New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-13

~ ax.a,, the the home-breved beer. common
among Enrlshmen there seems 70 be less lnt-mPersu
among the Boonton worsmen than IN any OF tne irou
e.tsbi.hments of the county If we except the Do'eI
o,Is The houses occupied by these workmen are neat
and eomnOdous ard in many instances are o"hes "
their occupants. A large number OF these men are
saving money and this number Is mainly graduated Q!
the prevailing temperance oil the men ieuP,
orerstors unless prevented by unavoidable hiadrances
rct a, sickness accident, or want OF econom! 10 tue
Kitchen are usually not merely making eoof hslnS'
hun are educating their children and getting htie
property besides ,Cur IRA
are not able TO give accurately, as separated IRON ,ae
forees of the concern As much OF the hearing OF Iue
blooms for rolling is done by the escape heat oil the ioge
frs the amount If anthracite coal used not great
II III not be for Of the way 10 say that some hteen
men are employed in this mill snd that some op0 tuns
offti,h,A iron are rolled annually, using 90 tuns OF
I blooms worth 81 600 The finished iron Is worth
5000 The labor to produce this una! be NOT tarfrom
5000 and the extra fuel for the furnace about >Oov
| leaving handsome profit 10 the capitalist. go
live sum up the statistics OF these h'e rohg MUS
We have the following aggregate: They furnish
constant ell ploy meut 10 800 hands whose asSre-
cate wages per year are Sl5OOOO: they use pig IRON,
blooms octseon bars and scrap non 20 the amount oI
1900 turs worth Sb0O,IO; they producel IN Tue
fom If bar ire a. hoops nails spikes. &c. l31-0 tuns,
/ Worth in market 100000; they consume over 9oOo
TINS # anthracite coal worth nearly $4,000 (i We IN
cude the blast furnace BOontOn, about 2OuOO tuns oil
/ coal used Ia make iron IN Sch'gomei! N"uH'
/ worth al the mills st 0UD)
We Rave next 10 speak OF Cupola Furnaces. and Ma
/ cbine-shops attached: 800
There are four cupos furnaces in the county at when
castings for machinery hollos wares and hke'srtcle'
are made from piq iron viz One At Dover two Al ROCK
suav and one al The Speedwell works near MOrrstOFn
We not aware ofthere being any others 10 the coun'
" OF the Dover Furnace We have no account, but
snupo.e not much done there To each OF the Others
are attached machine shops for finishing "orh oy the
f1..I. -,1s Ae
Mr. ID Berry has rented the fine establishment OF
! Mr. Freeman Wood in ROckaSay, aud during the ldSe
year hes employed force of some forty tSo hands as
bursire All oDg them some SlJUOO wages annually ne
has used $50 tons OF nhace coal aud JVD tons oil pig
iron the coal sting him 81 30, and The iron sl71m
Allowing I've per cent for waste the foundry mas turned
of about AS tons OF castings more than luO oi "cn
veTe for the Crystal Palace. If We reckon % SO east
pps as they come from the foundry at three cents
Dc md tbey will be- worth in that State 81 9'D But
large part of them pass through the Machine shop
and Of course are subject 10 additional cost The only
pay of estimating the income of this department Is 20
take the ahes at the average wages OF >l per day to
planning machine az 81. and the boring machine AZ 80
Jbi. last runs tao thirds Of the time The income 0f
these machines will be loss than >0OJJ year In
addition TO this separate contracts for machinery
vhch will make the total products of the foundry and
slop Annually some $4,000 at least
This establishment is driven by steam and Is htted up
TO do thriving business.
