The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-09-26

HITTsBuRGH.
We feel peculiar pleasure in taking this has
ty glance, at our rising manufactures, whose IN
crease and success we sincerely pray for, believ-
ing 1t the surest and most solid basis on which
our country can rest its future independence and
b sppiness not throwing out of view, by any
means, the culture of forests, and the reuui-
site improvements in agriculture for these, with
manufactures, like man and wife, must go hand
an hand. Let the agriculturst and nsnufactu-
aer, therefore, join hands, and bid the jarring
world defiance Let them sit down together un.
der their own vine and Zig tree, and enjoy the
fruits of their honest labors whilst the mad.
dened nations Of Europe, are destroying each O.
Their, and spreading death and desoaton over
some OF the fairest portions of the globe.
We should like to have taken a more extended
view of the manufactures of the western coun-
try, bad our information been adequate, or the
contracted nature of our limits permitted We
must content ourselves with what follows, and
beg indulgence for any misculculations Or errors
which we may have undesignedly committed {:
Glass Woyks.-Of these we have three in hand
some operation, and the fourth at New Geneva,
50 miles up the Monongahela river. Two of
these IN town, make all Kinds of flint glass, tum-
blers, wine glasses, decanters, &c. to the amount
OF about so, 900 dollars annually. The other two
make green bottles, window glass, &c to the va .
Tue OF, say 10000 dollars annually. Stone or pit
Goals 10 their fuel, which costs five cents per
bushei.
Cotton MiNs-We have two, one works 90, &
the other contemplates working shortly $50 spin
oles. They manufacture cords, chambrays leans.
dimities, checks, tickings, sirthinEs, &C. to the
value OF about 90, 900 dollars annually. The ma
chinerles are set in motion by the power of hor-
ses. Both have wool carding and picking ma
chimes under the same roof There are few
smaller cotton mills through the country, and in.
creasing wool c;rding machines are numerous,
nd thers hu
ton from the Mississippi country, brought to this
place, sells at 20 cents per pound. 1--WE are in
formed that $50 spiDdles are at work in Ship.
pingsburgh, (Pa.) which spin about 8S dozen or
~ lbs. of cotton yarn daily
In Lexington, oxen. there are several cotton
cloth, duck and bagging manufactures, ON large
scales, which, it is said, work up 800 ton of hemp
into bagging annually, besides vast quantities of
fashionable cotton wares. One was erected in
Frankfort but it was unfortunately burnt down,
and has not been rebuilt, notwithstanding the
generous offers made for that purpose, BY The
mechanics and others of the place The one at
Louisville was also consumed, but by the gene
sous exertions of the mechanics of the town, it
has been rebuilt, and is in complete operation a.
gain.
The Legislature should epdeavor to prevent, by
exemplary punishments, the conaagration of es.
tabEshed manufactures.
BRHons-We have mandatory Of white me.
TAI buttons, TO the extent of 40 or so gross per
week, and can be extended. OF the buttons
IN ade at this mandatory, one IF our merchants
tens us, ne expects to sell 1000 gross, in the
course of this year.
bon Grinding 31iH--One has recently got in.
10 operation Tor grinding fiat irons, axes, scythes
cissels, &c and being attached to the air fo,Ir,.
oery, will be considerable saving in the CARR.
age OF heavy articles from the sea ports
Lonnrongery-O Of this there is about IL or S,
Uoo dollars worth made annually, OF chissels,
cl,w.Aamrners, steel yards, shingling hatchets,
drawing knives, cutting knives, shovels, tongs,
hacki@s, giinbets, augers, squares, door handles,
2acKscrews, files, stocklocks, spinning wheel i.
CONS, axes, hoes, chains, kitchen ware, &c
Scythes, sickies and augeis, are made in great
numbers Throughout the country.
From late experiments, it has been found that
Outt hinges and anvs can be made here to advan-
tage. The face of these anvils are cast on thick
cold iron plate, which renders them as hard as
the steel laced anvils, and at less than one third
OF the PRICE OF wrought anvils. They are CAL
ieu stock cast anviis. Our smiths begin to use
them, and highly approve of them. Ingenious G.
well contrived iron bark mills are cast at our air
furnace, Together with large quantities of hollow
ware, mill IRONS, &c. and lately cast 70 tons of
cannon ball for the United States We have seen
handsome small field piece of its casting Bis.
tered and Crowley steel is made at Bedford in
tins state the extension of this manufacture &.
a spa'ie and shovel mandatory ismuch wanted
IN tuis country. W We have seen neat pen
knives made here, and we believe as good and as
cheap us those imported of the same patterns.
NmEs-W We have several manufactures of these
IN town, which make about 500 tons of cut and
wrought nails Of all sizes annually The mann
factare OF nails is considerable Throughout this
country, OHIO and Kentucky
6yIsfe Bits and Stiyrups-A mandatory Of
these has been recently established in town. and
bids fair to do we'll
Tin, COPPER and .Jabanned Wares-We have 6
manufactures briskiy carried on, which are sun.
posed to manufacture wares to the values of n
bout $4,000 dollars worth annually Conner st;lls
avery heavy article in this line, arc made in nun.
bers. Copper and tin wares are manufactured
considerably in Brownsville, Charlestown. &c r.
more or less in Ohio and Kentucky
Wire Weaving-This business is carried on IN
very considerable amount. Sleeves. riddles
screens, &c. could be made, we should suppose
IN sufficient quantities to supply the whole west
ern country Was wire drawn here it wouId lie
attended with many advantages. There is Also
wire weaver at Brownsville.
Class Cutting--This business has been recent
iy established by an ingenious German Oicb-
batiIn) formerly glass cutter to Louis XVI. late
Eng of France. We have seen six light chan.
deier, with prisms Of his cutting, which dine.
credit to the workman, and reflects honor ON orr
country, tor we have reason to believe IL is ,he
hrst ever cut in the United States 1t is su.nen
ded IN the house OF Mr. Kerr, inn-keeper, of this
place. '
Increase Of Veapers---In the wear 1900 there
: were but 5 looms in Pittsburgh in 1907 there
were eighteen, and at this time, 1907 I'VE b.x,
forty-tour. 1t is calculated they weave about
90 oOO yards annually, of lnsey woolscy and cot .