Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-28
OUR HONE INTERESTS.
rhe Cumberland FoundrJ

junet to the various influences which have
oonspired to push forward the growth and
pxQsperlty of our city. The firm was then
&hposed of Harvey CLARK, J. a. Qualfe
and Charles w. De Pue. Mo-srs. Clark
and Quaifc had previously been connected
with the establishment ofEorth d Quaife,
opened here soon after the war, and being
men OF observation, we have no doubt
their experience Of what the public wants
required was what led them To open the
Cumberland Foundry, which has proved
30 successful. About year ago, they as
sooiated with them Nessrs. c. Z. Thurber
and j. r. Kelly, Of Providence, II. L., and
-. 3. Hoxsie, of this city, whose capital,
business energy and practical experience
have proven a most valuable addition to
the general working capacity OF the firm.
Mr. Qualfe is ut home In the foundry and
pattern shop; Mr.. Thurber is n practical
machinist; Mr.. Kelly understands all
about the furnace; Mr.. Clarlt's general
business qualifications render him the vory
man to manage office work while Messrs
HoXsie X De Pue are left t. sell the goods,
and Ill their place admirably.
The firm organized for the special pur-
pose of manufacturing car wheels, in
which specially their bueiness has proved
y decided success. Soon after commencing,
their attention was directed to the celebrat-
ot Carter Furnace property, situated in
Garter county, Tennessee, where they nre
manufacturing charcoal cOld-blast iron,
which, for making Wheels, j. equal 10 any
thing in the United States the salisbury
and Sterling iron not excepted. This iron
las been known in East Tennessee for the
p;-st fifty years for its extraordinary good
quality, and il the same rs was used by
Hossrs. Shepard and Maxwell here before
'he war, and which has been 50 thorough
~ tested by railroad men in the South.
Practical mon who have tried them, say
their wheel4 will do double the service Of
any other wheel that comes on the roads.
During the war, almost every wheel ioun-
dry in the United States was represented
undcr the Government cars, so there was
Il good opportunity to Try the merits of the
various wheels.
The wheels from the Cumberland Foun-
dry are now in use on the following roads /:
Western and Atlantic, Selma, Rome and
lalton, Alabama and Chattanooga, Mem
uhie and Charleston, Nashville and Chat
ianooga Mississippi and Tennessee, East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, Knox
Vile and Kentucky, and Knoxville and
Charleston, and in every Instance they
have given the most perfect satisfaction.
The capacity Of their cupola for melting
the Iron for car wheels il about ten tons
per day. They arc prepared to turn about
thirty car wheels every day, and we have
no doubt could increase considerably on
shat, II it became necessary. Thirty car
wheels are worth about $3.50 This will
rive some idea of what the establishment
iS worth 10 the community. The entire
value of the wheels il the product Of East
'Hennersce. The ircn, ne we before stated,
bcing dug out OF the mountains of Garter
county, melted with Garter county char
coal, transported TO this place and moulded
into wheels They have an advantage
over Pennsylvania manufacturers, In the
matter of cold-blast, chaIcoal iron, which
has become Lvcry scarce there in consc-
Quencc of the timber all being cut or in
the iron regions Thus, while u good
quality OF anthracite iron may he bought
there for $50 per ton, good charcoal iron
commands from $50 10 $50 This gives
EAST Tennessee an advantage which she
will have for years to come. While the
ron ore is ineXhaustable, it Is surrounded
iy dense forests of timber, suitable foi
burning into charcoal, and gives Knoxville
and East Tennessee n vast importance IN
the iron world, which, though now In it,
infancy, must ultimately attract the ntten-
tiUn of the whole country. There are only
about three furnaces in Great Britain, now
in operation, which manufacture charcoal
iron. These enterprising gentlemen had
-lu eye 10 this, no doubt, when they leased
the Carter county furnaces, aud put them
an operation.
In addition 10 their ear wheel depart
mCnt here, they also have Il cupola fol
their soft iron department, with Il capacity
Of six tons per day, which is constantly
employed. They do an extensive business
in the manufacture of stoves, stove ware
hollow ware, CRATES saw mills and Other
nachinery-alsO the castings for the cele-
hrated Jett plow. They do not claim the
superiority in,this department which they
dO for their ear wheels, yet their castings
are not eXcelled by any mandatory in
the South, for either beauty Of finish OF
durability.
They employ about thiriy-1ive hands nj
the foundry. Their pay roll will reach
about 81 200 per month. They employ at
the furnace including miners, colliers, &c.
about one hundred hands. The people ol
that locality have high appreciation OF
the benefits they are deriving from the
concern, and its suspension would be Il ca
iaInity to them. Their furnace has IL ca
paoity of about ten tons per day, and the
iron they produce will sell for "a much in
the markets rs any manufactured in The
United States. We can well afford 10 en-
courage all such enterprises as this. We
ought to purchase their products when
ever we use anything they produce, cspc-
'ially when they are of so superior quail
ity.
SMALL Thief.