﻿Black 
  well's 
  Factory. 
  107 
  

  

  A 
  nailing 
  machine, 
  by 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  man 
  will 
  nail 
  

   1,000 
  boxes 
  a 
  da}', 
  is 
  employed. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  Pease 
  To- 
  

   bacco 
  Cutters 
  that 
  make 
  1,400 
  revolutions 
  a 
  minute, 
  with 
  

   twenty 
  Granulating 
  Tobacco 
  Cutters, 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  best. 
  There 
  

   are 
  also 
  Separators 
  and 
  Bolters 
  used, 
  similar 
  to 
  flour 
  mills, 
  

   with 
  drying 
  rooms 
  on 
  each 
  floor, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  85x40 
  feet, 
  

   in 
  which 
  hundreds 
  of 
  trays 
  are 
  used. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  

   everything 
  that 
  enters 
  into 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  tobacco 
  is 
  

   of 
  the 
  very 
  best 
  and 
  bought 
  solely 
  with 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  enhan- 
  

   cing 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  bull 
  brand 
  of 
  tobacco. 
  The 
  room 
  

   devoted 
  to 
  the 
  packing 
  department 
  contains 
  seventeen 
  

   presses, 
  worked 
  by 
  five 
  hands 
  to 
  a 
  machine, 
  which 
  produce 
  

   7,200 
  bags 
  each 
  a 
  day. 
  They 
  are 
  run 
  by 
  steam, 
  and 
  are 
  the 
  

   invention 
  of 
  a 
  Durhamite, 
  and 
  considered 
  the 
  most 
  complete 
  

   ever 
  invented. 
  They 
  certainly 
  do 
  the 
  work 
  most 
  expedi- 
  

   tiously. 
  Every 
  package 
  of 
  tobacco 
  or 
  cigarettes 
  is 
  carefully 
  

   inspected, 
  and 
  nothing 
  leaves 
  the 
  factory 
  of 
  a 
  poor 
  quality 
  

   or 
  condition, 
  hence 
  its 
  wonderful 
  reputation. 
  

  

  An 
  interesting 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  business 
  is 
  the 
  great 
  artesian 
  

   well, 
  which 
  is 
  1,750 
  feet 
  deep. 
  The 
  object 
  in 
  view 
  in 
  boring 
  

   out 
  this 
  subterraneous 
  passage 
  is 
  to 
  strike 
  sea 
  level, 
  in 
  order 
  

   to 
  secure 
  a 
  more 
  bountiful 
  suppl}'' 
  of 
  water, 
  the 
  ordinary 
  

   wells 
  being 
  inadequate 
  to 
  furnish 
  the 
  necessary 
  supply 
  du- 
  

   ring 
  the 
  summer 
  months. 
  The 
  company 
  are 
  often 
  compelled 
  

   to 
  haul 
  water, 
  at 
  considerable 
  expense, 
  from 
  other 
  localities. 
  

   The 
  engines 
  and 
  boilers 
  are 
  first-class 
  and 
  of 
  large 
  size. 
  

   There 
  are 
  two 
  elevators 
  in 
  the 
  factory. 
  The 
  heating, 
  lighting 
  

   and 
  ventilating 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  premises 
  are, 
  as 
  may 
  

   readily 
  be 
  imagined, 
  as 
  perfect 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  make 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  company 
  uses 
  two 
  barrels 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  New 
  England 
  

   rum, 
  or 
  eighty 
  gallons 
  a 
  day, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  tonka 
  bean 
  

   and 
  other 
  aromatics, 
  the 
  secret 
  of 
  their 
  preparation 
  being 
  

   known 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  firm. 
  The 
  aroma 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  bull 
  

   Durham 
  flavor 
  is 
  thus 
  preserved, 
  that 
  probably 
  other 
  manu- 
  

   facturers 
  would 
  give 
  thousands 
  of 
  dollars 
  to 
  learn. 
  The 
  

   cigarette 
  department 
  is 
  unable 
  to 
  keep 
  up 
  with 
  orders, 
  owing 
  

   to 
  the 
  difficulty 
  of 
  procuring 
  the 
  right 
  kind 
  of 
  labor. 
  Ail 
  

   such 
  now 
  employed 
  in 
  this 
  department 
  were 
  educated 
  by 
  

   the 
  firm 
  ; 
  and 
  they 
  produce 
  what 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Durham 
  

   cigarette, 
  nicely 
  put 
  up 
  and 
  in 
  great 
  demand. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  rear 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  left 
  wine:, 
  on 
  the 
  fourth 
  floor, 
  is 
  a 
  

   drying 
  room 
  with 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  40,000 
  pounds. 
  In 
  this 
  

   compartment 
  this 
  large 
  quantity 
  may 
  be 
  dried 
  iu 
  a 
  few 
  

  

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