Telegram-herald., 1889-10-22
MORE GOOD WORDS.
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AaasFica Visitation

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AaasFica Visitation
Ths New lofk Haald correspond
snt wrote a. follows regarding tne
sls.t of tie south American delegates
h. THIS elp-
Nowhere has - much bunting been
displayed as here some 81 the stores
and houses were gorge0usly decorated
and the delegates were highly pleased
with tins attention.
Toe city ot eighty thousand oTnmety
thousand people famous Tor lts forty
furniture factories. Altogeiher there
are nearly four hundred manulaclur-
ing institutions here, employing over
twelve thousand hands and turning out
an annual product worth more than
$4,000. 600. The annual product of the
furniture factories Is s6,Oo0,oo0. Tie
establishment of Berkey a Gay had a
fine exhibit, and every article Was la
beled with the Spanish name OF the
wood 0t which Il WAS made. Al Illus
traied souvenir was gwen 10 each menl-
+ ber of the party.
When the delegations got among the
wonderful machinery ln the " il-
comb works they were enchanted.
/ They could have stayed there al day.
( 4 remarkable feature of thls extensive
+ estab. shment Is that there are no shay
lngs and no dust IN tie shops *
+ hundred men were seen az work cut
ting, carving planning and saving, All
/ by machinery, and yet the floors were
I clean and the air was free from dust
This remarkable condition OF things
WAS brought about 10y simple contrJN-
ancc, the presence of exhaust tubes,
with mouths over and under every ma
| chine, which tubes conveyed the saw
/ dust and shavings 70 the room below,
where the furnaces were, and this refuse
| helped 20 feed the furnaces.
There was nOta hand sawora plane IN
/ the factory. Everything was done by
machinery, even 10 the carving. The
carving machines were surrounded by
| the visitors. 4 model was made 10y
hand and placed on one of the ma
! chimes. above or side 10y SIDE with
piece of wood of exactly the same size.
4 steel pencil with a round, smooth end
went over every portion of the high
relief work on the model, and at the
same time by an ingenious system OF
wheels, cOgs and hands. u carving tool
was set in operation over the surface OF
| the other pieces of wood, and cut ont
| the relief in accordance with the model.
Some machines cut two boards at the
same time. One young man guided
the machine. This firm own the patent
! of the machine, and for years have
| been keeping lis intrlcacles secret.
! We were the first, outside of the en-
! plOyes, who were permitted TO enter
/ these rooms. At first 1t was thought
! the introduction of the machine would
rouse the ire of the Carvers' Union,
/ but Mr.. Wlddicomb did not reduce
wages, and was able TO employ more
men. An ordinary suite of furniture
costs SIS. A carved suite used TO cost
/ $50 BY selling the carved suite at S23
! the firm are able to increase the de-
mand and therefore had to employ
more men.
The laboring men get $50 day, the
mechanics$2. Where the rent of a ten
rOOmed detached house here Is only so
| or Sl2 Il month, it will be seen that a
man earning S50a month is not so badly
! eff. As a matter Of fact most Of the
wOrkmen here own their own houses.
Houses that would cost in the out
skirts of Brooklyn $4,000 can be built
here for 500.
The carving machines can cut out the
| human features with rs much accuracy
and expression as the famous carverS
of the sixteenth and seventh centuries
could.
In the Bissell Carpet Sweeper works
the sweepers are made by a machine
1t takes mp from a plate the exact
number of brlstlCs required TO fill the
holes, one Of the parts handing tho
| parcel gentle and swiftly to another
part, which clasps them in the center
! with piece of wire that another por
ton of the machine is cutting of a. the
same time and then conveys the brush
to the hole in the wood, drops it in and
punch coming down spreads the wire
at the bottom of the hole, making il
impossible to pull out the bunch oi
bristlcs, thus doing away with glue
The visitors were astOunded at this IN
stance of North American ingenuity.