New Bedford, Massachusetts; its history, industries, institutions and attractions . to theriver, a distance of about three hundred fifty feet. It is proposedto fill in to the channel, a distance of about one hundred fifty feetfarther. The mill is equipped with an engine of three hundredhorse power, one boiler twenty-six feet long and seven feet in diameter,and eight smaller boilers placed over the reheating turnaces. Lake Superior copper is used exclusively in the manufacture ofsheet copper and print rollers, and only the best materials areemployed in the manufacture of all goods. This copper
New Bedford, Massachusetts; its history, industries, institutions and attractions . to theriver, a distance of about three hundred fifty feet. It is proposedto fill in to the channel, a distance of about one hundred fifty feetfarther. The mill is equipped with an engine of three hundredhorse power, one boiler twenty-six feet long and seven feet in diameter,and eight smaller boilers placed over the reheating turnaces. Lake Superior copper is used exclusively in the manufacture ofsheet copper and print rollers, and only the best materials areemployed in the manufacture of all goods. This copper is regardedas the best produced in tiie w^orld, and it reaches the factory in cakesweighing about two hundred pounds each. Yellow metal is a mix-ture of sixty parts copper and forty parts zinc spelter and in its man-ufacture five melting and nine refining furnaces are used. There arehuge rollers of tremendous strength, through which the metal isrolled, and the print rollers are turned in lathes, built expressly for the. INDUSTRIAL AND FINANCIAL. 253 purpose. There are only two manufactories in the country whereprint rollers are manufactured and the works in this city take the leadin this industry. The company makes a specialty of Muntz yellowmetal bolts for piston rods for marine engines, and has lately goneinto the manufacture of solder irons, with most satisfactory results. The number of hands employed is about one hundred, and theofficers of the company are as follows : President — Gilbert Allen. Treasurer and general manager — William H. Mathews. Directors — Gilbert Allen, William J. Rotch, Edward D. Man-dell, Charles W. Cliftbrd, George R. Phillips, Humphrey W. Seabury,and Frederick S. Allen. To the Morse Twist Drill & Machine Company belongs theunusual distinction of having founded an entirely new industry. Itwas in 1861 that Samuel A. Morse conceived the idea of the manu-facture of his famous drill, and he started an experimental shop atEast Bridgewater. The old ta
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