INDUSTRIAL AMERICA.

Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 107, 22 August 1902, Page 4

INDUSTRIAL AMERICA.

Much K^o^Q-c date inethpd*., of; t . u ito&ftetiy ■. A who spent a ,day?ji'scgntiy... inyeqe -dofi Carnegie’** _y,9rfis, gqpfesse?>, that he saw filledhin? .W&fr ,#&)$&&&»#&*.«'. a I have seen steel handled as X npjsfer, saw it hanrllqcl before* (he. write*?),>■ though I dmvep yjsitpdLmapy/ EfogJiah steel plants. • The pnqipEvnu.i,ingotst«iTp;j m >ved hy niaejiiiiei’j/tbat. aim ?»& seems - alive, and ~tjhe uiac i hines. ; .aire' d»*i,v:eo j principally, by electricity.,, < ,Xb.eoirigqb*< are removed, frojpa the, fvu*<naee,, earned ? t> the rolltq {shined .-frfeJm? 9 J : - to ruU,-;[ itarried bacJ&, repl/u e l jiu, the futrjm'ce f >r reheating,;, brought out,; - rolled again, cut into lengths, and; never once handled. Fig fingers and thumbs lift Tflirim frotii 'the' fdi'n'acesj quick i uniiing i! 4flectrici '(iarriaghs deceive them arid'.take*'lbherii t-» tfie'ajjM' j ointed place.' tmrir thenrt over and push’ tbeiri gently into p-isitioiV'' Eurnaee doOrS’ dpeti/ to; riri'able the" ‘iri- • gots ti he removed J' H u rt'' ‘ the h clrtsel’ again. The 1 great fingers findthuirtbs, after their work, dip^■'• tire iri Selves'*To 4 water to cool, as a man might his fingers into a finger bond, and rill is con-' trolled by twtibr three iheii with levers and switches! 1 ‘ s io, > , A new plaifit has Just been erected over there for st'efel rails,; ; ‘in 1 'which, f -urn the placing of the ore in tkei blast : ,u naves to-cfie ! phefeirig of- the finished «r,eei, no mail haildles anything. Ami vet they have no ‘‘practical''’ 1 ”' men there--- only college graduates men who g ) Straight-'i'nt. einployment ir.an tiie technical college. “Wlieri I \ s ted this Ua'rri'iegie steel'works,”' the c a-resp indent gees on t » Say, “I found a young maiu acting fcertiporarity as assistant mafiager iri thik’ large plant whose traiuitig'had been' I—wiirit 1 —wiirit i Five years’ apprenticeship id' tlie shops ? No such thing ;only five 1 yeai l Sag'o he corti•pleted his course of traihirig at Coftiuiiy bia University, arid it is td inert of this stamp that the capitalists of America trust., and rightly triuSt, the Control of their vast enterprises.” Not long ago one of the le?d rig engineering firms in the United States setit the following message to the President of 1 Cornell University : -“We want all the senior students in 3 r oiu engineering school.”'

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Jeffries U a iiative of Ohio, in vyhich State he was boi'p twenty seven years . ago. : 1 s ; 1 ., . . v ,; , 'i Fitzsimmons (now a uatumlised Ainer can citizen) first saw the Igi t. at E -t )H, Uprli wall, Englanyl, in 1 H 62., a little over forty yeaiy; ago. , ;

