New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-04
TILE PATERSON INDUSTRIES.

IION, BRASS, AND COPPER WORKERS-A GENERAL
sTAGNATON OF BUSINEsS-WoRKMEN KEPT To-
GETHER BY MAKING PARTIAL TIME - BRIDGE
BUILDING ALL RIGHT - LOCOMOTIVE WORK
LANGUfsHING.
IRON A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRBUSEI
PATERSON, n. j., Nov. 1.-The manufacturers
Of this city, while very emphatic In the expression Of
their opinion that business never SO bad and that
business prospects could not possibly be worse-when
speaking Of the manufacturing interests generaly-are
very careful when speaking each OF his own prospects
to give as bright color rs possible to
them. This s not entirely due To selfish
feeling, but quite much to an anxiety
ID prevent, far possible anxiety
among their employees, for whom they still find work
Thus Mr Blauvet Of the Danforth Locomotive Works
told your correspondent Friday evening that the
tabshment might be closed at time unless business
revived but he did not sayperbaps was not yet fully
decided upon-that they would remain closed during
the coming week Yet an announcement to this effect
was posted on the door Of the works early Saturday
II was reported very generally that the stoppage is
only for q week. in order that the company may take
account of stock though in the busiest the
are never stopped for that purpose. The
real reason Is probably that assigned by the
superintendent 70 your correspondent last evening:
They are very anxious to keep their men together as
long ar possible and have very little work to give them
Under the system Of threefourths time they finish
their contracts 100 1dS ana now propose 10 WORK
only tbreeourths time alternate weeks, believing
that their workmen thus enough TO live and
the present force will be retained until better times
turn There are those who believe that the DanfOrth
Works winO start again next week. and that the hopes
held ont are deluslve. Among these are many OF the
men, but complaints against their employers are rarely
heard and the opinion to prevail that the mill
owners are doing the best they can under the crcum
stances. for their hands.
The Grant Locomotive Works which had already
dropped 800 from their roo workmenion Friday dis
charged 100 more and will continue to drop about the
came number each week, the work now in hand gets
finished up and Will work altogether when every
thing In the shop cleared up They will try TO keep in
running order long possible so as to be ready for
any demand which may arise They will not. however
work to accumulate stock The Rogers Locomo-
tive Works Will continue with their present force OF 700
until their work is finished up. The future will depend
on the orders they may receive for engines
The stoppage Of the Locomotive Works affects many
who are not directly connected with them. Beside the
large iron works which supply them with partially
finished, material, boilers plates &c, there are
many smaller works which manufacture brass orna-
mental work, &C. Then there aro the painters, and
long list Of artisans all OF whom IN turn feel the ehecs
of the general stagnation IN business.
The superintendent Of the Paterson Iron Works told
your correspondent that the effects OF the panic were
very bad them. They have two classes OF contracts
for locomotive and marine IRON The first business
IL entirely ruined they st busy the second owing
10 contracts with the Government TO manufacture iron
the sloops OF Ii IL were not for these they
would probably Do stopped already These viii last six
weeks, aud they cannot SEQ beyond that time
They also doing some work for Crump
OF Philadelphia, who Is building coal YES
sells FOR the Pennsylvania Railroad. In good
times they employ go men, but have reduced their
force to co. running full Tune except In the machine de-
partenl The expense OF Cheating up" great that
they do believe mill he prohtably except
full time, and II they compelled to reduce their
time they VIII alternate weeks. They Will
work Monday. as they would have 10 close for cleo
ton and do not 10 start their works for only zone
day. The superintendent said: ITO tell the truth,
glad Of an excuse To STOP"
Tue PaSsaie Rolling Mills. near by, were found In full
blast, but the uperiniendenJ sd that could tell
how long 10 wOud last They have felt the trouble
others have though not so severely Their locomotive
work "a all gone, but they do the bridge work for the
Watson Manufacturing Company, and this Is still good
Tney have made as much curing the past month as In
October Of last year. and have kept their full force Of
men 90 work fun time ana at full wages. The pay
roll today about the that OF month ago
81 500 weeks work They confident Of their
ability 10 ~ through the present month with their ui
force ATTEMPT 70 see further int0 the future
III tuey should be compelled 10 make reduction La tina