New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-23

We print in another part of this sheet the
returns of tho Census of 1860 in regard 10
manufacturing establishments in the City OF
New.York. For purely commercial city, as
tue metropolis is generally considered, the ex'
hibil is very 1attorIDg. No census can secure
entirely accurate returns of business opera.
tons. but errors are almost always those OF
omi--ion-seldom or never Of exaggeration
We find BY these returns that there were
4,259 manufacturing establishments IN the
CITY of New.York in 1850; capitol in
vested. over S6O,OoO,OOO cost of raw
material, So, 800, 900; number of men and
boys employed, 6i,Ge0; number OF women
and girls, 2i5OO tue annual value OF produc-
ton WAS Sl5-, oCO, 600 As compared with the
census Of l-j5, these figures show an increase
of ! $50 establishments S2r, cOo,0JO OF capitaI
invested, So, 100000 in coSt o! raw material
nearly 20, 900 10 the number OF persons EN-
ployed and over SO, 600, 600 IN annual pro-
duct The more prominent breaches as
to number ara bakcr', boot ana shoe'
makers, carpenters, cigar maker' p'uungs
clnthipq. furniture makers. millinery, saddles
and harness aud black-rnlthlng; the iarkes'
sums Of capital invested are IN prin'ihs'
clothing, gas, sugar refining, iron ma
ch,ncry aud steam engines, piano-iortes'
unit hqnors. iron founding, gold and jewrlry,
aud ooois aud shoes-all these over million
each. The largest amount of capital invested
IN one branch IS, we are proud 70 say, IN
printing, VIZ: book printing, S3,l%l,oJV;
newspapers, S2,9il 200; job printing, Sbio,-
500; printing presses, &C.. With binding, type
and stereotype work. engraving inS ana
TYPOGRAPHY, Sl,9i2. G50-in all % 6@",G3O. In
the cost of raw material, sugar rehners stand
irst-oycr sixteen mlll.ous then c!othlng,
nearly ten millions; Prlntlng (new'papef) over
three m.lians; -four, aud meal, and iron ma
chlnery about two and quarter millions each;
cured meats, two and three quarter millions;
bakers, over two millions: of those using up
from one 10 two millions are bool-nahers,
carpenters, cabinet makers, furriers, gas fac
tories, gold aud jewelry makers, hatterS, iron
founders, lead pipe and shot makers, brewers,
lard aud sperm oil reiiaers. job printers, shirt
makers, chambers, aud umbrella makers. The
greatest number Of male workers is in cloth
ING, 1884: next, boots and shoes, 3,6i3;
then come, of trades employing over LOO,
carpenters, cabinet makers, gas factories. lion
founderes, and iron machinery. panc-iortes,
book printing, newspaper printing, and sugar
refining Women and girls are OF course most
in number in clothing business. there being
i0, G2:-about as many ~ OF males; shirt
uaking employs .,794, aud hoop skirts IA;
no other trades employ thousand; there are
$50 at artificial flowers, 81 in book folding
and binding, go at paper boxes, 57j at car
pets: cl,aks, $40; iurs, 500; millinery, ~;
printing nearly 1000; lringes and trimmings,
40: in tobacco Bis: umbrellas and parasols,
7O6. or the value of manufactured articles,
refined sugar is the greatest-Inoro than nine
teen millions If dollars worth. Next comes
clothing. 81, 0OO, 900 nhis WAS before the
vast Southern trade was ruined by the war;
printing more than Sl0.0000O0; bakers,
!. .361. zoe; iron machines aud steapl.engnes,
about 81 500, 600: boots and shoes, nearly
: 600, 600: cured meats, 80. ,730; furniture,
So 79O, 900; gas. S3,25i. 900: carpentery. 81
SO. 900: flour aud meal, $2,6l2, 500; gold and
Jewclry, 3? l6l .09l hats, 81, l25,1'3; hoop
skirts, $1,000, 667; iron founderIes, about
- 800, 600; malt liquors. S2,l50.0Oo; pianos.
50, i30, 600, aud about fifteen others running
from one to nearly tao millions. The per
c.ntage OF increase for five years-l-55 to
l-6O-bas been on the number Of establish
ments ia capital employed, o6i; cost OF
material 81; hands employed, 2S valae Of
annual product, i9i