Show r f t tY tet Y et w r r Za yr J tl l re t r i K K L t P l P Pt t n k ker t L I er f jc K Is la one of ot the most moat compre- compre laive words In the English 1 age Inasmuch as It Is Lh to t. t a thought that covers coveTS a mul- mul conditions of or material things one hearing the word without r. r of ot Its application as meant Cl tory lory tor will think of ot one of ot those types of or vessels found roun in Chi Chi- tars te e a other hand hanel junk literally wail that which is to be thrown Ir from a needle to a bat- bat f. f The man who comes to your our ltd ate rate and buys rags bones and h n Is a man Junk-man a man who whoa ft ml a a. livelihood dealing in th the fe that you OU have discarded as bee be- be e for tor your particular needs ti ave all learned In school that i. i J 4 can n merely be changed In inie ie ut that it cannot be destroyed itt the tho old pieces of ot iron in the b of f pots kettles ettles and pans res reus reus re- re us s later in the shape of ot divers des de's while the old rags are made as ess aper upon which My I LatI Lady ai her dainty notes times lines the question What hat beM beO be- be 1 M t of t f all tho pins Is asked but O t t answered A visit to a junk Um tt ill bo be in the nature of or an anio an- an 1 io r to what becomes of ot so man many at l that we know disappear from Crom at ae Em al I 1 ken All is grist that comes hl he unk dealer and metal meta no matt mat- mat ii t t Its Us present condition ma may be Its previous condition ma may havo o T TO acceptable at so much perIs per peris is Iron and brass Is brass no whether its shape be as a can tr r section n of oC a spigot or any any- tr Iset Rust lust and corrosion only onh Mk nto to the factor to a limited cleThe debt de- de bt The iThe fire tire that helped to molt moll bt tal and shape It in the first t ae III again reduce th the tha particles tug mass for Cor further shap- shap p at the tho samo sarno time purl purify It of tor for Instance has a n. market ft at changes but little HUle even os us usI I l' changes hut but slightly in thet the tho 1 L t of it 11 At the present time k most valuable of or all scrap or It is so BO easily converted tir Into It Its original condition of or slabs or o. pigs piSS To the manufacturer of ot lead pipe the tho shape of ot the metal when hen he re receives receives re- re It Is but a small matter In pigs or In sections of ot old pipe It Is pretty prett much th the same for tor before beCore he can u use e eIt it it must bo be melted melto The Tho writer once saw a a. cartload of or bullets said to have havo been dug up at Gettysburg being dumped into a n. pot and later being run into pipe Brass likewise is a valuable metal but It li requires more mOle heat to melt It hence it Is 18 more troublesome to handle Foundries however are equipped for Cor this work wore and tho they buy much old brass Iron Is the baser of ot the three m metals the most plentiful tile cheapest and yet et the tho most difficult to regenerate The precious metals gold and silver figure but little In tho the dealings of oC the time Junk men True it occasionally finds its wa way there but It makes a swift Journey to the Jewelry jewer manufacturers Copper Is another favorite metal meta for tor forthe forthe the junkman It finds s a read ready market at a good price One might think that the had an easy time of oC it It but he His place of oC business is always alwa's under the e eye e of ot the policeman on his beat The latter watches with eagle eye to see what Is 19 bought and from from whom whom It Itis itIs itIs is purchased Spigots and an lead are always suspected especially if it there are vacant houses house In the neighborhood neigh neigh- nel h- h It being well known that there are certain gentry who do not hesitate to enter a 3 vacant house and despoil it of oC its plumbing As a general rule the Junkman buys from Crom who whoever ver has to sell lie Ile takes a certain amount of oC risk but then he knows that all lines of or business have their shortcomings If It he knows that he lie Is being offered f stolen tolen goods he hema ma may refuse but then that would depend depend de depend de- de pend largely largel upon whom he might ml ht be The purchasing of ot small bits of or Junk Is confined to sma small dealers who morels more mOle ly ls act as jobbers and sell their wares to larger concerns who sell direct to foundries in ton lots Jots While the larger Jarger concerns will sell in small lots lets the they will not as aR a general thin timing thing bu buy that way It Is too much trouble to handlo handle r I JK if f I II I I f y t 4 fr of In i 4 a aro i r ro f r t ts f S. S s fSr V a n 4 sy w J 3 i kea k F f j ea uw Loy i rM k 4 r M I J s r tl 3 V f 4 r w w i Aj L iS t IF r I S 'S ir irS S tYl aN tt c th w-dh w JY IY eSo Junk on a 8 Dorn pelt petty business with the tho risks of or possible possible pos pos- sible annoyance of or being held as a purchaser of ot purloined goo goods s. s These large fuge dealers who may bo be found in every big city go into JunkIng JunkIng Junking Junk- Junk Ing on a large Jarbe scale Thero There Is no proposition proposition prop prop- Ion that they will not tackle whether it be a whole building that Isto Isto is isto to be demolished or a safe afo that has been put out of or dut duty b by fire or Industrious industrious indus Indus- burglars Indeed d after aUer a fire firo the Junk dealer is ms right on the job He will bu buy all the metal as it lies getting it out athis athis at nt his own expense or ho will let you got get it out for him The great fires of ot Baltimore and San Francisco attracted junk dealers from all al parts of ot the country and in tho the end the they got eVer every bit of ot the metal The fact that huge steel columns were bent and twisted Into all nIl sorts of ot fantastic fantastic fan fan- shapes hapes did not worry the jun Junk Junk- for Cor a n moment As long on as