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From the Detroit Daily Free Press.
Steam Power mt Observation-Disclosures.

From
steam Power n Observation-Disclosures
Our State has now become an exporter OF wool to a
large amount and yearly augmenung This wool is re
turned TO the shape of cloths, alter passing through
the hands of the buyer commission merchant and eastern
manufacturer, all of whom OF course make proht, as
well US the forwarding merchant In shipping IL east and
then freghting back be sold to IN the shape OF
fabrics All agree that should manufacture what we
raise Woollens particularly, are often alluded to as a
business that should receive attention IN tins State we
have heard many regret that Detroit had no wafer power
10 operate machinery for factory purposes If hydraulic
power not hand, steam is Many who are interested
in both in New England are OF the opinion that steam
is the cheapest when taken into account the warming
of the establishment, the cost of walerpower, erection
and repairs of DAMS flowing of land excavation OF races
and costly wheels Take them all together and add IN
teres of cost with annual repairs, and II VIII go Tar TO-
ward the expense of Add 10 this, heating large
buildings in cold weather, and you have your hard coal
paid for which is now universally introduced Tor all
steam works
Since coal has been reduced in price the sea board,
many of the Atlantic cities have erected large wooen and
cotton factories. The dividends show profitable busi-
ness The James cotton mills at Newburypor one oil the
most establishments IN the country are operated
by steam In the city OF Providence, there are not less
than thirty large manufacturing establishments OF various
kinds that go by steam The increase OF her popuaion
which has nearly doubled in ten years in consequence OF
these new screw, cotton calico, woolen, and bleaching
factories, tells well for her enterprise and gives employ
ment to hundreds, who, in the absence OF such work
shops, would find 1t difficult to get through the world
The suburbs OF the city of Philadelphia is another bee
machinery for various purposes adorned with steam
pipe the black smoke denotng that hard coal from the
bowels of Pennsylvania was at work. -, ,.u.
East and South Boston, Salem, Newport and a large
number OF other towns have their mammoth factories
operated by steam.
But LET us come little nearer home The city of UTICA
having water power and finding she did not keep
pace with her sister cities prosperity resolved that she
would make increase her business and wealth
Her dormant capitalists were persuaded to look into the
cotton goods With much exertion 100000 were sub
scrbed capital for steam wooen mill. 1t was on
an extensive SCALE and calculated 10 lbs
of wool annually. 1t is finished, and handsome dlv-
dends paid the OF the company found but
little difficulty in obtaining capital of $4,000 for a
steam cotton mill. That too is doing well, and now
another steam woolen mill is towering its walls These
three establishments have added population OF 1000 to
the city.
steam factory is being raised At Geneva $4,000
subscribed in week, for a steam woollen factory.
There are also two steam flour mills in that village Au
large mill is about going up for wooens, by steam, by
stock company. Buffalo has steam cotton mill, with
800 900 capital and steam wooen mill we learn is
soon 10 follow, most of the stock being taken.
Here we come to Detroit. 1t is true we have steam
flour mill, doing we'll and several mechanics shops that
coal to operate their machinery We have no JOINT
stock companies for factory purposes There certainly
is no lack of capital, if there reasonable surety Of
the investment paying If it pays well in other places,
why not here Nearly every experiment at the east has
resulted in the increase of several factories the
place Thus it would be here, if tried. The price of
coal will be about half at the east, and the
lumber in shis vicinity will ensure the buildings at a
much less COST and operatives live at vast differ
of expense. The cost of hard coal at Cleveland
and Erie is but So the ton Vessels bound up, want
ballast Six shillings to dollar ton will pay the
freight The coal the st Clair river, deposited there
for Reeds steamers, learn, costs but IA cents ton
for its delivery from Erie. What is there to hinder our
citizens from embarkng in the enterprise
Wooen factories obtain the raw material at the
doors All half dozen factories make, is wanted in
the State Then have the country west OF us, and
Upper Canada the other sde for coarse fabrics.
The latternarket is mostly supplied from the Uni
ted States The duty is but u per cent and the Cana
dian parliament has now the subject before them to take
it off entire
Cotton mills can do as well here as the east The
factory at Buffalo, receives their cotton from Cincinnati
So does the Lockpo mills, and consgns the most oil her
goods there The large factory erected by Mr. Jones
at Rochester receives the raw material by way OF the
Wabash canal, from the Mississippi, cheaper than by
New York. The Seneca Falls mill the same. Another
year the Chicago ship canal will be completed Detroit
could get her supplies all the way by steam from the
place OF its growth
VIII not citizens look into this matter! Cannot
stock company be got up, with capital OF $4,000 for
some business of this kind