The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-17
Chr a,utland Daily Gloht.
TUESDAY. MARCH II, 1874
From Our Special Corrcspondentl
Crown Point Iron Company.
no. Ill.

dale. Here are situated the FORCES. &c. of
the company, and quite village has sprung
up The forge building proper is in size
so by 100 feet, continuing forge fires. and
manufactures 6 gross ton of bloom iron
per day The process of making this iron
is extremely interesting. and as one stands
and looks at the blazing fires the large
pieces of iron as they are taken from the
forge fires 10 the pondprous trin hammers
where il Is hammered into shame ,hn
blackcned faces of the mon. toretber with
the other surroundings. he almost imnoircs
that he has pot inin fine ,o,,i,,,s .o ,r,,,,ti
cnlly described in "Daute Ipferuo. The
hammers in the force Lu,l,ing arr Of IA q
mounds weicht each and carried he vator
The FORCES are run dav and niaht The
workmcn tina, for.e tbr iron avors,r. IN
make four dollars per dav. and n cooJ iron
maker can olyovs ret nleniv of ,yorl, and
good nav
Connected with tho fnrca 10 five foundry.
of ihe con,n,nv vyhere ro,rIv oil ,hoi,
castings are made Also machine sbon
n saw mill containing a 40 inch circulnr
saw n grist mill with tbroo RIM of stono
and wagon shoD. from which thcv sunnlv
the neighborinr country. Here is also lo-
Gated ono Of the storos IF tho co,,,o,y
whore q worry ovters,vo brsiroso - do,o
Five miles from tbcro ore loco,od ,be o,ol
kilns of the comnanv thcv daily nrodrcinc
bccin TO sunplv tbe wants of tbe comnanv
and ouite n number of farmers in ADJOINING
towns snend tbeir winters in burninr coal
| which they dispose OF TO the company In
TACT tIe STORE at lrohuaie seems 10 nc
general market loi inc sue OF COAL WOOL
baskets,and everything mat farmer raises
or makes ilnds ready market here Tor
when ne receives MS pay IN cash or goods
as he may desire. Inc number OF men
employed by me company at THIS place is
loo. Inc general supervision OF the whole
business OF the place dcVolves upon Mr..
'oih r"rkhufsl' 'lor many years superih-
'enuent VI ''ie non ""lNS a' bahe''iofa, ~
!" WI" ""S uiic"'i''iiS Ill HIS "t'ch'iohs
your icpof'oi' ana 10 whom we arc III
"o''e' W. '''u'n Vi ""' i'''oi iha''oh' "n"
"ioSo '"'oiS We "olc 10 eoiie 'ilie pc
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TIE RAILROAD.
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NJ S'0"'''' improvement 'ia' ""' o'oi'
made by the present company is the con-
structon of a railroad from the lake to
tho;r mines a distance of thirtoor milns
49,. ,.,.,
~ many 9o"'s 'No iioi' 'na' was iii""e
At the cld furnace OF the Messrs. Ham,
monds. and what ore was sent away. was
oorvavad IN the lal,n hv te,p,s fine mol,;ro
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li'c eAPenSe i'cuiIeu ny 'he'ii III Tue pro
ductlon OF their iron quite heavy. I'm
mediately after the formation of the com
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haces III inc iaRe' anu also 10 construct
railroad to transport the ore from the mine!
tn the furnaces md fine iron made at thei,
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lake. The construction Of the New Yol,;
and Canada railroad being commenced also
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greater facilities io' transportation during
the winter, was also another strong reason
why II shonl1 Inc huilt Ncrordinoly . fnn
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, u"o' ""' e"'I''" '.''' ""' N0"' "a ~
Diven OF Elmlra to construct Il narrow
gauge railroad, To De pult IN thc pest Z"
shape, ana 10 DC competed us soon us POS
sioie. WORK was commenced upon IL las
May ana jan o. lo'+' tue foau was ac
ceptcd ny inc IRON company,
y u connects WIN MN, tn' e NV ork y C"n II, t.,
= u. H., about 1t mile from the station nt tn
first mentioned roa Is til roughly con
structed, ana Is triumph OF cnslnevrl
skill. From the lake to the MINES the grad
exceeds thirteen hundred iect,an from man
portions OF 1t the view u the surrounding
country Is grand ana extensive. IL pasSe
through deep cuts, over WIDE and gee
;. guys, now winding It's way AT the 1907 q
some hlgh mountalh ihth passing throuS
dense forests and suddenly emerges int
the open untry, ana winds its way aion
3 looking like some huge monster. Ihroug'
the who length OF the road there is no
straight piece 'hat Is nan miIe II
length.
=. About two miles from the lake we pas
over trestle that Is about 90 feet higl
and 200 long, and as one looks below, tn
head almost becomes dizzy, We almost stan
s, aghast with fear, and feel thankful whe
we are again on solid ground. shol
distance from this trestle the finest view
obtained. In the distance can be see
G. Snake Mountain beyond 1t Came's Hum
and Mount Mansfield towering high, and ID
in the south can be seen old hllllngton' Ju
in front of u.s. looking as though 1t were nes
ling among the hills, lies the village
g. BridpOrt, its white spirc being pl lnly dis