Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-02-05
Yankees i'm Russia.

The Philadelphia Inquirer gives the fol-
lowing extract OF ii letter dated
lTgAp MrcuANlcAi Works,
AlcNanderuii.ky, st Pctcrshurgh Russia,
November 1, 1916.
In the beginning of our operations here
we had much. very much to do. in organic
ing this mammoth establishment. We
fund it greatly in decay and confusion, so
much so. tina, we abandoned all the old tools
and fitted up the establishment anew. We
were looked upon b} many as wild adven-
turcrs. and that we had undertaken To do a
vast deal more work. than it was possible
Ia do in the time allnttcd: but at the cXpra-
of our second year. they became convinced
"that some things could be done as well as
others" and at the rr sent time it is only
requisite for us to say II thing can be done.
md all hands knock under. we shall finish
this year. or the beginning of the next. the
full compliment of trucks. (5300) and in
nll of next year. 1871. the 1862 locomotives
will be flushed. We are now driving on
with such speed that we would feel no hes
ita.ion in duplicating our first order by 1850.
We have limited the number of engines TO
be turned out 20 six month. to prevent
running out of materials. We have turn
ed out nine in Il month. and the number for
the last ten months is G5-thc full number
now finished is So. In our car shops we
are getting ON very finely: we have dcliv-
cred to Government 200 platform cars, and
900 box cars, and are now finishing five
box cars every dav-thcy are large eight
wheel ears. 10 feet long. We have not
yet commenced on the passenger cars, but
completed the building of IL shop for that
purpose. The building is 375 feet long by
90 wide. and divided into three apartments
tho first, for preparing the work, the
second for ere citing. and the third for paint
ing. The number OF cars that We have to
make is 1000 box. $50 platform, and 20
passenger cars--naking the compliment
for the $500 trucks in tie first order. In
dependcntly Of these. we have taken IN
order for two Imperial cars, - feet long. to
be placed on IL wheels. We are to re-
ceive for these cars,-rublcs of silver each,
or $s625. without chairs, sofas, or inside
trimming. We have undertaken and now
have nearly completed. about 30 miles OF
railroad. This We undertook, more for
our accommodation than profit so as to have
, nor,ion OF me ROAD TO operate upon. e
have declined making the rest OF the road.
us it would interfere with our present bust
ness. We do considerable transient work.
and could have much more if we chose 10
do it. We are now making seven station
cry engines for the interior, and have in
hand several heavy orders for bolts and
nuts for bridges on the line. This has been
n very busy year for me, and our imports
have been very heavy. amounting TO over
half million of dollars. The number Of
vessels we have received this year is s.,
and there are several more vet TO arrive.
We have had at times this summer. nearly
5000 men employed, which, together with
the foreign brsincsS. has given the mcrcan-
tile department much 10 do, and to prevent
errors occurring, | have been constantly on
the alert. All business with the govern
mcnt has to be transacted by writing.'