The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-05
Ill q 81 E,iS.
q BUSINESS AsouTs WHICH MOST
PEoPLE KNOW VERY. 5LiTTLE.5

The. Process. OF Manu- facture IL Noe
So si.,apIe ms Might Be Izaassiaea
From the Low Price OF the Finish
cd Product-I1o>v They Are Made.
Among the little things seen in daily
life about which most people know
very little is the common. ordinary
clay pipe. In almost every cigar shop
window. in the mouth of every third
laborer met and even in the nursery
this snow white little instrument or
comfort and amusement may be seen.
yet few know, for instance. that most
! of the clay pipes sold i'll this city OF
domestic make are manufactured IN
New Jersey. Woodbridge is the name
Of the queer little town given over to
this odd manufacture. and trip
through one Of the factories of that
settlement. to follow the pipe from the
tine it is dug as clay to the time it
apDcars ready for the market is Inter
eStinS.
Looking at the chunks and Jumps or
c.:,y as they are transported FROM the
banks to the factories. one would
III. rlly believe that the snowy. cheap
little article could have been manlfac-
ti:.>,,l from material so different IN
color The color Of this clay before 1t
is burned is dark gray. like cement
nor is the process Of manufacturing
one Of these pipes as simple as might
nc Imagined from TIE absurdly low
p-:cc. AZ the clay comes into the 1ac-
tory 1t is divided finely and put TO
sock In water for ten to twelve hours.
This soaking is to divide the cay 10
IT'S s,,ulIcs. possible PARTICLES so that
II: the ensuing process 1t viii NOT cake
or l:::up ANA will work smoothly and
or. the t.1DV Is nut
into Il pug mill. where 1t is stirred
by machinery until it gets sitter ana
sitter finally becoming as stiit rs
,io,,.sll In this state the clay Is rough
IL nodded into Jumps and distributed
-.:.s,.s,- the pipeUlakcrs, who begin the
!:-sr step IL, tie life Of the humble Gre.
!::5n.
,;i..sn.ns :: SNAIL chunk OF clay IN
-. oh hand tie artist begins work TO
:a~..iou roughly two pipes ut tie sam"
.:!:r Rolling the c!:!: bctw"rn Il table
.l:.l as palms. nr quickly produces
-iv., .r,rrot shaped ANA pol:at"l roiis
h::t ;,eH:. l.tt.r O" no resemblance 10
liz, article when 1t shall i;c finished.
VII. incrct,.H!e speed the f.:SA:oning
,il;,-,p rolls continues for ahead or
.,.r expert is tie problem of :A.s"Hi.ic'
3:-iI:- something: like s'"r"::t:-.iT
50 )l n ft's~ itit.'l t.'F '''N'N -''''
-, ,asi., are ,3,!r away t. 81, :to!i"-
,,.t. and .fo.. to-. q, twrive no-.1'> they
-,;....: 80 list o,3,:e s.!,pa.! ;.:": vii!
&c. Ii re: - 10 piece. -l.s,,r ;-la!
II. r..;: IS :,.-:.ir lo,. iao3 H.2t.
- O. I.;:&-:r ;.:2.Gl consists G! t"'
.,t...:, OF 10. ~ ss:.l o! ~ Il" ':'i
,,,-.-i::.a IL. ~ sewing lHE. Most OF he
.;:,, set a,-c-5 have :l".::H,-?tls i--;-i'
-~t..! - s--z.!..:tc:!. i-3:::.HrE"t set eat
.,,.:-,,f II to p!cc:ss 81! - 80 - a..
- - 81. ~ T.. i,!:riA =: 10 : :s'iI>
+ .. Arr, u :a'.:-cs':' fii.- t'',i- =: YIN
=. =. 20. :; "i:. =. :.i'.,.c q: l'""@S
~. is::rn Il! - f.:s:--.on :: - Il -!
"a: al .. w-,,n e. i.!o;se:s i.'.'::'''.
% % il vo:-::'. ~ !':::t-4 .:>f - ~
..!.. ii t,Ir :-.lGI @lt.:..; i2.:; >,'i 1t a.
M! upward. Iv-tl:.h at o;!c" Gl:cS u"
suggestion q: :: POE. aa.; .'i,:.i !: ::irr
-..rorSh t!:r pointed >:n!. OFT OF ".lic1
Tho =; CT: is <, De pressed
This roughly fashioned clay Is then
out into the mold. :vhlc,i is jHiaiArd
shut. while at the same time I,l'ln:Srr
is pressed to enter the ;no.I aud to
press ont the clay so as to form Tie
l,o.>. With !, dull knife the cay
pressed out at the side Of the mold Is
shaved OF with single lightning
stroke by tho expert ana then once
more there must be q drying process.
this time in Il room heated to about 81
degrees. where. as before. the pipe IS
kept for twelve hours. Except that the
pipe Is or It's original gray color and
soft and supplied with tho ''burs
where the nodded ends are Joined. 1T Is
now practically finished
Then comes the process Of shaving
of the burs. At this stnSe the pipe
still retains considerable dampness. so
TINT the clny may be cut smoothly,
While at the same time wire Is again
dra wn through the stem, SO as to In
sure proper draft. All IS now ready
for the pipe IN Its final state except
that it needs to be burned. For this
purpose It Is put into II cylindrical yes
sci twelve inches high and rs much IN
diameter This is known as Sag
ger" Set one against the other. The
pipes are adjusted solidly in the sag
ger, which will hold something like
gross of pipes properly packed. II
the pipes consist Of the more fancy de-
signs-that is. merely pipe bowls that
are to be provided with lnouthpicces
of wood or rubber-thc saGScrs Will
hold as many as two gross OF pipes
Nine of these saggers filed with pipes
,.ro l-,,1v, Stand and n medium