Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-11
4 GREAT MANUFACTURING CITY
he Growth and Progress OF Newark,
EeW JeEsey-A NOdsI Railroad, she
Rev jersey Central.
From an Occasional Correspondent


NEWARK, y. J, October 3, 1874 -
/ This clty is a great workshop, containing now
about one hundred and twenty-five thousand
souls. Before the war it used 20 make the
Z coast Of being the great workshop for the
south- This unately lbs, and perhaps
! stil is, too true HOw induitsfF better 4 would
] be Il he southern States manufactured more
Z OF the arlcl-s which their Planters must use,
! and use up, IN the processes OF agriculture
May we not hope that the tide is now setting
J in. IN our southern political economy, in IA
T vOr or establishing manufactures, encour-
aging all that are commenced In the south
aud fostering them by remission Of taxes
] For the business must grow there, AS IL had 70
grow 1er-. mere must De a small beginning,
and the early steps Of the incipleut Industry
must be encouraged Newark to-day mOurns
over the loss TO her IN the reduction Of her
southern trade, consequent upon the war and
] ITS disasters, and LOOKS back with fond regret
/ ~ the palmy days OF the southern planning
system before the war, when there seemed 10
be no limit TO the southern demand for arti-
cles OF northern man ufaeiure May We not,
without entertaining any sectional feel
ing or bitterness hope that our south
eru manu- acturing interests may
gov hereafter IN aleacy pace
TJh tue grow .h Of our agricultural interests,
which hope and feel assured must soon
commence2 Ehs south has Lhe Iron and other
metals, the coal. the water-pOwers, the tim
Der. and neatly every other natural facility for
suece sfll manufacturing Iu greater prnfu-
sion than almost any northern locality. How
long viii o. be before, In some southern city,
We may see such an exposition as nat which
Is now open here where the wonde ing visitor
may see under one roDl samples Of the hun
dred-fgld industries OF that one city? I know
arts can be- held with more prOprisiy than
here, where the lldustrles are gathered; and
there is wonderful Significance o the fact that
Newark s exposition displays only the arls %
the success Iul pratlce Of watch Newark owes
ber pre-enInence. For she claims, and tn
claim Is admitted tnat she occupies the third
rank among the mauulaC uriug communities
8f cur country, Icing led only by New York I
and Phi adelphta. In This exposition may be /
q HEar An q
mails, pottery. boot and shoes, CANDY thread !
paper boxes, Or0Ons and brushes, !
aud the arts OF g.a-s-blowing, hle-cutuug,
nalr-cloth weaving turning OF iron and ivor5' |
rock drilling. moulding and frImml ng among
Others, which 1 must not stop 70 enumerate.
NeWarEers claim Inst everything that Is
manufactured anywhere is made hsre, and
with but q limited BnOWledge OF the posi- bill
ties Of the modern manufacturer, have not
been able 30 deny t3e claim. Of course 10
great a manufacturing cenler has m'ny cos
mUpOItau features, hut, OF couf-e, also, IL has
bGL little Of the air Ci a metropolis. Il is not
IKE Sew 1Ork II 5 more IKE a suDufp OF
\ w 70 X, and such in many respects 10 is
Ne drk has 81 ov-n suburbs, and II ana tney
afe All i1DuTus OF heH orks mo Whlch Lney
.Iour ever morning their business people,
: no crowd ferries and Trains as they return
qf night. Newark being thus placed In the
f.t,.tlou OF q grand central" suburb, is max
IU- tbe most OF that position 20 which she {
has been assigned by tie gradual grown ana !
o. sl0pmenI oi commerce a7e manufacture.
\ sarK la really iDe ceulef q "a Vast huL4Iei /
u suburban towns Ia New jersey 80, from /
Newark as a center, there now radlaie INTO /
the country broad avenues Of q hundred ieeL /
rn width. extending from ten 10 uleeu miles (
from the city, each running through !
lts own series OF beautiful villages, ana all 4
paved with the ceisbEateu IeifOrd aEemenJ, I
In constructing these agenues, the Old coun- /
iry reads are often followed. with al their \
beauty Of curves and adaptation % the rolnns /
grOluu. But Oiiener the new avenue SHOOTS /
Oul fOI itself, and the old eims aud naples I
that lined tue pretty country road are laid
low and The new avenue lies smooth, graded, /
sHfHfnH a "a q
generation Tor shade-trses as now adorn the /
less public but really more favored old cOun-
Try iosu lnfongn slt lnls paF1 oL N6" JsIseg.
