The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-11-15
MANY USES FOR JUNK
HOW WORKOUT AND DISCARDED
METAL is UTILIZED.

OLD Horscshoes Mny ncnppcar MS TIA
zors, and Battered Kitchen stoves
May Go Up In Skyscrnpers--Lucky
Finds In the Junlshops
The other day wandered into Il
large yard contamfV great heaps of
scrap iron and old metals OF different
kinds. Workmeu We're sorting out the
masses of rusty, misshapen and tan
gled metals, each Of which evidently
had its particular value in the market
| wondered what became of all the
eastaway metal and what peculiar
transformations it underwent. In seek
Ing some Information ON the point
from the proprietor of the place he
said:
"rhis business doesn't look as II Il
possessed any clements Of interest, ed
ucationnl or romantic, and yet 1t has
something of both of these Now,
there's an old horseshoe 1t may
shave Il Mongolian In China, though
what II Monaghan has to shave l don't
clearly see. OF course II Will be con
verified first into Il razor. | ship large
quantities of these wornout horseshoes
and wagon tires To the Celestial king
dom to be worked up into razors,
knives and other useful domestic artl-
Giles. The Chinaman engaged in this
particular industry gets u cents day
for his labor, These horseshoes and
wagon tires are wrought iron and are
preferred to other forms of this metal,
because they are the most conveniently
handled.
"Whcn You 20 across the bridge To
the borough of Manhattan, you proba-
bly, notice some OF the new 20 or 30
story buildings going up there and the
big iron columns and Orders used In
their construction. You probably.think
that those columns and Orders are all
new metal, but II is likely that they are
not. They are scrap iron, pure and
simple or may he mixed with some
new ore In the melting and rccasting
of the scrap metal In the foundry or
rolling mill where all the scrap goes.
Your discarded kitchen stove may re
appear In one Of the columns or grid
ers of n skyscrapcr The owners of
these lofty buildings may think they
are getting new iron material and may
pay for H. but they are probably not
getting II. Perhaps there Isn't much
difference In the durability of the re-
east metal and the new.
'When you are riding In trolley car,
you may reflect that the metal In the
aXlcs of the wheels aud In the railroad
stove CRATES, Such are some of the
new forms and uses which scrap metal
assumes
we dealers allght upon some strange
finds among the old metal which we
gather have ut home six solid
bronze plaques, as one of this class of
finds. which | wouldn't take SI5 for
I've also got at home an iron and
bronze aquarium, another of these pc
cullar discoveries, which | wouldn't
part With for 500.
at Is curious TO think how such valu-
able articles get Into such poor com
pany ms scrap iron. Perhaps the orig
inal owners carelessly permit them to
get mixed up with some old junk
which they disposed of to the junk
man who brings his collection of stock
10 MS, or perhaps they deliberately
throw them away through simple
WEAKNESS Of their possession. Then,
again, the articles may possibly be
stolen and sold 10 the junkman.
There nrc other interesting finds we
meet with In our business. Not only
the common but the finer metals, such
as jewclry and silverwarc. fall into our
hands. Possibly you've heard your
wife remark one day that there was
silver spoon missing and she might
suspect that the servant has stolen It.
But the truth Is the spoon has acci-
dentally gone astray and passed I'M
noticed into the ash can or garbage
tub and In the course of time, possibly.
we pick II up ont of the dumps Many
n spoon, knife and fork with Tlffany's
or Benedicts stamp on 1t have
bought at Barren island after being
taken out of these dumps. Other stray
wallis In this class which have gath
cred from the Barren island dumps
are silver pocketknives and match
boxes, gold and silver thlmbles and
cuff buttons, gold rings and ladies'
gold purse which | sold for $50 MS old
gold Some time ago II ring with II
transparent stone was picked out of
the dumps A business rival Of mine
just got ahead Of me In the purchase
OF the ring which he got for $40 The
stone proved to be II genuine diamond,
and the purchaser got $3.50 for the
ring. 1t looked like ladies' engage
ment ring nnd the sympathetic thought
struck me that It's possibly fair owner
was al thai moment suffering unm-
aginable distress at Its loss.
SO You SEE continued the dealer,
there are few interesting and some
what romantic features associated
with our very pfosy looking business"
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