The New York herald., 1868-03-03

Tne upper machine shop n 50 arranged TO AFFORD
amp'e Iaiiles for produc,pg the finest work In the
most improved toox The lower machine shop Is fitted
Win ample facilities for producing and In shing tho
nsasess m machinery cylipders eleven feet In diameter
au uc poIoa ia large boring mill here, and there are
anes thrtytwo feet long with swings Of feet In
aamster also planning machlnos eight feet wide, nine-
teen ieet high and thirty feet long besides number OF
.vnaler lahes, planers sloters ana all the machinery
NJ or the greatest possible demand OF work Of
In che foundry buildings thero are fivo cranes tho
TWO ia.Ses. capable OF lifting fifty tors aud the three
smaller soirsy tons each. These admirably
errng the heaviest pieces OF machinery from one
part OF the hsor to thc other The iron used by the
WORKS Is melted in two eupoas, the largest melting
WE'VE tons per hour the smallest six tous The ovens
USED LOT dryng coses and moulds arc four In number
and OF Tue greatest capacity Tho brass foundry Is ao
very complete, having cupoia and four crucibe fur
nacss Tho boil shop--one OF the largest and most
aonhaoy arranged In the country--is provided with
steam rivetting machine capable OF rvettinc boiler
Of any diameter and over forty feet In length Thers are
also IN this shop treble punching machines heavy and
ght shears air furnaces for heating large plates rolls
TOT pehdins plates, with various cranes. &c.
The systematic character OF conducting the business
or these werks seems TO be under tho old maxim OF
The OF their engines and the beauty and
harmony OF the models OF tho iron hulls they have
constructed prove them TO DO among the foremost build
srs in the country They have besides vessels for the
mercantile marno built some Of the finest machinery
that ever was lifted the naval steamships Of the United
States Besides this oil the auxar.e desired in the
construction OF tho finest marine engines are pro-
daced Tho machinery OF their production, OF various
character 10 In operation in every portion Of this
tnenh
The samc dulnoss exists In these works a. noticeable
In tho similar establishments have visited, and their
owhers who have done to elevate the calling OF
mschancs and promote the advancement Of the arti-
sans in Pennsvlvania than manv who have probably
had Ike opportunities, speak in the same toue that
characerizss tho feelings OF the builders OF Wilmington
ana Chester They are anxious that such legislation
shall soon be attempted by Congress that American u-
ersss be relieved and that the vessels archi
ecs and engineers produce shall steam the routes
now solely represented by foreign nations
In evdencs OF the superior skill possessed by the re-
rpectve engineers of the Southwark Foundry from the
time Of the engines OF the frsa sMsssspp which nroved
grea success TO tho present PERIOD they have built pro-
peer engines for the United States naval steamers San
Jacinlo, Wabash, Wiss,hckon, Tuscarors, New IRON
sides (ronc'sd. TOnawanda tiron-cladl Yantc Yaz0o,
Aahonng. KeEannes and Chattanooga, ranging from
eighty -four inches diameter Of cynder and three feet
ten Inches stroke Of piston TO cylinders y inches In
diameter by two feet six inches stroke OF
piston. while the engines OF various char.
acter for the mercantile marine OF the country have
bean OF the largest dameters Of cylinders and Of tho
grandcst nnsh This buried sketch OF one OF the
largest OF the Adjustments In ths city, suited TO the
construction Of iron steamships with improved screw
machncrv Ia alone the only works OF this character
here or the ohcrs shall again speak. and refer 10 this
existing feeling OF depression relative to the humh-
atns position OF the Unted States in the eyes OF the
maritime world