The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-12

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you'd never think Il W. much Of
: trick 70 sort out scrap metal said q
dealer In old iron. ~ he stood In the
middle q : yard heaped up with piles
Of rusty scraps of every description.
without any apparent order or method.
AS q matter o. fact, though. there Is
quite a knack in II. II requires . good
dcal Of experience n you don't want -
get taken in. as the profits OF the bust.
ness al lie ia . mans ability 70 tell al
. glance what il good material and
what IS not. The g~reenhorn will &C
and buy . wagon-load Of stufin . lump.
and when Il " sorted over he will find
be has paid probably double what the
lot Is worth"
How are the scraps assortedr"
asked the reporter.
Well. you see here is Z separate
pile for the best scrap. IL is nearly all
in small pieces-bolts, nuts. screws,
pieces Of horseshoe. nails and such As
that. all OF the best quality Of mallca.
bic iron. II commands the highest
price. except for that Of whole horse
shoes. OF any iron that Is bought by as.
W. pay from sixty TO eighty cents .
hundred for il. Horseshoes are worth
from one dollar 10 one dollar and TWEEN.
~ cents 4 hundred pounds. We pile
the small pieces together 50 that the
scraps can be shoyeled out into barrels
or sacks. while the the large pieces.
such rs broken shafting. boiler iron and
metal Of that sort. are stacked up sep
aratcly. There are the steel and cast
iron piles over there. you see. and here
are the borings and turnings from the
machine-shops."
'.Of what use are those scraps Of
tinP' asked the reporter, pointing to.
ward a huge heap Of cut and twisted
pieces ofthc shining metal.
''Oh, that goes to the smelling.
works. You sec it mainly consists Of
the clippings and fragments Of timed
iron and worn-out tin vessels. These
are sometimes dipped in hydrochloric
acid to dissolve the tin coating from the
iron. The muriatc Of tin 50 formed il
Of commercial value for dyeing pur-
poses"
Hanging up on the walls all about
were cogwhcels, cranks and other
pieces Of machinery, while in one cor
ncr was 4 collection Of pick-axes, axes
and p~itchforks.
Every thing that we find Of value
in the masses Of scraps that come in
here every day by the wagon-load, Z
remarked the dealer. ''or that can be
used in the shape it Is received in, il
preserved from the scrap heaps and
sold separately. There are people
who il they want a lot Of pick-axes, foz
instance. never think Of going to q
hardware store for them. but come d.
rect / the scrap-iron dealer. where
they can generally find serviceable ar
ticles Of the secondhand class. Nearly
al OF these cranks and cogwheels will
come in use in their present shape
some day.
ssScrap-iron." continued the dealer.
consists Of any kind Of iron that will
serve the purposes Of remelting. but
more especially that Of the malleable
quality. We work in all the old ship
iron tnat can DC m6Oo SGT anu
there il one firm in the city that makes
q specially Of that branch Of the bust.
ness. They have broken up several
old vessels during the past year and
taken out tons Of good scrap-iron.
They are tearing the Mohonga TO pieces
over in Oakland and selling her plates
and sheeting to the nail manufacturers.
There is . good deal Of money in that
kind Of trade II one understands it,"
OF late years the scrap-iron business
has increased to such an extent As 70
make it an important feature Of water.
front trade. Several good-sized fort
uncs have been made in the business.
Large lots Of vacant land are covered
with heaps Of the rusty metal. fol
which there is always . brisk demand
during the busy season at the iron
works. The smaller scraps make the
best kind Of shafting and pipe material,
as the iibers OF the finished product are
! so twisted and intcrtwined as almost Il
defy an attempt IT breaking, while fol
ordinary use II will last for years
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