The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-03-03
0RAyDFArHER,s CLOCKS.
They Cost From q TO $500 and some Of
Them Have Chime Bells.

i suppose, said a man acquainted with
{, . clock trade, that Of al the mechanical
contrivances produced in the world the one
Of the most world wild common use Is the
CLOCK I do not know Of any land in which
clocks are not sold, There are people who
buy clocks not for use a. timepleces but n
toys or ornaments or wonderful thing. .urt
TO hear them strike. There are many people,
In one country and another. buying clocks
for use a. such who cannot tell the time by
the position Of the pointers on IT," dial but
only By the strike; and then We come to poo
pies who can tell the time by reading The
dial as well. Nevcrtheles.. subStantill"
oil Of the clocks exported are striking clocks
In this country OF all the clocks IN Use
probably one-half are strikes. with the
proportion Of strikers increasing
Everywhere there are more clocks used
nov than ever before, and everywhere more
In proportion to the population In plenty
OF households where In old lines there would
have been seen one or two clocks there would
be found now three Ut four or half Il dozen
Clocks were neYer before 50 cheap A. nov
This H. due to competition and 10 greatly i'm
proved processes Of ma nufactIre iod can
bug "a very good sort Of alarm ..p7i nova
days for rs cents, and iron Is cent. cocks
iulAA ! u ~ ~ - - 49, ''''''' f''F ''
some Of the finest 81 the grandfather $
clocks.
Nowadays clocks are made in almost
endless variety There ara simply hundred.
Of styles. and hundreds Of nav stylos are
produced yearly. "A corresponding number
being dropped A manli.cturtr Till haNe,
steady sale. and which he produces wear
after year. The rest ar. IN" prod lotions
wear by wear Of designers constantly EN-
tlAtnh yXlA n NIL fla tIUIa l.ttInR nm no ~
patt 'rns and new designs H. hnlsh ana Drha-
Inentati0n
Perhaps half the clocS . sold In the country
! are Of metal, this nclud, nc most Of the alarm
aud other smaller cluCk-. II" popular
| demand now Is for a sno"r' ":nan"ittl
| clock for the money, and th,- demand -
| met Thn-" IL little trrald no" Tor IN"
shelf, clocks IN rase1 Of simpI" designs IN the
! woods
Then there has been a common improve
mcgt IN clock bells. which are now. IN. all
-lrts of clocHs. NOR" rI"indiOuH man i"7-
| davs, IN any clock not designed s1l"iy, for
u,.it', a. for lnStanCe, an alarm 'I"ch' "
p~ioA.i'S musical stroke.
There IL greater demand now than ever
before for ernndfather'~ ci"oSs, which are
! made in this country ~ large variety and
sold in cou,id"rable and constantly incr9aI-
iug rTul"rS \ good clock az tins klhd,
striking the hours only, can be bought LOT
so From that the, run H. price ny to 500
and f, S.: a sISitps "r i ! al jn% mrde in old ,tvlc-.
! Colonial end Dutch, With NOR" or less rdrl.-
tons perhaps, IN details nd IN e.aOorail.I
81 finish. but still ClHrICttr,stiC H. StEl'
| he cases are mad" ui me woods be",lIl-
! fully finished. md the clocks Themselves
! ar" admirable exam pIrs al american rln's-
1 making afI. good for C"r"r1ti"n-.
MANY o.! these clocks 1r" equipped nov
adpys with tubular nail~, whose form MAKES
II pp~sibla 10 M insid" tine lock Cnse viz
tnally my pnmn"r ma lniEh' n' REQUIRE
| These tall oio'Es strike the hours, many, "i
them IN" quarters. and mnur are nrGyid"i
with bells upon Wht'I NAV be struck West
munster or Warrington cluIu"s
'~"iue have Il switch. % the turning 'I
which tho clock 4, made ~. strike either set
Of chimes. that NAY he preferred, or ny th"
turning II the sam" witch 'l" chimes may
b. mad" ~i.ort tn" nlIrI" boil" ~ many
If 'Er>" 'lprk- ar" mos WU-l"allE l"l"dl"H>.
! Will" IA" lig bell upon watch Tie" hours are
struck has tn" deer and mellow ton" 81 a
great h'!l ftI distant
some ~ iles" hell nrrnugerlcrtS ere dis
tinctly lroderu. hnt 80. r~rlgira, fnrm Or the
clock l. preserved, and very many, oi 'hs@g
craudfh- hC~'> clocks 'h1t ar" mad" TO-DAY
| nrr ~ every way most satisfactory and de-
ligh'fUl produc't"n..
Some Hno srandfatn"r'c clocks IRE mad,
aud other ornamental clocks nrr .mp"rtec
or clocks considered In general there
are more made in this country than In ans
other. Taking all the clocks made here O
one kind and another, the American
81 clocks daily. with this output all the tins
increasing The next Sr"a''7' producer "l
! clocks in general l. ],,.ruIalv. whose produc'
Is about a third loss han that .! ms coul'
w: its product. Ike hat Of this courtry,, i
also increasing We sell clocks literally
! all over the world. and more Of them th1r
INV other country Goes, with German,
however. cYGrvNu mere CDllpP' ing