The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-28

without reservation. that machinery OF
every description Is invariably made
lighter In the United States than in
Great Britain. This Is one reason Why
Il 80 often gets preference over British
machinery; its lightnsss makes 1t bet
ter adapted 70 general requirements.
The American designers and makers
seem 70 have q happy faculty Of prop
erly combining llghtness with strength
and durability In machinery Of all
kinds. One sometimes hears mlsin-
formed or prejudicEd persons say that
American machinery Is Jerry built
That Is the reverse Of true, as the ma
chinery not only does fine work, but IS
well built from the best materials. As
TO durability. It lasts as well as any in
the world. A fibre machine which my
employers got from the United States
eleven months ago has since its arrival
been worked continuously ten hours
day every week day except Saturday,
and six hours on Saturday. 1t has
never been for a moment IN the slight
est degree out OF order and has never
cost Us farthlng in repairs, but has
uniformly run without a hitch and has
at all times done its work faultlessly.
son the subject Of rope and twine-
making machinery. with which he is
especially familiar, he continued:
American machinery of this class Is
far in advance Of that made in other
countries. 1t has already been adopted
to a great extent by each OF the more
important works in the British Islands,
notably by those at Belfast, where. In
addition to several American drawing
frames. there is a full assortment OF
other American machinery, comprising
various sizes Of the other three prin-
cipal classes of machines used in the
industry. viz. balling machines, twist
ers and layers.
Speaking particularly Of American
machine and other tools he said;
THE improvements in these tools and
the beneficial results from their adop-
ton in this country have been ,tremen-
dous within the last three or four
years. No machine shop can now be
well equipped without tools from the
United states-lathes. shaping ma
chimes. planning machines. screwing
machines, etc. These. not to attempt
to enumerate the hundred kinds Of
hand tools, are being used everywhere
throughout the British Islands You
may say that no machine shop worth
mentioning In this country it without
at least such tools as turret Iathes and
ordinary iathes Of American manufac-
ture. The turret lathe, which is made
in many sizes varying in price from
$3.50 to 1900, is a typical example Of
the general convenience Of American
tools. with the ordinary British Iathes,
used for the same purposes, workmen
lose time In substituting one tool for
another, which may not be readily
found. The turret lathe Obviates this
delay. A full assortment OF tools being
nXed IN It's tuFreL' tne WoFALnen eau ~
stantly get any tool by a slight turn OF
the turret. Certain British manufac-
turers are now turning out machine
tools. &C.. made exactly. or almost ex-
actly, after American designs. A firm
in Leeds makes a specially OF con-
structIng machine tools and some other
labor-saving machinery according to
American patterns. This company
probably pays q considerable sum In
ROYALTIES to American patentees."