Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-03-08
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proprietor, by the fac, that he is a farmer, or a
merchant, aud bv The sale OF his produce or his
goods, AT an ordinary profit, TO pay his hands
aud Tor his stock and team work he may be re-
nnbnrsed.'
Question. How long have you been engaged
in the business of making bar or bloom iron,
and when did you aba SdOn that business ?
Answer sold out my interest in the estab-
lIshmen. last May. ] was engaged in i, for
about seven years before tha, lime, and, since
then, have ceased 10 be interested in the iron
business.
Question. What description Of iron is that
Of which you speak Is it bIoomery or other
Answer. II is blooInery. have never been
engaged in the furnace business, or in making
refined iron.
Question. What was the worth Of bar iron,
hammered from boons, al your factory
Answer. 1t was generally worth from eighty
to eighty-fve dollars per ton, Of 2.240 pounds,
cash price, less rs cents per ton for taking it
to the rolling mill, which may be considered its
market. II carried twelve miles, it would cost
two dollars per ton.
Question. Into what was your bar iron con-
vered at the rolling MILL
Answer. Most of what rolled was made int o
nail plates, and other manufactures. Some has
been rolled 10 order. The nails have been most
usually sold al the works, for country use say
about two hundred ions per year. Some, how
ever, has been sent 10 New York.
Question. Into what other articles is the iron
of your neghborhood generally manufactured
Answer. Chain links, and bolt iron constitute
| the principal manufacture, and are then sent to
New York.
Question. Is the protection on nails suf-
ficient?
Answer. 1t is quite an ample protection.
Question. How much iron have you usual
ly made in the year'
Answer had but one forge, and usually
made about seventy five tons.
Question. Have you bought iron in your
| neighborhood?
Answer. have bought for company in
New York, during The last season, about sixty
IONS Of the bloom iron, for which I paid from 80
to S5 dollars per ton.
Question. What does it cost purchaser in
New York, when he purchases in your neigh
borhood?
Answer. purchased, last Winter, the bes,
bloom iron at S5 dollars per ton. My COM
mission was two per cent, and the freight
from the mill to New-York was 81 25 per
ton.
Question. Can you form any estimate as to
what quantity Of iron is usually manufa acturcd
in your section Of country?
| Answer. Abour 900 tons are manufactur.
ed in the neighborhOod Of lake Champlain, in
the States ofNew York and Vermont. | speak
Of bar iron before il is converted into other ar
ticlcs.
Question. Have those manufaci ciures incre as
cd or diminished within tho last ten or twelve
years!
Answer. During the late war there were
several very important establishments erected,
and they did we'll. In 1916, and or few years
afterwards, they declined. Within the last two
or three years, they have revived again very
considerably, except two large Establishments,
one at Vergennes, the other called the Eiba
works, which have NOT been revived. Some
new works have been erected.
Question. Do tbs location oC the works, in
regard TO the falicities Of procuring the raw ma
teral, and the means Of manufacturing, affcc,
the value Of the capital employed.
Answer. They do in proportion 10 the price
of Transporting the raw material, fuel, SC.
Question. Are there any furnaces or forges
IN operation in your section ofscounlry, pro.
poed by steam!
Answer. None. They all go by water.
Question. Is il a far average that three
tons Of the ore, in your section Of country, will
make one ton ofTon?
Answer. II is, if the ore be Of the best h ind.
lfIi be inferior, il requires more. but that ad
dhional quantity does not affect the estimate,
because the orc costs less
Question. Is 8 % bushels Of coal the usual
quantity necessary for making ton Of iron.
Answer. IL ~, II the orc he such as Is refer
red to IN The first part of my las, answer. An
our ore @ converted directly into bar iron at the
forge. without the Intervention OF "A furnace.
Question, Is $4,000 o fair estimate for the
water privilege, lot. and dam, aud arc 1000,
dolls in addition. an equivalent for buildings,
forges, &c.s
Answer These are fair est simatos. Such an
establishment, with Two fires aud one f,rpo
hammer, will make rs tons ofIron annually.
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