Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-11-14
From the Now York Farmer and Mechanic.
TROY MANUFACTURES AND WATER

From the Now York Farmer and Mechanic.
TROY MANUFACTURES AND WATER
POWER.
While having comfortable shower, can do
nothing better than to transcribe a few notes of
what have seen Of this city. ! shall not speak
of the elevated rank the inhabitants hold in en-.
tcrprise, intelligence and morals, but simply
give few facts in relation to business
Mount Ida is distinguished for the beauty and
richness of the prospect it affords, and for the
successful manufactures on the adjacent
streams. On the upper site of Mr. Marshall's
celebrated water power is
MR. EDWARD RooME's SNUFF MILL AND TOBACCO
AND CIGAR MANDATORY,
a brick building of four stories, 1i0 by 40 feet,
with outbudngs aud enclosed sheds for to-
bacco in bulk. is in full operation, with l6 muls
or mor;ars, producing over 100000 lbs. annu>
ally, OF snuff OF various grades and descrip-
tons. Tob1cco in leaf is here cut by water
power, for chewing and smoking. The tabular
statement exhibits the actual quantity cut du.
ring the past year at about 40 tons Of leaf to.
bacco. The manufacture of cigars is also con.
Quoted here /; qualities ranging from !si to $40
per thousand consuming nearly 10000 lbs OF
tobacco. About twenty persons are engaged at
this branch. The whole establishment of snuff
tobacco and cigars employs between 50 and 100
persons.
The two important striking features TO this
wafer power are-firs it has not yet been stop.
ped by drought, and during the winter the ice
does not modest or retard the work, as the wa.
ter is conveyed from the pond through tunnel
Of 80 feet, through solid rock, TO the Snuff
Mil, and discharged from an ovcrshot wheel of
90 horse power, enclosed in brick building, for
the purpose and not being subject to frost,
renders it power every way desirable. From
the Snuff Mi of Mr. Roome, the water passes
through another excavation to the cotton facto-
ny of Mr. Marshall thence to the screw facto.
~, &c. below.
The stove interest has attracted my atten-
ton. There are five Furnaces in Troy one
in West Troy, Alessrs johnson, Geer e. Co. get
out 12,000 John Morrison, 5000 N. Star
buck d. Son, 5000; Wager g. Dater, about
5000; Atwood, Cole g. Crane, 1000 p Low
g. Co, about 5000, cast at Choar e. jones,
West Troy. Thus you see, nearly $4,000
stoves have been manufactured in West Troy.
Messrs Ripley g. Simmons have patented
very useful invention for taking off iron pat.
terms. 1t is by first taking plaster cast, and
then filing in dry sand over paint to the thick.
ness wanted, which forms the back or cope OF
the pattern, Qhe thickness Of sand in moulding
fills the space wantej,) and when added to the
face, of the pattern moulded smooth, gives an
evenness of plate which has never been attain
ed in any other way.
Messrs Eaton g. Gilbert, Coach Manulactu.
rers, employ about one hundred men, and the
| establishment is well worth visiting. Messrs
Bissett d. Lawn, and several others, are doing
, a good business, and get out as fine carriages as
man need ride in
Mr. A. Backus is getting out several organs,
| for different churches, at his establishment,
which will compare with the best in any coun-
try in sweetness OF tone or style of workman
ship.
Mcssrs Rand & Kcndrck, at their Tannery,
in South Troy, have in operation one of How
ellis patent Tanning Wheels, of sufficient size
and strength to carry one thousand SIDES of
leather 1t is worked by steam. 1t works well,
and is great saving in labor, and as it tsns
quick, must make a great saving of interest Of
capital. They steep their bark by means OF
steam, conducted into the watts, but use no hot
liquor, have it only about blood heat, and
| mostly cold They say that hides may be tll.
ned in about twen'y-four or thirty days, if the
wheel be kept turning, in good liquor, day and
night. They just sold but in Boston, tanned
in this manner, which brought the first PRICE
The wheel is l6 feet long, and 10 IL in dame.
ter.
| hardly need mention the Iron Works of Mr.
j. +. Wnslow, or the Troy Works of Mr. Bar.
den. Each establishment works about 5000
tons Of iron into nails, spikes, bolts, elliptic
springs, &c. &c, each having nearly forty nail
machines and ten or twelve spike and bolt
do.
One pare | would net have stranger in
Troy glect to go TO vsit-Mr B. Marshal's
works, and see what small stream can be
made to DO under the control OF Trojan. The
upper dam is some 100 feet above the lower
race, and forms reservoir for dry season. A
little lower down is another dam, from which
the water is conducted in cylinder aqneduct
to large Snuff Mil, occupied by Mr. Roome
| at which mill is manufactured into snuff cigars
and cut tobacco, about 200 tons yearly; and
thence TO cotton null, occupied by Mr. Mar
shall, with one hundred looms, and other ma
1 chuery to correspond, at which mill is in pro.
cess Of manufacture, under the management n
Mr. Peacock, some of the fabrics Of our coun.
try Z; cotton and linen stripes and checks, fol
both men and women's wear, also s!irings o
the best quality. Mr. Marshall is about erect.
ing hleachery, as | understand. Just below
the cotton mi l are two uuoccupied mill seats
aAi next n, now building, and almost ready ful
| lis machinery, large building - be occupied
for the manufacture of screws and slil, belpW
is the old cotton mill thus, bv a little fore.
thought and expense, small stream, only large
enough TO carry one mill, is So disposed of as +,
make six good privileges. and the same walel
that turns one wheel may turn the whole
Messrs. lloyt g. Peak manufacture from l5,'
900 10 10000 yards of India Rubber Cloth year
ly. 1t is of good quality, and finds ready mar
ket. Mr. H. man, who manufactures the razor
strops sod by Mr. Smith, all over the country
has ga few more left"
In west Troy are two steam mills, one owned
BY Mr. Richards, and one by Messrs Rosseau 6
Elson, which do a heavy business.
Mr. Meueeley's Bell Foundry, at west Troy
no stranger should omit visiting. lie may there
see the finest specimens of bell casting that car
be boosted Of. The bell for the New Yorl
FIRE Department is a good casting-shape ant
tone goud-weigls -four tons Mr. Meneeley
very justly deserves the reputation he enjoys
for bringing his profession to such perfection. -
At the Arsenal all is hurry and hustle hot en-
actly confusion, but active labor in preparing
munitions OF war for Texas. Already has beer
shipped two boat loads, consisting OF carriages
guns, and about five hundred boxes of cartridges
Twenty hands are now steadily employed max
ing cartridges, and large number OF womel
making cartridge bags, and several hands cast
ing musket balls. Qaery-May not Texas Tar
us rather too high yet
Messrs. Cholar ~ Jones are casting heavy
wheels for Cncle sam, and soon expect to do
ltlp in the wav of shells and halls Moser.