The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-06-29


HNTSs SO speak in their construction
might sse1 ;. the s. fss1 s';: .s .ss
which are erected upon scaffoldings
.ora,,,es ms much as a hundred feet In length.
denend for their effects wholly upon such paper
cylinders no bigger than good-sized hrecrackers.
stuck all over the lattice work Of the skeleton
structure employed by the frepainter In lieu. as
one might say. of canvas.
Something more in detail about these fire pic
,ures will he said later on; but meanwhile 1t may
he as well to speak descriptively of the processes
used In the manufacture OF the more simple ana
familiar kinds of fireworks-such. Tor example.
as roman candles. bombs. rockets. pinwheeis and
,ha lilo All Of these. excepting the bombs are
substantially nothing than cylinders OF
pasteboard filled with combustibes and lash
Toned In different ways
One of the greatest fireworks factories in the
world is located on the outskirts OF Brooklyn,
but the stranger who passes by It on trolley car
on the way to Coney island would scarce sus-
pect the character of the OUTFIT. which Is scat
tered over about twenty acres o: land in series
of small buildings. some of them being so uny
es to accommodate only a single workman The
object of this arrangement is to minimize the
consequences Of accidents II the lone man who
occupies any one OF the tiny houses should hap
pen to be blown up he alone would suffer-
It naturally happens that the only building
OF considerable size on the premises 10 one IN
which no explosives other lively combustibles
are used Here. In fact. is where all the paper Ia
stored. tons upon tons Of it. for the outer wrap
pings Of the fireworks Pyrotechnic toys. OF
course must be pretty to look at. else they would
not sell to advantage and the papers utilized for
the purpose are Of all colors Of the rainbow and
a great variety Of ornamental patterns For
extra fancy goods more less gilt and silver
paper is employed
upstairs in the same building all of the pa
per cylinders are made. the process adopted be-
ing so exosedingiy expeditions that one person
can turn out many as Is gross OF them In
day. OF course they are OF all lengths and diam
eters according to kind and size OF fireworks
for which they are intended and though the
rocket cylinders are rolled by machine all Of the
others are made by hand With the aid OF long.
round stick OF metal and . pot OF paste the oper-
sfor converts sheets Of thin. brown pasteboard
into neat and compact tubes at the rate OF three
or four a minute.
patton can turn out immense number OF cyl
inders in a day and the manner In which they
utilized In the manufacture OF different kinos
Of fireworks will presently be explained. II might
be we'll to say incidentally. however that In this
department are made the bombshells. which
are stamped by a machine out Of papier-mache
In halves When they have become dry the
halves are Joined by strips of thin canvas soaked
In paste. each sphere thus produced having
round hole at one end for loading
Bombs are among the most Interesting and
bsansiful Of fireworks and some OF them are OF
great stze-aa much I'VE feet in diameter
They discharged from mortars and reaching
a height Of 1000 feet more explode with
great noise. iiberating showers OF many coiored
stars or golden rain. or sometimes parachutes
carrying trains of stsrs- Some are made ~
small as two inches In diameter-baby ones.
suitable for family use
The method Of their construction Is always
the same and is at once simple and Ingenious
The papier-mache shell is filled with stars
that Is to say. with little pieces Of cylindrical
paper tubing packed with different chemical COM
positions. Beneath the shell thus loaded Is at
tached and firmly glued a paper receptacle con-
tanning slow-burning composition similar to
gunpowder. Then a fuse is fixed that being
ignited at the instant of the bombs discharge II
will burn just long enough to explode the shell
at the moment when the projectie has reached
its greatest height in the air. When this hap
pens the paper shell is blown to pieces and the
stars. incidentally ignited are thrown far and
wide. Being light. they fall slowly and the effect
produced is very beautiful
Even the stars you see. paper cylinders.
though only half an inch perhaps in length. But
they vary much In size according to the uses to
which they are to be put A cuts them by
the millions with small circular saw. taking Q
handful Of paper tubes of small diameter and
using the saw to chop them into short pieces of
equal length Then the little sections hlled
with chemical mixtures Of various kinds nitrate
and chlorate OF baryta being used for green car
Donate OF strontium for red oxylate OF soda for
yellow and toddiy enough paris green for blue
sheac etc
II should have been said that. in order to
strengthen the papier- shells and en-
able them to scatter their stars more widely
when shattered. they wound with strong gro
GERS Irvine. outside Of which the final decorative
paper cover is put on There is. however. an
other and quite kind of bomb which Is made
in the shape OF cylinder II is constructed
that during its flight through the air II makes
series OF breaks" sometimes many as ten
thrnxr arh
might be imagined. is a very beautiful effect
and is achieved by dividing the containing cylin
der into series Of compartments holding stars
each compartment being set OF in its turn
Some of these cylindrical bombs contain par
achutes. which are arranged like the parachutes
dropped from rockets Inside OF the pasteboard
case is a circular piece of tissue paper around
the circumference OF which are attached serie.
of very long strings To each of these string.
are fastened at intervals a number OF the little
paper stars already described and the arrange
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