Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-04

GREAT BEND. KANSAS
ABOUT LAMP CHiMNEvS.
1uiions Of Thorn Broken Every Year
Where They Coms From.
Nearly 5000. 600 of lamp chimneya
are smashed every year in this city
and at least so. 600. 600 bits of glass are
thrown into ash barrels. streets, alleys.
cutters. sewers, etc Yet people vent
ure out in thin-soled shoes, children in
bare feet and horses without any pro-
lection on their hoofs
Stranger still. one seldom hears of
an accident arising from the presence
of these bits of glass.
The street sanitary regulations of
the city fortunately do much toward
Obviat;ng such accidents, and most OF
she broken and cracked chimneys arc
deposited in ash barrels and find their
way to the dump. where they are gath
cred up by rag-pickers and sold to
junk dealers. who. in turn, sell the
scraps. which are known as ''cullet. !"
20 the glass works at 40 cents per 100
pounds.
The dealers in chimneys dispose of
their broken stock. which is about 5
per cent OF that carried. in the same
manner:
The breakage of lamp chimneys
represents the consumption of that
article. The lamp-chimney business.
therefore, is of considerable impor-
tance to the public.
There are innumerable styles of
lamp chimneys on the market-large.
small and medium sized; long. short.
round. fat and twisted; thin, thick.
narrow, broad, square, globular. seal
Hoped, colored. spotted, ETC.. from the
baby chimney. inches tall by 1 inch
in diameter, to the great big fellow. II
inches tall by a inches in diameter.
used on the largest lamp in the market.
which throws 36O-candle power light
and costs from Is cents to 81 per dozen
Wholesale. They even manufacture
while every year brings into the mar
ket half dozen or more of new styles
of chimneys. Every new lamp requires
a special chimney.
Nine-tenths of the chimneys mado
in this country are manufactured in
Pittsburgh. while most of the balance
are made at Steubenville, o., while a
very few are made in the natural gas
regions
The majority of small ones are inn
ported. Wherever the material in a
lamp chimney is of greater cost than
the labor the chimney is imported, and
vice versa
All the shapes used in this country
are of American design, but are man
ufactured abroad and brought here
and sold at much less than they could
be produced here. 1t is labor that fig
ures in the cost of manufacture more
than material.
The odd shapes are all nodded,
while the ordinary shapes are blown
and are made of lead glass and lime
glass, both in this and the old country.
There is feature that the casual OBJ
server would not notice in selecting \
lamp chimney with a square top. Two
ance are placed side by side, one of
which commands higher price. A
close observation shows that the top
and bottom of the one is rough, while
the other is polished and smooth.
The smooth one possesses double the
durability of the rough one. The
rough one is cut off and cooled. while
the other is polished. Only the best
quality of glass can be polished this
way.
People make a great mistake in i'm.
agining that a heavy chimney is more
durable than a thin one. This is not
the fact. The thin chimney is far
more durable because of its expansion
and contraction being more regular.
The non-breakable chimney, which
is made chiefly in Illinois, is non.
breakable in name more so than in
reality. though it is much more dura'
BILE than the ordinary chimney. The
difference in the price however. does
not warrant its purchase on the score
of economy, hence very few are sold.
The best grade of chimney is known az
TIC potll up, WAlCu 10 uAeSuC AAhC Oil y
other chimney, but while hot has &
crimped ring welded to the top, while
the ordinary crimped top is merely
placed in mold and shaped while hot
These chimneys are much less liable
to break than the others, and are con
sidered we'll worth the one-third NOR,
in price. The great demand to-day il
for fancy tops
There are also a great many chin
neys now used on gas burners. Or
the shelves of q first-class lamp stor,
can be found fifty separate and distinc
styles of lamp chimneys. while ever.
grocery in the country handles them
mostly the common grades
The life of lamp chimney is a,
uncertain rs that of q man. An ex
pensive one is as liable to break a.
soon as a cheap one. as there are many
causes calculated to crack or shattel
Them other than a fall or contact with
another body. A draught of air, 4
damp chimney. splash Of water or 8
high blaze will any of them terminate
chimney's usefulness in short order
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