New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-13
THE CITY OF NEWARK. .... No. Ill

PATENT LEATHER MANUFACTURERS; THE
AGGREG Ale OF THE LEATHER BUSINESS
Wehsve been told that the frs pateJi leather sde
in thi. country about lao BY Mr. S-th Boyden, a
very ingenious citizen OF Newark VII about that ne
ereceo fac Try for the purpose Not lcps after, Mr.
David Crockett began thu busness, and We presume
these sre the two psient-esher manufsctor e. mel
toned BY Gordons Gszet;ter. Fer humber Of years
TIE processes not made public, and people were
net allowed 10 look 70 these ny sterous buildings a.
much as they oesired. Crocketts factory, if our
memory is correct, was 81 usted above the court
house, on what Low the extensive and very ele-
gan groupcs of Wi nsm Rspkin, ESQ.,, Newark
halter who is reaprg the fruits OF industry and
enterprise in tee sensible Of large fortune smassed
thereby How nsively the Manufacture Of jspan-
red leather wss carried on at these establishments We
bsve not leaned but Ee suppose it must have been
very email.
few days since we visited the most extensive pa:-
ent leather mandatory in Newark, said to be the
largest 10 this country, 1t i. on the hill above Nes'
arb the horis canal few rods above the inclined
plspe, snd it MSS gro 10 its pre+ent dimensions
within less than ten YEAR, The msnafsc DRY occupies
about TWO acres Of ground and has buildings which
tcgeher make Lea y 600 FEET IN length by 80 in
bread b. and three stories high. These buildings sur
round The square, leaving large yard IN the GEN.
ter for drying the leather during the finishing process
1t will be curiosity to specify some pa ticusrs con
cernirg hi, mammoth establishment The fits -horso'
power engine witch propeIs the machinery snd fur
uishes steam for warning all THE shops, and also al
tie ovens il In the Dorth.east corner 0 the block
DesctndiI into TIE lower room, immediately so1th
Of the engine TO the tar merry, where 500 large
hides s-e tanned week, acd 70 one who !emenbsrs
al the sborous processes Of the old tenneres pump
ipg iurr ipg the hides In the vsis &c. the ssgug OF
labor ia thu. establishment by machinery is pIeasng
feature The men work as had row as then, bu, ac-
comp sh great desl more. We co1n'ed twenty SIX
vas IL which large numbers OF hides we're undergoing
stirring process in bsrk.hquor BY mesos Of waees,
some SIX feet in diameter and four feet bresdis re-
itmbling common undeIshOt wa er wheel These
are driven ,osy By steam, and not only lessan the
manual sbor ef turning the bdes, bu. hasten Tire
tsnIing process. After reaching certain stsge IN
Ills process the hides rsised iato the story ABOVE,
70 psss through the sp itng machines which are also
driven BY the steam. engine Some very thick hides
ere spit twice, and Al Of t.en once. The working OF
these machines is OF the most be.urfu sigkts IN
The Whole establishment, cutting hide through with
the utmost precision, and at us such thickness As IS
derbed TIE machine ia perfect tbs il can b. sc:
to spHi accurately cslkin 81 sheepskin.
The hides thus spli. furnsh two grades OF leather:
The one for tic first quality Of patert leather or
liages, &c; the other .or second quality used Tor
dsshbosrts, trunks, &c. After betg split the leather
s again yrt L.o the ats, and the tanning is CON-
Eetei Il is then stret he'd on france ane placed 10
the large d. wig room, which 10 Constructed a. u
have fIee circulation Of air from without aud also
from blowing mschlne il the south east corner o. ths
be shaved, so;lensd, aLd glazed f.r the js,sHasy
p.ocess. The soheniDg % the leather Is done oy m+
ohirery, conu.ved, as We have head, under 81.
Howe supervision, by Which very lsbore3 ead
slow proce s svoided The engine tsnhery. drying
loom, lifting machines, and c.ryDg .hops are a. On
the esst ,ite Of IRE bloch.
1--we 60 Low 70 Ire uorth.ves, coIher, We come 70
sbop vbeIe al IRE backing eriai. are compound
ed, and il Is rot & particularly inviting plice- On
the ncrth ana west sides ere The shops Tor nlecklGs
tie lestier, end ssp the oyens for sEo 9stIng tbs
6stcr VIXEN backed to the requisite aHiodAs OF ae-t
10 r.ske i, take high flush. Before sypbing the
bsel iug The workman stret,Les the leather tightly
spd smoothly h. & light square frame which IS lAii
OF the blsckicg table Having pat on the blacktsg,
be u1s il l. 70 he ovens in grooves, which leave
usl space betsteD the different frames for the free
circu a3on Of The beted sir The heat in each oven
ga b. spd It = sins aaI item ss, N this usnufsc.ory
here are ever e'ereE Hies Of hese ,teQH pip>s for