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

n, Fd~srd DE Camp whose forge az Cnsriot,ehourgn
lust over the line between Morris ana fs''ac Soun.e
e one Of the most complete in the state reckons sew
sntv Ave thousand bushels Of coal 10 IRE Annually ana
six hundred tuns Of These forges produce we give
the estimates of the owners in bar iron annually a. '
lows: Woods forge, POO tuns OF octagon par par, anl
blooms: Stickles forge 200 tuns finished lroni Mies
forge 900 uns finished rOn and De Camps Jorge li'ur
fres) 800 Of blooms, equal to 5oo tun' OF OAR
iron, if not more. .
five take these four establishments embracing cn
fires and average the estimates gwen above We SHai
have SO 900 bushels OF charcoal consumed per year ~
each fire. and 400 tuns of The average oil chacoa
We have doubt is nearly correct, out tne a'ess ~
ore We imagine is too high. Three hundred auu W! W
certainly four hundred tuns will be all that one re can
smelt in a year If average the product OF lnese
fires ia bar ron may allow lD tuns OF oar ron per
year 70 each FIRE The two FORCES at hocHa"ay' Vh
Sphtrock HopeWel Washington Charlo'IenVurs n aud
Middle FORCES and perhaps some o'hei' VIII P''o0
in this ,.t.
In order 20 see what amount of wages Is dl'oursed
through this community by the IRON business, we a!
trace out the following statistics: In Morris County o'
On lis immediate borders some MY dlnereh io'ge'
with about 90 fires Some Of these small streams
and good Judges say will be far estimate 10 c'nsidei
the average amount of stock used and iron produced az
all these fires at about hreeuarers OF these se do"h
10 the best works such the Powervllle and hocaa'
vay that is that each Of these fires will use annually
about AZ 900 bushels of charcoal about 26) uns OF ore
and produce about IS tuns OF barron many OF the'e
forees produce their iron in blooms for rolling We cannot
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be be very nearly correct The amount oi charci con
sumed in this county the present state OF the iron
business is more than 35OOOOO OF bushels ana niue
short of "a 600 tuns OF The labor expended on ths
ore is principally representa- in the article on mnes
except the expense OF carng it, which cannot be snort
of one dollar per tun The at the forge costs lour
dollars a tuD making an aggregate OF Seo'ooD
Asfor the charcoal it will be fair estimate 10 aio"
three cords of wood necessary to make lUO bushels oil
coal 20 that ascertain that about 900 cords of%ood
arc cnyerted into coal per year This wood, standing
is worth about 81 a cord the cost OF choppng Is MY
cents 50 that the wood choppers receive So1O0 as ther
share ofhe wages And here II ought TO be stated tnat
the choppDg is all done aie ID the winter Ut ear! i" o
spring ,.,u. so
ner leo bushels which operation will annually disburse
some $40 600 among labOrers as wages The cost OF
cartDg this coal about > per loO bushels which us
bur,es some S35 600 i'll wages.
When forge stocked with coal and ore the general
rule that these must then be converted INTO iron
whether blooms bors for Onefth N the marketvane
Of the iron That is il draft iron is worth so per tul
tLe foreemen receive per un for their wages II
octsgon iron hammered for rolling is worth 500 per
fun the worLmen receive SlI If blooms are worth
Sl4 the workmen receive - per un. 10 this they are
at 10 expense for repairs, tools or anything necessary
10 keep the works in operation This is the reward OF
a their labor.
d Az the four rolling mills at Dover, Rockaway, Pow,
" evle and CharlOtenburgh, about 4l0V OF DlOOs auu
octsgon iron are rolled annually and all the Orges IN
u the country produce $50 tuns of iron year WI" De
safe 70 say that 1900 ts finished under the ham
u mer, worth $40 per tun making the sum OF Sl4O,VV
for this item The iron that is rolled, Is principally
IL blooms and reckoning heOctagOn bars il will be fair "a
n etinac this kind Of iron delivered at the rolling mills
"a at $50 per un making the value of 41oO tuns TO be
S237 500 That is the draft iron, the blooms and tnt
OctagOD bars manufactured in the blo0mery res o. TINS
e county, worth about s311 800
five sum up these items and allow Sl391OO for Goa
delivered $4,000 for ore delivered, AID $4,000 to
- making tn IRON have S31l 900 the cost OF maxim.
. the iron which is worth 1877 800 leaving S6b1oo as The
reward of the capital invested in the business only
cepDg the of repairs which is Impossible 20 estl
a mate
a The bloonery FORCES of Morris County contribute
very conside rsble TO the abOrDg classes amount
l.; ing TO something than SSm,OOO.
a II may here be remarked that many OF the ron-mts
tiers large tracts of woodland from which they obta
large quantities of coal which they OF course recev
in additional profit.
Taking one of the most productive FORCES in the
IT, having two fires, the must make the presen
"A year clear ptoht Of $4,000 Several OF the best STU
~ aed and managed FORCES doing at least as WELL bu
:, the majority must fall considerable! below this
IRA If We reckon forge fire. there are abou
he 1s0 blowers and hamersmen whilst not less than 81
or 400 men have part in choPPing the wood, coaIn
mt and cartiDg it, PeThaps will be within bounds To sa
that in all the different departments, these Blooner
Ter FORCES give oress employment to some 900 band
or more whose average tor 81 days IN the yea
IL may be about one dollar day.
Dst five examine the condition of those who are Ell
plOyed in furnishing these tOrges with coal and ore,
,ss find large proportion of them living in small an
ite not very comfortable houses and many of them
,se mere hus made of logs in Western phrase, chln
i'm ed and daubed' The most Of them are not Oh
0e owners of any land and Of pay rent an
Sc very many Of them are found stately in at
for house OF worship, and do not 10 wit
Their their children receive not good common scho
education IL is not uutrsquent occurrence To I'm
re those who can neither read write. Only few
this class lay up any property these are scarce WI
he here and there exception, they enjoy some OF IN
in palmer Injuries such tea coffee sugar and lonI
health holds out and the iron market is good have
difficulty in securing good substantial food such IN
possible to the of aborers in the countries of tt
SIS Old World Our impression is that with here aud the
led exception they lay up tte nothing of their
gh for hard times sickness, unforeseen calamities.
hes The tap.root of their difficulties acsss is the
to of intoxicating liquors. the strictly temperate, tho
for who DO not use these liquors on any
ro form, being the small minority OF the whole There
me no more willing abOrious workers in the world thu
II they; but this single leak in the ship keeps them in
Fly slant danger Of sinking Aher much observation
IL reflection, have been forced to the honest concusC
us that could all xcatug drinks be banished from the
is mountains, where hnd huts and shanties v
at should ind ard comfortable houses where fl
shelters and rented stopping places with their ha
IS y titled patches of ground, should find pleasa
OF homes, owned by their occupants and surrounded
los productive gardens and farms The labor expended
50 these with much hearty good will would IN ii
ar the of them lords of the soil entire
'n away As il is they live hard life. families lna
y quatey educated and usually trained 10 tread the
OF hard weary road they themselves have followed. B.
my this subject shall speak at length IN auOth
up place.
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