Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-07-16

steam engine Of 200 horse power, and it
and all the machinery, work in the mos
beautiful and perfect manner The direc
tors are men of thorough business capacity
and many of them the best fnanciers tha
are to be found in any community. They
have not adopted the "penny wise and
pound foolish" system, but have in a
praise-worthy manner employed expert.
erced men to put up first class work, re-
gardless of the first cost. The consequence
of this will be, that after they are under
full headway they will not have daily
break down, and be obliged to spend all
they make, and little more, in repairs /;
| it is well known fact that the very great
est draw backs to cotton factory, or in
deed to any mechanical establishment, are
thus continually stopping to repair. The
stock of this mill was generally taken by
the citizens, not l believe, with the expec-
tation of making money, but of beneGting
the place; but bad as the prospects are
for manufacturing cotton, from the excel.
lence of the mill and the known abilities
of the directors, l shall be very much sur
prised if they do not make very respecta-
BILE dividends for the stockholders.
There appears to be quite number of
buildings going up in this place. noticed
one block of about II or Is brick build
ings for VIM. Colder, Esq, the old and we'll
known stage proprietor He has retired
to his country mansion, about l mile from
town, surrounded by about $50 acres of
the best land, and cultivated in manner
that is not excelled by any in this region,
or any other.
On the rail road and canal noticed two
or three very fine saw mills, and fine
machine shop and foundry lately erected
by Mr. j. R. Jones This building is put
in the most approved manner, and l should
Judge it capable of employing $50 men,
and hope he will soon have it working to
its full capacity.
The well known furnace of Gov Porter
is in full operation, and Notwithstanding
the bad prospects of the iron business has
l believe, been in constant operation since
its erection.
On strolling through town I came ac-
cross Mr.. W. 0. Hickok's establishment.
From its small appearance l was not un-
der the expectation of seeing much, but
on being shown through it by one Of its
workmen, was agreeably surprized to find
that it was filled to its utmost capacity
from the cellar to the garret by men and
machinery. 1t is driver By very pretty
horse engine, which has as much of load
as it can carry In one room he has an
excellent scroll saw and machine for plain
ing up timber In another he has cir
cular saw and two or three wood turner's
lathes running. In third room has sew
eidi CdplneI iHdhcIS dJ Nulh ou tHe iIdHeS
of his ruling machines and in the 4th
and largest room is located his machine
shop. In It | noticed small lathes, and
one of the very best engine-lathes l ever
saw. This lathe is particularly adapted
fc- cutting screws from / inch to 10 inches
in diameter, and any length up to 10 feet.
This is one of the best lathes, it seems,
that he could find in New England, and
cost about 600 dollars Besides this he
has massive and superior geer cutting
engine, for cutting the teeth in cog wheels
from l inch to feet in diameter-either
spur bevel or spiral cogs. This machine
was made in his shop from castings pur-
chased in New Hamshire. The index
plate was made in Springfield Mass. If
any of your readers want either screws or
tap cut, or the teeth cut in cog wheels,
they can not do better than by giving him
a call. The geer cutter is the only one
q believe) between Philadelphia and
Pittsburg His foreman "a New Eng
lander) assures me that all work done
there shall be as well and cheaply done as
in New England, or elsewhere. l noticed
under way in the machine department,
standing presses, copying presses seal press
es, turning lathes (both for iron and wood) |
ice cream freezcrs for II. B. Masser, of
Sunbury; and great variety of other
work. And, in the room devoted to put
ting his ruling machines together, no
ticed several single ruling machines, and
double ruling machine that was going the
next day to New York. This latter ma
chine is mostly his own invention, and
rules the paper on both sides before itleaves
the machine. He has only been making
his ruling machines couple of years, and
now they are used in almost every state
in the Union, and in Canada and the West
Indies. 1 almost forgotto mention very
neat and useful machine he has for mortic-
ing Cor, as some would enormously call it,
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