The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-10-20
Richmond, Oct. II.

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Richmond. Oct. II.
was much astonished last evening, when
desiring to communicate with you upon the
instant, to find that this city, boasting some
ten or twelve thousand Inhabitants, and with
, Justice contending for the honor 10 be con-
. sidered the first manufacturing city in Ind
has no means Of telegraphic communication
. with either the capital OF Its own State, or
with the great Western Metropolis. When
first informed that such was the fact, l sup
posed that my Informant merely meant that
the wires were out of order, 50 | prosecuted
nv inquiries further and found actually that
although eight years ago there was line OF
telegraph. there is none now. The old wires
taken down 70 be set up on the line Of
railroad. and they have stayed down ever
since. Lately, indeed. as | learn, there has
been considerable talk about supplying this
great want. and a subscription list pass
ed round, so that the sum of eighteen hund
red dollars was raised towards defiaying lie
expenses of the start, but that is the last that
has been heard Of the matter. l doubt wEeth-
er even a "search warrant would be OF force
sufficient to enable any one to find SO large
city in the State Of Ohio, so backward in
this respect.
( When my last communication left, | had
made a visit to several of the manufacturing
establishments Of the place. The tour, far,
had brought me to the door Of 5. Honey &
Cos Pow Manufactory, which occupies a
two-story building, &c By los feet IN dlmen-
sions. The number Of fires IL operation in
the smthy is seven. There are employed in
the establishment sixteen hands, each earn
ing from nine TO ten dollars per week
\ much more extensive establishment Is
that of Brady & Son, which is near by Oc-
cupied foundry and machine shop we
find lob by So feet of ground covered
The main building. which is that in use for
the machinists' craft, is of brick and three
stories in height. The foundry is but two
stories high The power for the carrying on
of the works here is supplied by twenty
five horse power engine OF the proprietor's
make IL cylinder is ten by twentysix
inches, with twenty four inch stroke. In this
sLop we noticed quite large number of the
finest quality of iron workers tools, gear
cutters, drills. &c, all of home make. In TIE
foundry, at this season, are employed six
hands; there are sixteen machinists, four
backsmiths, aud five wood workers - in all
thirty-one hands, whose average wages reach
about Sl2 80 week. the pag f,r men rang
ins from one to two dollars per day, appren-
tce boys receiving fifty cents. Here we
We're shown the plated Sugar Roller, which
seems TO have some merit, the plating
coating metal being apparently SO fixed on OF
mixed with the surface metal Of the roller, as
to preclude all idea Of its wearing off. The
test, by turning in a lathe, TO all outward
seeming. developed perfect admixture
and slightly below the surface
A. Gaa- & Co.'S Thrashar asi Engine
Works probably the most extensive of
Z tl,oi. I'D InI fEt,~-
story building 60 by 40 feet also two
story building as a foundry 40 by 70. This
firm generally gives employment to at least
one hundred hands, but the season now be-
ing over, we found not more than sixty at
work These men earn from nine to ten dol
lars week. The power for this establish
ment is duplicate. When the water is sutf
cient it is used. with an overshot wheel of %
feet diameter, bat in low water steam is re-
sorted to. For his purpose twenty horse
power en- zine is IN present operation.
As leave these works we obtain fine
view Of the railroad bridge which spans the
Whitewater. 1t is somew here about 100 feet
in length, solid and apparently safe.
\ small factory Of boot and shoe pegs
claimed our next attention. 1t is run by Hunt
and Hollopeter, two young men. who. aided
by machines average to turn out seven bush
els OF pegs per day. hey employ only TWO
small boys IN putting the articles up for mar
ket. The power is got by means of water
wheel 90 feet in diameter and of two feet
face.
Over on the other bank we come to the
paper mill of Nixon 4 Brothers, which is
now but part of The old establishment
Some months ago part OF it was washed out,
and up to this Time its proprietors have not
seen fit to rebuild their entire works. At pres
ent there is but one machine, and that a evil
lnder, in operation, manufacturing a wrap
ping paper for use in the process OF bag max
ing. The cylinder of this machine i 26 in;
upon it are turned out abou; 500 pounds Of
paper per day. employing six hands, At from
one dollar TO dollar and half each per day.
The machinery is moved By the aid o. water.
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