The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-01-03
The Marine Railway and Manufacturing
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1t has been but q week or two since this
company was organized, at Havre de Grace,
Notwithstanding which, we are informed that
it already gives the most flattering hopes of
success. The men at the head of it we know
to be solid, active business men, the use of
whose names must give confidence-if conf
dence is wanting-to all who may feel dis
posed 70 embark in business of this kind
But with such location as Havre de Grace,
favored with the facilities of egress and in
gress that it is, failure is impossible There
is no kind of mandatory, properly man
aged, which would not succeed beyond ques-
ton, at HaVre de Grace. The country is full
of thriving manufacturing towns, with none
of the advantages which surround the locality
at Havre de Grace. If "a market for the man.
ufactured article is wanted, it can be shipped
by rail and water at moments notice, or if
material is needed, the railroad, canal, Chesa
peake Bay or Susquehanna River will bring
1T to the spot at less cost than is paid by nine
tenths of all the manufacturing establish
ments in the country. What point in or even
out of the State, could be selected better suit
ed for an iron foundry, cotton or wooden
factory, than Havre de Grace We know of
none, and although we have noticed the loca-
ton of many Of the improvements Of which
we speak, and which were in successful opeL
ration, we scarcely ever saw one-half SO well
located as it might have been at Havre de
Grace. But there are many other articles be-
sides those mentioned above, that could be
manufactured at that point with equal 81
cess No expensive teams are needad, as
there would be LILLE or no hauling to do, and
therefore this one very heavy item, to which
all manufacturing establishments less favor
ably located are subjected, would not be need
ed here a., ,h.s,- u -,si,,f,,,ar,.g
u, Few people, we suppose but have heard Of
the Ames' spades and shoyels, yet they have
q worldwide fame; so much so that every
storekeeper feels that he must have them, or
lose many sales. The owners of the estab-
lishment where they are made have become
millionaires, and yet their establishment is
located at a small and obscure village in the
State Of Massachusetts, with none of the ad-
vantages which surround Havre de Grace
There is already at Havre de Grace an iron
furnace and an extensive steam saw mill in
successful operation These were the only
manufactures of 'any Importance that were
ever established there, and each is complete
success. Now what more danger is there of
failure of success with any one of those Which
we have named, than there is of either of
those now in operation9 We answer none
absolutely none there, can be no failure
where the facilities are as great as they are at
Havre de Grace We find profitable furna-
ces and factories of various kinds located in
obscure sections, many miles away from rail-
roads, canals and rivers, and completely shut
out from all means of transportation, except
that which is established and kept up at the
expense of the establishment, for whom only
it does any freighting. establishments thus
situated can yield yearly revenue to the
owner sufficient to justify him to continue the
business from year to year, what would be the
profits of one almost surrounded by navigable
q water, and with railroads and canals to bring
everything which is needed to the very door,
and take from thence every article which is
designed for market. Now the latter is pre-
cisely the position of Havre de Grace, and
mandatory of any kind established there
would have the advantage of the Tide Water
Canal, the Susquehanna River, the Chesa-
peake Bay and the Philadelphia Wilmington
& Baltimore Railroad. But if more advan-
tages than these are desired, he who needs
them will have to wait until Mr. Seward
makes another purchase, for they are not
within the limits of this country just now.