Show NEW BOSTON PE LS NEW ADDITIONS TO THU WORLD OF COMMERCE industry datry In ol 01 a tw tows that abal in I 1 finein laid lid out and aj 01 dice suffered hulT ered a do 1116 Injo enjoying ying a hoorn special letter jo HE adte old to a of 0 new boiton sit lifted on ou the 1111 4 nole nois shore of the 1 Iss sippi at the e tn 0 itpick er I 1 e I 1 1 0 vv nl c danab and just belo the mouth of the ioa iota bir b his is a history hie rhe first white settlers at that point cre ere jol join n 1 and william bellison Uen laon and reir chief occupation wan plying or alood to the steamboats its that pile I 1 the baters ot of the tha epper mississippi and foil toil d a corrien convenient tent harbor in sturgeon bay formel fortne I 1 b bv tho the wa centric of the river channel near that point the original hurve and the plat of the be toan tun still in lit exiE existence tence aid and in A gool state of preservation vs nude made by I 1 I IL bep september 1834 thia this was vas the first agite settlement in fit illinois between kock rock lalani on the north and at the loer N ellow hanks on oil the south a and nd on the of the county of mercer in tho the village was as des ignatee by legislative act IB ae the first county seat but the honor ius ft noon after lost loit in the current of events since then and ani until althin the rast patt two eari the town baa has declined und and ite its business haa has dwindled until it has become a mere reminiscence ot of the prosperity of its former years but recent discoveries hale develop 1 new industries and again old new ew boston 1 one of 0 the liveliest and busiest la in illinois at the bottom of the river riler and on and around the shoals near the great banks of cello ello sand fresh water mus eels sels the unto Ilc Pic torum of linnaeus live and grow gros and thrive in count lesa aa numbers and the fathering gathering ol 01 these by dredging for their shells from chich are cut the buttons known to the th trade as pearl gives constant Lon stant and profitable i employment to hundreds ot of men n and children from the deep ater the mollusks mol luska are gathered by thu Ehu ulder rakes composed of squired steel teeth set la in a flat bar of iron twenty inches lone long with a tram frame of round iron and a handle eighteen elih teen feet long ion for shallow water a sets sora sors rake made on the principle of a pair ot of shears la is used with very eatla factory results at the present price of shells 10 per net ton these glean ers era can easily earn irom 2 to 4 a day each during the open river soll 11 cat ot of seventy or more small boat boats manned by these dredgers Is it common sight in the N winter inter the search Is I 1 continued with good result results in a esq STEAM 8 DREDGE nels cut through the acs ics lc the hand head dredging will mill be continued alt a new and a I 1 letter better way has been found it has been clatzel and contended that a steam dredge for gathering oysters and clams clanis could never be made a euc cess but thia this theory must give way to the present condition new boston has opened the shell and let the secret out the klondyke Kloa dyke a cleverly del devised ased ani an 1 artfully construct cd ed steam dredge does the work speedily and well vell A basket dredge ot of strong construction and wide grasp with attachments tor for cooking ani and packing propelled ith th a powerful engine with ith an equipment ot of ave men gathers cooks and sacks from five to ten tons of marketable shells in a day the total output of shells by hand anil and steam dredging during the put year was 2 NO tons or more after extraction the mol luska limUs are examined carefully for tha the pearls that are often in III their midst 11 this s earch sarch arch gives call constant but sometimes precarious employment to a number ot of people bait ea s on one pearl valued at sit eral ra 1 worth from 5 to 25 each each and many others ot of lesser slie size and value were found new york and philadelphia furnish the markets for most of tho the shells that are gathered there and their products but pearl button buttons are cut in a small ray y at ill and on a much larger scale at muscatine la 12 and both ot of these those plants are supplied by new now boston much of the process ot at button making ia Is a secret the shells are ar first soaked in water for twenty four boure bours to rotten them and prevent auit in sawing the buttons la in various sizes are cut by rotary disk saws held hold la in a estatio stationary nary frame and driven b by a line nhat underneath thia this the shell shells are held in a movable frame operated by a tot lver lover the chung is done from the inner side and the hells shells are art opt apt motet moia by sprays of water the disks are ire thou planed centered I 1 and drilled by clever 1 mechanical deric dev tin the li is a secret known casaly to the trade 1 niagara falle MU la is ort ot of lumping jumping off virt place far som people who 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