The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-11-19
xAgINs MALI
Frsm tho n.,4l In the orsts III. nails
10 tic Neg.

frsm the Neal la tho Orst the Mali
10 Tie KsE.
U90n entering ths works the fra
ihing which siflEsl QUO ia tho arrange
inent OF tho pualiinG furnaces, thor
being built 90 a. To form hollow
square. Each hIrnsoo a. doubls-thai
a., one stack ~ divided into tHo parts
IN sGiag two pudding fRraiess. Ia ths
spaos witkin tho squere IL placed the
"fquegEsr," the traia OF rolls, and
ma engine, which latter furnishes
tao power IN drive tho InRehiuoSy and
supplies thu blsst for lna furnaces,
| The PIG iron IL prought from this blast
| furnace In ears aua CAria,
aud 20 = certain place 10 prokea ti
haiyos, Weighed aud gpportOned Ga
tho puddlsrN The iron Is placed ia
thofarnacsa,a nlast ofhGt air ~ driven
over 10 by ineaER offs fan, aud AZ Il
melta the Pujdler Atirs is ooatinuaily
wish a lOng iron instru mont CALI d 4
"pudd.o t0ol.r This pTccessis kept up
Until every ves'iga OF impuTitY has
fbHen driven out. Then the workman
gradually aOols down his furnace by
dsmplng tbs tlru, halng careful % note
tAe consistency OF tho mhss. Tsen bo
| rOlla iuto X ball ehSpf, " ifhdrawH a.
fIom tho furaase, and ny means or n
ponder0us pair OF tonga running frosty
on en overhead railway, couvcys it "
thd squ6ezsr, u piees OF mechanism
| worth describing. 10 former times
tho squeczsr Iesenbled sho Jaws
0l monster crocodile from when H.
dOriyed lss name. Now thu app Arstas
Is called y "coiies mill 5queezrr," aud,
| iddeed, ~ looks vary muon ike big
o. fise ,nill. The bail IL tosssd into .
tqueeE r, Nhtoh ssizto IL sgd sendA IL
| rOlllue around REd around, tho space
| b cnmins narrower 40 tho outcome Is
| approached. WhSn at lSst tho mass
etasrae ~ mas tkgan che skapb 81 q roll
of cotton batting. A man or ths "look-
our iar It. grA,p9 10 with tong5, aud
and tho overhead rigging la again
brought Ia u plsy 20 ssrry the
rolls. Tna rolls are constructed
| wlLh numerovn & oovos grad
uated TO The sise o. TIE bar d.
sifed 20 bo mndo. Tne colo IN" has
now goua through the puddls TELLS and
Ia fiat, szy foar inshss wide, three
quarters OF MI inch tbiok, ana IL fees
! lnpe; &c ia tsTIsod pnndie or muck bar.
When used for nail making i. mast bs
cut INFO short lengths OF "a loot. yhsaa
are piled in a cersrin manner, Weighed
aud takan 80 Il department, tho "rheet.
mill,D This rnill has withia II ssyeral
hes'ing furnaces and two trsins Of
rolls-UnO 10 braSE down the pile Gud
another t. tiuish the sheet. Tho heat
era arrange tho piles Of irpu on tho fur
Rsces precisely ~ the bsssr does h, .
.oayeu in the oven. When IL IL sufli
cisntly heated IL IL conveyed uy
mesus Of the ever-ussful over
head railway 20 the rolls,
.hers TO be again Gattoued and drawn
into long tain shsets. Now we have
como 30 the nail factory. The shosts
ara taken to tho "slltier," who auia
Lhsm into different sizes, - Tho Kind
Of netls desiIsi to be made requires.
rhs nall plates arc then packed in
nanosr boxes To bs delivered 70 the
natl-cetters. The laygs-siz sd nsils ara
cut hot, and ier Iha purpose of heatiug
the plates x iurnace 10 NJ hsnd In
fcnargo OF a map VIII )ss bus'ness ~ Ia
| 70 sgpDiy the nsilerS with iron, Now
we have reached The lssy PROCESS Of
this intriczse manufacsurS. VS. boar
the busy han OF 100 machines. which
Ia tha coures II IL hours cat 100 kegs
Of nails. 40 Invention nt recsns
threat.nea 10 revolutlunizs the
caLttug Of n2ilE. hss been iutrod Rced
in this factory. IL i. called n SELF
feeder, hot as Il oaIy outS middle siaos
the trode or Eha nau iSsder Ia 10. yc5
jsnpardlEsd. This ingenious mschlnas
are almost humsu ia Jasir working.
an eslendsns tskss up "a natl plasS,
prizes opsa this stiff avs of nis nipsers,
pieces QUO aud VI tse plate ~itnil, And
by % skihful thrust bGa set tho ma'
chine going. IL oersaiuly Ia nors &C
cutate In ito easion than sny feeder
car be. Onc peFaon can, IL jili0out,
tomb 20 two 2eif-fsooIips maottges,
Each I'll schins consists OF Il exiting
snits, = asadinr DaGstne, bed-platc,
fl y sosi aud splin5 and aslah-cus asp
trator. The last is tho invantion of
ons Of tho workmeR ia tbs fselory.
There 10 another procssa 90 be- told
about, and that Is the blu&lng. This
10 0e1e In All inclined revolving
cylinder, pleicsd with holo", and
kops ~ dpl red heat. The
nails are poured in SO tho elevated
9ud. and, ~ they niowly roll Gown lac
idcline, take on Tho oce6ty b no ,int we
have 80 DtGea admired. The nails ara
now taksn 10 tha "packer," who
weighs tneu, packing 100 wounds in
each keg. The packing is done by
means OF = machine which, by sn In
ganious application Of mechSnics, ha1
4 vertical as well az 8 revolving mo
tion. The key ID placed between rhe
kuees OF tbs .'packer," and as it
dances u, naa down be gradu ally fills
l. froM Il large iron veighing-scoOp.
The keg Ia now turned over to The
header, who deity iGzerts thu heaG,
applies thu sop hoope, drives y 1sii
hers ana there into she chimes, gives
Il . whiri, and away iS goes t. tue
brandsr, who numbers IL and stoncis
tue ii rAa'H same and ;rade-n ark,
waioh lalter il an anchor, Aud now
our nails sre ssf,t to tg9 warehouse TO
be pas inic cara destined for every part
o. our country. and, indasd, sa far OFF
as Auatrslia.--l MizinB Enquirer.
Mitchell s. scruGgs