New-York tribune., 1871-07-28
A STRONGHOLD or PROTEc7Y0N
TROY AND ITS ENyIRONs.

TROY AND ITS ENNIROAS.
TRoY July 2l.-A short time ago. Glogers-
vile, n. y, was called in TIE TRIBUNE "tariGbu
town." because It's people are all engaged in the manu-
facture OF gloves for home consumption. II Gogers-
vile, with its glove factories Is in favor OF Protection
how much more so must Troy be- with its tall CHM
ncys Of a thousand forgcs which the outward ey
Gcnccs OF immense iron industry The stranger who
enters Troy by rail IL not likely TO be greatly impressed
with the view OF the city which he obtains from the
Union Railway depot. Looking mp the street the CathO
lie College, which the hill at the outskirts OF tho
city, in full vicw and walk OF few minutes in the
other direction brings him 10 the river bank. But let
him walk toward north or south, and his legs VIII grow
weary he reaches the corporation limits. Tie sua-
tion OF the city upon narrow shelf Of land between
the steep hills and the river bank prevents its being very
wldc so that must, perforce, grow along the Ver
bank IL at all In the lower part OF the town the streets
are pleasant and well shaded, and contain many MUG
residences and public buildings but the upper portion
which s OF more recent construction mas sum aDoU'
much OF the unfinished look.
Standing at the head Of navigation on the Hudson,
Troy is the ultima huic of STEAMBOATS, and river craf
large dam too crosses the Just at the upper end
Of the city, This was originally hult by the state to ad
navigation above, but furnishes water power Tor
numerous mills and factories TIC days or prosperous
steamboat navigation to Troy are numbered The
Albany bridge, with its numerous piers, has struck
blow from which it will recover. The piers OBJ
srct the stream and prevent the current from sweeping
out the deposits OF mud brought down By the Spring
fre et and the channel IS becoming shallow year
By year. Ficrcey TrojaU fight the building OF
the bridge, but without avail; and they are now at
tempting to repair their damaged river commerce by ex-
tensiye railroad facilities. Light draft steamers from
Albany stH reach the wharves. and numerous barges,
laden with coal for the Of the furnaces unload at the
docks.
Troy, rs everybody knows "a entirely given over TO
the iron business First among the great establishments
the Rensselaer, Iron Works tho furnaces steel works,
and rolling mills Of which give employment TO hundreds
OF operatives. These works in the southern part OF
the city The Hon John A. GFiswol is the President Of
the Company, and is a OF great business talent and
wcllluown throughout the State. Next in importance
IS the firm Of II. Burden Sons engaged in the same
business with the addition OF the manufacture Of horse
shoes by q method invented by themselves. bar OF
iron fed into machine at end out hOrseshoes
at the other The rolling mills OF this firm in long
building OF brcK and irOD dim with smoke and steam
and lighted by the lurid glare OF the numerous pudding
furnaces which throw intense heat, whereat the
workmen labor, stripped nearly TO the waist, begrmed
with smoke and dust. As is generally known, the
molten" iron is wrought into rule ball. and then
drawn out upon iron barrows called bugges" Formerly
huge trip hammers used in forging the iron, but
these have been almost entirely superseded by machine
called "squoezer." This is solid iron wheel or cyn-
der, with hued edges revolving horizontally In an iron
curb with correspondngly luted sides. Tho balls of
iron dumped in between the wheel and curb, the re-
voIvng cylinder carries around crushing out the endor
SO that IN the shape of glowing ngos about
two feet in length and three inches in diameter
1t "a then seized with tongs and passed between the
heavy grooved rollers which draw ii ont into bars The
heat H. of course intense, end the manufacturers say
that they obliged To extra price To Induce the
TO work Mt this business through the hot summer
months The presents weird aspect to the spec
The smoke ana steam render the atmosphere dim
ana iniistinCt and through 1t rush half naked men,
dragging huge aud bars Of molten and glowing
iron. The long bars passing between the rollers twist
and curl like fiery serpcnts, While the rumbng or the
machinery glare or the fOrge and the Lying sparks
all combine TO form a startling picture.
There are other manufactures or IRON In It's va
ri0s forms, nearly all of which running TO their
fu capacity. and employing hundreds or operatives.
on an island the middle OF the river, Is the f0undery
OF the StaTbuck Brothers, manufacturers OF hOleIs ana
engines at present engaged in the construction OF the
steam dredeer 10 be used building the New-GOrk
docs under the supervision of Gen Mcclellan. At the
uppe end city the first chancaDle works ever
established in tins country. This Is branch OF industry
imported StatOrdsiTe England. and forms IN ltsen
separate trade. one would suppose that in the manu-
facture OF heavy cdblc-chans, pOnder0us ana coinp
Gated machinery would be used Such however, Is not
case; the forging all done by hand, the WOrhmcn
being mostly Eagshmcn. IL StafOrdshlrc men. women
children engage IN the labor and the Troy propreors
they often asked by the wives and daughters
the wOrken for employmentin the torgs Iney nave
however, always refused u employ such labor. JUST
the river is West Troy town OF about l5oOl lh
habltants, chiefly engaged IN the lumber trade. Inc
village is reached either by the bridge or the Terry