af the weight was there and the they bought hought b by bythe bythe the weight they were satisfied Many 1 a lot owner made deals for forthe forthe forthe the clearing of ot the debris with payment payment pay pay- ment In the old metal and anti just as soon as insurance was adjusted so the work o of clearing up could begin the time junkmen junkmen junkmen junk junk- men hot got ot bus busy By carload carlond lots tho the old metal was shipped out of or the cities to the various mills and from San Fran- Fran a sailing ship brought to the Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic coast a quantity of ot old burned and broken iron safes all o of which were worked up into other things I What Phat became of tho the thousand or more safes sates that were rendered useless use as M re receptacles receptacles receptacles re- re in the Baltimore fire tire cannot bo be definitely said They went the tho theay way ay ayo o of tho other Junk perhaps to return as new safes sates The handling of ot junk iron is not easy This is not because of ot its wel weight ht but rather because of ot Its multifarious shapes shape At some of oC the big mills that make a specialty of or handling material of ot this class electric lifting lilting magnets are used with great rc t success These huge hugo magnets will lift two or three tons Jn In weight just as one ono would pick pickup pickup up a handful of ot toothpicks In less pretentious yards the lI lighter pieces of ot iron are prepared for tor the melting pot b by being cut Into short lengths One of ot these cutters not unlike the jaws ja s of an alligator will cut with ease a of ot Iron six Inches wide and an inch thick With such sucha a machine it Is easy for tor one man to tor r reduce uce to scraps a l. considerable pile of small piece Junk Large Junk like Uke T beams are also cut Into lengths of or twenty four tour Inches and less but this work Is generally done at tho the mills with a cutter of ot gigantic size sizo and strength Castings s are arc generally broken up with sledge sledge hammers though some handlers use a f big weight on a derrick derrick derrick der der- rick not unlike a pile Worked with a 8 small engine one of ot these two-ton two hammers will easily smash the tho average casting canting Into sm small ll pieces Getting tho the casting under tho the hammer Is the most laborious part of ot tho the work I The most prolific and cheapest source for small Junk Is la on the city ash There where all the tho re refuse refuse ref ref- use from the town Is brought will wll always be found a crowd of men women women women wom wom- en and children who with sticks ant and rakes carefully overhaul eyer every cartload of ot refuse garnering what metal they can find tind Tho average housewife who opens a n can of edibles and who carelessly throws the empty can In the ash sh can gives no further thought as to what wha becomes of ot that tinned receptacle She Sho knows that in the morning the ashman f will with come a cart and tako take it away with tho the ashes and that ends tho the matter as far as sho she is concerned Perhaps even before the ashman has hag paid his visit and especially I It if the tho ash can be bo on tho the outside of or the yard ard a scavenger will be there The scavenger is the lowest in the scale of dealers In Junk Perhaps the ca enger is s merely a poor man or woman merely interested in lit raking over the ashes for tor stray pieces of ot coal These scavengers make their visits vIsIts visIts vis vIs- Its early but they are not always looking for tor coal The garbage can canis IB is of ot far tar more Interest to a certain class cass who are on the lookout for tor stray stra silver knives forks and spoons and anel even rings that now and then mysteriously mysteriously mys mys- d disappear Many a housewife after counting her silver sliver has m made mado do the th discovery discover that tha thata a n. piece picco Is missing If It she i is quick sh she shema ma may find rind It In tho the garbage I If ah she ho puts off the hunt the tho 5 scavenger IT nr r m nor find rind it Thus with this class of ot scavenger enger there is always tho the possibility of or a windfall concealed In that which is considered only fl fit t for tor the dump So keen Is the competition at tho the dumps that at man many of ot them there thero are arc men who make mako their homes there in order to be b early on the field Ito Ifo Es delving into decaying ruins works with greater energy or orA care than the dumper He or she ahe goes over each load lond of ashes and I 3 I refuse with pains confident of at of tIn finding ding a a. given amount of ot dross droBS but ever hopeful of ot finding the precious Tho The home of ot tho dumper is a a. close kin to tho dump from which ho he gleans glean his livelihood d Stray pieces of ot Joists Joists' i mako make the framework of ot his shanty i j while pieces of ot packing boxes make the thai covering boards Discarded tin cans cane are put in a bonfire until the solder j that holds thorn them in shape melts away and tho the larger sections aro are flattened out to form plates for the roof root and sides Tho The solder Is thon then gathered from tram tho the ashes and it Is one of or the valuable assets The Time portions of or tho the cans not used for tor the house aro are put In the gen- gen oral collection that later finds Its Its' way to a n. sash saah weight mill mm the tha common end of or most of ot tho the can cans On the average city dump one will find that there thero are arc unwritten laws aa M asto to who has haa and who has not certain rights of ot search Bearch On some of ot the larger lots tho dumpers divide them into districts each safo safe from trespass b by others The newcomer would find rind it d decidedly uncomfortable Were he to Invade tho territory of or the established holder for tor all the dumpers would unite in common defense of at their rights |