Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-14
THE MAKING OF MATCHES.
BIG BUSINESS THAT HAS 'GRowN
UP IN THIS CENTURY.
Product of One OF Enginnd's Large
Factories--Ancicnt Roman Method
of "striLinE a Lisht"-DiiYerent
Contrivnnces.


Contriyunces.
Few people waste a thought about a
match. Merely a little, commonplace,
everyday trlio OF thing made OF wood
or wax, tipped with Intent flame, where
with they kludlo Ares and light tho south-
Ing pipe or comforting cigar. 1t does Its
humble work and is contemptuously cast
aside. And yet the match Is an evolution
representative Of much human patience,
ingenuity and skin and Is ono OF tho best
gifts sought out and elaborated by human
genius for the beneTaction OF tho race.
When Ptometheus stole the snored fire
from Olympus, 1t wasn't In tho form OF a
luciier match that he did so, or his pun
ishmeut from Jove might have been oven
more terrible than IL was, because Its use
fulness to upstnrt man would have been
co much more formidable. Long ages had
to pass and the nineteenth century after
Christ be well on its way before the match
as we SEQ it today was even thought o.
As an industry tho manufacture Of
matches has very imposing proportions.
There is something impressive about fig
urCs TO the average mind, and few sta
tlstics will carry weight
Just take ono Of the largest English fac
tories, for EXAMPLE Ordinary wooden
mntchcs are turned out Of that establish
ment yearly at the rate Of 9, 800. 600 gross
boxes, Each box contains from 90 10 lO0
individual II any one has the curiosity
20 figure out what this amounts to, he
Will find it means rrcat total OF &c. OO0,-
COO, 900 Of those wooden splinters, each
ono OF which is q tiny magazine Of fire
Tho same factory producos safety'i
matches to the amount of about ono.
seventh Of the ordinnry mntobes-i y
nbout b, COO. DOC. 600 I'm the yenr, 1t also
rroducr, Rhout 10 OOO cross bo,es NJ vcsn.
VANS, whilo wax yostas arc poured ont nj
tho rnto of 81 400 GOO n dnv or 10 bon
600 600 annually
THIS is all very lrnnosirg md iz colcu.
lifted to irspire rpsnect Tor Tho match
For the ypstns urodurrd Inv tbet ono f,,.o.
nv three TONS Of wnr MA ,iscd overv wort.
inc dpy. nrnpipg n totnI nF soma I5n tons
In fhc wear Coitnn ia tbo ninoi,t Of S5o
TONS is Mia, onuuuIIv rc,ujrcd 10 rr,d,,co
these littio cr+ccrs TIo s,,,,, 49,
annual ropsup,ntlon ~ yitr.,,,s rt,,s.
informs ia no IONS mr. ,norr v,tilc tbo MN.
bpr of prrsgps rrpuioygd il In Tho rcI,,b.
Borhood Of . GOO, Now IN the ncir5iinr-
hood az Ioudop niorc tbcre rre n,,,,t n
doom fnctgtiss of wartime, siz, sn that
from fncts Ike tbeso ann c,n begln Ia
layo a faint concaution NJ ,vbat tb,
inatchmatiu, of Tie world means Tbe
totul npuunI vnlun of Tnrll.h ,,,trb man.
ufncrurp has brrn rsfi,p,t,d M fror, Fl
500. 600 10 ~. uO1 900 ami rn,,l,,d il mt
tho rrrotpst. nro1tcq,, ~ ,,,o+cI,cs
Tho man who eruul,lrs brc,,s, bo
must rise bctburs ~ a cold fr,,st,, ,,,or,.
ING and uyht "A gro for fbo bnpsoh,,Id
while 10 IS vet darl, ehnplil tbnrL big g5,r5
tLuf. mike Tho ambient Tlo,,,n, si,,,tiari,,
situated. bo docs rot rcrd IN snenI he
strength rubbing torctbrr two niec.s ~
bard wood until fb, sngrt co,.,os n, t,s
no such trouble i'm starting n tjrs so ,,,,,,y
n better man tbnp bn anon, Ma f,rboar.,
has had with a flint and strcl Far sO0
yenrs. from tbr Time IN ,,,-do H., o,,,o,,'
npcc during tho fourtrartb crrtrTy ~,
crmgy and m smcllino tinlrr ro~ viz
Its assortment Of stool rtrt o,,d .,,t,,t,,.
tinn,l ..,t,t,i-s y woe ,b,, ~
fdrcfathcrs whom thov wanted IN start
fire IT. ,yag tho di.Tov,r,. ~ ,I,,-,,l,sr,''
I'm tG73 hv Trand nf rt,r,h,,r,, Min a.,
set human juropt,iry M ,gnr7. sa.rl, ,i,a.
Tor imprryrnIrrt nri tbc aiI -.
tIinos mn, 49,. ,f-,, ~ vi
ins In tbc ,9r olrog '" Sur nUC sr9p
cnough fror, srcrc,sr,,I tig',,r,a,,,- -. I,-'
soon found 70 Ia NON inaanr6nio "a n ",,i
DANGEROUS Onn ~ tbo n,r,,o., ,aS,' ,',"
Tor it, utilI,,tlon yy,s =, mi, ~ ,,i,ra-g A.
between two foIJs of co,rso 1000, ,rI ,, "a ~
low The sparl, Of flrc go nroinr1I ~ en- IN
uuon "A "suuul, - Tho LAM, ar,,i ,l,' ,','.
Of sprb clumsy ,potGods ~ ~ '''o i''
pborus fcl ipt1 disnSc T., 49,, go p ~.
chemical ,llzco,,r, ,t,,,, tta t.,.I,,,'''
Of the nrosant rentuyy tb,+ ,,,y ." an '''',Is
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match ms a. a. tn,in, p,,,i'' 'I W. " .no
ohcmlsf. md Aha discoycr' ,rns m"s 'ns
Dtbe rrincirlr M ti,o o,.t,,.t,, - ~ 90
tible bndies Inv cbinr,tos t., ti,o u,,i'uua,
of strong arii. y Nf,ii,,,, wy p,Vaul'yo
cation of VIA nr,,,ni,,iH s rta1e,''.. "pli,
prndttce5 HE ca called y, ~, ioy'
es - in which, st,is NJ 80, i,i'ii',u u'alGH,
n inixt,rr Of cll+In,o % -, 'pPl y WIN
pnm wore i,nitoJ 6r da,', ,'3i susur "lu
fbnric nc,d Ab,,+ d. 80 " ~" sur
were various nonntosnh,-,o III liza "'s' rugIu
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