New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-03

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,,h,. anA having done To- o'cc ~ the mna' pace,
,i,,s a si,cuitnua route thtnunh the hills nnul ~
,,a,(s II e ronu'unuua nuts ~ w" lhip''' w" N,'
r canal cen pisn tr Traced e"inn ,einnc' through Ut
Nrs,rr ,hcult ociing NJ tmrs lAo lnc o' e''ef "n
A., n,e II le nn,,enrr In The hnsin. hoinrrl 10
vith l,iisr,t am, nouniena inn SOC MonNil'o' AR
f,N caldwell lat'ppanv llnneoto, Nh'ppaW' 'h''-
lam Nsduon Motrftpvn, dottng tho lnndscarobo'n'
dnI, Milo stiramr al watcf hnd tich holdH' mead
v, I'd woo,leran M UP The Intervening spaces into
,,,nc ot unusual beauty. In ronc respects The Wow
nom n hiow OF the Newark Mountain. west nj nlncn-
r,d H. SUPERIOR 20 this hom i'ouon, since contains
tcuc moic uorlcd objects Of Interests. The Wow j.
lnre,r snd cnhIaccs such towns ps East and West
W,,nfcd North md South Ofnngc, Newark. Eliza
l,tltovp AmhoY; tho Pasraic aud Hlckonack
rivers threading thcir winding wa,' through the
meadows the Na~fowe, New-lorh bay, nni above all,
4, flo afternoon htu York 'r, rrpnsng 90 uu'ety,
oc,,u lo,k atit nu tlu lFiely believe, that,
Hkc The ocean it-,li Is is never 80 scst While ths
view from the Newark Mountain j. so beautiful, that
before l,ug its eastern slope must be III great demnh
r country seats, tose ho VIII LOOK AT tne great "a
sin which is overlooked from Boonton, will receive an
hrnrcfsi,n oi beauty which VIII rot coon fade away
Il one wisl e. always 10 have spread out before him
n,,rFire landsrare bet rim select size here bat II
ie wishes 10 secure one OF thc most lovely spots 10 De
found IN Morris COUNTY, II not m the state et MN 20 70
old pocnton which is two miles further down tie
liver know 10 more pleasant spot for q gentleman
of fortune aud res within himself "a PIT M
country resdoucc and have nature rs wei as art al
, minister 10 bis enjoyment
II wasn't this place the FIRST Sitting mil, erectci
IN NcwJcrsey. was located. II was Necessary to con
ceal il f,m Tie British auhores, rs IN violation Of
the exclusive privilege q the mother country I0dD
Nis was fitted Up efist mil, AMI nc IRON works
were placed beneath IL is sad that 'oN' Niiiiaih
/ Franklin and Bis suite once made descent on the
ri, re 10 ascertain the truth Of tie aoa about
the coutrabaud BUSINESS, and that Nr. Ogden by means
Of Lis wo-s tor,d vine cellar, produced such an obls
Gated vision IN tlese shrewd men, that they all went
Il. 81. gfN fNlH rH4Ns4r iINh ltF
and never would be any Illegal interference with the
B1sh monopoly in iron at that place
Tie Boonton Iron Works were built in l5}), on
pot Of ground, which, from al accounts was about as
Iorh as the hand Of industry ever undertook 70 make
smooth Ii is said the original cost OF the Works was
s,lretbipc more than a quarter of million o, dollars
but this expenditure must have been doubled 10 BRING
lem to their present condition 1t was very bad IN
vestuent from cause. and am told mat for years
il did little more than sustain itself, with little or no
remuneration to tie stockholders large stockholder
is in tie habit ofluuchng about his own great beneyo
/ lerce in oxpcIdiug many thousands OF dollars IN
ruttirg up furnaces which light the village almost az
well a. qas although his return dividends were about
as intangible as any gas that can De mentioned
After several changes, more than year ago, the
Whole estallslmont rolling mills, nail and spike mills
blast furnace, &c, &c Were sold unier the sheriff
hammer, and Fuller Il Lord, OF New-York, were the
rurclase1s at probably not more than onc-ha II one
ouarter Of Il cir ORIGINAL cost Past experience has ad
ded to tler value and the same master has no doubt
taught some useful lessons 70 the present managers,
and do not see why they ought not to make money
The coal from Pennsj yana transported at reasona
bic rates on tie Morris Canal md by the same ncar
thev reach the immense deposits of iron ore in the
townships of ROckavay, Randolph, dc. The same ca
nal during eight months of the year, furnishes them
easy facilities Of getting their products to the great
market Of New. York aud during the remaining months
tIev can use the Morris and Essex Railroad only five
miles distant.
