Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-09-23
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CLEVELAND IRON AND NAIL Cove had
the pleasure of spending an hour in the works
of this enterPrising Company yesterday, un-
der the guidance Of their eficieut and gen
tIemaniy Cashier and Book-ksePsr' Mr.. P.
P. COndit. In our brief survey of matters
and things at the works, we CLEANED a few
facts, which we deem of interest to the pub
lie.
The Company was organized ami work on
the buildings began about a year and a half
ago. George WOrthington was chosen its
President, VIM. Bingham its Vice President,
and Major Collins its Superintendent. When
work was begun, the greater part of the
ground on which the buildings now stand,--
on Scranton Flats,--was under water. The
selection of the spot, with its admirable facil-
tiles foEtranspOrtatiOn, the convenience and
order Of the buildings, and the general sue
cess of the project is very greatly due to the
energy and care of the Superintendent, Mr..
Collins,
The works are very extensive. The main
building is two hundred feet long, by one
hundred broad, with a wing for the forge
seventy five by sixty. The nail factory, i'm
mediately adjoining, is one hundred and
twenty by thirty-tWO feet. It's wings are at
one end, giving it ct" shape, and are
each tWenty-six by twenty-si1. Three en-
gines are used in the works which now run
day and night, and give employment to over
tFP hundred WOrkmen. The largest Of these
engines is thirty-six by thirty-six, the second
tWenty-six and half by thirty six. The
engine Of the Nail-faetory is sixteen by
twenty-four. A 4th engine is soon to be added
to give an additional draft to the furnaces
by blast. These Engines are from the Guy
ahOgs Machine Company, and give great sat
isfaction. The remainder of the machinery
was constructed by the Company, from cast
ingS ordered from Carpenters foundry in
this city. Thus, the whole enterprise is in
digsnOus,-s thing of which the managers of
the Company are justly proud. The location
of the works is q most happy one. A track
built BY the Company connects the works
will all the railroads centering in the city.
One side of their building fronts on a
splendid dock, three hundred feet long,
along which steamers from Lake Superior
can lie while delivering pig iron, and canal
boats from POrtsmOuth, while unloading
coal, or while either is lsion with finished
iron or nails to carry to any quarter of the
land. Disadvantages we're to be overcome
however. The neighbOring hill had to
be brought in wheel borrows and spread all
over the fats. Stone piers had to be built,
fifteen feet deep. And on this constructed
land stands the works.
Peace hath her victories,
Not less renowned than war
This work was completed in June, and has
since been in operation. The company is
now engaged in the erection of row Of
convenient and neat dwelling houses for its
employees, being determined to have them
near at hand. They are also building a
large and cOmmodious warehouse, fronting
on Columbus street.
We had desired to go into more minute
uSNah VI tue operations OF toe FOrksJ Tac-
ing the iron from its arrival in "heaps" Of
pig, through the pudding furnace, the muck
roll, the shears, the heating furnace, and the
nail factory, to where it drops, fresh, clean
and bright, into the nail-ksg,-a completed
nail. But we hope to visit tho works again
in few days.
The capital of the company is over s 2OO,-
600. 1t pays to its hands some $40 900 a
month, and converts fifty thousand pounds of
ore into finished iron daily. It is the furth-
est west of any iron works yet built. The
benefits Of such company to our city are
too many to be concisely stated. We sug-
gest few of them. It affords employment
and support to great number Of our city
population. It diverts into home-chanuels
some tso hundred thousand dollars annually,
which was finding its way from our place to
Niles and Pittsburgh. 1t saves to our mer-
chants the price OF transportation from thses
places here. And, above all, it gives life and
impetus to the cause of our home manufae-
lures. The Cleveland Iron and Nail Com
psny, have done, and are doing, great work
for our city.