The New York herald., 1845-10-23
HAKrroRp, Oct. ls, 1915.

Haven Canal Railroad and ito Water PoUer-New Iron
Works-Water Povsr at Windsor Locks &C., Se
Yankee Hill has just given some Of his peculiarly
favorite limitations of Yankee and Irish genuses with
touches Of his own ideas. He had perfect jam OF
house and will do we'll "to cali again. The applause
with which his performances received was
bounded.
The New York and Hartford Railroad, via Danbury
project is neither asleep dead Tho engineers arc
fast perfsctng their report which will be ready in
about three weeks Statistics Of the rsighng and pas
senger business the line OF the road in rapid cours
Of collection. which. judging from those already re-
ceived, will astonsh all from their vsstnsss.
Z Our Nswhaven neighbors raising considerable
dust and Use about building railroad the bank of
the Pennington Canal to Colinsville-estimated ex-
pese S6o00 00o They talk of turning the banks OF the
canal into water pfvilsges-e to lofeet ia-and hud
water and what heavy manufacturing establishments
will they propel with six fall The water that now
supplies their canal from Farmiugton down is taken by
mere suh'ance from the forAvilIe manufacture And
for several weeks this the canal dry. And
from the great crop Of hay annually cut on the tow path
the public will keep ther hngers out OF the fire. But
tho Newhaveners probably Intend to make a show OF
raising the wind in the that their Speaker Board
eoquenty and dspassionaely portrayed before
late Legislature, ofthe bunting hooking pokng and
street, whilst speaking against the New York and Hart
ford Railroad charter Nous rerrons.
Windsor Locks six miles north of this city, is now
growing with great rapidy. II ia here that Persse and
which makes paper for the Ns,c York Herald the pa
Dexter in full operation. The Messrs. Haydens here
manufacture silk Slate and Brown have here
largest class machine shops whore nearly one hundred
men find constant employ ment The Messr Converse
finishing several tons Of castings daily in their
foun'r A new rife factory, extensive scale, has
just been erected and will soon be in full operation
The saw mill here is drvidg stiff business night and
day. But the monster rolling mill and iron oIks
Of the Messrs Ripley Co. OF this city, the most
attractive and heavy in this section They have
been built since last june The main building is so feet
square. There four furnaces for btuminous COAL
and two furnaces for anthracite coa two of which will
be used for padding two for seraping and two for heat
will turn out daily some I5 tons Of iron, in various
shapes. Tho most approved machinery is here inrodu
small rounds squares, scrolls, and all sizes of shapes
plates and rods Three large pairs OF shearsa Sitting
shatting, here be The improved French
bins water wheel used and receives the water under
nearly 20 tons. The power from the canal so steady
uniform and powerful that when the machinery is all
thing going on like clock work These works have all
been erected under the personal superntendancs Of
Philip Ripley, Esq. of this city who is worth to
the interests and prosperity OF city and State than
one hundred men who live here by oaning their money
on bond and mortgage in New York State because
they get per cent instead of investing here
featuring mechanical mercantile business in the city
vcinity-men who devote their leisure in petty and
contemplate intrgues for political preferments re-
outweigh leo of these bondedout- the State money
lenders he producing and adding to the wealth
Of the city and State and furnishing labor to 80
heads of families es-consequenty furnishing of
support for l50 to 400 giving
vessels towboats and railroads immense amount Of
freght-all Of which makes ready and certain market
for the farmers produce, and decreases taxation by
thus swelling the amount taxable Who would not
Their be such man. than to be possessed of all the eem
macy intrigue laziness and enn of these bonded
ney lenders have chapter inreserve for these gen.
try.
The water power above referred to- the greatest in
New England commanding, as it can by their charter,
the entire In Connecticut river Il is six miles in
length and its entire length gives fall OF 90 to 35 feet
For about two months in the spring of the year. vessels
factories the bank of this canal; and during
naming part of the navigabe season. lighters receive
and discharge tor this nj place at Hartford 4, all
three to four daily trains of cars along the western
bank Ia OF Which they run n deRGt is here HAD the
the two been President Of this Canal Cor
poration at his election been adopted, at this pre-
sent tme two large cotton factories, each with lO0
900 spindes, would now have been in operation
its banks But the same niggardly and overbear.
away the Chicopee Falls Corporation several
manufacturing establishments, from this nexhaustible
ton factories elsewhere! Although Mr. r. does not We,
receive from the board that carte blanche which he de
serves in leasing he1waer privileges still with the old
llibeal policy. IN measure, hanging like milestone
aooat his neck he working wonders at the locks Be-
sides these sundry new manufacturing establishments,
there twenty dwellings being erected
But IN Hartford regret TO say ten times that number
are empty.
Some Of the Hartford and New Haven papers have
started story that the goudispeng -4-cents-ami'e
Hat rail the Hartford and New Haven road is to he
iaid with L rail 1t is all gammon 1t has been
nuiactured from the fact that rods of rails below
Hartford have been re-lad with the rail- and the fat
used tor side track for dirt carts which to get
dirt which is Used in filling up the sides OF the road
The II. and N. II and s. Railroad Corporation have
wisely commenced the erection 0i machine shop build
ing in this city, to which thirty forty hans
to be removed from New Haven, and employed by the
company in this city Here is the place Tor their machi
merry repairs, being nearly midway between the
ends OF their road Our New Haven friends grum-
ble but it can't be helped the good Of pub
lic" and for the interests of tue company" Besides,
for the goose is for the gander thus
New Haveners get paid for their desperate exeons to
have the Springfield road unite some two miles West OF
Hartord entering Hartford By horse branch ad "
running the into city, and for their long and
peaed trials to remove the Offices and direction OF the
company TO New Haven.
The tempe olEs have carried nearly two hundred
out of the wohundred and fifteen towns in this State at
the recent Commissioners eccton-the liberals have
elected in less than thirty towns Now, temperance |
gentlemen, you who have been clamorous for a tenn
threats that you would form temperance political party
next springprior TO the passage OF this law If it
not passed-Is now let you shut up the hotels
taverns grog shops &C. II you can and dare The law
has given the pow to do it, and let us
exercise that power dodging-no skulking-and
sneakng, If you please
HOLMES Hole, MARTHAs VINEYARD Oct 81, lsl5.
The Tisu Of The Monster Curious Circumstances &c.
Thinking, perhaps, that some circumstances con-
neced with tho late visit sf necessity made by that
wonderful ship tho Great Britain disturbing the quiet
waters of this little bay may bo Of interest this
late hour, have presumed to relate occurrence,
which until now, has created surprise thought,
regarding it.
The exciting topics Of our country's veal woe,
lose much Of their force and interest by the lapse OF
lime in reaching unless perchance Herald fines its
way, (as usuai) far in the van of other news.
Now it happened thus, that the night that this same
great steamer sought refuge here forsocth one the
Natives" padded his canoe 10 shore, landag at
New Bedford before day (some thirty mile from there
taking the early train Of for Boston But why such
haste Is not for me to say, unless il deliver at
Boston, before the possibility Of receiving by other
means, a Utimsr and SIN tbs Times, with other docu
nents, sent by the gallant Captain to some person or
persons there,
Now whether this same "natives was hired and paid
70 make tins speedy journey, whether his doing
,ould be benefit in any wal to English specu ators
not knowing cannot tell Neither did the iact which
have known for some time, suggest the ti aghts
which have arisen since hearing elopmt nts OF
,ther circumstances connected with this steamer stop