Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-02-07
Es.,mates 81 Che cost Of an Armory.

We are indebted to friend 10 Raleigh for copy
of Document No 20. being message from Governor
Ellis under date of Jan. 10TH transmitting communl-
cation from Joseph R. Anderson & Co., of Richmond,
Virginia, giving information to the cost OF an armory
for the manufacture of arms for this State. Also, the
prices which said Anderson Co., charge for all dis
criptons of cannon shot and Shells Their estimates
for an armory to manufacture five thousand ried mus
kets per annum which capacity may be doubled by an
additional expenditure of about ter thousand dollars
Engine and Boilers so horse ............... 5000
Necessary Gun making Machinery, &C., for making
5000 Guns complete and ready for use .. l76OoO
First cost Ruidings and Machinery. 1882 900
Add ................. 10000
242OOo
OFFICERS AND SALARIES.
Sqperlntendent per annain' 000
Foreman. 1000 each pr 5 0OO
Master Mechanic, 50 {" NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l5OO
The NUMBER OF OPERATIVES employed on piece work
would be about lOO on day work about 80.
The QUANTITIES AND CosT OF the materials per gun
will be aboutas follows -
Steel, lbs. at Is cents ...'''.'S 81
Iron, Is g 6 81 9 Sos
Stock (rough). .......... ......:... ~
Miscellaneous Materials and Stores for manufacture 10.
Ma PI1ReE and Stores required for keeping and Mach
merry and Tools in order ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 40
u..., oo.. % ,o.orio,s nor onr. ....s So 70
The cost of completing each gun is estimated as fol-
lows 40 m
Stores and materials above. ~
Piece work wages about. '''''''''''''' '.''..' so
Superlntenoence' .'''.'''''''''
nn .sl3 go
The cost of the Enfield Rifle made in the govern
ment mandatory, at Enfield, England is about VIZ
each with the advantages OF cheaper materials ana
manufactured on large SCALE $1,000 per week. ana 1t
is thought that the above estimate OF the cost OF manu-
featuring similar in North Carolina will be 1ound
not far from the truth
The above estimate throughout has reference to the
manufacture of an arm similar to the u s. regulation
rife-musket, or the Enfield rifle musket. For the
manufacture of an of very different character TINS
estimate would probably require to be modified
A Cannon Foundry will cost from seventy-hye to
one hundred thousand dollars, ($75,OOO, to SIOOOOO
From the above estimate it would seem as though all
our appropriation would be consumed before we would
be ready to strike lick To the estimated cost of the
weapon ought to be added the interest upon the invest
ment For cost of land % 900 square feet no accurate
estimate can be made Three dollars and a half per
gun should be added for interest," carriage, etc. making
each weapon cost at least SIT dollars perhaps $l8-
The cost might be somewhat reduced if only get to
making our own iron and STEEL We hardly think that
the State will be apt to operate under the proposition
submitted by Meesrs. Anderson & Co.
N=The following list of prices for cannon, shot and
shell, submitted by Messrs. John r. Anderson Co.,
of Richmond, Va, may be interesting. 10 the Price
column, the figures so many cents per pound VI
course the cost of each kind and size of gun may be
ascertaned by multiplying the weight in pounds by the
price in cents. Thus, nine-inch Dahgren gun weigh
ing 5000 pounds, at ~ cents per pound, will cost
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