New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-24
rup CITY OF NE WARK....No. V.
u,xsrss AND SADDLE FAcroRIEsokS,ri' oS
Ian mAcHINRs-cARRIAGE-MA ACCOMMODATIONS VI

fharPee IN NeW6k, a. " loV AH'" '~
tss. carried on and the fotun-s offs c'tizens oon~
On, ub , were t,eu poor, aud grea; amount
srhn,in. a. tAentthst is the talent for making mon
~ ;o,eligept ard vel,-dhected enterprise-has
= seve,oped 10 that time. The wheel has been
.-irr an whether II has turned dorm any who Fere
Ok ,es,s ago we will not say but evideatty it has
- o., s,re who were then at The bottom.
7, 1904 ,ourg man came from Bridgeport 10
g, md CONNER ced he harness and saddle busi-
-. w;,b a small capital in cash. The firm of
1rs,,,b A Wright at the corOer OF Far and Broad
.,,so,,. s.tabf, he'd business which bee ,ms not
r,,a f.mous The senior In tbs firm died some years
,i,oe and Mr.. Wright still is epj yog the large for.
,n,s which hos grown from email beginnings The
ho.inAsa WAS INDICTED az the old stand uutS l5i7,
when II was removed to the very comp eve builcilg s
an u,Ihe,ry ano Centre streets This establishment,
a, nreeert owned by the firm Of Nichols, Sherman
% we visited few Gays SIEGE, in order t. get
a ms des of its extsnt aud completeness Tde build
Ipes extend sou 30 feet on each sJest aud are fur
pisheo with every means which inSenu,y aud CAPITA
can procure TO facilitate the various operations be-
loroino 70 the business The extensive easements se
u.ed for finishing batess ard SADDLE fatler. Ga the
floor above are extensive storerooms, the saesroom,
and Office and the reDoLif stories ara occupied by
the cutters the saddeis the collar suffers, orioe
ard harness mat ers vsrnsheIs &c. Each department
roy,s on ike clook-work under the eye it, fireman.
In a shop in the rear the plttiog is carried on
produo an Article sDg better satisfaction than the
inpoteo which until few years nas had the prefer
euoe Ia still aIoher shop in the rear m ,de all
Ire die tres for the establishment, and 10 which
department ingenuity has beeO employed 10 devise
Ne hintIy which enab 90 ole To accomplish "a much
~ u could do form rly. very slmpe cOntrivsne
OF cav driveo by seam hiss simp lifed and enlarged
the BUSH ess Of ssddIetree making We do not de
sign 10 give a mil ute decnption Of the shop, bu.
simply TO contrast i with the dmioutive establish
uept at he corner Of air and Broad, we kneE it
25 Yeas $50.
In 1888 tter were, accoroIg 70 Gordons Ga
ze,teer In N-wsIk, sixteen extensive factories OF
saddlery aud harness, employ ing 272 hands and a
capital Of s2l7, $780, paying wages annually to the
smooDt of s7O, OOO and making annual sales to the
sme unit Of 1916 EGO. Bat this single firm alone fur
frntbes a. this time employ ment TO some $50 labor
ers, who receive not fol from 100000 year 10
wages. The annual sales at the cash price, as they
are cent 10 tho anohes at New-York, Charleston
Augusta and New OGlesus, amount to besrly much
e. The Gales of all the and SADDLE factories of
Newark in 1888. The actual sales probably
krges in looking at some of the items, we find that
rome 35 900 sadde-t'ees ere made here 10 year,
which contrasts well with the Gene saddle tree maui
factory, rooucing 200 saddet'ets year" as
The Sentinel Of Freedon stated it with all pride
b. 1911. Look ing at what this factory does AID al
los il q saddle an ordinary endurance, it would seen
a. il he number Of riders cannot be diminishing, since
from 25 900 10 3d. 90 saddles mads year by this
Que firm and thus ado ten or dozen brides TO every
saddle, aId what an iem it makes Beside this say
81 me sixty sets Of harness flushed week
900 year. The concentration Of capital the use of
steam aud machinery, and the division OF labor, are
vey Observable facts in this and in other Newark fac
tories In truth when one LOOKS at this slug factory
putting iuto market some $500 900 siOO 900 year,
Il exctes q laugh to recall the argument which a ct
zen Of Nesn used with stranger who just after the
Revolution, thinking to locate there: "Why"
sad be- With no attempt to conceal his pride in The
toub fact, we shs this year put up in the own
OF Newark three neV frame houses, aad make for
fores9n narket, orer and ADORE home consumption,
" f,oO hundred pairs Of shoes
Beside tbs er anl which in the e1tent OF Its
business is much the largest in the city, are several
others dorg q splendid business, in very compete
shops One cannot reprcss wonder in examining the
beautiful estab sbments of Condlt Horton Co., har-
nsss Al d saddle makers; Owen Mcfarland harness
maker; &c, rye Peters harness and whip maker and
t Benedict harness maker. Toe same division OF
labor and the came nice calculations as to outlay for
labor and material that have been alluded to above,
marx all these factories. They credit to the city
aId the country.
Reckoning all the harress, saddery and whip es.ao
ishnens together they put products in market snnu'
aly 70 the smount Of some 600 600, furnishing en-
Do, mont 10 some geo or 900 hands aud cisourslng
wars 20 the amount of at least 100000.
KNITTING MACHINE.
In ora Of the apartments OF Nichols, Sherman x
20 bindings We saw very ingenious kuittos
machine AZ wo,k, the invention of DR.. Corwls, oil
N.wsrk which it is said will turn GU, many yards
6.x. Il wards were named as its maximum.
TbA no Ia which work up the thread act some hing
Ike he KEYS of piano. and most beautifully do they
work with a rapidly which is mHveOus. The ma
oS;oes ar, made at this shop and deserve examination
Nv all engaged in manufacturing hose, drawers, 10
Ii Is small, quite simple and vtry efficient
MR. CLOCK CR.SE.
7, .Do.her mart of the same establishment we found
MI sne whose celebrity is extensive as the maker oil
ocks espt caby those which have the all 'nuu UNI
t. mske q cicck that will run year is nothing Tor
Mr. Crane, and we shall probably hear OF century
clock made by this ingenious gentleman, whose name
stsres you 10 the face in great many places "hefe
you happen T. look at clock for the time. CLOCK
Is DO, his Christian name, but letter SO directed
would be claimed by no one else in this city.
1HY MANUFACTURE Oh CARRIAGES.
NJ, Robert Garfield one of the earliest export
ara Of carriages in Newark ia s ill living enjoying
hale ole age aud full of anecdotes concerning his early
..r,gy4s We have been told tina; his irst essay at
ths business was getting = casual job for m.kins