Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-10-03
LAMP OHIArNEYs.


sonle Interesting Information
About a WeIi-knOyn Article.
Nearly 5000, 900 Of lamp ohimneys are
smashed every year in Cincinnati alone
says the Commercial Enquirer. Most OF
the broken or cracked ohimneys are de-
posted in ash barrels and find their why
to the dump, whore they are gathered up
by rag-pickers and sold to junk dealers,
who, in turn, sell the scraps, which are
known az "cullet," to the Hemingway
glass works ut 40 cents per hundred
pounds. The dealers in chimneyB dis
pose OF their broken stock, which is about
s per cent of that carried, in the same
manner. The breakRge of lamp chin
neys represent the most consumption OF
that article. The lamp-chimney business
therefore, is of considerable Importance
to the public. There are innumerable
styles of lamp ohimneys on the market
large, small and medium sized; long, short,
flat and twisted; thin, thick, narrow
broad, square, globular, scalloped, col
ored, spotted, &c., from the baby Chin
neys, four inches tall by one inch in di-
ameter, to the great big fellow IL inches
tall by Al inches In diameter, used on the
largest lamp in the market, which throws
360.candie power light, and costing
from Is cents to 80 per dozen, wholesale.
They even manufacture combinations of
chimneys and globes, while every year
brings into the market half dozen or
more OF new styles Of ohimneys. Every
! new lamp requires special chimney.
| Nine-tenths of the ohimneys made in this
country are manufactured at Pittsburg,
while most Of the balance are made in
Steubenville, Ohio, very few bineg
made in the natural gas regions. The
majority OF small ones are imported.
Wherever the material In lamp CHM
ney is of greater cost than the labor, the
chimney is imported, and vice versa.
| There Is feature that the casual OBJ
server would not notice in selecting q
lamp chimney with square top. Two
chimneys OF almost identical appearance
are placed side by side, one OF which
commands q higher price. A close OBJ
servation shows that the top and bottom
OF one is rough, while tho Other ia pol
| ished and smooth. The smooth ono
possesses double the durability OF the
rough one. Tue rough one is cut off and
cooled, while the other is polished. Only
the beat quality OF glass can be polished
this way. People make great mistake
i'll imagining thet heavy chimney is
more durable than thin one. This is
not the fact Tho thin chimney ia far
more durable because OF its expansion
and contraction being more regular. The
non-breakabls chimney, which is made
chiefly in IlliGois, is non-breaksble
In name more than reality, though it is
more durable than the ordinary chimney.
| The difference in the price, however,
does not warrant the purchase on the
score of economy, hence, very few are
sold. The bent grade Of chimney is
known as the pearl top, which is made
like any other chimney, but while hot
has crimped ring welded to the top,
while the ordinary orimped top is merely
placed in d mold and shaped while hot.
These chimneys are much less liable to
break than the others, and are considered
we'll worth the one-third more in price.
The great demand to-day is for fancy
tops. There are also great many Chin
neys now used on gas burners. On the
shelves Of first. class lamp store can be
found fifty separate and Distinct styles of
lamp chimneys, while every grocery in
the country handles them, mostly the
common grades.