Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-11-02
THE CITY OF RICHMOND. HER MANUFACTURE
ING. COMMERCIAL AND OTHER STATISTICS.

THE CITY OF RICHMOND HER MANUFACTURE
ING, COMMERCIAL AND OTHER STATISTICS.
Under this caption, as our readers know. We
published III article i'll our issue of Wednesday
last, in which there arc several typographical
errors. The only important ones are the oinis-
sion of a cyphcr in tine amount Of dry goods
at wholesale" tho amor;,t is 81. lso.oou and
not As stated; and in the length of the ~ IL
ginia and Tennessee Rail Road. which ought
to have been printed 2l3, and not ls3 mi!es
There are two others, which we suppose oc-
CURED in copying the manuscript. One occurs
in the number of hands i'll the 'ioundries and
machine shops" which, instead of 200, ought
to be $50; and the other in the aggregate oil
hands under the head Of manufacturing and
mechanical" which ought to be l,Sll, and
not as stated. The reader will please make the
necessary correction in the "Acr0p't~lafiom.
Determined to lay before our readers such
statistical statement as could bc certainly re-
lied upon. VT spared neither time nor labor Ill
getting up the details.
To many departments oi business We had
free access, and in all others We found some
gentlemen who promptly gave us statements
from their own books. and assisted It's in making
estimates for those VINO We're not SO COM
muncatiyc. In every case where we had
to rely upon estimates. We adopted 4
low averagc, AMI sometimes the lowest
estimate TOR instance, III arriving at the
amount Of manufactured tobacco, upon COM
pairing eight estimates Of the number oi opera
tiveS, the difference bctwcca the highest and
lowest was los; We adopted the lowest In
aScrrtaians the number oi 'ieisfe's, We TOOK
from the books Of several manufacturers the
areragt nen.jtr er' k"nds employed from
their commencement, carly in til, year. to
the date of our inquiry. and the average
number Of tciytels--t;i,IS asccr,ainins their
relative number; and. by the aid OF our
arithmc,ic. found the whole number oi
twistcr>, ia all the factories; from which.
however, we deducted :; per cent. at the l-
stance Of very cautious friend. From the
/ books Of the same parties. We asccrta'ned first
The average work o; each set of ;ris'e,% per
dav. and then the AVERAGE oi I'll the factories
to whose books We had access; and from this
final average. We deducted J! per cent. We
then multi, lied the Whole number OF fr'~'e'.,
10y the daily products Of each. ami then. Ivy
2s0, which is the average number "i working
days in year, ageed 10 by AL the mamlfac-
turcr, whom We consulted and which is 2 less
number than is worked by Soine, and thus ar
rived at the total qqtntHy produced i'll year
In arriving at tlic aggregate rene Q! tobacco
we took as much pains. We were equal
" particular III asccrtaining the anonn! Of
i each separate industry. and feel sure, large
rs our aggregates are. that they are h~t
than tie rnth. Many Of olr readers. We
arc sure, will be as much aStoniShed as We
were when we first footed up our figures TO
assure ourselves Of their accuracy, we not only
carefully rc-cxalnned our calculations, but sub
mittcd those covering the principal amounts
to intelligent parties engaged in the different
branches of business.
We have been comparing the statistics Of
Richmond, with those of severa! other cities, rs
We find them in recent numbers os Hunts
Merchants Magazine
In Philadelphia in l>5c the population amounted to
Os ;2 ;he value Of manufactures $j) 1855 equal to
tlis to each inhabi,ans
In New York. In isJ the population amounted TO 5,5i.
the value Of manufactures sloi2lsS equal to so. 70
to each inhabant.
In Boston in ISIS the population amounted 10 l6s ,G.9,
the value Of manufactures 9! equal to 1919 10 to
each inhabi,an,.
In Buffalo v Y, In lSS. the population amounted to
T4oi the value Of manufacture. tiJ 69!! equal TO
fl3, 0S TO each inhab,ant.
In Chicago in l>5', III. population amounted to $1,000
the value OF manufactures tl5jl5e equal 10 sll9 ~
! TO each inhabitant.
In Richmond In lSs the population amounted Is oo,
the value Of manufactures s9l> $50 equal to t4s
! to each inhabitan,.
! We have given the latest dates in the above
exhibit. which We have at hand It is seen
that the product Of our manufacturing eStab-
liShmcnts gives TO our population an average Of
nearly three times n, much as the average of
! Philadelphia, more than twice as much aS New
| York. one-third more than Boston. more than
! three times as much as Buffalo, and nearly four
! times as much as Chicago Taking the figures
as they stand above, the comparison must be
gratifying To every citzcn of Richmond, as well
as to every yirginian. In making the compari-
son. it will be more favorable still to Rich
mond, when we remember that all the state
lnents above are for p"rio'is Of prosperity, cx.
cept in the single case Of Chicago, for the last
four months Of the year, and that in our case
it is for tie present p'1r, ~ mhiea es are j"st
emerging. from tic t!i@''s Of " terrific r"""-
cial rerplsion.
The number of hanl> employed in producing
the above amounts are in
! philad-l,,in 66.4'i equal to .l"A$ 'n each
New York. S'52V " lsJ>% " ."
io,;on ioi stated
IuTalc 6S9n ial,lo "
Eiehmona i.,il l.soSd
/ Here is shown another great difference in
favor of Richmond By comparison Of the
list OF our manufacturers with any of the above
cities, the difference in the average 10 each
/ hand will he seen chiefly to be i'll our milling
business, in which 315 hands turn ont over
four and half millions dollars and this Illus
trate> another great advantage We enjoy in ouT
great water power and still another in being
; at the outlet Of an interior which produces tho
only cheot, tie .r'"ur .'r"m rhirh mr o'r"g'
been M;ppsl, IN triremr .S,"t1'r" if"H|e'
(: Hoat Y,oitiag
The advantages of Richmond over the cities
named above, as a manufacturing locality. is
without question She has them in her i'm
menSe water power. in her immediate vicinity
and in her great convenience to the very best