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


show. when We visited BOontOn some weeks ago the
furnace had been in blast l19 weeks commencing With
Febrnarv n ISL During that time II had consumed
30 995 tons Of Anthracite COAL valued at syii9I II
smelted 2l12- tons of ore, valued az <ooJD. IL
had used 6 GO6 tons Of limestone, worth >y2O. Ihe
nnmher Of harrow loads Of coal. and limestone
wheeled into the furnace during this time va. lV-'lo
which will give some idea Of the labor necessary to keep
the furnace charged The product 10 iron during these
Il9 weeks was II 755 tons Of pig iron. which nearly
90 tons DAY the whole time. This furnace gave en-
ployment 70 % men. whose wages DUNG that time
amounted to some S25 j00 which is little more than
an average of one dollar day TO each man. counting
every day in the week The pig iron run AZ this furnscr
in that time at S25 per ton worth spendld
advance on cost.
This furnace alone has added the producveness If
the coal beds Of Penns wanna the iron mines of Morris
snd has given wages ~ lsbOfers. that IT, col dlglers
miners boa,men, carmen, and furnace men, To- the
amount Of nearly S2DO000 in a little more than tao
years All these classes of aborers are represented IN
the above tables II we reckon pig iron only at S per
tuD We perceive that this esment mas done well Or
the capitalists but suppose that usng, as tney 40
large quantities of their iron in the pudding iar-
naces TO be converted finally into spikes and nails that
the pig has been worth than SO per ton, on 81
average
In the former article stated the fact that in all pro-
liability two furnaces will De erected az R)ckaway
and the statistics lust given will serve TO show 10 what
an extent such establishments are likely TO give employ
ment TO men and distribute wages 10 the community
They would be felt by the GOLFERS the miners, the BOAT
men as vel as BY those Immediately at the furnaces
Each Of these furnaces would consume n u less than
L. OC0 tuns Of coal annually and snet az many tuns oil
ore The facilities for such operation IN Morris Coun
~ are very great since here Is the ore and II IS cheaper
to bring tie coal here and make the iron than TO carry
the Pennsylvania and then bring back the IRON %
/ the great market at New-l0rk.
The PomptOn Furnace, under its eaterprsing mana
ger, Mr. Wallace, is doing fine business, but We have
not the statistics.
N; incl Ia tha Cha-lo ron
Mil which il on the opposite side of the stream whoa
divides Morris and Pas.ac there Ave Rolling Mills IN
this Comfy viz: at Dover Rockswsy PoEervile Boon
ton (al on the Rockaway Rver) and Charottenburgh'
If We take these in the order named, the following sd
tistcs are Ci interest
Al the Dover Works, leased BY Mr.. Henry McFarlin
and managed by Mr. 6. NJ Hnchman, from April ],
1872 70 April l. l553, the follow ing is the statement:
ots.sn bar. rolled rive; rods to inch round I'D a.,
re % y, 6S ibe ssoTe IS IS pound. Idle
than Sco NV,
T. ocaSop irn is worth SIS per tun making
raw material u,ed worth 81 2ct The coal costs about
$500 The amount of wages paid il about Sil VV'
among twenty FIVE hands, aid the product OF the whole
work may be valued at SJDOVO. . .
Inaddition 70 the rolling mill and rvet factory, Mr. Me-
FarIsn has furnaces for converting Swedes aud English
iron into steel The following is the list for the year
above specified:
Cobvei ard rolled INTO sPrne steel from s"ede' and oo.
FIssh 81 - -
Toeoo'l ,hoens y; tan.
, Alto The monagemen. these works are u credit 10
the beautiful village Of Dover and as TO their income
they are among the profitable 10 the county IN pro
= portion to the capital invested
. The ROckgway Rolling Mills. owned IN part atd man
AGED by Mr. Freeman Wood, are now 10 state 20 De
driven without bndrance the whole year Durioe the
summer the water is not sufficient To drve me mn Crt
than hours out Of the twenty four but this difficulty
is row remeded by steam engine, which vii enable
MFR W r. push the business thoroughly as be desires
should he meet with serious break downs durnl
the present year he will 100 tuns of blooms and
. octagOn bars out Of which he VIII manufacture w
uns of merchant iron, part OF which Will be convert
ed into railroad spikes the spot. The raw nllerh
will be worth some $4,000. Fifteen hundred tuns o
Anthracite coal will be used, worth A. the mill, SOl9O
Thirty men and bows are employ ed 1T pric,
Of 81 IL day for five day. in the week, II We deduc
,, SUNDAYS holidays and lost time by accidents maxim.
n the yearly average nearly $500 to nau aud the aggrc
- gate amount of their wages about S9Coo lhe actua
OUTLAY for materials aud labor not reckoning repairs VII
n, be for the year. some S-9i3o The finished IRON vi
:, be worth in market. if include the spikes. ht
= over $40 per tun, and the whole viii amount 10 som
# 100000.
Al Powervlle six miles below Rockaway, on the SAM
stream. is the Rolling Mil Of Mr.. Thomas c. Willis al
~ establishment which conducted with admirable econo
" ny and yields rich income. Perhaps no mil III IN
y equity pays better in proportion to the capital invested
which MIR ". estimates at $4,000. Tue prohthoenes
of the concern is owing care al management aud ais
the kind of iron made hoop iron being yer! profitable
" We uppose this mill about 500 tuns of blooms
wear he coal consumed amounts 10 opU nuns ah1 th
n product in hoop and rod iron is 40 tuns The raw ms
erao iron is worth some S23 800 the coal $50 ia
III wages of sixteen aborers about $1,000, mixing SUI
IN total of $500 not including repacs, which Il Is DIN
4 cult 10 estimate Probably the iron here made now AZ
ne eraces at least SlO0 per making the value OF IN
ID product 200 which must leave some SlOtOO cea
~ profit, which is twenty per cent on the capital HI
mill is very rarely more than ten hours IN the weI
o " four The above statistics made this basis,
ld that the mill is in reality capable Of twice the work
VI now does.
IN The laborers houses around this establishment al
ne very good aud the families look IT, for the present
as least they are enjoying very comfortable living Ia
40 is true OF all the rolling mills.
H. Ore mile below this is the great iron manutacory
ne Morris County at present owned by Fuller Lord
re New-loTk Tie BOOnton iron works grea. eur
IS osy, aid well repay yisit. The ROlliI
Mil and Pudding Furnaces must cover mol
than an acre Of ground exclusive Of the large Nail al
Sc SPIKE factory and the CoOpering mil AZ night ~h,
by tie Blast Furnace, the Pudding and Heating Furnace
are all at work the sight is beautiful The villa.
an itsef occupies charming cite the brow Of mOl
n tain which OyeroOks vast basin hemmed IN with nou
nd tans aud divided into landscapes of surprising beaut
on The river this point makes descent 10y series
rapids from the highlands Of Morris 10 the level OF
Ne Passaic, which il enters few miles to the sOIth II
nd lover of natural scenery ind but few such cairm
d. views thls around BOVnton.
ut The works we're put up some years ago al immen
Dy cost rot less than half million # dollars aud sou
BY rate the outlay much higher But is supposed 10 ha
Ae been losing Investment under the sharp
~ ment Of Mr.. William Green Last summer il
e. under foreclosure OF mortgages 10 the present ogne
ie az not more than quarter its original cost Taking
III cost Of II under the SheTf's hammer the capital
er vested in works there be doubt of it, being
profitable Mr. LaihrOp is now the manager, add his io