Calvert High School - Calvertana Yearbook (Tiffin, OH)

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, 'I 121711 Ajax ll , Ju ee 1' . W F l, 5, all' 'fi W1 l '31 I i V, ,l W . i, . N.. 1 ki 1 5 it . s I .-MFA. .,-. f fP47c'f igid' . el 'I F4 flag I Il. I .i5lU??ff3iT5E STANDARD SANITARY MANUFACTURING COMPANY Established ,,,,,,,,..,,,,.... . .........,,,,,,.,,,..,,......,.,,,.....,,,,,,.,,,,.A,,.,,..,.... .. ....,,,,,,.,,,,,,,..,.........,.,. 18 89 Chief Products ....,.,,,.,,, ,,,.,,., P lumbers' vitreous china Average Employment t,,,, ,,,..,,,,,,,A,, , ,,,,,........,,,,,.,,,.,,.,.... N500 machines. To the uninitiated, it seems nothing short of magical to see metal wrought into such strange and intricate shapes. It was quite fascinating to Watch plain steel enter the machines and emerge full-grown rivets, nails and bolts. Here we were also given our first glimpse of the making of blueprints. observing besides the process, the care with which the original drawings and the blueprints are kept in a vault surrounded by a five-foot Wall. Our next stopping-place was the Webster Manufacturing Company, where in the foundry, We had the opportunity to see the pouring of malleable and cast iron into sand molds. What a Wonderful sight! Men, carrying molten iron in buckets like Water, were fashioning it into any shape they desired. In another part of the factory we were shown a large mining machine in operation. This machine is becoming one of the main products of the Webster plant. We were surely receiving a surfeit of novel and interesting experiences for the object of our next excursion was the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company. It is the largest pottery of its kind in the World, We saw sanitary accessories of all kinds in the making and after they had received finishing touches. It seemed almost inconceivable that so much care and trouble could go into the articles which we use so casually. In this factory, we first became acquainted with plaster of Paris molds. I ml' 'I : K' lk I ' M 'T aff Page twenty-f r I I ' T . 5 'fri' ' N yi' Aa-fe: I

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l NATIONAL MACHINERY COMPANY Transferred to Tiffin from Cleveland , .. .,.,, ,,,,,. ,,,.. , . ,,,, .,,,.,,,, ..,,,,,.. . . , ,,,,,.,, ...............l882 Chief Products , ,,,,,,,,,,,,,A, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, F orging machines: bolt, nut, wire, and nail machinery Average Employment ,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , ,, ....,,,a . ,..,,. . ,.,,. ,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,, ,,,,, . ..v.,... . .,..... . t......200 The day on which we visited the Monarch Manufacturing Company, our first stopping place, found us all in a fever of anticipation. Arriving at the factory, we were met by guides who directed us through the departments ex- plaining the processes and answering our questions very courteously-unintelli- gent as some of them doubtlessly sounded. We learned all the different steps through which our mothers' ironing boards, mopsticks, and washboards must go before they are capable of doing duty. To everyone's delight it was reported that our next trip should be to the f l United States Glass Company. Possibly the most picturesque feature of the i, plant is the blowing room. We stood entranced at the marvelous shapes being l formed so skillfully. After the glass leaves this department, it is cooled in the ii annealing oven, selected and finished in the grinding room, and then taken to the decorating section to be cut, needle-etched, plate-etched, or gold-encrusted. Since we had etched glass in our chemistry experiments, we enjoyed seeing it l f done on a large scale. The chemist of the factory very kindly gave us a few E minutes of his time to explain the mixing of ingredients for different kinds of i glass as well as the additions made to the basic mixtures for colored glass. . i 1- -- Let.. ' . For our embryo mechanics, a never-to-be-forgotten visit was that made to jig-H i the National Machine Company. The factory's main product is forging , Tilyl' P -i H I i .J 'YL' lj? ir , .,, e QV' 'l ' wr I mwgmm n 5, Y Y rw I, Y-mv mlm' L' ln. 1.1, 'irtrzzw -iz-4' ' ' i 4 r -G j,Qi1r1'iQq5w,3,r

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6 c.TfRgT8'2!,,,e .-fix ,N N f 7731131 . e . A ' AF Lana, ., iii LQQN x gvkw fv'wfX-vxf 4 , A i 1 i A t 1 i 1 v 5 I I 1 l STERLING GRINDING WHEEL COMPANY Transferred to Tiffin from Sterling, Mass. ,,,,.,,,,,,,,,. Y,,,,,,,....,,........,,A....,....,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, l 890 Chief Products ....A,...,....,, ,,,,, ,,,,,,, . ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,, . G rinding wheels and grinding machinery Average Employment ,...., .,,, , .. .. .. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,......,,,. ,,,. . ...,........ll0 Very interesting as well as very educational was our visit to the Tiflin Art Metal Company. The chief aim of this company is to provide the building l trade with the most durable sheet metal materials that can be constructed. We , feel sure that after the clear explanation we received, none of us will err in our selection of roofing plates, furnace accessories, art metal ceilings or eaves troughs i r for our future homes. A recent development of this plant is an all-metal bill- , 1 itil b i i board. 'S Y i i i iiimli viii l Concluding our survey, we visited the Hanson Clutch Company, the Tiflin , l iw, l Manufacturing Company, and the Sterling Grinding Wheel Company. At these p l ,Iliff A s factories we watched the different processes in the making of clutches, delved' 3? Vi i deep into the mysteries of mold preparation and observed the various steps in the 1 ll , l l l building of church furniture. A specialty of the Sterling Grinding Wheel Com- l i l . wi f l ll. 5 pany is the more scientific grinding wheel which has replaced the old-fashioned ly if A , ' emery wheel. lt was hard to realize that grinding wheels could serve so many li ll ll 7 -.- V p purposes. At the Hanson Company the class also witnessed a demonstration of ll i ill, 5 . TVA' tf the new Hanson excavator. ,ill , 'Q Q W L, J' .1.Lt.:V:.- l In order that our survey might be of even reater value, Doctor Galla her F-Q11.,Qlf'. ' 'l A E S .I li addressed a letter to the general managers of the factories. He requested an Q l ll'V E?gf , I . li opportunity to talk over with them certain points which would be of vital A f I ' 5 1 X WV W-Q4 i X . sr toll l P' f riff rv i-rtg:iL-,..,,-,.-- -..-....-,.-..-v,-.- P .f f f W .uvfa ..1 , 4' -'i dn C C if C Cy 'i.f',f:fi Ci' Cf. 'iM 7?Tw7'77 it it - Page lwcnly-Hue ' I Y ' 'v'k' E.. rm I Y XI- , ,l ll r I V , y - Quv-' ' la l V 1 r' f , . , . c , .i I f . , 11 ' 1' 1 r' - ' 'LJ'-. Jima 2-- '- 'YEL fs