Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-08-28
CITY & NEWS ITEMS
sATURDAY MORNING, AUG. 2s. Is5s
Cleveland 1Innufactures.

MERCHANTS FOUNDERIEs, MACHINE SHoPs
&c.-The large brick block erected by Mr.. Mer
chant last year. at the corner of River and Light.
house streets, is substantial and convenient, and
quite an Orna nent to that part of the city. 1t
fronts "a feet on River and III feet on Light
house street, and is full four stories in hight
The first floor is divided into business apart
ments, which are spacious and pleas; mt, it be-
ing l6 feet in the clear from floor TO ceiling =
the upper stories are used for sundry purposes.
The front of the block is finished in superior
and approved manner, the walls being support
ed with heavy durable columns of stone and
iron The window sills and ornamental caps
arc composed of east iron, and present very
neat appearance. The entire block is built and
enclosed throughout with a view to its being
fire proof The following business firms oceu-
py Il lie different portions of the building s..
Coming d Co, Manufacturers and Rectifiers of
Alcohol, Burning Fluid, dc Roberts L Ems
worth, wholesale Vinegar and Pickle Manufsc-
turers, and Forwarding and Commission Mer-
chants Markham & Co, Bankers, at the corner
of the block; and Blish, Garlick d Co, who
occupy the spacious rooms on Lighthouse ST.
fer sales rooms, business Office, &c This firm
have leased Of Silas Merchant for a term Of
years, his extensive Founderies and fixtures,
which extend from the new block to Meadow
street Above their sIles room is a large Tin,
Sheet Iron and Copper establishment, where
they have all the latest and best improvements
in machinery and facilities for manufacturing
almost any amount Of work in this line, and
they likewise keep an abundant supply of mate
rial with which TO supply all orders at shoit
notice The Foundery we alluded u is of suf-
fcient capacity for all ordinary purposes, it be-
ing one hundred feet in width by three hundred
in depth,-the furnaces in which are capable Of
running fifteen tons Of iron per day. There are
two engines connected with the works, one Of
fifteen and the ether Of twenty five horse power
The stationary engine Of IS horse power is used
for grinding coke, cleaning castings, running
lathes, planning and running the general ma
chinery. Nearly all kinds Of castings are made
here, among which those interested will find
Cast Iron Retorts for Gas Companies, Water
and Gas Pipes, Lamp Posts, superior Propeller
Wheels, Window Caps and Silis, plain and or
namented, Building Columns OF any desired
pattern, Furnace Crates, CaPstan Barrels, Stair
Plates, Fence Railings for yards, cemetery lots,
DC, Bedsteads, Window Sash, Ballustrades, and
hosts Of other varieties We have neither time
nor space to mention. OF Stoves they make a
great variety, including the Royal Cook, Buck
eye Queen, Coral, Magic, Diadem, &c. There
is also an extensive pattern department adjOin-
ing and east of the foundery, where any guam
tity of patterns of all sorts and sizes are con-
str''etNd hy experienced wOrkmrp Tho finish
ing shop on Meadow street is one hundred and
twenty-five feet in length by forty in width, and
in that the whole process Of making Propeller,
Stationary or Portable Engines can be seen, to-
gether with iron work and machinery for milling
purposes. The engine OF the Propeller Foun-
tain City was made here, which speaks well for
the reputation Of the establishment We also
looked into the rooms set apart for fitting cast
ings and mounting stoves, where are some very
ingenious contrivances for expediting the work
and saving labor.
Among the large contracts filed by Mr.. Mer
chant at these works last year was one for a
thousand tons of cast iron water pipes and
branches for Chicago, and others of similar
character but not so large for the cities of Du-
buque and Galena, consisting of RetOrts and
Gas Pipes for their respective works In addi-
ton to the above, they manufactured good pOr-
ton of the pipes, &c, for the Cleveland Gas
Light and Coke Co, and considerable quantity
of pipe for the Cleveland Water Works But
it would be impossible for US to enumerate OF
describe the quarter of the various articles man
ufactured at these iron works. In the several
departments of the works, in busy times, en-
ployment is given to from fifty to one hundred
and twenty-five wOrkmen, majority of whom
are married men, thus contributing materially
to the support of many families and at the same
time helping to establish the fact that Cleve-
land is eminently calculated for manufactur-
ing city