New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-13
,pox MANUFACTURERS IN MORRIS CO, n j

,-..,,h Of the upper parts Of this County, aud We
- n,opose to describe the manufacture OF the lfon
.nd N estimate with as much accuracy a. Po'slOe'
s..oanc,s Of the business, the number OF laoorerS
-.,io,sA the amount Of wages disbursed, the conai
- a IN. lsborers the prospects OF the BUSINESS aui
=. o;her items Of interest connected WITH IL.
W. are informed that the first bloomefy forge 10 Nor
=. conntv WAS erected on the whppany RIVER near
Mor,;soxp. close TO the present track OF the Motifs
Ap..., Railroad It is said that the ore vas carr'ea
,.ho,r b.o, on horseback from the celebrated mines
ou,.d nv Gov Dickerson; and a finer contrAsf
800, 10 selected between the carrying facilities OF one
h5ed Years ago and those Of the present time, 'hsa
g.. bors.s packing iron eight or ten miles and the
~ ho,.es ubich carry their great burdens soswty oy
,hs alto If that first forge in Morris County Add We
- ara remark that within that time almost as near
=. tho Revolutionary War, much iron was carried 70
n.,lst IN paek.horses The bars were put into con-
vspiept shape for this purpose single horse woa'd
carr, four or hundred pounds some fifteen miles
rbs ,.onster engine the Essex" on the Morris aud
F.,e, Railroad will take fifty tons from Dover to New"
,,k in three hours Truly an amazing stride OF pro-
gees
p,.viou, 70 the Revolutionary war there was " a
",ltting mill" at Old BOontOn two miles below Boon
i.fripe.d ON Brtith exclusive laws Oste6soly IL was
o,;., mill bu, under this was the iron mill Governor
Franklin and bis suite once took the pains to ride up
and inspect the place. like faithful officer OF the crown
and know for himself whether there was any violation
Of the laws Mr. Samuel Ogden, who managed tne
works, and whose father was in part owner vas noted
for his shrewdness AID his choice liquors when Tue
Governors party arrived Mr. Ogden insisted on their
Al. hn f.flOu
Tong ride The dinner spread and the liquors so
freely circulated that sagacicus Governor rankin auI
his officers could find no Sitting mp after dinuer
The oyernor by that time had always known that II W."
an untounded slander and rode home with flea IN MS
In Justice il ought be said that report made
Franklin partner the unlawful property and II so the
officer Of King George ght be excused Tor not seeing
what as a soc khOder, he did not then want 10 see
Some wears previous to the Revolutionary War the
J0udon COMPANY" built blast furnaces at Charotten
burQb PomptOn, RingwOOd and Wlnocke, aud exported
10 England considerable quantities OF pig IRON lhiswa'
desirable in consequence Of the failure OF cnarc0a az
the coal had not yet been used for
smelling ore In l775 it is said that Lord North induced
this Company to burn their works IN Ne|-Jersey prom
Using 10 indemnify them for the loss.
AS early AS 772 blast furnace was put up a. Mount
None by John Jacob Faesch and after this another
one was built at Hbcrna. These we're employed IN
making all kinds of hollow ware, cannon balls ana such
things as are cast in our foundres Az that time
none Of the iron of these furnaces refined by the
Cuddlino process There we're a few bloomey fofges IN
previous 10 the war The iron business at tue
time of the Revolution carried on on limited scdie
but received great impulse after war was declared III
asmuch az We thrown upon our own resources
for iron for balls and for mechanical uses AS late
"a 1876 all the merchanabe wrought iron produced IN
this county was drawn out under the hammer, making
better non than be rolled, but adding Ia the expense
Of production In 1876 Col. Joseph Jackson aud h
brother William jackson built the hrst Rolling MIL II
the county II in the State unless the Old boonto
Sitting Mil be considered an exception We may tne
tVnla NJ nal mo 1rpn IA
market as here practised, vz the smelling the ore
boomer fires and the hammering the iron into markets
ble shapes the beet iron made the making OF bloom
prece,s precisely like the former except that instet
of beipo bammer,d into smaller sizes It is rolled in
more shapes by machinery the process when Goa
vers the ore into pig iron and then by pudding convert
il into wrought iron TO be rolled or haheIeu ahi III
iron cast by Cupoa Furnaces
nv inouiry and examination find that large amolI
of iron is made annually in the county IN blowery hee
small part Of which drawn out nto the small sizes uoe
the hammer The FOrges are To be ound on such stream
s the Rockaway and Pequannock River, Beaver Brooh
Horse Pound Brook, Green Pond Brook, &C. Ihe mos
of these are located with reference not merely to SUI
ply of water for driving the machinery but easy acce'
TO the charcoal The most OF the buildings are qn'
inferior and unsghty Exposed constantly TO fire thes
buildings are usually constructed admirably to bur
down Only few of them have fre-Prooi roofs pa
shingles or boards being The roofing IN common us
Some of them are neatly enclosed as II to PROVIDE IL
the comfort Of the workmen in winter and storm
weather, but the most Of them are not
comfortable as good COW shed. An old fOrg
roof is perforated thoroughly with holes burn
by the sparks which are constantly hyng from ia
chimney aud il would seem to have No safety but
the vigilance OF the workmen. Many OF the streams o
which these FORCES placed sufficient TO driv
them more than fiom seven 10 nine month IN the yea
which must be great drawback to their productivenes
and we wonder that the experiment has not been rle
of driving these FORCES by steam. We think, aithoug
we have no accurate data that the heat which vsnsh
mn the chimney Of a fire must be nearly sufficient
senerste steam for driving the bellows and hammer Il
manufacturing all the iron which that fire can pr
duce The introduction Of the hot blast pipes Ia n
forge stack has saved much of this waste heat, but
seems 10 us that enough is still lost 10 drive proper
constructed machinery the whole year through IL
our imprt sson that this mprov would save thou
apds Of dollars annually 10 the country Thus opinion
confirmed from the fact that Mr.. Edward DcCamp,
his model ferge, CharOttenburc has put up two bio
cry fires 90 that the heat which escapes from them
enplo, ed in heating oven connected with stand
rolls In that thus heated, the iron Is III abe hI
enough for rolling with but small additional exPens
Such an Improvement as we suggested would also ia
nish labor the whole year through instead of the preseI
evil of stopping work for want of water This YER
important want 10 the physical and moral condition
the wOrkmen. and deserves 20 be looked into. Man
Workmen lose just about the SUN they ought 20 lay
for rainy day BY these vacations caused by drough
ard il can hardly be doubted that many of them cOnra
habits which the, might escape if they had constant al
profitable employment.
The working force in forge is usually two men
each fire. viz one TO smelt the ore a blower, aud a
other the hamme rsman.' In some cases an ataleti
hardy man will hammer for two fires thus reducing q
force of forge with two fires 10 three men, In vel
few cases men Of such extraordinary endurance haV
been found that they will do all the hammering Tor tw