SUARKEY AND RUULIN. ; 'Perhaps the most important contest .ever; fought in England by big,men. next to the one decided ten years' ago.at tlie National' Spo ting Club hdtweee the- late Peter JacKsori and the■ Australian,■ l'r.ank Sl-avin, was' Va'diight off. on 2yfh, j.une, nr ‘he Imiloinzar Co vent Gardens, vvhere Tom Shirkey. o. Iresand, ancVCriis RtiHiin, of OliiO, U.S-A., en.nayt'd irt a t'dihes: imited to' ’ fifteen rounds. It is , purely a matter of opinion, observes the -Daily. Telegraph,” ' as to 'whether these men-could be considered in tiie 'Same class as lie t wo celebrities men ioned. i! ’ •’ Disrobijii?, the gloves were .quickly adfiistdd, an’d then tiie. twp, stood up for what proved'to be a stern and dogged battle. Ruhliu’s advantage in height was most marked, bpt he appeared nothing nearly so ; as o.uarkey, on vvnom the in isclesbtilged out as op. ,a strong mam Thp. chest developrne.nt and general appearance . ; of the sailor, sturdy and'powerful was,, in- , deed, the source of geheitircomment, yet* face to lace iwitli liis, gigantic opponen Sharkey’s task appeared almost more than heavy'. " That ,Sharkey had no doubt as to the result was! f?hown t>jf his srniie and the confident in which he thumped away right and left at the I4st. in front of him. Putting every ouiice, he possessedunto. his blows; Sharkey begin in in >st promising style. > Auer an even exchange of iliows, • h’f deliyered a tremendous right 'bn the ng -k oi kiniliiU vvuo, despite his-buik,; was . sent i-eelihg to, the ropes. ; , Sharkey - sh< o c ttie 'big m.ip, but Ruhlin fpr a time , wa i. quick enough to make some use ot the ring* . .Recovering hiiriself, lie shot'a‘hard led " hi Simrkd v's ; month, but this | only s ‘T e 1 to m ik : the last named more >vi,ci•ou , : and, -evidently de ermined to. do | or' die*, he fairly f irced Ruhlin round the ring.' •.Alreadv at, the end ol two minutes the rnen vverli blowing hard, wi h Ruhlin looking s ' serious arid Sharkey desperately in earnest ■'Prillinghimself together, Sharkey went for ;h s man aga n. < Rtihlth tried to keep hirti at! bay. jbut Sl.l erkey \vbukl not be stalled off, a uk a.ni laapt of.exciteinent, he. neatly ' 'other dovyri with a .tearful swinging 'righthander. The blow landed ; , m ; tLie ;ire<L'U ldrid it Cbmii : iri contact with the, point, ot*tue jaw, a different lesud might have b Ruhlin got onto! dangei. blit only fora while, and Sharkey, ■ goitig id aga/n witii all his pmver, felled : h'Vs man * to one Knee with a 10. her crushing ; j 01 ton the side oi .thel mead. It aimos l ; l Sharkeys byht .at This: stage, bu Ruhl n was served by his. cleverness

though;j|e was in some distiriEfefe! the There was joy Jn the SharimnMA i h V’ e^^co» l 7 caiitfdfiy, arid*not tri ! <hiS’ 'fibad. J #h’rt • secdrtdroundfeaw .Sharkely. trying hishardM j qst 4:o : follpw up the advantage he> had, • , PP • f he yjpp ; giyen him, declined to rmx.it; and, rnakuig 1 use bf his long J rertch, y he began / prodding ' ! tfb« sailor as, the latter 'resumed- his rush-! mg,. .TJpxing.Jn.the rfipst dogged and' P e, r 'enbrM fo geTiriside'lrts opf/onents'guaVd, Thferfe’was a gobd deal dfriblding, arid 1 Repeated iWarnings;camjefrona the.reteree, Mri Apgle;. Slovvly .and; surely Ruhlin ,j to the rrteasure of his r map, kept thpmping away, blit tiie dther'inau v was '‘the quicker, and thotfgh liis blurts 1 vgere not? so . severe, arid powerful i risi ourt might have expected, Shaykey added to the sting by the, way in whicfifie.ran in.,- Nothing corild have bfeefi finer than ,nis display of bull 4bgi pUikk and rdsbPutibrL Ulsp6wer,'however! began (to leave ihiin id the. :sixth round, and ! Rrihfip>;..bringing,;all, his,. weight to bear, had the jailor beaten jn the eleventh rotirid. Here - whs upset* five times, and tlrorigh all but hclplesrt; he fetaySedfto the ! hound of the- gong. : Tfie (game felloxy vyanted, apotfier fry, but bis seconds ,decided t add witfi,' 'Ryan tHrbwirfg’Vip th l e Rijhrih was' 1 hrtiled fhe winner of f he'rubbriV. ••■* -* ! £*; ■; ;i- 5 ! O '•!:! j.,..;- !

Height ; i.. j-ileck . ' 5 ft iVfin ...' 15ft*’ 1 6ft 1 Jin , 1 ' t8in Chest ... 1 •> ..t ‘4‘iiniit ,, ' inflated ~ 44>P ; ' ; 48in Biceps •• : t -. ii‘|in . t6in Firearm. .. 13 Jin Wrist ... ;t . .. 6Jin ' 1 7t u1 Thigh ... if 2.oin 26in Calf . •• , i7?m ; ’Reach .. • 75a 11 ) -i 76 Jin Weight.... : 12St 4lb i5st,,