Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-05-17
of clools i'm New Haven.

of Clocks in New Haven. !
A correspondent of the journal Of Com
aerce furnishes the following interesting notes
If the manufacture of clocks in New Ha-
ven -
New Haven, as a city, has undergone great
changes within few years. Though still
retaining her primitive characteristics-her
genteel residences and shaded retreatS-she
has been engrafted with an enormous manu-
featuring interest, which Is closely ldenthed
with her prosperity, and is yet of such recent
growth that few comprehend It's extent anu
importance. Almost the entire eastern part
of the city, which, n comparatively short time
since was in commons" is now thickly stud
ded with the tall chimneys of establishments
for the manufacture of Yankee notions IN all
their variety, and with the dwellings OF the /
mechanics employed by them. One of the 1
most conspicuous of these is JerOme's I'M Z
mense clock factory, in which upwards of four
hundred and fifty persons are employed, and
more than six hundred clocks are daily man.
ufactured Last September the unusually
large number of seventeen thousand were
turned out
the leaves of the forest regulate the move
ments of individuals in all parts of the world.
A recent traveller encountered them in the
mountains of Asia, and but few days ago, a
parcel was shipped to Jerusalem via JOppa."
The universal Yankee clock may now be
considered the fit representative of the Yankee
nation, and an appropriate device for her escut-
cheon. Mr. Jerome's works consist of twelve
/ IL oil IN
rv for the commencement and completion of
a clock Cover two hundred) are carried on ;
and each one is facilitated by the use of ma
chinery The advantages thus afforded defy
all competition. The old fashioned Dutch
clock has become an obsolete thing, and
the Germans have been completely sup
planted in the extensive trade in clocks which
they transacted with England twelve years
ago. Last wear Mr. Jerome made not less
one hundred and fifty thousand clocks, and
the number manufactured this year is expec-
ted to reach two hundred thousand, at about
i $4,000.
This is a number greater probably, than
the Joint production of all similar establish
ments in the United States And notwith-
; standing the enormous supply, during the
present year it has been unequal to the de-
/
change which has lately taken place in the
manner of making clocks-the spring having
superseded the weights, ami a more fancifu
! style than the veneered cases. Dispensing
: with the weights has particularly affected thu
f, foreign demand.
In order to obtain an adequate idea of the
extent of Mr.. Jerome's operations, no displa,
C of statistics can be a substitute for person
IL ,,f fha I'x-ta linn
e. of men ranged beside workable are seen
with whom the several pieces required in tn
construction Of clock, Twelve to twenty,
! are passing through from rldimentary to
It complete state. At one end ofthe series ma
!. be seen an immense quantity of detache,
= parts, at the other huge heap of severa
thousand movements ready for casing, an
: which might apparently he sold by the bush
D, ell or half-bushel rs well as by any otherm
D. Cd. More than twenty thousand of varou
p STYLES are continually in process of cOnstru,
ton. In the manufacture of cases the sam
systematic procedure is observed as is notice
n above. The rough lumber, of which owe
Sc two million five hundred thousand feet al
Is consumed, is speedily cut into the desire
20 lengths, split, beveled and veneered, o
. where cases are japanned or vanished, ii
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lie ated with the greatest expedition. In ii
10 use of pearl, which is inlaid on some vari
ties Of cases, great improvement has bee
proposed. The pearl being very expensiN
{ material, Professor Shepherd has suggeste
rs that it may be produced artifcially, by con
A. bination of lime and various chemical sul
v. stances, obviating the necessity of explorir
!, the depths Of the ocean in order to procuI
. this article. The experiment will doubtle
D. soon be made.
III Numerous ways have been devised fro
if time TO time by which the actual cost of Il
: clock is reduced. BY newly invented m
chine section of tree may be convert,
III into a continuous veneer, much after the fas
lg ion of removing The pairing of an apple; al
I'd some of our serubby and apparently worthle
h. trees are found to polish admirably Mo
!: than five hundred thousand feet of venee
:" are used per annum. In cutting the teeth
On brass wheels and other parts, machine az
A on large number of pieces simultaneous
e. and the whole are prepared with the san
- facility that one could be. AS all parts a
adjusted with mathematical accuracy, by Il
10 unering action of machinery, it is easy
- make a good clock as a worthless one; al
ed such as are very low-priced, selling for l.
To than one dollar each, are guaranteed equal
: the more costly variety in bronze, gilt, IN;
l ble &c, which sell at from five to twel
H. dollars.
o. As an incentive TO aspiring young men,
is may be mentioned that Mr. Jerome COZ
- menced with a capital Of fifty dollars, al
:" was strongly advised by friends not to ventu
e's upon so hazardous business rs clock maxim
e's inasmuch as a certain Mr.. T was alrea,
e. making five hundred year.