New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-30


.v.rsre The year through zoo dossns . wseA, 90,
during he pressure Of particular sessons seany
aoubJe this amount! In this village alone our m
sxm.p, counted no come IS different hnshpg shops,
In slba,u six. in Bloomfield q many, md In Belle
vile one or two. No doubt there &c eshers, % sAss
probably in Essex County ou' OF Newark tae" NC
40 or 50 different shops.
In TIE City Of Nessrk the manufacture OF hs's "
carried on very .1ts sively. The firm Of Rankin,
Duryee Co. Is The Oldest in the city. The huoder
Of this ho.se, William R,nkin, tsq, 70 stri living "
SCI .bIe retire msns which be viii be kksly to enjoy
MANY ,eass vet, If be cc.s Dot abandon his sssve
and pIxssursble exercise in the garden aud consvs-
t.ry. Like many other Newark msnufaetaIers, he
bee An business in Q ANAL ~sy, increasing il % be
gathered the means The nSme Of he Arm 10 sod
bs. for many yean heen familiar 70 ell who arc &C.
ousip ed in Newark Their mandatory 10 IN Ae
rs.r Of the Mechanics snk aud hes been bsit viii
m,nv t.citt. for . Ia,se business. S, extensive 10
it, that from the unpscsns OF the fur 20 the finishing
Of the hat, the vhole pr,,ess Is there eooduchd.
They form their own hst bodies, then "size" end
fnsh them. A large number OF woskmen aud con-
st.pt en- ploynent at good wages; aud II one viii
ysce The history of T. is or any other nm he viii go
som. thing Of American Ingenuity and en;sspsts.
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posters Of this sly sold the article ct iagr prices.
Our hsttsrs soon perceived t. direction Of tas
pop.lar tide, and furnished - good an article ~
he foreign at Q reduced price. We went through
this m,nufsctory, from the cellar to me sky.
light, with Alderman layton As our intelligent
guide The mag ai,aes OF the operation, the capital
syid. niy empo, e. the vsrety Of psooes~es tho az
tenn OF the buildu gs, toe number Of The workmeB,
and the vsst amount of ats produced Oh excited our
admiration.
Another establishment southeast Of the Market
Street Depot s that of Two youug men Who,
A few wears sgc, imported themselves INTO New
ark from the peshbedrg village Of Be'esine, sad
have pursued th.i basiness with admirable sssscty
and succ. 60. Ten yss, ago they might have carried
their stock in trade in a whe Lbsrro~ bat nov hey
ere en- ploy ing some 200 hands, aseursipg probably
csc, 900 year in wages and prOdacisg between H..
600 and II, 600 cozeDs Of dner sort Of hats.
In this nanufsctory we saw another labor sAving
macsipe, imp rted from France Il ia the sisins-
ma. hins for fuliing mp the " bodies made on The
forming machines" The old-fashioned process q
stsnoipg by . vat of boiling wssr and rolling BY
hand the bs, boe les until they Of the requisite
soudiiy s q TEDIOUS and soorious one. The machine
ia gu, ston is very smple-belg made OF tvo sets OF
small rollers WI ich DO se' like the rollers in an
iron nil, to any thicAp ness desired Each roll has
cog. whte attached o one end Of u, which masches
into the Wheel on another and through al the rolls
in The mschir Of VIII ch the must be at least doz
On in each. BY ample contrivasce one set Of these
rolls has lateral movement something like the sieve
in the ordina windmi used by farmers Above the
wntl is tank Of bo ing waller, which is used IN the
failing process. Through these rolls the hat bodies
ore pased until they acquire the thickness ana
soiidny required. II 10 ssid hat this machine u
saving OF labor to the sme mt Of so per cent, and
that each ole will sze twelve dozens OF hats In tea
houns.
There are several estab ishmen's which, like Veil
Il Ysies's, are principally making q fine style Of
bate. Among kese may DO n-msd the firms OF A.
B. Aston g. Co, Seely, Moore & Co., George Booth q
sops, - X mouse - Gait and others. 10 the ely
ere arc probsbiy .bout unity msnuiactores, vary
ug in the ex'tn, Of business from the large stroke OF
Raj kin Dury ee g. c., TO the smallest employing one
| or two workman. L. A, res is diving . smart
business nth sons 6fty hsDds, not Only for exports
ton but for the retail business &C homo: rne same u
true Of several other shops GOING retail &,spcss IN
hats spo caps suo If enterprise and inda.t not
kD OF succsss, . few years viii prove that s~' ~
these y.Dns men own ben that is laying golcsR
ssg every Day. Fom Pesent sigrs we predict great
.nerge nent In this hat business In Newark and its
vicr ify.
From sp accurate examination of some of these
sbops, AID from the estimate made by gentlemen en-
III ely ,Di.r 9th the business, think solves
With bounds In asser ing that In Newark sllns, ct
ssst 900 en- boys spd girls a 9 employed In max
i,s bst that $500 900 are sou'sed IN wages among
them: that mere Ihsn IS 900 oozebs 900 900 Of
bats made yesr which are cold at not far from
81, zoe, 600 perhaps 90, 600 900, at Wholesale.
Ii We iDcluos Ia The mae The County Of EsseI,
there employed srly 800 abores IL not 5000,
who receive IN wages SINE $3.50 900 they fDsh for
naket 225 600 dozens or 1900, 900 hats, which In
usIhst are worth g. 900 900 ana g. 900 oOOi
There aggregates se remark sbIe, and We think
they co Dot exceed the facts. After much examine
ton 81 inquiry ana also comparing the opinions OF
iboee have minue KIN 90 Of ihe business, 20
bsve felt that these 70 tiDgs 'uicleoty accurate
10 the design II tbess articles The facts con-
tsined in this will show that ncousdersbs part OF
the ais collected sd ~ that great hstmsrt in
Wates ttrett, Esw-York Is manufactured in the city
sDc vcL ity o NeSsrk.
In thD, as in sme of the other manu- acturng
branches cOulc Dot fsii notice the large
Der Of foreign operatives empOJ ed.
CURioUs WILL CAsE.-The cons Of George w.
Green-~bO vas 30 Vi5teo Of poisoning s's wife IN
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