Litchfield enquirer., 1845-10-02
Correspondence of the N. H. Palladium.

CoLEBRooK, Sept. g, 1s45.
 Nessrs. Edtors:-Having for the present left the principle manufacturing places of this region, you will receive this from place rather more az ricultura Colebrook is divided into two princi- pal places of business, viz. Co!ebrook Centre and Colcbrook River, which some four miles dis tant from each other, although parts of the same town. The fields in this part of the State do not appear so parched and dried up, little farther South, and crops generally have much more thrilty appearance. The streams have less water than for many previous years. and what factories there are have but very meagre quantity for use. I have seen factories entre y stopped for want oi water although the cases few and far between. The farms are large and well cultivS ied and large daries are no uncommon thing 10 be met with in this neighborhood Many of the dairy proprietors take the products of their daf!eS 10 other places for market, while many dispose oi t..Nm 'o tne merchants in the place. There are bat two aeaI- CTS at Coehrook Centre. These are Darlington x Brother, and MT, Hoyt The Messrs. Darlington send away some lO0 tons per annnm of bu; CT and cheese, and receive about 2) tons per annum of other freight. besides some 5)0 bls flour. MT. Hoyt is farmer, but deals considerably in the products of the dairy. He sends away some thirty tons of cheese per annum. Messrs. Phillips S Lawrence formerly did considerable bushes, but are winding up. MT. Sage, tanner. does most of his business with Hartford. His transport Is some 90 tons per annum.
 I. Marvin and Mir. Phelps, farmers, each do con- siderable in their line of business. Most of the freight business of Colehrook Centre IS Wa the Housatonic Road
 Coebrook River is quite village, upon stream of that name which empties itself into the Farm ington, and is some IS miles west of north from Collinsyie. The products of the dairy do not find S, large purchasers at Colebrook Centre.
 Mir. D. Dwolf, merchant, transports some 25O tons per annam, mostly via Hartford and Avon- About 75 tons of cheese per annum in his business in this line.
 D Mills, merchant, transports some 75 tons per annum, mostly from Hartford.
 Charles Sawyer, clock maker and lumber man, sends about 1000 feet of hemlock lumber to New Haven, (via Canal.) Canton and other places for market, and about II 900 clock cases to Plymouth and Bristol He manufactures some l3,OOO clock cases per annum
 E. & H. A. Bills, clock makers, although in this village, belong to Massachusetts, the State line run ming some 200 feet below their factory. They are very particular to let all passersby know that they belong to the democracy, they choose to call the Polk party, having all sorts of placards posted and nailed up, both within and without their factory. They make some 500 cases and about the same number of finished clocks, which they send to Hartford. They receive some 100000 feet of lum- Der from Otis and it's neighborhood, and have about g tons of other freight per annum. H. & E Par- sons tanners, have abcnt 40 ions of freight per an- nun, mostly with Hartford. Their establishment is on the State line half being in Massachusetts, the other half in Connecticut. The business of Colebrook will all centre in New Haven the mo- ment the proposed road be finished. Although not now large, there is room for improvement The Cole5rook River is beautiful water fall for most of its length and affords some as good sites as can he found in the State. At present. not fifteenth of the power of the village Is occupied. The oc- cupancy of this. with such other business as may centre here upon the completion of the road, ,'.ll , add no small amount to the business of New Ha- ven. Yours, W.