Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-10-01
OUR IRON MANUFACTURES.

OUR IRON MANUFACTURES.
Vhe editor of the North American, who |
visited this place, and some of our neigh
boring towns, a few weeks since, thus
speaks OF the importance OF our iron manu-
factories. The Iron works referred 10, in
the following remarks, are those OF Mr.
Samuel r. Wood, in Point township, three
miles this side of Danville:
On the banks of the North Branch, few
miles from Danville, in lS45, was farm
which supported an ordinary family, and
paid the State some sc in taxes. In that
year, all intelligent and enerprising gentle
men formerly a resident of Philadelphia,
where he is still highly purchased
the premises, and commenced building
furnace, with the usual appur'enances. In
| 1916 he began to make iron, and has eonlin
ued to do SO ever since. Last year he turn
ed out 1900 tons of pig metal, and this year
he expects his yield will be much greater -
| His establishment, including the ore mines,
gives employment TO about seventy meu aud
sixty horses AS these are all consumers, a
market is created for all kinds OF provisions
and grain, which is supplied BY the farmers
OF the neighboIhood A store has also TO be
maintained oil the premises, where dry goods
nd groceries and all sorts Of wares are dis
posed of. Here then we have single farm
converted into thrifty village, and become
! the centre of flourishng business. But
| this is not all. In 1915, as we have said, the
! farm paid State lax Of Sc; in other taxes
it paid IS. In 1852, the same property paid
a State tax of SSl; license for The store,
Sl3; and county, poor, and other taxes,
Sl04 54-alogelher $l9S 54-a rather con-
siderable increase over the S14, the former
total. More that this even In 1915, the
farm having no produce to be transported TO
a distance, and requiring 10 bulky supplies
from abroad, contributed nothing TO the in.
come of the canal, which flows directly be-
side it.. In 1852, The tolls paid for iron made
in the same place, and sent by canal 10 va
rious points, and for coal, ore, limestone and
merchandise brought by canal TO be used
there, were S6,372 90, making round sum
of $6,466 90 paid to the State in 1852,
against Sc paid in 1915.
On this single farm, or, rather, what was
farm lhen--and the case is by no means
eXceplional-in six years the income to the
State has increased literally thousand fold !;
comfortable subsistence, and consume so
largely Of The products of the soil and lhe la
bors of the manufacturer and mechanic, as
10 furnish employment TO many--many more.
On the same farm there is now now "A post
office, with Two daily mails, one from The
south and west, and one from the north aud
, northeast, and the amonnt of the correspon-
dence is large and constantly increasing
: The working people, who are chiefly for
egners forward and receive numerous let
ters, aud some of them make considerable
remilances 10 their friends. In recent in.
stance, father and son, who had been in
the country but few months obtained
q through the proprietor of the works, Bill o
y Exchange for f32 sterling, 10 be applied tc
: bring out other members of the same family
Here are few facts worthy TO be consid.
cred for their intrinsic value, and which are
S eminently suggestive of the future which
= awaits not only the valley OF the Susque
hanna, but the whole of Pennsy lvania.
COURTESY OF THE Bar Joseph HeyfTon
:, an Irish barrisier with broad brouge, wal
1 trying TO convince Judge Starting; in The
n Lauderdale court, one day, that something hi
laid down as law ras law but The jndg,
Y promptly ruled the point against him. No
y satisfied, Joe took up Blackstone aud com
menced reading passage 10 prove that h
il was right. But the judge interrupted hin
r somewhat Indignantly with the inierrogaro