On these avenues unss OF hOrse-caih run anu
by these may be reached all th6 0eaut1ul I
suburban villages Of Orange, south orange
Easi Orange, West Orange, Iryingiun, Eliza
Bloomfield MODtaln, andi Montrose. The 4
IelfoHd pavement Is nov Tue great favoTite
proved its worth over tlat Of MacaQalns VINO
Wss the great rival Of Ieli0Td. Here 10 Is LAID /
IN trap rock, OF which there is sn endless sup
ply Ia the lower end OF the Palhade range
known as Bergen H.ghts. After eXCaNHuDH
the Toadbed 10 the required width, Use rock Is
irst laid in blocks IKE thai used IN he Russ
course ct rock Size smaller; then
another and another, each - turn
laid, o. the size OF large gravel. The
whole being laid 10 an exact grade, is then
rolled and packed with "a heavy steam roller /
A hard nrnnr smooth road Is thus obtained. !
which, lrOm the manner Of its construction, !
can, by use only, become more closely and
n-mly packed. lt IS dusty In dry time, like
ali stone Ioau-- but its dust gives "a uil mum
ul oEeuse 10 eyes and noses, and rain packs /
10 haro, nrm aud smooth again. Il makes
model turnpike road And now arn remind
ed oi NeW Jerseys model ra!-rOad, the Cen
tral railroad Of New jersey. All western and
southern people have heard Of the AuentoHu
route between New York and the West,
route WDlab olFerged from the Pennsylvania
RAJ read TO pass Uy AllentoWu aud IA ton. by
the mOsi direct route 10 NeE York CITY. Ow.
"a arIHH
the PennsylVanla railroad mans ayers, the
route, as a tufOugu-TOutc, Is aBaB1oued. The
Central mauag rs have nov TUNED heir At
tentlOn tOTaru 10 the peliecting Of a model 4
rail- way line lor local travel. heir line runs J
from New YORK and Newark uis Elizabeth
and pialnde.d % kaalol, fheuce 10 10 J. high !
valley to the Autdracibs regions OF eastern
PennsyiVanias The company owns im
mense coal lands, and lls coal-irade is
simply enormous, there being almost z con-
tiuuOus succession O. coal-tralns pslsi ng east
ward % the vast COal-dOCks al klizabethpOrt,
and Of empty coai-csrs returning. But in
tended 10 speak more Of the arrangements FOR /
the convenience and comfort OF passengers.
The road now has dOuUle-track si steel rails,
three 70 each Track, thus accom- InodatiDg [
both broad aud nsrr ow-gauRe cars. There
tracks arc 20 Be again doubled, 80 IS 70 furnish
dCubie-tracks for each etue passenger and
land o. each side Of is railway Of about Two
hundred feet wide, along which 90 IS laying /
oUt a boulevard On each aide, and u is thus
enab Cd % lurnlsh bulidiHg lsts . ali VINO /
desire 70 purchase AZ each Of ths many
stafloDs. the com pauy builds "a naas aud ts,ste-
fuI passene eerhouse, and iats out on e6ch side 4
Of the road a beautiful PARK, with Trees, G0W-
ers. green sWard and shrub berry. As far as pos
sible every country road and village street is /
made 10 pas over OF under the railway track, I
thus insurlng safety 70 10th railway passen-
gers and travellers on the dirt leads. and also i
greater rate Of speed l0r the trans, The
traokWas and rolling stock are OF tlszf
best aud fares are cheap and com
mutation liberal % regular trstv- Q
elers. While efecting an siese improve /
menJs, and eyiDcing suel leerality toward /
lis travelling patrons, the company IS still Gu /
abled 70 make regular div lends 10 81 stock 1
holders, not large IN amount, but enough 70 /
be encouraging For The ability 10 achieve 50 {
much successfully, the Company Is largely, n !
not mainly, Indebted - TIE skill and pro- 4
felsioual genius OF its sUperfn isuceDb and \
caief engineer, Colonel Robert i. Rickel, 1
whom the APPEAL representative knew many I
years aga as a most finished civil engineer
sud thoroughly practical railroad manager.
Re hRs been IN che employ Of this company /
esr several years, ana bis services are uppre-
recloiS and Ihe payment OF ! large salary. /
TTnder d . efIic tellb uanageTnent tue reforms /
and lInpr6VeIueuls Gboge- -nenti0nee have
been inaugur2ted, the whole of The landed I
properties OF the company oi5tside Of the 4
Tigbt-of-Way, have beea placed - ehiirge Of a /
sep parats administrative department called /
the land commissioners Oncei speed and 4
safety OF trains is the rule aud The road Il a !
great favorite With ali classes, being esteemed
by the owners OK the road, the residents along /
the line, and fhe travelling community gene /
rally, as O model railroad. A. PEEL.
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