The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-05-21
EDITORIAL
Troy, N. Y, May ID, 1876,

business statistics which | have gathered
since my arrival, respecting this city, might
interest most readers of the Voice, | accord,
ingly proceed TO give them.
left home on Monday last, and arrived
al Chipman's Point in season for the Fran
els Saltus; went on board and arrived at
Whitehall at half past five, P. M. Lett
there at 6 o'clock in the Packet 81 Nicholas,
c. Copeland, Master, and arrived here on
Tuesday morning, 6 O'Clock. The distance
on this route is 102 miles. Fare, from Chip
mans Point TO Whitehall, 20 miles, rs cts;
from Whitehall TO the "Borough," SO miles,
81 90; from that place to Troy, 10 miles, by
Cars, SO cents. | understood the fare by
Packet through, to be 81 25. The Saltus is
said TO be doing a good business this Spring.
was we'll pleased with the appearance Of
Capt Tisdale, and with the order that SEEM
ed to prevail among those under his direc>
zion. On the Canal there are five Packets;
two of them leave Whitehall each day in
the week, except Sundays,-one leaves Troy
and one the Borough, as above, and the
fifth Boat takes a trip on Sunday, Average
number Of passengers to each boat, each
trip, 80, or 900 pr week.
While coming in the Car, from the Bor-
ough, quite an amusing incident occurred rs
follows. While the Car was going at the
rate Of 20 miles an hour, and the steam from
the pipe seeming to say Zip, zlp, ZIP, a
small sized dog started from the other side
OF the fence, about opposite to the back end
Of the hind car, and in running some IS rods
actually gained the length Of Two cars, when
ne was brought TO a stand by running bis
head against a fence which crossed his path!
The dog soon righted, faced about, elevated
his head and tail. giving the latter a signif.
cant twist, and trolted back, seeming 10 say
TO the Iron Horse, "You can't come i, over
mew
Will now name some of the statistics |
have gathered here while waiting for the
transaction Of business by other men. The
statements are gathered, mostly, from those
IN the business named. On the Railroad
from here to Greenbush, the Cars pass each
way, each hour in the day, and the number
OF passengers per day, one thousand. Az.
erase per day through the year, 900. Fare,
IL 2 cents. Probably not less than 500
per day is received 90 this six mile route.
IN Wdc q GRO ND iInn in IIo rnn1ox. n.s..- |
projecting and building this road, as it Sc
cures a vast amount Of the Boston way tray
ell which would otherwise go to Albany
There are Steam Ferry Boats and Stages
plying between this place and Albany, at
the rate OF three 10 four per hour so that in
all probability not less than two thousand
persons pass over the three routes named.
each day.
Leicester Scythe Works, located at the
Dam across the Hudson, is doing a good bu-
siness. Twenty five hands are employed,
making IL doz. Scylhes per day. One ofthe
owners of these works said they designed
increasing the number of men to 30 and to
make Is dozen scytbes per day, or from
1900 to 1850 dozen per year. The four
Furnaces now in operation work 1000 tons
otiron annually. A Curry Comb Factory,
under the management of VIM Wheeler G.
Co., now turns out 1000 Combs per day, and
the propriators have contracted to have made
tor them, 1000 per week during the season,
or till November next. Kellogg & Co.'S
Rope Works make rope enough to hang ten
thousand men per day or in other words,
work che and a halt ions oftEe material each
day, into ropes, cord and Irvine, varying in
size from 10 1~2 inches down TO the Irvine.
Disbursements annually, $4,000. A man
told me that one coil Of rope from this estab-
lishment, designed as a cable for a boat on
the Western Lakes, weighed $500 lbs.
Troy FIGURING Mills. These mills, 10
in number, and running Al pairs Of stones,
grind from six to ten hundred thousand bush.
els Of wheat per annum. MI. Ida, or Proes-
ten-Kill, is located about mile East, or in
a Soulheasterly direction from the city, and
bids fair TO become, in a few years quite a
manufacturing place. Benjamin Marshall,
the owner of the upper falls, Is represented
as a man Ct great wealth and business tact.
The latter, more especially, is manifested
in some Of his works at the falls. He caus.
ed a channel, s feet in diameter, to be cut
through slate formation, from the dam, 700
feet in length, which furnishes a head Of
water more than $50 feet above the stream
q few rods below the dam and in regular
succession there may be placed a large num-
Der Of Mills or Factories, which can be sup
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