The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-28
y Chimney for Union Railroad
PoXsr House Has Been Completed
! is TWO HUNDRED FEET HIGH.
|, Previdsnes Company Building Big
/. Snow Plows for Trolley Rosds-A
Chance for an Inventive Genius
Unitsd states Rubber Company.

The big chimney OF the Union Railroad
Icompany's new power station on Point
>ncrset is completed. The structure rears
So mammoth head about 2l0 feet above
che high water mark. Upwards OF Co.,
900 bricks were used in its construction.
The chimney is 200 feet high and twenty
and one-half feet square at the base. The
ttcuare portion OF 1t is twenty-five feet
high. At the point where the round por-
<110n begins the chimney Is ornamented by
=, eranite belt twenty-four inches 10
thickness.
About 200 piles were used In the foun-
Gstion. They were driven with centres
twenty inches apart and the tops covered
2 With layer Of concrete two feet thick.
The diameter of the head is seventeen
: ma half feet. The head Is surmounted
with terra-cotta cap four feet thick, and
4 built in two sections. The head il OF
(. opscial construction. being SO designed
that it is simply impossible for the
Z weather to affect IL in any manner. There
\ a also a band of wrought iron which runs
ontirsly around the head about in the
middle Of IL.
The tsrra-cotts cap 10 fastened to the
head By number OF copper bolts. Tue
due of the chimney is ten feet In diam
otsr throu zhout ito entire length.
There are two holes to connect with
Che fiues from the boiler. each Of vi hieh is
oevsn feet four inches In diameter. The
outer wall is twenty inches In thickness
81 the base and the inner wall is sixteen
Inches thick.
Building Big Snow Piowa
Just now the Franklin Foundry and
Machine company OF this city Is engaged
- building snow plows for use on trolley
roads. These machines are rs large as
~ ordinary street car. and have the
general appearances Of = car. The frames
nro very substantial, and each axle II
reared to q motor driven through the
medium Of the trolley. The sides are in
closed for the protection OF the ma
ohinsry, bnt the platforms are open. The
devices for operating the projecting arms
Cor throwing the snow are within easy
xeach of the motorman's hand.
Hinged near the middle. the plowing
appliance can BE- elevated 70 clear OBJ
otacles, or in turning sharp curves and
Ior clearing the rails OF ice there is a
heavy, v-shaped metal block in front of
the truck. ALI the castings are made at
The Franklin Machine company's foun-
dry Long machines are being built for
she Norwich, Conn, road, which In quite
straight, but on account Of the numerous
curves 1t street intersections shorter
mnchine-15X fret-was ordered by the
Union railroad company. Ten plows are
~ process of construction for next win
bars work in Providence and suburbs.
spools Made Of Paper.
Paper will not crack and splinter like
wood when made into the form of head
xor spool. and this is the characteristic
~ new invention. II consists In using
: pap head for spools instead of wood.
There are millions upon millions Of yarn
opools, great and small, In daily use in
tbe tsxtils mills of the country. A for
tune awaits the man who can so devise IL
that purely paper head can be substi-
outed for wooden ones.
The method of making tho new paper
heads ID conducted on substantially the
same principles ~ used in connection
With making paper tubs and pals. The
process Ia quite familiar to all paper mill
men. In the construction Of the spool
The same kind Of q shaft 10 used, being
made of wood; ia fact. all parts of the
spool are the same except the paper head.
OF course the head Is highly polished and
varnishsd 20 ~ to give good smooth
surface for the yarns of wool. worstsd.
eotton aud silk to come in contact with.
The shoddy Machinss
The shoddy machine is quite an inqe-
Nous affair. The rags or clipping to be
ground into 6brous form are fed upon a
moving apron above the machine aud are
carried into the gears. While the rags
remain partly In the grip OF the geared
rollers the flying teeth of . big cylinder
Contact with the stock In such a way that
1be fibre 10 gradually separated and con.
voyed around to'a revolving brush. This
brush removes the fibre from the teeth of
She cylinder, and casts It from the ma
chine The st,cS is then run through
the carding machines when 1t is ready
Tor use.
The United States Rubber Co.
In reply to questions asked by a cor
Eespondent In thiscity the American w ool
and G ton Reporter has this to say of the
United States Rubber company, otherwise
known 40 the rubber trust:
THE amount OF com mon stock listed Is
o1e. .sl2. 900; preferred, sl9. .25l. 500. Present
quotations are SO and rs respectively. The
company owns t5out Of total Of 10 rub
her boot and shoe factories in America.
The preferred stock received semi
annual dividend of per cent last May.
and ano her one IL due ia November.
& The compsns claims that the earnings
will admit Of dividend on tue common
stock next May.
''The largsst and richest concern, the
Boston Rubber Shoe company, it should
bs borne in mind, 10 not ip the trust, and
ompotition from this concern might
prove . serious matter. The preferred
stock Of the Uoited States Rubber COM
pany n regarded on ''the street" as a fair
Investment. but the common stock is so
much water" andis pure gamble. The
+ concern. also. isquite large borrower OF
money"
Min Personals.
Samuel K. Thaysr succeeds John II.
Keller as foreman OF the Clinton mill ma
chine shop nc Woonsocket. The last
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