The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-01

which are erected upon scaltoialh8S
sometimes as much as huhu'eu '0es - aanor
donond for their effects wholly upon such p"po'
cylinders no bigger than good-slzed nrecracheio'
stuck all over the lattice work OF inc Sho'o'oa
structure employed by the nlep"'n'ei "
one might say, of canvas ~ euo ,,o.
Something more in detail about these nie plo
.,ros viii ba said later on; but meanwhile IL may
- 90 u,oII m sneak deSCriptively OF the Processes
1901 IN the manufacture Of the more simple anu
Tomi,Iar kinds of freworks-such, Tor eAanipo,
40 roman candles bombs, rockets pin"neei9 "nu
the like All Of these, excepting the polloS' a.
S,,hstontiallv nothing more than cylinders VI
roo+ahoard filled with combustbles anu lasn'
toned In different ways l., Tho
One of the greatest fireworks lac'olies ~ 'n
world is located on the outskirts OF BROOKLYN
Int the stranger who passes by II on uone! o"A
nm the way to Coney island would scarce sus'
noo+ the character Of the outfit, which ID scat
tod ovor about twenty acres Of land IN series
~ email buildings, some Of them being 30 tns
az tn accommodate only single workman no
object of this arrangement Is TO mhllhize tne
oonopouences Of accidents If the lone man VINO
oocunies any one of the tiny houses should nap
nen to be blown up he alone would suneF'
II naturally happens that the only building
oF considerable size on the premises Is oe Al
which no explosives or other lively compustioies
are used Here, in fact, Is where all the paper 40
stored tons upon tons OF It, for the outer wrap
nines of the fireworks. Pyrotechnlc toys' VI
course, must be pretty to look at, else they would
ro+ col, 70 advantage and the papers utilized for
+ba nurrosa are of all colors Of the rainbow ana
great variety OF ornamental patterns For
evtra fancy goods more or less gilt and silver
paper Is employed
1rnstairs In the same building all of the pa
per cylinders are made, the process adopted oe'
ing 80 exceedingly expeditions that one peison
can turn out as many as IL gross Oh Ihein IL
hav. OF course they are Of all lengths and diam
eters according to kind and size OF fireworks
for which they are intended and though tne
rocket cylinders are rolled by machlne all Vi Ine
others are made by hand. With the aid OF long,
round stick of metal and pot of paste the oper-
ator converts sheets Of thin. brown pasteDoaro
into neat and compact tubes at the rate OF three
or four q minute.
dozen work people engaged in this occu'
nation can turn out an immense number OF CYL
inders in day and the manner In which they
are utilized In the manufacture Of different xmas
of fireworks will presently be explained. IL mlgn'
be we'll to say incidentally, however, that IN thls
game department are made the bombshes, which
are stamped by machine out of papiermacne
In halves When they have become dry tnt
halves are Joined by strips Of thin canvas soaked
paste
round hole at one end for loading.
- Bombs are among the most interesting ant
beautiful of fireworks and some of them are o
great siZe-as much as five feet IN diameter
81 They are discharged from mortars and reachln
height of 1000 feet or more, explode with
"a great noise liberatng showers Of many-colore
stars or golden rain, or sometimes parachute
81 carrying trains Of stars. Some are made
small as two inches in diameter-baby ones
suitable for family use.
The method of their construction Is Away
the same and Is at once simple and ingenious
The papiermache shell is filled with stars
that is to say, with little pieces Of cylindrici
paper tubing packed with different chemical con
positions. Beneath the shell thus loaded Is a
tached and firmly glued paper receptacle CO.
tanning slow.burning composition similar
grnpowder Then fuse is so fixed that beir
ignited at the instant OF the bombs discharge
will burn just long enough to explode the she
at the moment when the projectile has reache
its greatest height In the air When this ha
pens the paper shell Is blown to pieces and Il
stars, incidentally ignited are thrown far al
wide. Being light, they fall slowly and the ehe
produced is very beautiful
Even the stars you see, are paper cylinder
though only half an inch perhaps in length. B
they vary much In size, according to the uses
which they are to be put man cuts them
the millions with a small circular saw, taking
handful of paper tubes of small diameter al
using the saw to chop them into short pieces
equal length. Then the little sections are fill
with chemical mixtures Of various kinds, mira
and chlorate of baryta being used for green. G.
Donate of strontium for red, oxylate of soda
yellow and oddly enough) paris green for bh
with various admixtures Of chorate of potas
shellac etc.
1t should have been said that, in order
strengthen the papier-mache shells and so to
able them to scatter their stars more wide
when shattered they are wound with strong g
GERS twips. outside Of which the final decorate
paper cover is put on. There is however,
other and quite new kind Of bomb, which is ma
in the shape of a cylinder. 1t is so construct
that during Its flight through the air it max
series of breaks" sometimes as many as t.
throwing out each time shower of stars TIL
as might be imagined is very beautiful efe
and is achieved by dividing the containing cyl
der into series Of compartments holding sta
each compartment being set off In its turn.
Some of these cylindrical bombs contain p
aehutes, which are arranged like the parachut