Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-01

The streets here are exceedingly par
] row aud VI you are not cautious you
will run into this book stand tall He
l brew books ty Ihc wayl ur into that
street merchant Ur pcrchancc those
pickles VIII be- tipped over ON you I'M
| lcsa you are quick enough 90 miss that
I Jam in the crowd; Isn't 70 lucky thnt
dogs cannot hs used 20 pull these trav-
cling aHlcsmcn'H wares us at Rotterdam
lr other parts vi the Kingdom notice
those large dark cii0rcd pieces of meat
that IL liver and % slice with pickle
D. quite n choice mIrHel far the passing
pedestrian We cannot long remain
here ia a tram going direct to the Dam
we pay the sum VI ~ cents about Q
American cgnisl and are comfortably
seated in % regular oll time mule car
~ salt Lake CITY; but what ia the
trouble therp. Tho conductor VIII not
allow him 10 enter. ! see young Eng.
Heb student wishes 60 come inside NJ.
ter the seats nll ARE ukon; be u not
very wen acquainted with the rules "
The company or hr would not make the
attempt Now that We have the np.
l1ftunity let ~ examine the plan of the
city. We must not set lost Pretty
lsn't Il. IN the form " semi-clrcic.
ana TO many canals. Amsterdam. you
know, o. built ON ninety islands. spp6r-
ntnd by means VI tile scores ~ canals
ana connected in order 10 make travel
possible, by series OF bridges. over
thrce hundred in number No wonder
u " called tho city of Gems
II la located az ihe mouth % tho
Amttcl river, and lis origin dates back
Co ih1 year 1904 when gynhrccht N.
lord uf Amatol. built u palace here and
Constructed u dam In the river, thus
giving rise 10 the name 'Amstel dam
IN due course Of time the a. WIS
chtnEUr tu r. and since then she word
Amsterdam has been made use o.
Today the city has population OF
about to0,Qo0 people. ana De- really one
ot the ursi commercial cities 81 Europe.
Her rpluCrlcs u sugar and camph rhar
tobacco ana cohllt.n.ur manufagtoflCH
are Indeed wonderful. ana the grrlt
diamond POLISHING mills are world re-
nowrcd. There are nf,y-clght Of these
diamond factories ln Amsterdam uu1
l about la.0oo polrhDr ana cuitrra are
employcd-l dozen good cutters you
Know can Keep about iol pollahrfs
[ busy. Some " the bee, cutters and
l most gklllful nniiHhHra ~ the world nro
] from here. The pllishor who dli the
/ work un that famous sem, The kohni1r
] bel1rginE % the queen VI England.
/ was from Amsterdam h. went across
] o. ENGLAND and ala his work there re-
colylng the snug uttls sum of 10000
gulldrrs
/ visited the leading diamond polish
! Ing plant In Amsterdam the other day
/ In company with A. A. itlncklgy, Ar
/ chlhhli PCttcrnou. Frank Thatcher and
| Sir. AhciH. all utnh boys idburlnK in the
/ Netherland mission. This mill is owned
by London syndicate and the stones
are obtained from their large mines
In Africa.
We were met az the entrance By a
| greasy looking fellow. whose work NJ
doubt was In the engine room. Ho VISA
very anahlo and polite and after ex-
planning 90 ~ that wo could Use Eng
ilsh. Dutch or German. We requested %
be- shown through. and asked Cor the
prlvilegg of commencing 90 the begin
ming. We were 10 once conducted uf
two flghta pf stairs and led Into the
cutting department
Here sitting around a hrEc. plain Ia
bic were three on the cutters. each was
provided with two sticks not unlike rho
handles 81 ordinary paint brushes, a
small box with various partitions, and
used for the diamonds 10 be cut. and
an alcohol lamp. The work seemed
very simple. on the md o. each stick
IL a krd n glue or paste. which, when
heated ls very pllablc, but as coon at
cooled. 70 becomes nn rock In the wax
on one stick D. indebted "a sharp dia-
m1nd used ns knife, and On The o,acr
. ~ the diamond 10 be cut Now this re-
quireH great deal Of uklll. not 10 the
cutting process alone. but the knowing
who're and how 10 cut. You know many
m thH diamonds are found ln a very
Impure state. Ia fact We were shown
] au. rIWrnH which rra7nhled 90 a great
.xNti the clear hlni notified with black
which W. una ni home. A. soon ~ a
defective HpUt d thus found. n be-
! b. NJ D.. "a .
chip ihe stone that this viii become The
surface " one of the parts, thIa accom-
pitched tho poliHhnr can rrmuVc thf
/ stain. Macy Htuuta ure a. Impure that
| ihey are nf once reduced o. q powder
and used f1t ihr polishing of Others.
Now the diamond 10 bc cut u taken
from the box. 'ihe wax on The stick d
comes pllabie and the stone j. lnhedd.
I'd ln thr rlmg. the side iu DE- cut be-
Ing lea upurrm1Ht. the work now com
mcuccs The cutter takes his knife 70
one hand and the stick holding M
rough diamond In the other, bS
slow process Of paassing ,h'
over the surface u The other q niche Il
made. Patience, perseverance, aud
good deaf % elbow grease Will gradual
IS enlarge this opening uril the sdg
~ q Ficel ehiHel can be placed In ~
, same. a blow from small mallei Wll
ulN split the diamond. The wax ]
Fl lENu heated. the pieces taken out AM
b work uu another stone begins To PEI
| those diamonds as they are tuasel
% hithor ana jhthrr by the workman r.
% minds one uf "a group uf children play
10 lng with pebbles upon the ditch ban
/ ~ one ~ uur Western t,'wnA \ dii
Z / mIHd lu the rough Isn't ~ any Hpecil
% attraction. DO IL the polishing that give
i / ihe gh value SO the stone. To w4tnuH
this NE passed through hail and Int
| polishing room on the upper 11ui
a'horr seated az long tables upon while
\ / wore rapidly revolving cylinders, Wsr
] The WurknHu each directing the polish
T. iAglf three 1r four diam1ndAThe stone
. were fastened in frames and could b
/ gurnsd Do the polishing process 90 an
! / required slant Al Intervals they wuul
I, I Doe removed from tho rapidly rsy1lylu
Z l surface which has a velocity ut 600
y revolutions per mlnutc, ana upon thef
( / would Boz placed muisirned damon
"a dust hy means uf n quill, then back {
e the ahcel they would 80 ana this pro
% cess continues for hours and hour
e days and days. until tho required mum
u her lf surfaces have been made. ~
many 0t the stones thirty-tWo aurfacs
x are rrlund, % others slXty-four.
y Great skill IL required Do this. on
~ must know iusi how long % leave N
a stone upon Che revolving disc, when
IA Apply thr diamond dust and exactly
30 what angle tho stone mus be hell