New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-30
NEW-JERSEN ITEMS.

Ia The Neuark DaI4 Advertiser SAYS.
IN reference 20 the Iron Business. this State. IN
mon with the others extensively engaged IN tins br>l-
ness. has been laOorlng under almost nSuppofta0,e
burdens arising rOm want OF an adequate tdriu oi
protection 70 this important branch OF American INDUS
try In the county of Morris, and small portions OF Pas
Saic and sussex Immediately ad oinlnS there are es-
timatcd tO be S3 orgcs capable IN the aggregate OF
producing annually 1880 tunS OF refined iron. ne
sides large quantities OF pig iron. the latter oi Muct
Is sent mo other states Ia pc wrought INTO YanOu,
articles m daily use. These torges alone, 70 say
nothing of the miners and other employees. II they
were at fuil work. would occupy constantly l,3JO
men and If the forgemen were adequately compen-
sated, the amount annually received Oy then IN lh.s
comparatively small IRON region. would reach the
sum Of about 100000. Al tins time u - computed
that only about one-tCunhthe above number o. iorgeS
are IN blast, and the prOpretOrs OF these arc working
them AZ from SO 10 $lJ less than would be tan
remuneration f0r The labor employed without IN
cludmg the necessary outlay of capital. InoSe
who GO continue the business. do so because theY
have farms connected with their iorceS. and by con-
tluuing to make lrOu, they find home -ntrket Tor
their agricultural products others perhaps re IN
duced 70 continue H. consequence OF 0olng dulc 10
make some peculiar kind Of ron for whic chthey hnda
market. though n may be- At a very reduced price
H. the County at Morris there are also hNe extensive
rolling mills which have All been ODl god 70 change
Their occupdilonS-SOme 20 make ntl>, spikes anu
rNets. DO consequence oi Inadequate prOtecuot ID
merchant IRON. And added 10 these, are manuiacto-
reS ~ steel, which have been ocllsCd 10 Gscon
tnue altogether. To show the immense foreign
competition IN this business there we're imported
III, first months of l-jl 61,209 tuns and for me
first SIX months Of 1850, s9603 tuns-CxceSs tnls
wear. l. tH tuns OF the amount imported IN The
last hall year 1890, hns were railroad iron, 2o,'Ol
tuns bar, % $40 do. pig, j,229 DO English sheet amt
boiler Secs 10. SWedCS and Russia, and 1904 do.
hoops and rods. The hopes Of the non men are now
dependent ON "a reduction of wages 10 the standard
Of cumpctug countries, which the worhmen must
submit 70 Or, BY forcing upon Congress the impc-
nous necessity OF a reform IN the tuin upon ms
article, until lhey shall submit t. Just revision
IL \ house near the dwelling, store.
and other buding Of JOHN j. Blair, Esq, At Balrs-
town, took ire On Friday night Last, AMI was nearly
consumed The buildings OF Mr. BLAIR were IN mn
mIcnt danger, but by great eKeFuons oi hi, heigh-
tor, tney were preserved
IL The State Bank OF Newark have de-
cared their US al >eml-annual dividend of 81 per
cent. PAYABLE on the 1T OF October next, and an
extra dividend of per cent payable on the jth Of
January next. The Directors have also resolved to
increase their capital stock S3O.oo0.
EyT On Monday last Aaron Blackwell.
aged about 4j an old resident committed suicide IN
his oarn by cutting his throat with razor. He had
been ntemuerate IN his habits, and having lately 40
stained TINS act i, attributed 10 melancholy stAle
Of his m nd al the tme by want OF ms accustomed
stlmulant
ty While the New-Jersey Railroad
trucks were unloading timber at the HackensdcS
Bridge. Wednesday morning, By some accident "iih
the ping Of the former bridge, t~o men were crush
ed and badly injured, and third one, II Is feared,
Is considerably hurt.
tV New-Jersey Railroad trains will be
mn on and after Monday next. 29th INST according
10 the advertisement, until further notice. Another
tram viii then be added. leaving Newark and New-
York Al \. NJ, starting from Railway at 7. \. NJ.
and EhZanethiown a. = \. NJ
- John Mar, hand on board the sl0op
Arsenal. belonging 20 the Newark Lime and Cenen,
Company, ~as killed By collision between tnai
vessel and the sloop Belle, loaded with stone, or
Thursday nigh. lat, near Milton, Oh The North
River.
- The following persons were elected
Directors II the new Rar,an Steamboat Company,
on The 18th instant Robert 7. stockton. James
Nelson, John X. Thomson, Booerr L. steven, and
Edwin A stevens.
iE The new Second Presbyterian Church
II Trenton, Of which Rev. \. ID. White IS Pastor
has iusl Ueen finished and vas dedicated on satur-
das afternoon. II = Spacious building, M the Ro-
manesCue siyle OF architecture.