Middletown transcript., 1881-09-02
A Glance at SMYRNA.

We made a short but pleasant visit to
Smyrna on Monday, and found that neat
town in a quiet and perspiring condition.
In the amount Of dust flying around pro
miscuously, Smyrna reminded usstrongiy
of home, and when these tender menu
ories rose up in our throat we sat down
upon a door step, in this strange land,
thirteen long miles from home, and shed
tear. We called OH Brother Hoffecker,
who conducts the Smyrna Times in
successful manner, and though we found
him busy, as country editors always are,
he took us out and introduced us to the
SMYRNA undertaken and tried his best to
make it pleasant for us. We visited the
cannery of Mr.. Hoffecker(nOt the editOr),
but on account OF short supply Of toma-
toes it was not running on this day. In
one corner of the building we saw big
pile Of canned peaches, held over from
last season. These the owner will keep a
few months longer and then trade them
off for couple of railroads, a steamship
line and National bank. He knows he
might get more for them by holding them
till next winter, but he don't care particu-
larily about doing that. In company with
the senior member of the firm of J. E.
Tygert & Co., we had the pleasure of driv-
ing out to the extensive works of that
firm, at Rothwell's Landing. There we
found the inclosure full of business. The
steamer ~. E. Tygert," (" belonging to the
Philadelphia and Smyrna line established
and owned by this firm, was just putting
on the last Of a good freight of fruit live
stock and phosphate, preparatory to start
ing on her usual Monday trip. There is
also pleasant accommodations for pas
sengers ON this boat and the route is very
popular one with the Kent county people.
The works Of the Messrs. Tygert are
worth visit, though we would advise
our friends not to make the visit on day
as warm as last Monday was. Good phos-
phate does not smell like a button-hole
bouquet at any time, and when the mercury
is 9S in the shade we would sooner smell
a village pig-pen at short range. About
nine years ago the Messrs. Tygert COM
menced the manufacture Of phosphate at
RothwelI's Landing in a building 40 by
60 feet. Their buildings now cover nearly
an acre. EARLY in the season they erected
a new building, 25 by 100 feet, which was
packed full of "Star Bone phosphate as
a sort Of contingent fund, amounting to
about 1000 tons, to bring out when orders
came in too heavily for the capacity of the
factory. This stock was broken into this
week for the first time. The daily
capacity of the factory is about $50 tons.
About seventy hands are employed at
present. The firm is building up a big
trade for their phosphate at Albany, n.
Y, and have shipped over one hundred
tons to that point within the past week.
The total shipments from the factory last
week amounted to 600 tons. Every appli-
ance and convenience for manufacturing
and handling fertilizers in the best and
most rapid manner will be found in this
factory. A new contrivance for loading
boats with phosphate was put up this sea-
son, by means OF which 10 tons can be
loaded in an hour. Bones have become
very scarce in this country and the Messrs.
Tygert draw their supply chiefly from
South America, and at the time Of our
visit to their factory were expecting
cargo of 500 tons from Brazil. The "Star
Bone is justly popular phosphate, and
the Messrs. Tygert, for their enterprise
and square dealing, deserve the success
they have won. This brand Of fertilizer,
according to the analyses of samples made.
by the State Chemist, and eminent chem
lists Of Pennsylvania and Maryland, stands
among the highest in the country in COM
parison to its price.