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Cmc0U3TANCES having prevented me from being .one of o party to the "Headwaters," "Head-waters," I thought that having seen in the columns of the AW j and the Mory- i' tainker of 1ajtV, Severn! notices relating ; to the' Aw )3Hi , Uactory. and Ihc l chine Shap:;toclited ,.on Knnyqli Crcc'L l would, if jermittcd; by-thbstt Inr .fehafgq, iutpect 'them for toy own infonriatton, hud thf mult huving, been so far'sntisfnefory, : I Concluded tliat H-ralglt likewise W?b ,tf jotne;,of 'your renders ilitcresfediiri - those clatters, cjfpcefu.Hy, iiioso living at too,'grdat nMiUslWncd .folf a personal inspeoi tibn- - - -f ' ' .;,JlATii arrived. aChe nS tctory, .whiehjis a .sjaciousv fraw$ baltdiiig,-con ,vciiiefiUy.sijtnn'led.i!t$jth&foot bf5 -a' bc'nvh, . .with a,Uall , chimney, which- to Way muni h alwfty.sjuggestlve; of, aiieft5'g:.gpjng, ; oii for .the .benefit, of thii'ctfmmunjtyl i , ntfidiWQ-tho- obji;ofmy -Visiand hmg "absent, It a,s-;re6rrp(hj'o;prj, Kriod,l?iuloysoa, tv)iVv Ingog'e'd bu tho ,nnllright' work of thacstaliiish. in9nt,;Hofc;ycticpnjilcte.d,fwhocowtc BflfflbiajHlio 'lriiohpationjtebfeHutrcr. .'quired, 'niul'-who-'somcd; fully onaer staiid tnrbusuicssln-iill i& mMutia: , fwfc inr-ortlerof ttfie tiaWufacturV s thai heating furnace, iV'htC' la 1 dmail Jerberatcry-.f itriiace; ndatlynt?sl!diy-Jiuilt.of ndatlynt?sl!diy-Jiuilt.of CTt!'Arc'ti&nc?'trt(.tti ig't'pttbn--'i??9?Kc-this tlio iroltlfs" broiightrto Afio hct'it.cckafy.fofrVorti! khji-b: (surni3hed?by 'ftfaiiiiiid in ,c;ou bluaiionjw qfbriiigmg the -pieqes Va a- weUftng.lieaf-in weUftng.lieaf-in pthvxtpf 0iAf,-x i- 'i iKt'fif-roracr- nro VtfiQ.."vojier3,Av1itch, are: of solid castiroih fi(tpn-inches iindiv meterj inh'sjr iroii Jidusingr4ljfr''Khoti!-bf. -which lS-of .ft.massivelhnracfe.tompafed "with what w&arc in1 -the httblt o'f scditig in. thfese valleys; TheSe .tiro' driven byfti p6WerAil3iitriurshot.3vntcr wheel, liine feet Lui diameter by ten .feet' face, tOTVlilch'a masiye avnl ponderous vhee), of Tour- ' :Aecn,Ceetdiiimeter;faboiiltto. be odded. 'By them theirOnjs .brought to the proper ' "thijikijegs for making-UnHs, by successively being passed between them, the rollers being brought closer together at iaeh roll jiig. In ebniieetion ivlth- the, rolWra 1 observed a ,ujO.i .ingenious tldv'teo. of wjoilgbt-lf on, slrajisravoainVtba housings, whiclf o:fc.arsc,.:rom could' not beifilt'ciHled":tbH'rvb-.lhem from fracture, but which I afterwards found ..wurq ilcnlafet byihclr stretching ! (i Iittlq-Jn casis accide,Htal vDreukagc, to -lirovido ngafnsfcatiy tho pfeces of 'the .frsimiiijr srett loifclietwceu ' the rollers. beifcro, Uio.nmclilriery cojiUVbo stbuptd. TNiiwTcntlOir-i npderstood to be dh($ ta llvesleirj.Ksq;, the engineer, under whoso supervision the. whole, of the worfcshive wbeVhvVclcd,nnd was coa-Btdered. coa-Btdered. to btfqalti? a;uovel ty by tlie parties iu .the States-who built tue.'