Show OF OP MAKING SHOT itow hie tire glob Glo globules bules ules arc are formed lu in their pali fall and then assorted new york tribune every person who bag has walked about the lower part of this city must have noticed a high round tower towe r as high as the roadway of the bridge which rears itself high above the surrounding buildings and has small windows at different places this s tower is in center cente street near worth street and belong to the colwell lead company there arc are several of these towers in this city they are places built especially for the casting and manufacture of phot shot the tower rises to a height of fl feet beet and nd is isi fifty feet in diameter at the base aasc it diminishes in diameter as it t ascends being about thirty feet across Qs at the top tp it is divided into several stories A circular hairway Lair way made of iron extends to t lie ie summit aur it giving access to the seve several ral stories great I 1 height is essential c for casting as the lend lead must cool in the descent and thus assume a spherical shape if hot it would flatten when it strikes the water into which it falls the first method is diakin making what I 1 is s called temper this is is a mix mix ture of arsenic and lead the mix ture ure is melted in largo large kettles an and d is s constantly skimmed and stirred d itis acis cast in bars tho tile same as lea lead when the temper is is ina made e it is carried to the top floor where there are kettles and a furnace for melting it the temper is mixed with the ie lead as pure lead would assume various shapes in casting but bill when mixed with the temper in the flie proportion of three tons of lead to one ton of temper it takes the shape of Flo globules glo bules when it is cast f fhe he casting pans are large colan ders ers round pans with holes perforated in the bottom the casting is s all done on the top floor and the colander is suspended over an ail opening in in the floor which goes through the ie entire height hei lit of the building to the ie ground nere where there is a w well ell of water alit th lead is melted in large I and is dipped out and poured nto into the cu culand lander cr with ladles which lave long handles it oozes through the ie holes in the bottom of the colaner der and falls through tho the open opening ing to 0 o the ground floor into the well the he shot is taken out of the well by j small buckets fastened to an 0 adless belt which runs over a whal W alek nr Liol 0 it from f UL the t le well up to a 1013 long hot liot alnet metal 0 table table idere iere the shot i is s constantly stirred by ay iy men ell with long on rakes and the icat heat rapidly dispels the moisture woi sture and the shot soon becomes perfectly dir dry 11 it t is taken from the drying table to the Sc a series of tables with narrow opening between them the tables table being e eig set nt at a slight angle if the shot is is round and perfect it rolls rapidly along these tables skipping the openings until it reaches a box at the extreme end into which it falls if it is imperfect it cannot roll fast and falls into the openings op enins under which boxes are placed the shot then goes to the separators winch which are a series of drav ers not unlike a bureau which rock backward and slid forward by machinery the shot is poured into into thu the upper tipper which has an iron iron bottom perforated ath holes of a certain eize size the second drawer has hole liole sofa smaller size and rid so on down to the lowest drawer the bo bottom atom of each drawer being perforated with holes of a size smaller s than those in the drawer above it the backward and forward motion throws 40 abbot from side to ride side letting nil all the 16 shot the size of the helps holes or eti smaller laller pass through into thu n cind drawer while all larger than the holes remain in the ilic draw er tho the same ii i repeated down to the lowest drawer so that each denv drawer c r enuta contains ins a it smaller size size of shot than immediately above it the next process is polishing pol tall nf 0 o the shot eliot is put into irregular shaped ed iron irrin boxes which continually illila ak y rev ov when the box is is nearly neady full powdered black lend ad is put in the irregular motion of the box throws the ho shot from tide to side arid the black lead is so ground round into it that it cannot be rubbed al and it is tills this that gives it I 1 the tile beautiful appearance |