The foundry and machne-shop Of Mr. Fighter at
ROckavsy finely adapted To do good business AZ
the cheapest outlay The macbiner, ia prepared To do
al kinds Of turning planning, drilling Ne common 10 sucn
AN establishment We rcgre, that have not the ac-
curate statistics of the materials used, the men en-
uloyed and the marketable products. large amount
Of work il done here and wages distributed
On the road from Rockawsy to MorrIso"n about one
mile from the latter place came "a one oil the ul)''
beautiful spots in the country. ami somewhat noted as
he place where Judge stephen Val began MS fortunes
in eaIpest The spetdue Iron Works, nov owned ny
George Vail 4 Co ore on the Nmppany RIVER ~"
Judge las left the concern aud rs son Feorge an VI
& elect rom this District has tax en- bis place, with 4
! prstd.on Mr Isaac Garfield. The house aud GROUNDS
! of Mr George Vail have lew rivals and NO snPrrors 10
leraDce beauty in this region. HE house i ont VI
utcuiaf field stone the puddingsone, when Il cnl'
ro,ed of purple material with white quartz beautifully
mteImrg, making one oil the most tasteful wallsthat
il has been our fortune 10 The grounds 'lope east
IL TOW ard the Speedwe Pond, which spreads Itself De-
tween the tIee-covered hills in most picturesque man
Ter Judge Vail occupies plain but elegant house d.
Tecily opposite
Al he Works a great variety Of articles are made
such heavy and light foreings, Press scre"s car
wheels ard axes, the machinery for various KINDS
of mills saw, grist. paper mills. &c. &c. Inc
foundry in which Elk moulders find constant employ
neIt turns cut the castings which are used ID the shops
80 hat tie expenses and come OF this are represented
il tie general balance sheet of the Works Eight men
WClk in the blacksmith shop aud ten in the machine
shors and six common laborers making force OF l.
hands whose Wsges will amount TO some >liiUV pei
year. ,oo
tur of bi,umIous coal worth no; far from 3OO als'
100 tuBs OF Scotch pig iron and 100 OF American Pug
worth about - TOO; also % tuns of English wrought
iron and 20 tuDs American worth about So'U' als'
Is(O DUE DIS # English cast steel and lWO pounds
brass copper zinc, Ac, for boxes, worth some S0OJ
The annual proc net of the establishment IN finished wor
$4,000 proving it To be- one OF the most Prohtao
: | ibvt siments in the country.
II VT now up the business OF Morris county IN
c,udirg the miners We have the follow ing striking re
su,s: In the nOrtht RI half OF the county, compnsln
regulation by the last census OF nearly llOOD souls
2 bs DIS frd employ INT directly from the iron bus
: ness and receive >jtD,4UO IN wages lOO5O tuos .
iron ID some form sent Ia market az merchant lfot
y casirgs, machinery, &c, worth 81 24ooOo; loVVo
u tLp If ore are raised worth $4,000 2lG0O tuns
/ hard or soft coal are used worth s9O560 3oOv'OO
bushels OF charcoal used worth az very low est
mate $40 OC0; 5000 Of ore are smelted IN tn
d county worth sl25iOO.
We have used great exertOns TO make these estimate
5 correct and have relied the judgment OF experience
e iron matters II will be that about every sixth Pc
son in The iron district labOriDg in some one OF the d.
l. rsrmtuts Of the iron manufacture This is The bushes
10 which all others are auxiliary. IL furnishes gre'
81 market for produce from abroad Tue grain raised
e tie region mere moety IN giving the people orea
and tie teams feed Last year these mountains locke
x M the tine a. if il were Sunday Houses were uuren
3D. stores badly patrunzed produce from abroad fou1
e Uut little market aid the whole cOmmun! we're linen
e nCCyer the scarcity of money II 20 other reason tna
the large smout of wages dIsbursed BY it, the people
Morris ought to insist so far their votes that q
ID roD business shall be- kept iOurshng and active, and
: the community at large whose mechaniable conmod
Re ties are increased AID quarter MliOn OF d0la
n fIm the Morris iron uanufscOns, ought TO show son
T. interest il tie saline protection.
y Having thus finished the statistical part Of our tis