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

A., alvats will BE- which " a rhii1ns l,'psuH'vn ~
~, .d,in a. uam,g Tho man WIN washes lhl aip4
=, nina nom tho furnaces. ani poke out 'hoou,"'"
,,de, that 10 rnni npy DO wasted. 70 hrr''Ne" !"
BepGa and In process "f oe :, n'snt sD,nn w.
sp,o,olil NJ b. wesso iormrd bocansc apple wa''
IA ir n,hre ui ihr fact 10 this an oil Frfnr 'of"'
named haa bspiisfe losior tbVnght or h'' pissns"
uorr, hy John Jacob fcsb anotd IRON lnnn''r ""'
lrg tic to,olntlon) was employed 10Y Ao'o," yoa ~
uoortrn in washing tho furnace nshcs.s Among the
men be- wna called John Tho baptist, AMI "h'n 'hy
waited their aches removed and washed they wonii
call for John tho Baptist Finally, they abDre'at'n
n info "paptai,' anil although the old man has long
betn dead. the mau who now does the "orh "hieh nc
did il csllod the Baptist
Dining that morning visit saw the f'irnacg opened
and the red liquid torrent rushing down the tiny canais
which conducted il into the awkward parallel moia
known among tie workman as the SOW lac rough
lars thus made receive the elegant name Of " pigs
hort distance from the furnace an obstruction -
placed in the little canal which dams up the metal SO
as ia bring its surface little higher than the le'ei Oh
another side.cara that TIE iron being heavier h0ws
On and breaks beautifully over the din' WINE tne
Ited cpder being LIGHTER rises 20 the top ami Is easily
turred of into tie side canal which conducts IT, with
ont exrfnfc TO tie rivers edge do not now renleul-
her TO have seen more beautiful sight than this east
irc before DAYLIGHT in the morning, aL the Boon'o1
Furnace In fact, the whole VISIT TO the furnace anu
roungmills left pleasing impre5sio on my mind. .
Tie entire product If tie puldllngflnaces and roll
ing mills goes t. the nail and spike actores inese
ale MY driven in the daytime aud are under the Ell
oi,rt management of sir. Holmes, no also has tue
General s,lpery sion OF the sawr and cooperng slop
I'm urdci TIE impression that these departments do
not follow the general principle which gudcs the roll
ing mill / may be mistaken, but think that from tne
MANAGER 70 hespprentice all receive stipulated wages,
aud do not work by the tun. In this should think
tie same rule would work well, but Of this others are
letter iudees II il curious sight those nail ma-
clirfs ard when ore contrasts tie nail business now
with what II was when Grant Thorban landed IN New
York (say sixty years cgo) and made single nails one
by one on an anvil we can hardly repress our admiFa-
ton. Those noisy machines, cattcr clattcr c'aiter'
till IL would seem as if they would drive you mat
how ndustrousy they bite of the Iron, and by single
Ing. Land You out finished nail! Some eighty o!
these are going, CHATTER. clatter, all dly long.
The cooperng shop ia very interesting place, bat
my letter is already very much longer than lntonied
r. VIII close 10 by suggesting that capitalists VIII
find Il greatly for their interest (this thought have
from tie gentleman who kindly showed me the mills)
TO cetsbh paper or some other kinds Of factories on
the stream below Boonion, furnishing labor for girls
and also boys not strong enough for the iron mills sGch
an ef.ablifhment would find a large number oil excel
lent Lands Immediately on the ground, ready for the
work. Thus waterpoWer would be saved, the inter
ets of labor be cared for, and the general welfare OF
Tie community aided
oucht not 70 close this article without saying that
the common schools Of BOonton all held in one build
ing large commodious, ana elegant an honor to the
village aud if rightly used, blessing 10 the villagers