The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-05
AMONG OUR BUSY MILLS
Increased. Activity Everywhere Man.
fested by Manufacturers.
PAWTUxET VALLEY BOOMING.
The New $4,000 Iron Bridge at Natick Is
Practically Complete-New Inventions
Patented Recently by Rhode Islanders
Worlds Fair Exhibits Now Ready.

finished this week, and the carpenters in
the employ OF the company are now
putting on the heavy rafters for the roof.
The work of putting up the new $4,000
Dean aud Westbrook iron bridge at
Natick has. been practically completed,
and the bridge will be open for the pass.
ing of carriages as soon as the filling in
process at the various approaches is
finished.
An improved means for bending cleo
trotype plates for the purpose OF making
them conform TO the curved face of
printed cylinder was patented a few days
ago by Ms. Calvert IL. Cottrell, the West
erly manufacturer of printing presses
The bed-plate on which the plate to be
bent is To be laid has laterally- pro iecting
danees. along which supporting-stand-
form support for the bending.tool, and
they are connected together TO move
as one rigid whole by means OF "a cross
bar. The supportinR-standardsa are fitted
TO embrace the fiange with sliding
fit by means Of shoes inserted between
their lower ends. and the under
sides of the fianges constructed to
be set toward and away from the
hanges by meaDs OF set-screWs. The
bending-to consists of segment
OF a cylinder, fixed TO or formed integral
with a shaft wnich terminates at its op-
posite ends in journals received in bear
ings in the upper parts of the standards
so AS to permit the shaft to rock freely in
the bearings. Operating wheels are fixed
to rotate with the shaft and segment,
and are provided throughout a portion
of their peripneries with teeth arranged
TO intermesh with stationary rack bars.
located along the opposite sides Of the
bed-plate. The wheels have operating
handles, and as they are rocked tnelr en-
ga cement With tn rack ars aus, them
To travel along the bed plate, their sup
porting standards or carriage sliding at
the same time along the danges. The
segment OF the cylinder is supported with
its face at such a distance from the top
of the bed-piate as corresponds to the
thickness Of an electrotype- plate. which
n to be bent plus the thickness of sheet
OF hard facing-paper board, for example
which IS desirable TO spread On the top
OF the bed-piate to receive The type-face
of the electrotype-plate. The bending
segment Is provided near one of its edges
with clamp. consisting Of jaw with n
hooked end-or its end may DE simply
to p when the edge Of The
with the book the edge of the electrotype-
plate has a corresponding groove along
its edge for the point OF the hook TO
grasp. The jaw is locked to the bending
segment by means OF draw-bolts, which
extend through the jaw aud through the
shell OF the segment, anu have nuts OH
their inner ends
The operatives at the Boynton cap fac
tory. Washington Village, are now en-
Roged In getting out SAMPLES and pat
terms for new designs.
Business at the Spring Lake Wooden
Mills, Spring Lake, never WAS better
than during the present month aud
many Of the operatives are now working
evenings in order to get out the large
orders for yarns which have recently
been received.
The firm CT Hood s, Rice, Valley Falls.
Is now employing one hundred hands
owing to their large increase In business
aud large number OF shaving brush
handles, checkers, games, boards of disco
lawn tennis sets, whip sockets, stamp
handles. skewers for factories. spools for
the use OF J. & p. Coats thread mill
cameras and dolls stands are being
turned out daily. The tools used in the
various departments are of the most i'm
proved pattern and design many of which
were invented By Mr.. Rice one of the
members of the firm. A new dye house
has recently been erected at this plant
and number OF new improvements will
soon be made.
The building boom In the Pawtuxet
Valley Is the liveliest that has been
known for a number of years and num-
Der of fine buildings together with the
new Warwick town house and the Flani-
gan block will soon be erected.
George II. Webb OF the Pawtucket
Manufacturing Company has received "A
patent for centre piece for the CRATES for
forge furnaces.
AS soon IA r. p Carroll's 81 footer is
completed, the Herreshoffs will begin a
steel boat for Archibald Rogers, to de-
fend the America cup from Lord Dun
raven.
The West End Street Railway Com
pany Of Boston has adopted four wheel
truck for short cars. 1t was designed by
T. l.. Broome, OF Central Falls. and has
wearing parts and no rollers the side
bars are iive-inch channel irons, aud the
cross bars are angle irons The greater
part Of the weight of the car is carried by
eight long springs, oscillation being pre-
vented by springs at the ends of the side
bars. The brake is powerful and fex.-
BILE, single turn being sufficient to APP
ply the brake shoes. Springs upon the
joints Of the rails. thus insuring longer
service in the track, point overlooked
by truck builders. Independent fexibil-
ity of axle wheel and box, insure "A
minimum strain on the truck frame and |
car body, ani give easy riding over rough |
track or crossings. All parts are inter
rne truck is manufactured
in New York by Edward G. White & Co. |
The Fall River Iron Works Company |
has recently completed large new mill |
in which have been placed two six-c vim |
der, tandem. triple-expansiou, condens- |
ing engines, eacn consisting OF three |
cylinders arranged tandem, aud respect |
lively 23lS inches, 3615 inches and "a inches |
in diameter, with "A stroke OF feet. and |
10 designed TO develop 2.iO0 horse power |
at So revolutions per minute, with an |
initial steam pressure of l40 pounds. The |
engine is equipped with jet condensers of |
the type regularly built by the Corliss |
Steam Engine Company, aud has two air
pumps, each 36 inches in diameter aud l6 |
inches stroke. The pulley fiy wheel is ~
feet in diameter and 1S41s inches width |
of face, turned crowning for four belts.
winch are respectively A, 80, 3S ami
A inches In width. The wheel in made
up of two wheels, each % feet i'm diane
ter aud SO iuches width of face, bolt,d
together at the rim, and has therefore
two centres aud Two sets II arms. In |
each wheel the rim Is made in segments,