Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-12
1CoLLINsyILIE EDGED TOOL or, T. WORKS

NULLlNcf lLLb GDfEu lOOL NORAS1
 A recent visit at the Works namct. has fill ed u' with wonder at their extent. and admir- ation of the many elegant, curious, and usef,. implements there manufactured. | The eighteen shops. one of wlich is seven hundred feet long, costing one hundred thor. sand dollars, "ish Their mnltifarious maehin- cry, industrious, intelligent and ingenious artifcsrs, constitute a good sized village. The establishment is said to be enc of the largest of its kind, in the world 4st va7t rt aa
 Another structure is now in process of erec- ton having ill view the manufacture of the best quality of cast steel. equal to That of Sacsisld, England.H Plow and sledge hammer cast steel is already made at the Works in great quantities :I cis-a.agE 0a |i. -
 More than twenty-five thousand swords of superior quality have been made here. Two thousand two hundred implements of all sorts are daily manufactured. of which four hun dred are bayoaets, five hundred California picks, and from twenty to forty cast steel blows. The last named are made for the West and are worth at the saop sixteen dollars each. Alarge number of miners'. sledes hammers weighing from four to sixteen pounds each, are made here. Two hundred and twenty eight different kinds of Spanish edged imple. men's arc also manufactured by the company.
 Every article made. even to the blow, is ground upon grindstones and beautifully pol ished mon emery wheels ,a''t.' '. ''"- -N
 Thirty-eight trip hammers and fifty three gIindstones are almost constantly at work. Some of the stones weigh two tons each
 Every piece of iron that ultimates in m ax packed for market, undergoes twenty five pro cssses each sword piece about fifteen. 4 rH
 Four hundred thousand feet of pine lumber are annually converted into. boxes for the packing and freighting away of the articles manufactured at the celebrated Collins works.
 Eight hundred dollars are paid per day to the workmen. Annual sales about seven bun- dred thousand dollars. mi ,,., ,srss,.s ji,
 Mir. Collins, now sixty one, retains his usual vigor of body and mind, his enterprise increas- ing with his years. g......s... .,..z.I
 The above items were furnished us by Mr. B. F. Sears, inspector and tester of the edged tools made, and who politely escorted us through all the buildings aud called our atten ton to many curious processes such as the tempering and testing of axes and the manu- facture of steel which VIC will not take the time 10 explain. In spite of the war, Collins. vile is prospered. l5.'s9i 'is'
 CoNNEcrIcur SUFFERERS Ar RICHMOND The following is list of Connecticut officers now in prison at Richmond: 4, ...., l...,,.,,.
 Colonel-W. c. Ely, 18th regiment. s,nI
 Lietsnant Colonel-M. Nichols, 18th regi- ment. f A,@...t,..
 Acior-E. Harrington, Is. cavalry. n, i,.,a : Captains 0. Davis, E, .G, Matthewson J. W. Warner. c. v. Bower, all of the 18th regiment, and W. Hubbell ol the l7th.a .sa Lienteaants-M. V. B. Tiffany. D. VI flakes, J. M. Kibbee, J, T. Maginpis, H. F. Cowles, ----- Marvin, A-5W. Loomis, F. Mckay, A. II, Lindsay, E. D: Carpenter, J. 4, Francis, J. ?, Higgins, ". H Locker, J. F. Rockwell. A. J. Scranton. all of the 18th regiment, and D. E. Bartram Of the l7th.
 SeTyeant-L. Holbrook, of the 18th.
 s q si --- --- ----- -.77 aii Y