Tfey arc doing great business at these Works at
tie present time The blastiunace under the efficient
uarapeuo nt of Mr.. George jenkins, is turning ont
some one hundred tuns Of pigrcn each week, having
lust been repaired, after run of some thirty months
of uninterrupted success This part OF the enterprise
has thus far been remuneratye that have heard 1t
limited as probable that another similar stack Will be
built In one respect the situation is very fine since
the stream of cnder it issues from the furnace, is
conducted to the gorge of the river by which means
in time dam viii be made, adding greatly TO the wa
terpOwer OF the site, by giving them new, and quite
large reservoir, thing much needed when the water
is low TIE tow-paih Of the canal is on level with
tie TOP of the furnace which makes the unloading OIL
coal and ore boats very easy and convenient Ihe ma
teials thus thrown down the bank there prepared
and measured and then hoisted upon platforms, which
ave causpd o ascend and descend by water. Perhaps
ere reason why this furnace has been 80 successful IN
lis yields is owing not merely to the skill but the thor
Oulh temperance OF its manager which enters severely
into The c. nduct OF his men.
The rolling-m is huge affair, and at night, espe-
ciay, presents very beautiful appearance hr. Null
c8n the manager Of this department., Is thoroughly
trained to his business by scientific knowledge of the
PRINCIPLES which lay 1t the bottom oft Some years
since he was here, but left and went to England to
study The business there told he visited and exam
med eyeryiron establishment any considerable note,
in Great Britain One fact about the extent OF the bu
siness in that country, lie stated it to NE, IS worth
repeating. He stood on a particular ee7aton IN
Wales aud within compass of FIVE miles could count
thrty-iwo blastiurnaces in operation and the vast
product Of pie-iron is converted the spot into rail-
load iron. Eighteen blast-furnaces were connected
with ere establishment, and the Whole product was
converted into railroad iron To u.s. who have Sc IN no
greater the works at BOOnton, Cooper * Hewitts
Works al Trenton, Corning x Nnsows az Troy,
seem monster establishments, but compared with such
an one as have just mentioned they must look very in
significant.
At Al o'clock in The morning | accompanied Mr.
Muigan to the mills, and he described TO me, with
great lninUteness, the arrangements OF The establish
ment. In this department | understand be employs
tie hands, and graduates everything By the actual
wOik done. as weighed on the scales. the Company
furnishes him the materials and power, and keeps
VOL in repair, and he converts the pigron INTO
wroughtron in shapes ready for the NAH aud spide
factory, receiving stipulated sum per tun. One nan
contracts for delivering the coal AT the different fur
nacos and is paid by the tun. The puddlers
"soueezors" "nobbers' and rollers are paid By the
/ tun Head-contractor puddlers, rollers, weighers
calmen all are thgs graduated and TINS become mutu
N parties in the common aim 10 tnIn OIL a. much work
as lie time ard materials will allow. The roing-mii
Which does nothing but prepare iron rods for railroad
fTihes If driven by purely temperance men, and was
told they all doing well and some OF them getting
rich IN a small way.
With The exception of home-brcwel beer, very small
quantities Of intoxicating liquors are drank, consider
ING The number OF the operatives and doubt whel