Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-15
MAKING BERRY BOXES.
INTERESTING DETAILS OF A CALI
FORNlA COAST INDUSTRY.

DETAIL S OF A CALI
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the Angles of the Box-Making the Bot
tom-The LAST step.
Tie thin sheets of wood which form the
SIDES ana bottom OF berry box are nothing
more nor less than small pieces cut from
great pine, fir or whitewood shaving, ana
bent and fastened together in the shape of
box. These shavings, Of course, are not like
those which fall In graceful curls from the
carpenters plane, but are great long sheets,
in each of which is almost the entire wood Of
big log, and from single shaving is fire.
quentiy made from 1000 to 5,U0 berry boxes.
The logs, which are brought down from
the northern coast, are unloaded in the waters
ot the bay and foated into the boom close to
the shore, where the factory is located. From
there they are hauled up on tramway run
nihg down INTO the water, so that the logs
can De iioated upon tue car. Nhen Drought
up the ioSs are cut by drag sa" INTO uni
loliii iehstas as desired hese secllohs Oh
tiie lo9 are theh placed IN large steam poA,
oi "hlch there are several convenient TO the
machinery, ana lett tor Twelve hours, SUD-
JecIeu 10 the ehects Oh the exhaust steam
from the engine. lhis s"ftehs the WOOD SO
that II can be cut INTO the thin sheets desired
"i.n"ut cnecklhg OF sphttihg INTO fragments
sec'ioi OF great ios' thfee leet In ola-
METER WIS roiied OUT from the steam poA oy
TWO men, ana aiter the center had been
i,lhrheu aV ootn eiios, was hois.ea py silaii
''efrich ana swung over ihachlne, 'he prln-
otphi ie'i'uie VI "hich was d long oe'ei
edee'i hiliie' hTiily SET IN strong IRON frame,
III very ihueh the same manner as tne biade
"i carpenters plahe Is SET. indeea' the
cutting PORTION ol 'nis iiiaehihe Is sreat
i,oiIs'ti si,'i' ilis p,'iie nv WIN tie ee VI 'ne
"iaNi1 iiAeu iu'' ne fos was iieAu ~"
'Leu oy 'le oerricA 10 its proper posl'ioii'
eiio olel hVoi VI 'ne niaouiLe me. puiieu ie'ei
anu ."o sIeu' clamps WIN S,rohs' snai /
PoiI'eH "a" '"' nv Ieo ioiis au'ou0e anu
iio" iti'o t,io moi u, heu ''i
oeis '' eAt eiiu VI 'Ho iUs. ine e'ea'
! Moooeh cH liiiutT WAS no" helu hrlh!y III
front oi ',ie oilue ol ihe immense shaVihs
plane, ana When the operator pulled another
lever, the ios commenced to reVolVe towards
the cutting edge exactly IKE the strip o.
"ooa III turner 5 laohe reFolVes towards tn'
chiseL Ahothef pun oy the operator, ahC
the frame hoidlhg the great blade oeSan t'
move up 10 the reVolVlhs log; " heh th'
KNIFE came IN contact with the stearlht
Wood' the outer edges We're peeled OH IN thli
STRIPS without souha oi cutting ana th
proad sheets folied out uhuer lhe plade a
easily and noiselesSiy as would slice
cheese under sharp knife.
After the water soaked, outer portions o
the log had been trimmed of in this man
ner, the operator adjusted, on the side OF tn
log opposite to the cutting knife, numbe
OF small chlSel Ike instruments at the end
each of which was small, sharp cuttln
edge pressing against the log. These lttl
cutters are placed at various distances, cars
fully measured by the operator, and evident.
formed an important feature of the opert
ton When the log again began its revolt
tions against the blade of the great Shawn
machine, there came out from under II
knife long, wide, thin strip of wood, whic
the men pulled out and rolled and folded u
like wall paper.
An examination of this great white steam
t ing shaving showed that its entire length WI
< marked by parallel lines cut partially throue
/ the wood, made by the little cutters at Il
d back of the log. The purpose of these lin
was mystery until the operator careless
h broke off an end OF the great shaving, ma
ing strip two or three inches wide, al
quickly bent it into the form of berry bc
complete, excepting the bottom The poin
OF bending were the parallel lines cut IN q
wood, which made the operation Oh shapii
the box nothing put simple Hechahic
movement
- The wood bent readliy at the partial Gu
and formed tue angles OF tne ooh. MAXI
ehe oot'oih' oi COURSE CONSISTED III exact
the same opeFatloh' except Cilat Tue strlp US
Tor TINS portion was not SO long having on
two GUS ana three segments Inc hidC
segment iornleu' ol COURSE, Inc ooe'oih Vi
poA, anu 'ne '"o al 'le emu eA'enuei up" d
iiiSiIe 'ne II sii IUi lii'A os .te ~. 4
an ou' tne S'''"li yoi VI 'no ios = stti =
oll iii'o this ione 'na'i o'e =" ena,e'n nao u
au men III tiichi'esS anu iiearis i'Voo II
S long "hleh Is lolded ana broken inoo u
Vehieht iehSths ioI ianuliIe aS ios' as