New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-06-28
FIREWORhS.


Few people have any adequate idea of the extent
In which IA. manufacture OF fireworks II carried In
tli, country; Of the amount Of capital nvohed the
number Of people employed the quantity Of material,
Of various Sorts consumed In the making OF ihcsc com
bnstiblc goods II IS Tact that tord millions Oh sol"S
are invested the business and that hundreds OF men,
boys and giris are permanently employed ffoin Que
S1d 81 ne yG made te tbat ay mny ke ncdSiSy
destroyed, and which are only cNccllCnt IN proper
The popular uUtion j. That a certain supply Il
necessary 20 crafty The taste OF Juvenile ioI
noise and blaze Ia ue FOURTH Of July -cason. aud that
then no more required for another year. THIS u
popular faaCy, wide spread and ifoundcd. The hfe,
work manufacturers 20 steadily on Win thtr W"ih ana
every month In the year brings Them abundance on Gus
TONERS II II truc that IN our own country Tie me
pcndcDcc Day time - year ~ the Dizzy s'a'nh 10, th
sellers Of upablcs and Just now the cry j. hIsd
with committees from country cities ana villages WIo
have been depmu4ed by ucif nclfhu"ir t3 '"sn' 70 70
York" and ly Their subscribed oncnn- ~ the iS,t oi
the men Who deal IN The coveted c"mpnsiiD.s ~
country orders vary Ia amount from - n',sl'u ~ ~
city gentleman Who no"ct 10 ~" .ss bon.c
or the go or 500 sent on by some ambitious Nlate
for rockets to follow me Ia) ,ia,da ope, ~
$1,000 on $4,000 cent by some quick grown
rutcrprsiug Western city which bound 60 ba4,' on
Chicago or IT. Louis s obliged 90 depend on New
York for their hrcworks though We have 10 doubt We
l-ans being blown shy high 10y the laudabe efforts OF
eager citizen 10 establish couhnstlbe factory thAt
shall make them independent Of Ncw-lork fofoNermorc
South America Mexico, hnd TIE West lhdl"s are az
very valuable customer, aud shpoads of rockets ana
Catherine wheels yearly 20 these countries.
They al have their political days ofgoihcaon generally
happencd 10 he the latest fashion Then ike all Catholic
countries they have Of church holidays nnd Saints
DAYS Of greater on les importance p Of which ar ccl
enicd more less GENERALLY 10, Orlug Ia the Importance
gf the individual Saint and the devotion Oi Those WHO
have committed themselves To hlr special protection a.
all thcsc celebrations fireworks essential ngtcdi'
cn and all thesc fireworks come from New YORK Another
OF great profit TO the ir' work men arises from hc
great sales made the navy and merchant service NOT
snip or ,, s,ed ,sI - ~ s, and
for a. fIps a
In communicating dispatches OF orders y night
when IT 10 impossible ncNpcdient TO do 80 Otherwise
There n code ~ signals adopted 10 ship by which,
with yariouscolOIcd frc messages may be transmitted
as far as the fires can bc distinctly ships rockets
are unlike the ordinary skyrockc having gudcslck,
but being fired from wooden standard which Is hd III
countries and customers vast manufacture Is requisite,
especially when 1t Is considered that piece OF hIewoiks
Is one OF those articles which cannot he employed "a
second time For every one used another must DC maze
TO take It's place. , A.,
There are four principal manufacturers having Their
dcpots in New-YOrk though, owing 10 municipal laws,
which forbid such dangerous trades 10 De carried on In
crowded cities the factories are IN the suburbs Inc
largest maker Is Liendah whose factory on Long Is
land next is the firm OF j. J. Edge, who make their
goods In Jersey city, then comes Iadncld whose factory
Is In Wiunsburgh and Licht, who manufactures also
on Long leland: There may be some less important
rns. but these four supply the greatest part OF the gVods
made In and about New The large factory
OF Iilieudahl covers Il acres
Perhaps among the manufacturers We should count the
scores OF old German farmers who IN the long WINTER
evenings set Their gin, ed o 20 10 H na OF SaS
thmbeful OF fine gravel ana minute plnch Oh iuml'
paper The children collect the fine flint gravel
sand from the shore and buy the mercury ana Tissue
paper In the city. smart gil VIII make from 10000 TO
1900 in a day and many Of them thereby earn their
holiday spending as the western country b"ls 40
~ making hickory whipstOcks aud axe'helyes.
The c6imonesf explosives we have, the wcllknown
chinese hrecTackers, arc al ::fgIeg Hgq jIey
Ing that we don't know how, aud the second that we
condnt do IL II did. on account Of the high price Of
labor Even the Long Island Dutch girls could not afford
TO work frecrackcrs, and sell them AZ price to com
pete with the Celestial article IL Is only Ia 0yerpopu
lated China where man live on three grains OF rice
week that these vicious little explosives can be made.
II was with OF these miscievous little red rascals.
occasioned last year boy flung accidentally INTO
pile Of shayings the shayings set fire TO carpenters
cracker, which cost the boy the twentieth part
OF cent, cost the people OF Portland over seven
different sizes, from the one half uch long, az big
round quill. making noise like sick percussion
name arm and with report like sX FOUNDER cannon IL
will he good for the boys that these all 40 per cent
cheaper than last wear. From China also come many
patterns OF ornamental lanterns which fold up NAT IKE
ladys fan, but open out INTO globe or v,Ss or some
candle stuck inside These have, however, been e1ten-
sively copied here, and great many are now made 9eS
ing wires and STATS and to cut ana stamp the paper covers
ny ana ,Se Ghnaman ont Of his boots at his
own manufactures These lanlerns.ae sold by the hund
red at from TO ESQ., or from i've cents to dollar and
Balloons are made OF all sizes from four inches TO 90
feet in diameter There is called the Para
chute Balloon from which at certain hight parachute
detsches itself aud opens out like lady's parasO To
this Is attached cup Of cOl0red fire. which lighted by
the candle which has illuminated the balloon. aud II
floats away through the air, burning for is minutes or
These made with various colored hres, and
have a very beautiful effect. Another invention FOR
this year is the Union Candle" which is the prn-
cple well-known Roman candle, only IL throws
three balls at once. Red White and Blue. These
are made with 8, g. 10 and ~ sets OF balls.
The Union Torpedo is also new invention II is much
larger than the ordinary torpedo aud the illuminate IL
ineosed baked clay that the report may be much
louder These arevery dangerous TWAS while mailing up
these the other day, Madenane, that the whole
box exploded nearly killing two men. The common
torpedo will not explode In this way year ago large
box containing 10000 ordinary torpedoes was dropped
through hachway aud fell two stories, and the only
damage done was To knock OF the 10 the box.
OF course. the principal materials used In the manu-
of all varieties OF pyrotechDio pieces are gun
powder and the ingredients OF npOwder ntre sulphur
and charcoal which orc used either sngy Or " combine