Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-01-07
cLOCK-WoRK.

sew Haven correspondent of the Journal Of CoD-
msrce gives the following interesting Of the
| faeture Of clocks in that city:
New Haven, city has undergone great changes
within few years Though still retaining her primitive
characterstcs-her genteel residences and shaded
,reats-shs has been sngrafted with manu-
iacturing interest," which Is closely identified with hsr
prosperity and yet Is Of such growth that few oo
prehend its extent and Importance Almost the entire
eastern part OF the city which, comparatively short time
since, was in commons" is thcky studded with
the tall chmnes Of establishments for the acture OF
Yankeenotions in al their variety and with the dwell
lings OF the mechanics employed by them One of tho
most conspicuous of these is Jeromes immense clock fac
tory in which upwards of four hundred fifty persons
employed and more than six hundred clocks daily
manufactured Last September the unusually large num-
1 Der Of seventeen thousand was turned out.
These measurers Of time multiplied like the leaves of
the forest regulate the movements Of individuals all
parts Of the world. traveller encountered hera
in the mountains of Asia and but few days ago par
eel was shipped to Jerusalem, via Jopps The univsr-
sal Yankee clock may be considered the fit represen
tave of the Yankee nation and appropriate device for
her escutcheon Mr. Jeromes works consist Of twelve
buildings in which all the processes necessary for the
commencement and completion Of clock lover two hun
dred) carried and each is facilitated by the
of machinery The advantages thus afforded defy all
competition The oldashioned Dutch clock has become
obsolete thing and the Germans have been completely
suppanted in the extensive trade in clocks which they
transacted with England twelve years ago. Last year
Mr. Jerome made not less than hundred and fifty
thousand clocks and the number manufactured this year
expected to reach two hundred thousand valued nc
about five hundred thousand dollars This is q number
greater probably than the joint production of all other
similar establishments in the United States And not
withstanding the supply, during the present
year it has been unequal to the demand This is partly
owing to the great change which has lately place in
the manner ofmakng spring having superseded
the weights and fancful style the
Dispensing with the weights has particularly affected ths
foreign demand.
In order to obtain adequate idea of the extent Of
Mr.. Jeromes operations, display Of statistics Be
substitute for inspection of the works Extend
ed lines of men ranged beside worktabes seen, with
whom the several pieces required in the Of
clock Twelve to twenty passing through from
dmentary to complete state. At end of the series
may be immense quantity of detached parts st
the other huge heap of several thousand movements,
ready for casing and which might apparently be sold
well by the bushe half bushe by any other method
More than twenty five thousand Of various styles
unuay in process of construction In the manufacture
Of eases the systematic procedure is observed
noticed above. The rough lumber Of which two
million five hundred thousand feet consumed speed
ly cnt into the desired lengths split beveed and
ed or where cases are apaned vanished the several
pieces are painted baked and decorated with the great
est expedition In the use of pearl, which is inlaid
some varieties of cases, great Improvement has been
proposed The pearl being very expensive material,
Professor Shepherd has suggested that it may be pro-
duced artifcialy, by combination Of lime and various
chemical substances obvatng the necessity Of exploring
the depths of the in order to procure this article
The experiment will doubtless soon be made.
Numerous ways have always been devised from tiIns
to time by which the actual Of the clock is reduced
BY newly invented machine section Of tree may be
converted into continuous veneer much after the fash
ion of removing the pairing of apple and OF
scrubby and apparently worthless trees butpass
ing woods yegetated by abundance Of knots found
to polish admirably. More than i've hundred thousand
feet of veneers are used In cutting the teeth
of brass wheels and other parts machine acts large
number Of separate pieces simultaneously and the whole
prepared with the facility that one could be-
all parts adjusted with mathematical accuracy by tho
unerrng action of machinery easy make good
clock worthless and such very low priced,
selling for less than dollar each guaranteed equal
to the more costly variety in bronze, gilt marble, &c.,
which sell from five dollars to twelve dollars As in
centve aspiring young men, it be mentioned thss
Mr. Jerome commenced with capital of fifty dollars, and
strongly advised by friends not to venture upon
hazardous business clock making nasmuch Ger
tain Mr. T was already making five hundred yearl~