Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-11-25

" oullolhss az the west end OF the Centre street
~ bridge, are aware Of the character and mag
nitude Of the operations carried on within
those walls; and fewer still would imagine
that those crude masses Of iron which lie
piled up about it. could, in SO short time be
made to pass through the various manipula-
tions Of melting, casting, turning, planeing,
drilling and fitting necessary, in order to be
erected into those huge marine engines,
which, with such tireless energy, drive
through calm and storm those ships " that
walk the water like thing Of life." Yet,
such tour as We recently made through its
various departments make such results by
no means surprising. Entering through the
- = Engineer's oEoe, we passed into the work
shops, and found ourselves at once amid the
Fbirling Of wheels, the putting of steam, the
ringing Of " anvil choruses," Of which that
~ of"u TravatoTe" is but a faint murmur,
where anon comes the heavy booming Of
slsdgss interwoven with the eeaseless rattle
Of q brigade of smaller hammers that beat a
very devils tattoo" upon the irOn-ribbed
Sides Of huge boilers, doomed, as we were
told, to be the stables of thousand horses,
(mechanical ones of eourse) to whom the cyl
~ inders, pistOns, straps, bands and braces
which lie about on every side, are the har-
ness to tie them to their work; work they
- will do patiently and obediently, if nOturged
beyond endurance; but woe to the luekless
wight who shall goad them on to despera-
ton, for Ereck-streWn beach piled high
With charred Understand a Coroner's Jury
will be the result of their wild outbreak
We were pleased to find that znder the
~, very efficient management Of its present
Agent, Mr.. William B. Castle, (Ex-MayOr,)
this establishment is doing even more than
its usual large amount Of business; and, but
for the uncertainties attending such works
at this time, among the greatest Of which is
"a the difficulty Of procuring material, they
might have been induced to accept numerous
other contracts which have been offered
them.
The early history Of this establishment
dates back to a time when our city was known
as ga place six miles from Newburgb, where
boats stopped sometimes for wood" We give
a brief resume of its history, furnished by
gentleman who has been intimately associated
with the Works for years past;
The first Foundry and Machine Shop was
erected upon the site at present occupied by |
the CuyahOga Steam Furnace Company, in |
the year 1882, by Messrs. Charles Hoyt and |
BenjGmin f. Tyler, doing business as a firm |
known as Tyler d Hoyt. The buildings were |
accidentally burned in the year 1888. Mea-
Sures were thereupon taken to obtain Char /
ter, which was granted in March, 1884, by |
Special Act for that purpose, the Act Of Tncor-
poration naming Charles HOYt, Luke Risley, /
Richard Lord, Hon. Josiah Barber, and their
Associates, &c. The Company organized |
April 23d, 1884. The first Board Of Directors |
were Josiah Barber, Richard Lord, and Luke |
=, Risley- The Agent for the Company was /
Charles Hoyt. Mr.. Hoyt held the position i
Of Agent till the year 1910, and was then
succeeded by Daniel Cushing. Mr. c. was |
succeeded by the late Elisha 7. Sterling, in /
the year 1s41. Mr.. Sterling held the posi- |
= ftion Of Agent ill his death in 1859, and was /
succeeded by the present incumbent W. B. |
Castle, who had been identified with the busi- |
ness of the Company for nearly twenty years
as asSecretary.
The Officers of the Company since its in
corporation have been as follows:
AeEETs.-Charles Hoyt, Daniel Cushing, |
- 3. 7. Sterling, W. B. Castle.
ECRETARrEs.-DanieI Cushing, Elisha 7. |
Sterling, W. B. Castle.
The present officers of the Company are
Y. B. CASTLE, Agent and Secretary.
"a sAsFoRD J. LEWIS, Bookkeepsr.
JoHE MIzER, Time-keeper
JOsEPHUs T. HOLLOWAY, Chief Engineer
and Draughtsman.
7. R. DEFoREsT, Foreman Finishing Shop. |
7. J. LIST, Foreman Pattern Shop
Jas. KIRBY, Foreman Foundry. /
HENRY FRoETlfAE, Foreman Blacksmith |
JACOB NEWMAN, Foreman Boiler Shop.
Mr.. Ethan Rogers, now of Harlem, New
York, held the position Of Chief Engineer /
for ahe.t t%e:cty years.
In the year 1854, the Company erected the /
Locomotive Shops on Cleveland Center, and i
conducted the business of locomotive build
ing till the year 1857, when the business vas /
discontinued, and the shops sold to the Cheve-
land, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad /
Company, and now occupied by them for the /
purpose Of building and repairing.
The Company built large number Of To-
comOtives to the satisfaction Of their custom
ers, among which we're the locomotives Of the
hrst stock Of the Cleveland, Columbus and
Cincinnati Railroad, Bellefontaine and Indi-
ana Railroad, Cleveland, Painesviile and
Ashtabula Railroad, Cleveland and Pitts
burg, Cleveland and Mahoning, Terre Haute,
Alton and st. Louis, and other roads. A 1
large number, if not all, are still in use upOa 4
the various roads.
4hey are also more largely represented than
n .sny other one shop west ofNsw York, among
the lake commerce. Among steamboat en-
gines built by them were the eneiEes for the i
b, Empire, Saratoga, hendrix Hudson, Globe,
Ohio, Baltic, Pacific and Arrow; in prOpeI-
80 y
Rocket, Iron City, Northern Light, City Of
Superior, &o.; in tugs, the John Martin, E.
~. Peck, ". 3, Castle, WinsloW, Kate Will
hamG, Bob Anderson, G. B. Mcclellan, Hec-
TOR, &c
The contracts now entered into viii proba-
bly, keep them fully employed until spring.
they have on hand and near completion,
Tree engines for the new rolling mill build
ing fol. I" The Cleveland Iron and Nail Com
pAny.g The largest of these engines is ss
inches bore and SO inches stroke; another
2s1z BY 50, and one 16 BY 20, all of which are
direct scting, VERTICAL high pressure engines.
The contracts for next season include a
~ large 1oW-pressare marine engine and boiler,
Tor Winslow Brothers and Captain Smith, the
cylinder of which is 81 inches. bore, 40 inches
stroke. Also similar engine and boiler con-
straeted for by s. Pease for Dean Richmond.
These two engines will be the largest of
their kind on the Lakes, and viii combine in
their construction some new and important
features not heretofore introduced at the
West; fuller description Of which, however,
81 We must reserve for afuture article.
They are also building pair Of high pres
sure engines having cylinders 26J< BY 80, for !