The oretly b US tint Q
have so oiteu admired. Tho nails art
how token 10 tho "pscser," who
weighs theu, pscking 100 pounds in
each Reg. The packing is done b.
means OF q machine which, by an iu-
geLi0us application of mechanics, has
vertical as we'll IA g revolving mo-
non. Tue keg ~ psced between the
knees OF the "packsr," and as it
lar ces up snd down he eradu llly Ill =
]! from large iron weighiug.scoop.
The keg ~ now turned over to the
header, who deftiy ipserts tho hesd f,
iPpiies the 'op hoop, drives u nail
here ano there INTO the chimes, gives
Y whiri, aud awsy IL goes u TIA.
wander, VINO nun bers IL and stebcila
me II ms name md Trademark,
Which latter Is an eGohor. Aud nov
our nall arc nj tute warehouse To
DO put into RS deslined TOR every part
u our country, erd, indeed, ss lar oil
y Australia Mining Enquirer.