New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-24

see in a country of tall hills; acres OF land over
which the sea or river recently washed, now re-
claimed cultivated, built on T; here vast area vi
buildings erected by the new NORTHEASTERN Nteei
Works Company there the Britannia hoilihg NILS
barely visible IN the thunderstorm OF smoke-
flashed up now and again with the dartihe Oh lur-
mace fres-tbat rolls from their numberess chin
neys in another place more dense smoke, Hlhgcu
with volumes of white steam, with red flames
restlessly playing among the piebald foids' anu
everywhere slag-slag as high as it can be plied'
Stag defining the rivers wndings Stag Ike hu@e
lumps of brown rock with locomotives rushing
along its levelled tops Stag i'll steep cliffs coveren
with great red palpitatng patches of it fresh from
the furnaces and just now tipped over by the
engines and bogies, which all day long. and all
night too are rafting and scrccching to and fro IN
discharge of tins duty And away i'll the hay as
lance one can see the outline of the Cleveland fiiis
the iron activities from whose side Middlcsboiough
and its wonderful industries have sprung.
have been over the Cambria, the Edgar Ihom-
son. and the great Chicago Bessemer steel Mis- out
the works at Middlesborough even exceed thehi'
borrow the following description OF a scene al
Bolckow's Works it is the most graphic ever Te"u
NV memory recalls an entrance guarded pY
policeman of a aspect than any Ihat, Eau
remember encOunterIng London constagloi d
vast surface OF railway metals, over whlch que
must lump with the agility OF lawn 10 co0"po
the numerous locomotives which rush 10 ana ITO ~
shoals; an immense interior, iul OF huGe ro'tlns
flames OF sunbrieht brl llancy-ot hres tush IrU d
the converters under the furious tempests OF Win
driven INTO them by mighty engines, scdtsgg1hhs
immense showers of sparks, licking the IRON helghs
of the building with their serpentne leagues, soieI
times of a deep scarlet hue, sometimes OF ptaulIl
dazzling green sometimes white, bindlng ana
ardent that in the enormous CUISINES OF en- igenCo
numerous electric sparks which illuminate tiio
building FAINT and gmmer like mere glo"-Wonu.mS
floor covered with railways, along "ncn NM i
| locomotivcs-me toy engines In slze-go pushing
or dragging wagons, or b0glCs or trucRN OF VIZ,
ever their name NAV he full of molten ralpi'alh-
metal or gigantic Jumps of red-hot steel on hsn,
great be-shapcd retorts swinging slowly, ana as
they swing spiiing torrents oil whtc-hoi stag ann
| volumes of smoke and steam ana aVaiancheS VI
sparks: and ever and anon STOPPING their Dr9Ws'
as II might appear, in their stately solemn NiurH
ton to expose their interior OF iuld steeI, t w
| terrific light of which is SO hlndlhG thdu w
panied eye drCops before the volcanic hres ~ IL
would before the noontide sum-
In concluding this letter, and indeed my account
of the great northern coal and the Cleveland Iron
| District must again mention Sunderland, the I'M
portance of which town as the port of the wear
dwet on briefly in my last letter. According To
gentleman who had lived in Sunderland all ms me-
| the town as IL now exists is the crcaloh ol TIC
three great industries OF the northeastern coast
coal, iron and shp-buildmg. 1t was originally three
small places-Sunderand-b on the south :;
| Monk Wearmouth on the north, and Bishop wear
month on the south side of The river mile up. Ihey
are now one town. with diameter of two miles III
apv direction and with population OF l2O'ooo
Sunderland Is surrounded by the Durham C0ilieTy
VILLAGES aud is the great outlet for ITS COAL speht
the best part OF enc day there Ii has the naTrowes
streets of all towns know or excepting. perhaps
Great Yarmouth, where the people shake hands
| across the street from the windows of the upper
| floors The people OF Sunderland, II i stld, are
constantly engaged III trying 10 push one ano'her
ont of the road fact life in Sunderland luuglhg
from nv own experience well as that ol Others
! is made up of a very great deal OF showing ana
| pushing. H. .o,
| IN the kingdom show such crowded streets
Pitmen, mechanics and the working classes Oh
| Inrham generally are on the streets, ana as inc
dense streams surge uphill or down, atoms arc
| exchanged in hoarse shouts and accents; Wnlcn
DEFY the pen. A description of he Music llaI' al
sunderland. iseyen more amusing ana en- ,Itc'SIlS.'S
| than the picture ] gave OF the " healIc hoyai
| COatbridga" IL is narrow. like tho streets. gar
nshed with gilf, and the wooden divisions painted
red In these htle boxes II is said. the gioceT-b0Y
and The drapers assis ant. with his pocket full oi
| nenny Havanas can squeeze the mana OF ms
! Soosan without exciting the nbaldrX otthc gal
| lery which is generally made up Wholly OF boys
with backened poses and open mouths. DHnEE
| gray and brown coats, topped with WldeaWakes
and d" mlIycOcks" beneath the brlms oil winch peep
CLAW nj pes comprise the PIT aSsemblage. W hen the
| LADY, IN tights sang 80. HIm Fond OF squeeze
/ pleased they showed it not IN hilarious ana UNI
| seeinly applause. but as the singer Withdrew I,
matches were struck in all directions ana the Il
| was again envelOped in smoke. Such II Saturday
| night in an English mining town.
Ms ROBERT i. PORTER.