The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-03-19

TIE PRzsxNT STATE OF rRADg-THE PRosPEor-THn
woBK ON HAND-ORDBRs FR0A FOREIGN GOVERN
nNTs ErC., BrC.
Al readers aware the late panic very material
affected the progress Of the shpbuding trade ohs city,
and produced almost sagnaton In that important branch
Of business During the past winter comparatively very
little work has been done In yards, and In two
instances no operatives have been employed since Oco
Der last We are happy, however, in being enabled to
state ro personainquy that within the last few months
reaction has taken place, trade 10 improving and as
anticipated foreign orders will be received ts year, the
prospects Of the coming more cheering The
majority Of the work at present hand consists prnc
paly Of orders from foreign governments, and the Incl
dental repairs Of river and sound steamers which the
contractors aDishiOs of with much expedition.
The recent visit Of the Turkish Admiral ~ ouV city, and
the avowed object of that visit, has caused good
deal Of excitement among tho shpbuiding fraternity
and many surmises made to the identity OF the
fortunate contractor who has will receive the Turk
patronage Nothing definite the after has ranspired
and the utmost secresy maintained TO any business
matters his Hishness may have transacted.
Is also stated upon good authority, that the Aus
tran Steamshp Company have determined TO have their
boats built New York. bu. contract has yet been
entered into.
The several iron works arc pretty busy and preparing
for prosperous yearputting up new and powerful ma
chneYy and extending their works order TO obtain in
creased facilities for the transaction Of business.
NessIs ". H. Webb Co Sxth street, are now build
ing FIRST class rsste for the Russian government, Of
about nve thousand tons which will oe pierced for eighty
guns and which they expect 10 have oeted next year.
They have Just built the corvette Japanese OF about 400
TONS for tho soverDms nt also the Harriet Lae,
which alluded lest week. They have at present
poycd about $50 men.
In weservess ship yard, Houston street, there is a
sss soop Of war for the United States government
she stocks In . forward state Daring the year Two
propeers OF a,out 900 tons for the Savannah trade
have been launched There are about ninety man employ
Rosevet Joyce Co., Stanton trcet, have nothing at
present the stocks but about the clip
per ship Jacob Bel, now lying in their yard
Thomas Ooiyer, Forty third street. has Just built .
steamer for the Harlem route, TO in with
the Sylvan shore. He has at present employed about
atty men.
In Williamsburg the ship ards have not been very busy
Messrr Lawrence Fou ks ouding three schooners
TO Havana rhey 80 feet long, % wide and deep.
They viii be completed shortly, and Will cost about
$2s 900.
A, Greenpoint Mr. Lup.on has steamer Of four hun
dred tons on the stock and al present employs twenty
Mr. j siu,onson is building steamer abou. 245 fee.
hong for Commodore vanderbilt and has about sixty men
employed.
Tho Novelty Iron Works have been tolerably busy
during the winter principally with foreign orders They
have just completed the engines, &C, for tho Russian
steam e,te and 1t present building propel
Ter and engines for the Russian frgate oudinS by r
Webb. They also preparing quantity of machinery
for the HavaD Spanish and
also iron steamer 16S feet long 80 beam. rho
company have recently erected large and conmoi oious
boiler shop, 200 feet long, by wb n they will IN
creased facilities for the manufacture Of ship boilers
they fitting up additional machinery, and antci-
pate very busy year They have ABOUT Avo hundred
men employed
me Fulton Iron Works, Messrs Murphy 4 Co., have
been kep: busy during the winter and have present
very large bumber OF orders hand. They have Just
completed the repairing Of the Staten Island boats
Hunchback, Hugenot, Saien Islander, Sypn Josephine
and Southneld and engaged building boilers
for Sonherp localities, and eognes, &C.. for tho steam
soop of war Brooklyn During the past dcpr eclaon of
business they have retained their NUMBER Of hands
fell time and have employed about four hundred
men. They also about building extensive iron
foundry at Greeppoint l.. I.
The Aliare Works. Corlear street, kept tho
ber Of men all the winter aud now employ about Ave
hundred They are now finishing machinery for
s'esmer for the New Jersey Central Railroad and buid
log an engine and boiler for Commodore VSnderolps
steamer now the stocks u Grccnpont Thcy hsv.
also put new walking beam on the Albany boat Nos
World.
Tho Morgan Iron Works have six hundred
employ ed and during the winter kept about I've han
drcd They are preparing four large propclen 60 u
Siam, and thcy anticipate arGe business this summer
The Neptune Iron Works. Eighth street, have
many men employed a. thSy had last year. They have
about two hundred full tne Tns- present
repairing tho MetAmora and Oregon steamers and have
enshed repairs 70 the Coondenco steamer, OF Norwek
Conn.
Tho Socor Iron Works employ about twenty men, and
have had toat number during the winter.
There are also in some Of the smaller yards Of New
York and Williamsburg several yachts Of respectable
and of and approved models on the stocks