The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-05
DVJEg MANUFACTURES.
The Centers of Various Manufacturing
Industries I'm this Country.
American Machinistl

In looking over the manufacturing indus
tries OF the United States many curious
things might be observed in the grouping Of
Industries There are towns that have pecu-
tions, as, for instance, Pittsburg Is by nature
provided with coal and ores within easy reach
for the production of iron and steel, Syracuse
with saline springs for the production of salt,
and Haverstraw, New York, with suitable
clay for the manufacture Of red brick; but
what special adaptation Troy originally pos
sessed for the manufacture OF shirts, collars
and cuffs, or Worcester for the manufacture
OF machinery, we have been unable to dis
cover Certain it Is those cities have become
famous each for the special productions herein
cited, and according to present indications
they are likely to maintain their advanced
positions. Way up In the north of Massachu~
setts is the quiet village OF Gardner, which
In America. though there are hundred other
towns where both lumber and transportation
could be procured as we'll Waterbury, Conn.,
is ahead of any other town in the world in the
out into sheets, though the metal to feed her
hungry furnaces must be obtained many hun
bred miles away. 1t Miss Flora McFlimsy
could trace the elegant French silk Of her
new dress back to the loom upon which it
was woven, she would often have to
New Jersey, "the Lyons Of America
where more silk is produced than
in all the rest Of our country, and of as good
a texture as any imported. 1t is sold at the
prising shopkeeper knows full well that Miss
Flora would turn up her delicate little nose
at the suggestion OF robing her graceful form
in anything but a foreign fabric. and the
goods pass over the counter at high price as
having come from the other side Of the At
lantic. Gloversville, N. Y, enjoys the dis
tfnction OF making gloves and mittenS for q
large part Of this great nation. Although
far from ROM being Ell large town 1t con-
u preparing clothing for the hands.
Turning to carpets, we find that the
most part Of them made in this coun-
try come from single ward of the
The ompetition OF English carpets in our mar
kets has passed by long ago The paper
making business is centred in Holyo1e Mass,
and Westtield is the crack place for whips.
Taunton, Mass, SURPRISES all other towns in
the production Of tacks, and AttIeboro in
cheap jewelry. Lynn is city Of boot and
shoemakers, and in aggregate production is
only exceeded by Philadelphia. The old Bay
3 tate has more leading towns for special man.
Mfactures than any other in the Union. Dan
bury, Conn, is noted for making more hats
than any other American town; and some
vs. here N the broad meadows Of the Connecti-
cut Valley is the little village Of Easthamp-
TON whose praises are rung in every cline as
the greatest bell making place on this side of
the ocean. Meriden, Con-. stands first and fore
most In the manufacture of silver-plated
ware, while New Britain bears the palm for
Turning out builders hardware It was Seth
Boyden, Of Newark, N. J., that discovered the
process Of making enameled leather, and in
that city Its manufacturers carried on to the
greatest extent. Trenton comes to the front
az the chief efockery making city, while
Pittsbnrg, not content with being the Iron
City, makes. by far, the most glass. Wheel
ing, West Va, stands first in the production
III cut nails. Lowell and Fall River strive
with each other for the mastery in producing
the greatest amount Of cotton goods, while
Albany and Troy contend with each other for
the supremacy In the manufacture of stoves.
|Rut why do manufacturing establishments
|of the same kind eongregate in one place