New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-15
CLINTON.
Beautiful Sifus tion Of the -chos--Factorie.-
New ir.n Furnace mHr Beds of Iron Ore
Proposed Railroad ir"n ticz TO Bing hanton, &C.
Cor 81 NJ. N Iub

Beautiful situation of the Pace--chos--Factor
New iron Furnace imHe nse Beds of Iron Ore
Proposed Railroad ir"m utica To Biughamton, &C.
Con.spohos,e.o " The y 7. Inbans
CLINTON ouecs Go, July 1883
Knowing the interest you take in Whlteser relates 70
the prosperity # country, avail myself OF irls
uIr hour 20 give y"u soue account Of tts place anl
nelhhoIhood. Clinton. you are aware, lies nearly
Southwest ~, iilcs aud at the distance Of nine
niles Il Is beautifully situated ia h. chlrmInl valley
a the OrskaDy. AID IS surrounded by rca lai fertile
lil!s cultivated ~ heir very submits. aud DrIa Ids
iutcispcrscd with patches of prmrvtl forests Alto
gtthcr, Clinton il one If The most picturesque aud beau
ufhi ,illaaes n ihr county.
With il, Schools you are somcThat familiar. Here -
Hamilton Col, &C., sell endowed .Hd popular ins'itI-
iuu witch Is soon 10 b, atO urd ani rendered more az
tactiye useful by the estab ishmeut o one Of the
test ObscryaiuIies Ia the Int states Ilr Clinton
Literal Institute an Academy of The n-t Glass IN th-
Safe made up Of two departments one FOR males aud
tie other fr females i in pro-Prrpds condition, aud
.Ncis aide and hra'tiiul influence ilAnutou Cpl-
lesr uBder the patron Of the Pr,bj trfan- while
n, Liberal Institute is uuvcrsaist N is -ilI5 orr
Gin and tendencies 3 side, these Their. a., tSJ or
three o'ler public and private schools which c,ninini
aTetlccab.r ,tuu OF patronage al1 would nc prom
inrit In NOT coun ~ villages
O. tlr mills end factorrs here can speak on'y in
general terms Of and gr.t anil, therr arc >e,cf
viii u the dist 81 TO niles above aHd 'i0S th-
village There sretWo considerable, cotton factories IN
tho re.chtorhood. ~ Manchester TWO miles bri1W
called he Manchester Mil. and sill nearer. called
he Clinton Both are active and well managed | be
eye but cannot ,pczk f tn e1'eu Of their Business
A. th- disalce of three miles below are CiicA-s IL
iii more eAt,H.i1c, Though more recent aui are ra
idly gathering ar und them a village oi iIld'tr1ls ali
eu',TpusiIl people.
But new feature mas recently been allied - this
nel hbeIhoCd. BY The establishment uf 80 0n furnace
L. is located a. BE- point Wh.-- ne "a nlnsp inl
cruises the Oli.kany about uic oTr rle village l.
OWES il origin 30 th- irf-, l ald enterprise IT 80.
: / andus, Who Vas in.t .ulu-utal iu forming Che
Franklin Iron CowIan! in The spiug of Isl l. c'u-
eLcrd opri ATOMS The same season all made consider
allie prog ess 10 rs acrks bu, tse f1lwiag .p-l2
arlnusu t g. tered ,l-o between tae c1uplly aad
Miu,on Of U-ica, and Nj IJHe-, OH 4li success
hl iTon anu actlrer of Essex County, ny WHICH RS
csI rel greatly luc'ra-e and IT, success ensured
ne works. which are most substantially bIit tnI III
a. tr ~modern Improvements IS th- N-g-l,rar-,
say have just been completed % al x -c OF about
500 %, and are ~ successful upti aeon. have
=. NJ an Afternoon az the establishment aul found
sef greatly interested IL witnessing tie 90 AMI mystery
ii iruu making They Use anthracite c'a 5uu-h over
lrcgttts zap RaIruad o. bln- l-n d. alI thence Oy
csIal Al present tsey consuming abJlt twenty siK
tus Ter day and produce about twelve tun, Of p iron
But ~ are expecting increase th-d pro uc .OtD1
10 fr II fifteen 70 tEeng tus AID Vii prrDA0y use trnu
hi " 10 forty Of coal Ice lrln fh turn olt j.
of fue 4ua! fat suPassng VIII they h'i anticipated
caro- ." 7Oiurs sill be forwarded 10 f. days ro Ns8
York Receive i as th- fist offering II y llcan from
the valley Of the Odskauy
Nature seems % have been very 5'un.ifL 10 This
ciou Il j. quite impossible - say hos extensive is iron
ore beds arr but they ard! kn Wn % extend over
large tract, under many vsushls farms lni stretch
inc viii greater less interrupt iof miles IN every
3ircciicn The ore Is an ovd- a,iAg from one %
three eet In thickness sometimes almost cropping Out
a., the surface and az others running deeper mo tse
,srtk sccodn d. 10 tie lay OF tie aud Inc value ot
he ore is an average - "r oI pc r-' a. pure 'n
liz srp specimens are 81 . -.chrr j. IS delivered g
NJ furnace a. 81 or 81 l2i 2e- tll. a-I rea--s tl'
,vper A, The rate II from Q, ti c-rs perla above