.roIJeri. iNfear the rollerij'and worked front the samc shart,- is a powerful i?iienr, by which ihit rolled iron is.cut into strips of such a width us to form the, length of the flail required. j?roni this, -we turn to the , nail' making machines, Of which there arc two capable of making any ifcse of naij, from a shingle imil upwards'" tlio raotidasof which are of too intricate .a character to be follmved up. by any but a practfsed eye. Snjucb. jt to arty that tm iron strip at" a red beat is placed upon a cutter immediately" yqu hear two smothered blows, and put dropij a nail, finished, afiij iii eyfcry respect ready for iiie, .hiiyiftgliccii.cnt and hcadgtildmcr where iii the, .grip. of. the WaXoe, wi'idi Iscapabioor'matiug tlicm hsquiykly ash'c" attendant 'can'turu thc;trp of jroii fr'bm Which they ire niade ' Tlicso iirci;dr(rcu. by a sort of reaction centrifugal wheel, of an entirely new dcr sign, which .likewise driVc. Uic fap and three largogiii'dstdnes riuired for grinding grind-ing the cutters, &c for the use .of tlnj works. . ' " I next finid my way to thjr Muchine Shop; nud, iii "the absence of jlr. Nathan DaviSj, the foreman of the shop, I was introduced in-troduced to Mr. Wilcox, ; an intelligcntr and well-informed mechanic, who politely offered to conduct me through tho 'works. ' The machiue tool's, as may. be expected i ill this far-ofT country, are not as complete f as they probably are wlicrp tlie facilities t for such wort ura greater, Jly attention, however. Was xiireclcd to a inojt inire-1 nioudy designed njachluo lathe, the sffd-iug sffd-iug rest of WJiich Is so constructed as. to rise from tho bed when the cut is too heavy, and so prevent the possibility of breakage. i There was also in process of construe-. construe-. tion, a heavy machine lathe for turning the cast-iron rollers of sugar-mills, and other work of a like massive character. At one end of tho shop Was n wool-carding wool-carding machine, nearly complete, intend ed for Kruslns Suow, Esq., which had been built nftcr tho pattern of some which wcro brongbC from the States last season by Mr. 13. 11. Young, and. from drawings furnished by Mr; Wm. J. Silver, who likewise like-wise designed and furnished tho drawings for the heavy lathe before mentioned, ho having been engaged in this business for several years back la the States and in Europe. I was nest shown the foundry, which I was given to understand was the only one in aucceisful operation in tho Territory, great difficulties having been experienced, inpb'talhing jrbhmiWbfc for castf ug-Mia-chifto work' V;f ' ' " Iu order icwtjpieie iny iotil'c'nHeil at the woollen Factory, hfilioswcst tfi'd of tlitf building; where,! found irr E; It; Xtotiffi -IU onoy flfWs hantls,;'.busy grii(dirij;tbo teetlif Hhb.caraready 16f starting oiiMoftiJaifiornlng, ,.)n'c.-6f ;tfio wruchiiies; I; understood) wag" broogiit-tiy tha; plbncers;and IrsfiH'.dbtugg'obd worki' b.ther Was inajjc 'ii tho"vpublfo:4op Iri 186T,.tifte.rtlm.srtmepattetiif,aria'fingood ilfccilhcti of'.machine,vworkj the'thfrd is li fietv'oiio Boiriglit. frofiiithe'.StaicslasWsijai Mf, jtrid-fs .m'iieli Tafgo'r than. the tjthfcrK.' nrKlMcibltf -of working 'iljoest Vook: Tlimjichines kvfe all' tlbltblri crlhaef s! - Mrotnrg'irifurtnsrt ed itencrally from '4"05lbr450' IBK.of- wool in S-'fiouisjaiid vwheiihcgotsbfs picker, runniug'invlHeli sis': bjfii'ig aflbvo't the Rchiiio, Shop, fronrdwjugs- ti'i,M iSilv.t'AaTterJhoiiiostapprtVe'al Lterr)',;nudivlitc1i wi!l;prd1linbly: befreMlr Iii LiTib;ring;ilitf'lfcpccta;.to idb'illi more:f J&jriired, abbiil tltBCtbry,'.bilas.;ttmpcjrf ;?0n.fivcharge1V'5CnUat 1 "cbtictudea.'frj rbfjirnf. hiivingipe'ntAhe, 'y-'to 'thy Iwrf citiraUsfuctiori' ; r 1 , 'Jrliv ' -'.f """ .'"''V' S"')"?' -rf-Zifi : |
