The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-26
{TIage Lake News.
Ia New Foundry at
Goughton In Active
| Operation.
..st Casting Made Tuesday.
p,oprietors Were Fortunate In
.,y,ys the site, which Has
cood shipping Facilities.

x,rx the site, which Has
Good shipping Facilities.
- M the new foundry OF Carol
at Houghton was commenced on
psdsy last. and the site OF the old roll
| Mills is once again the scene OF hustle
activity. Carol Bros. were indeed
,nate in securing this location, as
shipping facilities, both by rail and
Dor ara all that could be REQUIRED and
,ord room and other facilitiesf orcar-
no on a large business ample. Both
.rdry and machine shop are under one
d the machine shop being separated
= tbe foundry by a partition to pre-
the foundry doing damage to the
,bipery. The first casting was done
|ruesday, when eight tons OF metal
j cast into shoes for the Ball stamp
las. Everything worked toperfection,
Itcularly the new Whiting cupola and
wer which is operated by one engine
a solely for that purpose.
kbe foundry proper has a floor space
Twenty-Five feet square, and the cup
and blower are located in the middle
he north side OF the building, while a
L crying oven sx1Ox16 feet has been
tied in close proximity to the blower.
crane used in conveying the metal to
moulds is worked by hand and is the
he machine used in their old foundry
Hancock, but a new steam crane OF
latest design will be erected as soon
|it arrives from below. There is SUI
lent room to allow OF thirty moulders
Srking in this room at one time with
4 inconvenience to one another. Adj
hing the casting room is the machine
10 which also has floor space OF
enty-fve feet square. In this room
be erected lathes of different sizes,
kners and boring machines and other
Schines required in a first-class shop.
hong their machines are two labor say
devices, one d. Z. Wilton centering
2baratus, by the use OF which the center
b piece OF work to be turned out can
Hound by a moments labor, while the
Der is a Niles boring machine upon
3ich six pieces OF work can be done in
time it would take to turn one out
an ordinary lathe A 72-inch lathe
been ordered from below and when
and the other machinery is in place
Frol Bros. will have the most complete
bps in the upper country, with facili-
to turn out large amount OF work
the shortest time, as all their machines
OF the latest pattern and labor saw
At the west end OF the building and
pr the machine shop, a pattern shop
been fitted I'D for the winter, but in
spring a larger and more convenient
pp will be erected on the outside OF the
lding.
more complete set OF tools than is in
ir tool room cannot be found in the
pper country. their sets OF reamers,
lis, mandrills, taps and Gies, running
|m quarter OF an inch to four inches,
a variation OF 1872 of inch, being the
" sets of their kind in the county. In
3 room can also be found a calipering
Chine, which was purchased at a cost
$500. By the use OF this machine cal
rs can be set in a moments time, from
bch to 6 inches at variation OF 1-32
%. In fact their shops are fitted up
th the best devices that time and
(ney could buy. The Carol Bros.
(ough their strict attention to business
re worked up a trade that usually
res years to accomplish, and no doubt
% their new facilities to turn out the
OF work at the lowest prices. their
biness will increase ten fold.