The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
STOVES IN ENGLAND.
HOW French Stoves Are Made-En-
lish Manufacture.

Of which we Travelled and the number of
other Things that we wished TO see prevented
o,,r doing SO. In France the most of the
stove making is wrought iron work, and
therefore possessed little interest to the iron
founder.
French stoves are made of quite thin
sheet iron. The ovens do not buckle up. as
in the wrought iron and steel ovens of
America, although this would be expected
from the lightness of the material used
The reason for this durability is that the
fire boxes are very small, and the fuel being
charcoal, but little heat is brought against
these thin plates; and. on the other hand,
owing TO the small amount of heat, it is
desirable that the metal should be as thin
as possible. 50 as to heat through quickly.
HEATING STOVES.
Heating stoves are made mostly of sheet
iron. We did not have time to call at any
of the stove foundries in Belgium OF Ger
many. as none of them were located in
the towns that we visited.
There are no stove foundries in Holland.
as stoves are made of thin sheet iron by
blacksmiths during their leisure hours
Most of the stoves used in Great Britain
are manufactured in Scotland. for the res
son that Scotch iron is especially suited to
the making of light castings. Small
foundries are found at various points in
England but as ge1eral thing stoves are d
secondary matter with them.
There are quite a number that make
stoves exclusively in Scotland One in
Glasgow was organized by a Mr.. Smith,
VINO originally came from Cincinnati
nearly fifty years ago, from which city he
brought the patterns which he used The
firm, Smith q Weilstood, have quite a
foundry, and use the patterns now that thew
began business with. We do not
wish to be understood as intimating that
they have made no new patterns, but their
new goods have much OF the same appear
ance as the old ones.
Stove foundries are located at different
points in the Scotch iron district, especially
at Falkirk, at which place there are two or
three The reason for their location along
this iron belt, extending from Glasgow half
way to Edinburgh, is that this is the dis
trict where blsckband pig iron is pro-
duced.
This iron is high in silicon and phos-
phorus and has always enjoyed an enviable
reputation as being suitable for stove cast
in.S.
THE LARGEST FOUNDRY IN GREAT
BRITAIN
We had arranged for visit to the works
of the Carron Company, two miles from
Falkirk, for the reason that this Is the larg-
est and most complete stove foundry In
Great Britain, and also because its stove
department uses about the same amount of
iron per day as the Michigan Stove Com
pany, which makes more stoves than any
foundry i'll the United States.
There seems to have been misapprehen-
sion on either side of the Atlantic regard
Ing the stoves produced by both countries
The English manufacturer recognizes the
fact that American stoves are creditahle
productions, but expresses surprise at their
sDread-eagle style of ornamention. We
did not deny the accusation when made to
us, for we did not know what had led them
to form this opinion. We found before We
left England, however, that the stoves
which are made in that country as Ameri-
can stoves have exactly this appearance
and are reproductions of patterns discarded
by us many years ago. Our better stoves.
which are made for our cold sections, ar o
not at all suited to the mild climate of
England. and are, therefore, not taken
there.
They do not speak disparagingly of our
goods, and it is a common thing to find
their goods compared with American
stoves.
AS for example, from the catalogue of
the Eagle Range Company, of Birming-
ham, on page 16, we quote:
These ranges have all the advantages of
the American stoves. They also possess
many advantages over the American
stoves, as the size of the fire can be in
creased or diminished at pleasure, and can
be used with either a close or open fire."
We found this range to be fine piece of
work, and it shows first-class workmanship
in every respect. Its construction ex-
Il hlbits much ingenuity on the part of its
81 makers, and it would seem as though the
81 company could rely on the fine reputation
81 OIL their goods, rather than give such an I'M
q KIND thrust as follows what we have quoted,
# which reads:
81 Being made of best metal they are not
81 liable to crack or wear out. fault so uni
81 versally found with American and Scotch
stoves"
On the other hand, we often hear from
Americans returning from England that
Englsh stoves are inferior to those of
America. Stove making as an art has
reached much high point in America than
III England; but 1t is because they in Eng
land only wish to take the chill from the
air, and consequently make only warming
stoves, while we make cheating stoves, :"
ana we use so many stoves in our country
tnat we have built up great business out
OIL what in England is generally an unim-
q portant branch.
I'll COOKING STOVES
81 With such advantages we can employ
# Inc DeSt talent in the stove business. But
Ri "hen We come to cooking goods, Americans
are not SO far ahead.
81 We do not wish to be understood as saying
tnat the average cooking range in England
Is as modern a construction as the average
artlcle IN America, for this is not the fact;
Out we must consider the conditions which
prevail In Great Britain.
In the first place, the better classes relish
most OF all, fine roasts and broiled mutton.
ana they cook much by boiling. Much of
tnelr baked food is purchased, ready pre-
pared by the public baker, and, therefore,
Ine same work is not required of their
cooking apparatus as of ours.
Again, their fuel is exclusively bitumin-
Gus coal, and we should, therefore, only
compare our soft coal goods with the
ranges made by them. And next, owing to
'Ie condition Of real estate, there are fewer
cuange5 made in cooking apparatus than
II we take those conditions into account
auu compare their soft coal goods with
oufS, we think it improper to say that we
tould not learn anything about the manu-
tacture of stoves from the English stove
staKers. They have had hundreds of years
experience in the use of soft coal and
nave had unlimited means at their disposal
tor perfecting goods One thing is especially
@orIhy OF our notice, and that is that their
boxes are almost universally lined with
plre,brlck. Those making or selling soft
coai stoves in America know how persist
E*tnLly western dealers call for cast iron lin