New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-11-09
states. Tey employ 100 mon and pay e1s pr day IN
wages- The rest OF Their ngures are given beloWI
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Coming further scntn PSaSsssepa. g. e.
psSS where iron Is made sS Here ere two eomDsncs
fSWse he stocEhOders Of the other They yn q, sep S
"Fallkn Iron Company" o short walk north Of tSs
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two FURNACES and ss fires are burning night day
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hemadte obtained from the country back Of PsS
k IN Duchess County ING ysPRSs sI Coal co
der being from Locust Aon2tain The limestone Is
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business the months Of July and August are taken a.
fair sample OF what they have done since beginning
III" inns o, materials used &c. By the Poughksepse Iron
Works in July and August 1871:
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Tuns of materials used &C., by the Fsllkn Iron Co.. In
July and Aug,is August. Isl I,a, r,rm No. -. Wa
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Cold Spring there is one furnace belonging TO the
blast Neither is that az Peekskill.
The works Of the Manhattan a. Iron Company, at Man
lite ore which s Of the same quality as the Salisbury"
ore, and indeed rom the same rsngc comes ron Their
mine yields 1900 tuns annually giving employment 70 Is
men, who paid the average "a per day. portion
where the celebrated SALISBURY charcoal iron Is made
There two furnaces in the establishment at hanhat
coal from the Pennsylvania Coal Company and from the
Lehigh Valley The limestone is obtained from the yicn
made for which SIS obtained the average The pro
duct sent Burdens Works at Troy the Ulster Iron
and other places great deal OF 1t Il used at POugh
not little is used BY the Singer Sewing Machine COM
pany"
mi Manhattan
S Ssl 200 t5 IT ss 1 Zoo SsS' pPEsa Oss
The made at the furnaces along the Harlem road
Hudson CharcOal is used for fuel and the product Is
the charcoal iron." Of finer fiber, tougher and
elastic 1t IL used principally In the manufacture Of
wheels axes Of all kinds malleable iron &C. Through
the whole of the country through which the Harlem
woods furnish ample material Tor charcoal and water Is
~ It only eeGs and Sa put the 10 Ss
are still for the most part hidden there
COpake has long been known az furnishing very su
perOr iron, and in large quantities Twenty-Five years
ago, the first furnace was built there The proprietor
mines from his own bed about half the ore ne uses The
works and from Armenia, costing on the average
per un. Considerable Of his charcoal Is obtained the
Vicinity and from Vermont, costing about cents
per bushel. Tho limestone, all Of which comes from
within distance Of few miles, costs on the bank per
tun In the ore-bed, which Is about 10 feet in DEPTH
there "a men employed who earn 62i per day The
foreman receives geo per month AT the furnace tnere
but one stack and there IL employees earning 81 u
"a per day. The coal agent Is paid $4,000 annually and
the foreman % 500 Eleven hours constitute days work
This furnace used last year 5000 ns OF ore 5000 tuns OF
limestone, $4,000 bushels Of charcoal and made OF mo-
4" iron AGO But very little Of other standard
is made The iron shipped to Ere Milwaukee. Chicago,
and Jersey City and the price varies from $50 to s per
tun. -,
There arc two furnaces at Milerton, station few
miles south OF COpake-the MillertOn Iron Company
and the "Phenix Furnace" days work Ia the same
as at Copake and the abOrers who number &c, receive
the same wages. The Is obtained at Armenia and SAL
isbury equal quantities, at cost OF from 20 40 70 ~
beside 81 for drawing The charcoal comes from the VI
cinity and from Manchester, VT, and all the limo
stone easily obtained in the Deighborhood Their ron
for which about Is obtained, Is shipped 70
Chicago Detroit Buffalo, and other Western cities, and
~ Jersey City. ,,-.
annually and iron made by the MiertOn Iron Company
and what the manufacture Of iron costs them per tun:
Ore used. Charcoal Limestone Pr Iron made
300 tuns. 80 Nv bush. 400 tunA $40 tOEA