Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-02
This work employed 2,997 persons
Lots of Distineries Then.

In Allegheny county there were 20 grist
mills, Go saw mills, 130 distilleries, but four
of which were in Pittsburg, 21 tanyards, 10
carding machines, 13 fulling mills, IL oil
and chopping mills and 3 breweries, the
latter all in Pittsburg. The distilleries
yielS ID 125, ,0G0 gallons of whisky, so its
cost to the consumer was less than so cents
a gallon. The estimation in whi,h whisk 7
was held by Judge Jone; ia shown by the
following, for which he ought to have had
at least barrel from the maker, Mr.. Sut-
ton:
Among these We must rot forget the estab-
lishment of our very particular friend, Mr..
George Sutton, who is the manufacturer OF
the celebrated Tuscaloosa. whic has been
drunk from Maine to Georgia, and which is
so highly esteemed in the Southern States
for its anti-mia smatic and animalculae-d de-
stroying qualities; for the mildness with
which it insurges the consumer, and for the
fresh and exhilarated spieits that it gives to
those who may have been accidentally rem
der obsolete by its power, when the return
Mr.. sutton has been ven, successful in the
manufacture and sale of this liquor. Orde S
from all parts aro daily arriving:
Mr.. S. has devoted much time and
that he is now engaged in making new bev-
erage as a competitor of the Tuscaloosa, to
which he has given the inspiring and beau
tiful name of pure Rock Water.r' or in the
language of the last of the Mohicans, "Real
Taiiyvallv Cord" This is an admirable
liquor, blending with the mildness OF milk
steals gently upon the senses. like music
upon the soul, and animates the intellect
without ever collapsing anidea.
An Early idea of Protection.
The city's imports were 81, $4,000, ex-
ports S2,7S1, ,276: balance in favor of the
city, $685., ,216. This showing, however, did
not satisfy Judge Jones, who was an ardent
tariff man, and he advised the people either
to themselves make articles of luxury or do
without them. The balance-of-trade theory
had strong hold on his mind. The cost of
carriage of goods between Pittsburg and At
lantic ports in 1926 was $50 ton, which
greatly impeded the attempt of our grand
fathers to get on the right side in the mat
ter of the balance of trade.
In 1915 Pittsburg had turned out four
steamboats,. In 1896 she had 4S, costing
S495, 900; tonnage S,624. Horses were still
unnumbered. An attempt had been made
to get Councils to move in the matter, but
it was abortive and Judge Jones suggested
that councilmen should be paid 81 a day for
their services, or given hot supper after
each day work as an incentive to get them
tc perform their duties.
Didn't Stop to Classify.
In Judge Jones' directory the christian
names Of the inhabitants are not given al
phabetically and if you want to find Will
lam Robinson, for instance, you must look
hap-hazard through all the Robinsons emu
merated. There was considerable sprink-
ling of nobility, all of whom are distin-
guished as gent or gentlewoman. Among
the former is found Robert PEBBLES and
among the latter Mary and Matilda Pride
and Susan Pentland.
Considerable space is occupied by adver-
tisements, and some of them are of the
most pronounced "hifalutin" STYLE Ed
ward E. Pratt occupies a page, setting forth
the claims of his barbering ard hair dressing
establishment 1t was located opposite the
ruins of our late Imperial residence and the
Ancient Temple of Innocence, a few doors
north of Solomon Lightcap's Crackloo
Wagon Tavern, alias the Lions Den.''
Mr.. Jones, the owner of the volume in
question, picked it up at q book auction of
antiques in New York, and less than half
dozen copies are known to be in existence.