, 1860-09-24

m4nnI4CaMfF&e.Ne" NJ -
tcor1ss2o1dsnes Of tht Prrs7 and Ts1hune.]
.NzvAax. n. J..t tspt- a. 1881
We would that every capitalist and real.ea-
tate owner IN Chicago had been with us yesser-
day in our yiss. to q f4w o! tbs manufactures
Of Newark. They would havc bsen fally estia.
fed that their true interests requirs them to
foster 10th By their ir1aence and their money
jadicious system Of manufactures, for BY SO
doing they would no: only b.neas the city at
large. nu. they would directly snd rapidly add
10 thtir own wtnlth aud prosperity. In 1850
Nswark hnd onl5 3s 900 inhabitants; it now has
apopu'ation Of Il, 600, en- inc1eass Of resrly
hundred per cent This shows healthy and
rapid growth, equal to most aud superior 10
some western cities. The commercial position
Of the city, except Is tho raw material and her
products are cheaply received and exported
both By shipping ard By rail adds almost
nothing to its importance. The aolfd values
which labor and aklt add to The raw: materlal
are the true eource. Of the wealth and The pros
perity Of Nsxa1k. What mknufncturea have
daue for Newark they will do for Caictgo.
ago, now count their wealth by hundreds Of
thousaods, aad their elegant mansons now
surround the beauli'u1 parks In diffe.ent parts
OF the city, or ale half hid upoa tho bills
that surround it among tho venerable elEs and
naples
But We turn to . few specimen facts obtained
during onr visit. FIRST We enter thu cafriaRe
I4cur. Of james ii. Qaimby, Co. Tbs build.
inxa surround central nres. the whole cover
inx IN, xeres. Wood, iron &c. pass in at one
s,ieet door, and cone ont At The other wagons,
bugsi.s, aad b.auli:ul euostaata'l carriages tt
a1mnst every shape and variety. Almost every
pntt OF a wagon or carriage 1s sod 1t Wholesale
bsing shipped TO Charleston, 3. G. This firm
employ shout $50 hands and finish q. least q
thon sand vehicles per year. It was curious to
observe how msny paris of 4 carriage caa be
made By machinery. Carriages are cent from
this establ,shm.nt all over the South aad West,
and wherever they 60. the parchaseTs pay trl.
msu7 other tl.nilar establishments in the CITY,
The next establishment vlsi'ed VIE the hat
factory If Duryee, Jaques 4 Co, In one way 1r
aoo:rcr from tour to hve hundred pert0us ars
here employed. FIou six TO seFeu thousand
opps anu hats are manufactured weekly, and
th1 blocks ior hats alone amount to frcm rire.
~ to q hundred varieties. Some $4,000 lbs Of
wnol rer year imported from Afrca, South
America and frcru tcriicns Of onr own couutrss,
n.e used in this establishment. We have uos
tie ii nTes for the H cunt Of furs used, tut
III: must be imn,ense. Within the last few
Ye4ss. many labor SAVING nachsnes have bean
introduced, but we were told that tho more aud
better tbs machines were, Tbs more hands they
en- ptoJed. The value OF the boxes used for
packing Is s1me $4,000. The entire values ed.
d=u 10 the TIM 1natertal in this establishment t
alone must b: very large. We vera totd /: is
the largest hat ind cap factcry in the world.
There IRE many other establishments Of the kind
In Eew4rk, unl Of course they contribute very
essentially to the pres 1e1i:y OF their city.
Fer the life OF us we canoot Zee WIT The
car:iages snd the hats and caps sold in the Chi
caxo uiarket nd the towns tribulary to ua c4n-
not bo manufactured in This city.
Our next yisit was to the estaoliah ment Of the
Chadwick Patent Leather Manufacturing C1ra-
pany. We have not room 10 describe the pro-
cesses Of tanning, splitting and 1ihiahing tie
leather. About one hundred and ten men are
employ ed, aud an average Of from three to our
hundred Lides per week are 6nishs4 INTO the
different varieties Of leather. We saw pack
age ali ready for shipment to London, hnd ws
learned that orders from Europe were hecomiEg 3
NOR I'd more frequent.
We also visited tne works Of the Newark l: L:me
ana Cement ou:actu5ing Company. Space
vii rot permit Us to give particulars, but this
haa proyed iu all respects one It tue most prof.
itabla companies in the city. It's pToduc's have
nationat reputation and are used in every psrt
OF she country.
The above n1e but specimens Of the ma7ufac.
turing es' Adjustments that abound in Newark,
aud are the sources Of its wealth snd gro 9TH.
Harness., sboee, and almost every article Of gen
eral use ard necessity are mauusuc:u1ed here,
and The 8hols country il laid under tribute to
its mechanical icdus:ry aud skil. Let Chicago
90 ard do ikeWiae AID her reward will bs
equally sure.
In .ne Ut ernocn we were indebted fo- visit
tn L'e~ei.yn Park, few miles nor;h.=est Of
H. r. "arAu md Hnr
Cong=r Of the Newark Nercary. who also kindly
accompanied us through the taetories we visited
in The morning. The park is some five or SIX
miles from Newark aud EN- braces several thou-
sard acres. Some eate'pEising gentleman pur.
chaxed The land q few yesrR alpce and Ia d it
cut az park i, the most artistic manner.
Scattered about in the forest ere elegant rehi'
dcsces, surrounded by few sores OF lawo, and
it is 'rom the sale Of these lands that the pro-
prietor expects rot only to bn 1emurersted tor
The whole investment, bu. he will doubtless
nske very haadEome speculation OUT OF it.
W1Ed,ng carriage ways Lad 10 tbs summit Of
the N ,un:ain which forms part Of the park.
ever our good fortune to enjoy. New York,
Newark, FL zabe,h aud many other cities.
we're in full view, whilo Newark Bag, the Pas
s7ic aod the R:rltan 1lvers sparkling ia the
evea'ug suobeams, and farms and woocl4nds
whuu. ns.ntS ns1sSI nd srnds;n;es.s scene OF sf'
p'ss'o9 eea 1eaoti!ul city. Il has none of
the buste OF comueree zt0ut it, Tic sources
Of its prosperity are in III. largo factories,
who's. t4lI cnimnwB peer up from all paris Of
the city. Oar viais here haa bean rendss ed sp.-
ca!ly pleasant, By the ktnduesses and the c,ur-
tesies Of Mestrs. Ward and Couger. and We
must also not forget tu. :cknowlrd3 3emeats to
Hen. F. T. Freeliachuysan. That basket Of fine
Bartlett pcs1s ire III his own garden. we're highly
enjoyed b5 these 10 whom they were sent. We
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b. connected with many pleasant memories rot
soon to be tnr<o,ter. 3.