New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-31
WESTERN MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Mnchinery-Wcoien Manu-
facturc-FIax.vo COLOUR Aim.
pecial COTrCspontent

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Inhabitants. 1t is The hone Of noble Governor, Gen.
oglesby. The State Fair was held here two yenrs
the ccunrv is part timber and part prairie IL Is III
.be center Of The best farming region in The West, that
ism tie world. Common farms with fire improve
scents sell for about $50 acre Not long ago ihey
cost 81 8 an acre. few mics distant Amaonh LII
coin lived when he was boy. and made rails. Inc ios
bonse which was bis hone, and which he Helped TO
luld vns recently taken 10 Chicago and erected Oh
ne grounds OF the Sanitary faiI 4 large country
husiucs IS done by the merchants Some OF the stores
lave plate glass windows and Showcases which cost
5000 O.. 81 900 And yet noticed that POOR people
went th aer 20 trade This is not common. NIihlh a
short time manufacturing establishments have been
bn here and VIII give an account OF Them as sam
ple Of how such things are done in The West
BGybrr \ Hawley are engaged in making Stahori S
twohoIsc oultivator. liaiues harvester and Satnoy's
gang piow They come here from rck.n. lliso's' -
get better railroad facilities. The main building IS
brick cl two stories, GO by ~ ee foundeTy 10 by So
smith Shop IS by 80 paint shop 80 by 20, finishing house
d0 by O storchouse "a by 100 gne ROOM with loco
motive boiler Of lO2 ues 50 ~ 80. pow shop 80 by 90
and Office 30 by 40 two stories and brick The ioJncery
has capacity for melting ynt tGns Of iron, and they
east every day. employing in it - hands They cast
oil their non ware largo ana snail. Tie blacksmith
shop has Is forees and two trip hammers. Tic pillow
room IS complete with furnaces for temperns aud pol
ishing TIE iron room has lathes and bolt aud Hui /
lathe.
Tie Wood Department includes the largcstsize
Daniels Rotary Surface Planer a spoke machine OF
;nproved construction an irieguar.forn machine,
Stating machine tenan;ing and morticng machine,
a maolne for bending feloes, boring machine, al
variety Of saving machines well several machines
for shaping rounding and polishing different parts,
which are very ingenious and much labor An
elevator works by steam and tracks run Through Gle
building. which save carrying.
Thee are employed $50 hands, in six groups. with
foremen and general superintendent who lines and
DISCHARGES al tic hands There is bookkeeper and
cashier; The capital invested isS2io0OO The building
Nas commenced in October. 1868; machines were made
the next February They annually manufacture half
million dollars worth OF machinery give subsistence
10 OF least thousand people and yearly ply their
hands about sljOO0o Quite village has grown up
around their works.
The send their machines 10 MI parts Of the eounry
aud hare eavy orders from California Their business
has suffered somewhat by the fa in prices, but they
are in no trouble. They have ten to fifteen tray'
cling gents. They sold la year about $500 eHitiya'
yators q, $50 and 500 baryeStcrs at $500. The
gang pow recently introduced is drawn by three or
(onr hur cs. and wheels the plowwgD rides
II can pow from three 20 nine inches deep and also
subsoil The harvester is we. known and is either
reaper o. header. One the cutivators wherever
Nere IS arec and good farming.
| Mr. llav les was farm and printer and poor or
pAan NJ Bari er had lille VI Ell they commenced.
about Csc years ago. One was ., the other - years
| old Trey are Yankees, QUO from near Boston, the
other f-,s, Northern NeW-Yors. They worked very
bard. Neither vas maeainiat. They had com
mercal cducaton and tLey 10 things quickly andwell
| s1cca., To- such boys.
FIAX WOOL.
| Nes~H, e. the establishment OF EMood Brothers
This is 3. r. making fax WOO. First. the fax is ran
through Srnfprd's & Mallor,'s eafcr They pay g
tun f.. coarse straw aud 2 FOR fine. AIR ills the
fax &C. ihsoush Dawes crolire machine, Iaadc n
Dayton Ohio and coss .JCc. Then it IS run through
ssecorl Line. They Lave seven OF these inlclhaes
ruruir dos and night. 1t makes rolls Of tic like
cardr machine. 1t has Eve wooden rollers with 100
teeth i each. T. ere j. a rlei for this fax wool in
Conncc cut al 20 ceuts pound. They get out 90
pound. o. cay. Two hands end one engineer aie re-
quircd The firm Las 100 acres Of fax growing near
tie town for their They SOW thicAly ara get
lObnshel Of seed to the acre. Tier investment is not
les tan $1,000 They have been running several
months bui have shipped none Of the FAX wool They
intend @, 20, machinery 10 spin and weave it. This
they Gcn'd do. Greatly viii it help Illinois. The
member ct the Grm work liso common hands. OAe IS
atictct AGENT but he is not long absent have this
account from one Of them. Il looks bright. 1 the
aaz WOO balod away.
| WOoLES FAcrOEY.
Next, large wooden factory owned 10y Boyd Has
lel & CO. They mako much cctl but they tuIn tler
aucntioa largely to custom work, great "a the can
last year .bey earded aud spun for tie people 1000
Of wool. They have 70 c-:ts pound Tor spinning
and u, cents for caIding and more lots hand
thanthey can furnish ills sumner foar weeks ago
they had IN hand 500 bundle 90 card aud 1900 buudies
to card AID spin II bundle average about IS pounds
The people arc making much cloth than they ever
Gid before Their wool is Of superior quality and Is
selling 40 cents pound Tie cost If spinning and
cardns make, cloth higl bu t should De remembered
that tho manufacturer has 20 py every yard moi far
fro'a II cn.s in stamps and ,oxes. Tie people pay
| nothing
They Joy g 80 a day 1r spnaers 6 Jay for color
Ing. Women weave for cents yard Scouers and
,remeu get $40 week. Each Of the propiic,or work.
They sly that esern firms generally brca. when they
turn gentlemen and trust to iorenon. P!udsnfr cor
ducted. all such establishments make money. Mos Of
iio Weston manufacturers in tbis lne belote 10 the I
Naiiond Association Of Wool Manufacturers Of ,on.
which d6lses knowledge o., he business and GATHERS
statistic.
QUE AN.
IN many other places through tire West are various
ranuac lring establishments. But we want moro
Every year Ohio is drawing immense sums ron u for
agricultural machinery Wha is than all. much |
lhat We let abroad is OF poor quality. The West and
SonthWcst pay Cincinnati many thousands OF dollars
Tor fun tire which falls TO pieces The Eastern state.