The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-21
IT IS A HOME INDUSTRY.
Ben A Riesner Has . Complete Es.
tablish ment
AND he IS ALWAYS ADDING TO 1T
The Latest Improvement IL q Ma
chine That VIII Set Tires While
the Customer Waits.

There u IN Houston one OF the largest
establishments Of It's kind in the State
and one that does large business. Con-
tinually adding TO his facilities ss nes
| Inventions appear, Ben A. Rlesner has
all 0lnes, u business that is very n.ces-
sasy II city q the size y! s4ous,on. a4t
q business mat ptoys1es the people with
| coshc ;..cAces.
In an unpre;entious building OH Com
meree avenue, near the Muam street
| bridge Is located the establishment re-
| feyred to. In the front is SITUATED the
ol-'casnlih.ag faciiiHes, where u number
OF men are contiDaAAy al work looking
| after that department. Further back are
other departments. and oe.ow. in - base
meni, overlooking the bayou, IL his bCk
anu iiSh plate works he nakus 4 spe-
eia4iy Of nea~y and light spring wagons,
carry legs" AID noais. These are uuIn
| u the saop from the ground up, agl
| ,here are In the Houston ;ire department
which lie manufactured. which are doing
the city good service. He has bo.
works, where carriage and rnach,!e bolls
are manufactured. the capacity Tor this
de pa.iReat being 100 20 49, per day. i1e
can also turn out tapped nuts In any guam
NY. and nsA plates for Jse oil railroads
are also male IL TINS department.. aIr.
hiesner does u large business with the
railroads.
a department OF his establishment that
Is largely 2pprecausd by builders Is
structural wOrk for oulidilgs. ne makes
specially of this. and now has contracts
10 furnish the iron work for six buildings
now beng erected, the Houston packing
house, the American BrCwlns companys
COLO storage plant. the Frank Dunn build 1
ing. the kinregan store Building. the Joe
Aryer o0A1inS and the berlng building
10 40 thEs WORK requires the latest ana
most improved machinery, and Alt. Res |
ner has provided for that
lie has within the last week ad led an
Other 10 his many improvements. Tire |
setting by hand has long been IN vogue.
and It Is continual annoyance to per-
sons owning rolling stock 10 be compelled |
70 wait ha!t a day or probably longer. 10 |
nave tn"ir tires set, and when the work |
i lone By hand it IS not always salts !
wheel viii probably be set to certain
olsh- ana the Dash OF the wheel on tnt
osher end of the axle Will be different.
us IS now tnins or the past. MT. ,
iHesncr has just put IN I steaIno-h ydrulic /
compressor which Wal set tifvs while /
you waiI The work is done without heat
.1g. and without the slightest injury to
The wheel. The machine is on the orN.er /
OF a basin. around the inner rim being
elgnteen hydraulic rams. which are oper-
a. ~ by thre'rplunBcr hydraulic pump. |
The heel is placed within this basin.
ana Hfhn three me8iItes Gun be -'cplacel |
on the vehicle. The Post representative
watched the OPERATION a few days ago
and wheel was placed in the machine,
q tire set. and the wheel removed IN ex-
actly two INMATES by the watch.
w igOr AMI carriage owners and black
smiths viii readily admit that tire setting
on new and old work az gcner.ily done
has many obiecoonable features. No
matter how we'll made the wheel or care
fully handled me tire. In heating II in a
circular are and ntuns on while hot, The
G nance for injury TO the felioes Is great,
whl, the damage to finished wheels Is Of
ten heavy. The shrinking Is very rarely |
perfect, and in the case of the heaviest |
tres where accuracy in shrinking and set
most difficult 10 obtain
To take "A tire set Il on a wheel accu-
rately. ana at he same time shrink or
~ set II when II IS from two 20 three
Inches lnrger than the Wheel and to 10
ms without the Use Of heat and without
injury to even the most highly nm. she'd
surface, not scratch, brrise or lns"l> Of
any KIND to show on the vnrrish seems
Wei nigh !mposs.t le--yc' this is exactly
wtnt IS accomplished with Vests COLI
To understand its work mrs personal in
.n'cuph Is necessary, and TO all Interested
MI isiesner extends a cordial Invitation
!" call at Tho shops any day dur ng work
ing hours and inspect the machine and |
"Atch n while In use.
:. The inventor, !. Il. wcst of Rochester.
\. y, calls this machine a steImo-hy.
irAullc compressor. ard in lescr bling IL
says that IT handles tires iNlis inches and
all smaller sizes. and handles wbcc,s from
10 any amount of dish. and has nn auto
matte STOP gauge that gives uniform dish
man by the old method. giving truer,
getter and much more desirable wheels.
me mac h!ne Is very powerful. having a
lydrtulic cylinder Sis inches diameter In
ne NUT OF each scition, each capable of
Nertlns iity tons pressure. There are
'ehle"n Of these sections In a cir do |
which apply - much of this force ny Is
."cessstry uniformly to the surface of the
Ire. thus COMPRISING or upscttny tho
Ire, all round alike. When the tire is
sufficiently upset and the wheel properly |
ilrhel II VIII stop automatically
lhus. Uniform ard exact work b. tho |
'nsut- The wheels "A 70 rounder and trucr
han can be possibly pro iucsd by hand
ma the work is lone so much uuickor
nat MI Rl'sner oan. without eXaggera-
ION, advertise 10 icImStvrs and rarriar II. |
'Nners mat in "a sos OF emergency thnv |
VII set thor tircs while they wait" AM
customers need I OF walt over ten mluqli.s |
ihcr, even II ali four tres arc 20 he
cset,
rhls Is spcrics of enterprise thai
mould be appreciated, ana no doubt viii |
ic There IL talk of organizing a "IJor,r |
nlustrN' club here to encourage facto-
,rs and business enterprises ~ home
'hi9 establishments where bolts nsh |
'ltf"S' HlfohS and many Othpr things nro |
nnhs liz n species OF home Industry that
deserves support at the hnuds OF fhr |
iousion people Mr.. Riesner has built IN
) iine business, AMI should be encoui.
He has tho State RICH. for selling tire
sitting machines, ana requests core
J ondence.
Amy ono Interested or desiring Ia soc
lbs machine work. should call and have
= workings checrfu,ly explained by MIR