Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-10-25

nre porlormng undrr the supervision ota
fcy vorkn,n, who stand here aud there
The machin,s quito srnm to do tn, work,
aid th, men to do noth'n In. look on
Now AMI thnu they lubricate q n0ifu poiut
with OIL
TIE long pin wire that we saw cuilsi In
the barrels II the Il re room has first To 10
put throu h strengthening rolls and wound
upon n reel, whence II is ngoin reolcd of TO
the rel Of the machine which is the pin.
maker The wire is there fe / intoa header"
between two dies " Simultaneously with
being fed into tine dies, knife cuts the wire
at the desire pin length.
Common toilet pins are from an inch
and half to quarter Of an inch long;
and they are in d ame,er from forty.
ono thousandths of an inch, down to
twenty-five thousandths OF an inch
The two dies now hold the wire VIII 10 a
mechanical hammer strikes thre, little
blows; and lol those blows have put bead
on, aud IN pretty way, ms II with con.
scious knowing of what is don>
Soon our dun pins have heat l., but no
points But they are ma chcd along, one
after another, in double procession and
directly are fed into grooves in carrying
table" In this carrying table, is another
table, which 80 revolves as to arrange tho
pms like radi, their heads being toward
the center of he table. While the circu.
lar table goes around and around the Q
healel Cin. wires, iecomc pointei at the
other end, by running over rotary files;
the pin points are oxton1lng beyond the
table; the next thing We soe, Is that sh ipely
pins are dropping from the machine, down
into pail, as they say in Conn ,cticut;
in New York it would be called bucket
This pin making machine whose processes
We have reviewed is much smaller, simpler
faster, AMI thus n cheaper worker, than the
pin maker invented by DR.. Howe; in detail
1t does precisely the same work When Dr.
Howe had been using his own machine for
some years Charles Atwood proiucsd thi,
pin-maker. 1t was bought "out and OUT
by the Howe Pin company but the pri wi
lege' of the patent lap'ed long ago There
is IN admirable pcCuliari'y b'lungng
to the sphere Of invention AMI inventors.
A person who is ho.h inventor an manu-
facturer Is daily making u.s. of the con-
proud aud dnligh' ful thing to do. But his
own prosperity depends, his interest com.
pclS him to adopt at once, and thus promul-
gate the better invention OF some other
III nj. Thus, on the purely Intellectual
plane of the inventor maGnanimi'y is bound
to b. the practice, and the best product Il
any brain TO be the preferred one, suprrsei l.
ing all personal an btion. Charles Atwood
was clear beaded, prolific g,ntus He
made Other valuable inventions, and at 40
years Of age died, without leaving great
wealth Ia his pOSteritv. Oh cit z,ns Of
b rmlnghum have told me that he married
widow WITT --' chiii. an ,x"ec llngly
bright child She" on growing ~. was
married to a Kellogg; they hal n 1.-the,
brown haired lntle daughter, whom they
cal.el Clara L0us,, who went to the
schools hero, and is familiarity rem mbcrcl
by many resi- tent of d 'rbv. Sh, is now o
diStln SulShci woman. She i uu honor to
our country, AMI the whole musical world
In heard the voice The muuCiau's library
p'n"uIaics the name Of Clara L,uisa Kcl-
IOgr.
Pm making by machinery grew b. slow
h'EI'''' ~ IIc en- LI thH n'st year and q
halt Dr.. Howe had five mlcAin.~ working.
-Four Of them were mahins the ol / spun.
heIT piI One Of the five turned Ou. tho
improve pin, having so!ii heni AMI
wheI this small factory in New York city
was 'm"vei IN ISIS TO Birmng ham, Conn,
Mt the Junct On OF the Naugatuc'S AMI
liousatonic river', all the machines were
changci into solid headers. After the
pin companv, enlargei, WIS at work u
Birmingham, which is borough in tho
town-mp OF Irby, pin making stock was
vaiud by outsiders at fift5 cents on tho
dolla" 50 SAYS The Derby Chronicle. Its
failure was often pre- lctel b It Dr. Howe
was lndonitab u ie was per ,evrriuy ana
patient AMI he himself, still more his pos
terlty, have reaped the reward
ANNA FhLLARD