New-York tribune., 1883-12-17

it was sold to an Englishman named Wilson, VINO
introduced English ideas and obtained workmen
from England He failed, and after some o otne1 doa
yicissltudes the works were sold for 2,6sO,0oo
francs to the Schnelders Aided by the great Eng
lsh engineer Nasmyth, and NJ. Bourbon, the schnel-
ders soon put Creusot on paying basis ana the 10
suit is the immense works of to-day.
With the change in financial condition OF the
works the town began to improve. In lS3? SrensoI
was village OF 3qoO inha0ltantS "a'n nouna- mia
tion of over % 600 The aspect of the town is Sc
we're owing to the smoke, and the buildings nave
dark tinge. Until within few years nearly every
mart of the town was composed of miserable huts,
and IN 1851 there were only 800 houses, including
two barrack-like buildings where large numbers OF
the NyOrkmen lived. These have disappeared now,
and Mr.. Schneider has added much TO the comfort
and well-being of his wOrkpeople by building num-
Der of comfortable houses in rows Each house N
cluding garden costs 500 francs, ana tne WORK
man who occupies IL pays as rent . per cent on tle
cost of the building and is able If he wishes TO Duy
the house. The number OF dwelllng-houses III OIel-
sot has increased to 1000. 1t is more compact
place than Krupp's establishment ut Essen, and IN
several respects the works better arranged ana
more modern, but kruPps is larger In botn places Gee
| found that the workpeOple were well cared 1or.
They live at CTeusot perhaps trte better Ihin III
Essen. and the wages are higher Fresh meat, Vege-
tables of all kinds and wine abound lherG Is ~ q
good hospital connected with the works. tacn
workman is provided for in case of SIC ckness ana aI
members of his family dependent on him. WIDOWS
and orphans are pensioned, and men lncapable Oh
work provided for in old age. There are good
schools and free instruction provided by the Schnel-
ders for the children of their employees, and no one
who is unable TO read or write can obtain position
in the works nor those who have been dismissed IN
disgrace from school. Women are employed ming
the blast furnaces and around the mouths OF the
coal pits but few under the age of seventeen. Ihey
are better off than the average woman one sees IN
similar employment in Europe. They dress IN SNORT
dresses barely covering their knees colored striped
stockings and good shoes. Their wages vary from
80 to so cents a day. Men in similar occupations
are paid 20 or 50 cents The average wages IN the
workshops will not exceed 81 or 81 70 per day.
Said a prominent iron manufacturer OF ItusouIg
who visited CreusOt the day | was there:
"Why, we pay about three times as much per ton
for pudding iron in Pittsburg as these people DO
here and in England
Some attention is given 10 industrial schools ana
free lectures given for the worklnen, VINO nave
every opportunity afforded them for improyemTnt.
The workpeOple here are fully mp to the EngllNh
standard The cOlcrs strike you as hetter behaved
and less rough indeed, they seem rather grave anu
silent than rough and bOisterous. The uon-WofkeI
is rougher and more demOnstTatiye, and often pre-
sents a face burned by the fire. The machinlsts
have a lively manner and seem more intelligent
than the English mechanic, and more versatile thah
the German. There is but little lighting. anu the
Sunday is kent strictly NJ. Schneider lives IN ms
colony. frequently lectures To them on engineering
topcs looks after their morals, and 10 certain cA-
tent their well-being No German are employed IN
Creusot and most of the wOrkmen are Cathoilcs'
hut PrOtestants are not excluded Though ne Is
ROyalist. SchncideT's works are filled with large
Government contracts for armor-plate marine en-
gincs cannon and other engines of warfare.
ROBERT T. PORTER.