New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-30
TIE NOVELTY IRON WORKS.

HISTORICAL sKETCH-GEEAr AMOUNT 0F WORK
IRODUCED-CAUSE OF LIQUIDATION.
The fact OF the Novelty Iron Works having
gone into liquidation was announced ia yesterdays
TRIBUNE. We propose briefly to nsuso some OF tho
prominent incidents Of their rise, progress aud mo work
nanship produced. The busno of the Novelty Iron
Works began about the year 1896 and owed rs origin ~
the building OF the famous steamboat Novelty designed
By DR.. Elphaet Mott Of Union College This boat was
the first propelled by an engine and boilers invented by
that gentleman for using anthracite coal TO hm be.
longs the high credit OF conceyng and successfully
augurating that great experiment, tho benefits OF
which are beyond calculation. In the words OF
another. 1.-THE steamboat novel in fuel novel
in boiler, and novel In engine" and hence the
uame OF Novelty" given TO IT, To make atera-
tons and repairs in this boat she laid up on wharf
on the premises now part Of the Novelty Iron Works
property. and small shop was erected there wherein to
carry tho work This shop obtained the Of the
NOvelty's Works. On the shop being enlarged and ap.
Piled general business 1t retained the thus incl
dentally given, but with the change from Novelty's
Works to Novelty Works. and finally, In 1885, when they
incorporated the establishment received the namo
OF Novelty Iron Works Under the present corporation
It's officers are: Horatlo Allen, President gentleman
who has effected host Of radical changes in steam.
engineering and who has been connected with the esab
lshment for nearly two years Capt W. F. Trow-
bridge, Vice President, who succeeded NJ W. L. Everett
in 1865 the Captain being graduate OF West Point; D.
W. sTaton Secretary who for years has attach cd
10 the Works. Yesterday our reporter noticed among
the clerical force several gentlemen Who 10 his peronal
knowledge, have occupied desks In tie Office Tor over
quarter Of - century.
The work sent out from the establishment has always
been Of the highest class and OF s handcraft may
he found In the navlcH aud merchant craft OF various
foreign powers. The Novelty Iron Works built tho
gDes for the famous Russian steam fgate General Adj
miral the Italian casemate ship Ro dc taa-bOth built
by W ii. Webbthe Russian steam corvette America tho
Japanese % gunbOat for the Tycoon the WaInpauOa
and Adirondack sOOps for the United States Navy
Ironclad aud the Roanoke engines before she
veTtcd into an ironcad and subsequently they armored
her the engines for tho Collins Line steamers Atlantic
Pacific Arctic, Baltic and Adriatc fourteen immense
engines for the Pacific mail steamers, which. by the way
the most economical steam engines Of their Size In the
world, and the admiration OF all who eyer them
The Sound steamers Newport city or Boston, city OF
New YORK, Bay state, Empire State and Metropolis
well as the Oregon and other large steamers for service
on the Sound aud the North River have been enned
the Novelty Works, beside large number OF COa1ting
steamers, noted for their speed The fleet OF vessels
furnished with steam machinery at their works, N
anchored IN line, would reach from the Battery ~ Rob
bins reef light house.
Since the close Of the Rebellion, tho Novelty Iron
Works have been extensively engaged building iron
fronts for stores both In this city and In other places
West ana South. Prominent among these the build
ings OF the Merchants Mutual Insurance Company Of
Galveston Texas and twol other large buildings In tho
Baker, Newark ". j., II. VI. Rhodes Newark N. J., W.
w. Adrch Providence H. L., National State Bank, New
ark beside IS In the City Of kewYOrk among which
those owned by Walter Jones' Nos. s. and Whiiost
FultOyBt. In addition 20 their marine and architectural
work Tho Novelty hon Works have constructed great
numier OF stationary pumping, and donkey engines
cylinlef ue tubular, and locomotive boilers sugaTcane
mills cotton presses, movable cranes hostng gear DO
The liquidation OF tho old Company is simply the clos
ing up OF their marine business, OWING 10 tho want VI