The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-29

DothG TOT n lttHWhte IoWh-Efoin
10 to $50 Hands In Is Years-Tin-
Plate Misunderstanding Commenced,
Mr.. Briughurst Has Faith in the
Success Of the Industry.
Nestled on Red Clay Creek some
four miles from Wilmington, amongst
groves of trees. sits the little town Of
MAJ shallton. Little. did we say2 yes,
that Is tho way towns are reckoned
now a. days, when cities sprung up as
IL by magic, and the prairie of yester-
day becomes the bustllng city of to-
day.
But Mershallton, In another sense, Is
not small town. though 1t has con-
siderable age on IL. Its origin dates
back long way, indeed farther than
anybody living knows. The old-time
grlst mill. still called Hersey's mill,
that ground out grist for our revolu-
tlonnrv fathers, Is still doing the same
kind OF work, though the days seem
to have gone by whom the mill boy Is
seen perched upon IA bag OF grain and
both perched upon the back of lobe
or lib, old farm horses vending their
way TO the grist mill. Marshallton,
in the early days of that old grist mill,
was butR cross roads hamlet. The In,
PRODUCTION Of rolling mill later on.
brought new llfO to the little ham let.
II employed of and on from half
dozen to a dozen OF hands, and It was
really thought, away back In the days
OF the MarShalls. that hRrshaliton
was becoming quite tusy manulac
turing town, though there were no
manufactures in 1t but the old mill
and rolling mill, and its staples -four
and iron.
A good many people recollect whom
Cal III and John Marshall carried on
the rolling mills to such an extent
that the busy, bustling little place at
last took the name AlaTshallton aud
became known as such, In those days
a school house WAS built with second
story 10 II that served for place to
hold political meetings, secret society
meetings. sunday school, churcn
meetings, fairs and shows. A small
village store sprang up about the same
time. We reco!lect Tint 1t was kept
by John Porter, who also took his turn
In the rolling mill. Marshallton at
this time contained Il population OF
some 300 considerably scattered.
Most of the houses stood along the
road leading from Stanton to Green
bank, from Marshallton to Red Clay
Creek church, and some were over the
Creek in Christiann Hundred on tho
road lending to Newport This was
old Marshallton before the days OF
railroads with their iron steeds which
shifted the Red Clay Creek atmos-
phere and woke up the slumbering In.
hHbltants.
But IL Is now Alarshallton OF which
we would speak to-day, II Marshallton
that under the stimulating influences
OF American protection has become a
wonder OF prosperity The Marshall
ton of to-day contaIus some 500 odd
population, but there are the same old
grtst mill and rolling mill. The latter
Keeps up the appearance OF old times,
but how changed that rolling mill In
place OF Porters little store there are
foui or five stores there now, a post
Office, lodge rooms an NJ. L. Church,
and preparations are being made to
erect an Episcopal Church this coming
! fall.
Edward CraDston has sold lots and
the Industrious mill men have built
] pretty, roomy, tasty houses upon
them ard they live In them in comfort
and comparative ease. New stree q
have beon laid out aud the busy town
/ is putting on Il borough attire.
/ 1t will not be long now hefore some
intermeddllng Legislator for want OF
sonethiuE clse to do for his "suifering'
! constituents. will be introducing bill
To have hHr5hullton incorporated Into
u borough. This incorporation may
| include tho suburhe OF kiumensl and
I Greenbank, the first now ruled by
John Filling and the latter by that old
war veteran. Andrew j. Williams, as
| sisted by his daughter Minnie. But it
is OF these rolling mills of which we
| would speak most. They go by the
name OF the Alarsh0ilton Iron Mill
| Company or something like that, but
John Il. Bringhurs., manager and gu
, pelintendent, Is in fact the company.
without him the mills might he 2roan-
| Ing in their pristina simplicity with 10
or Is hands, but with him they have
| spread and grown md increased their
( capacity many times over until they
now employ some $50 hands. The
success Of these rolling mills show
what one man cnllfges, lam
Sp z reSs; chonilles and fancy
Use cJGshi and IS vim IN in h MaD l"' 'D'
Moo. ,resentatiye OF the REPUBLICAN
ropped of the LaudenberR train the
other afternoon at Greonbank for the
purpose off visiting these mills.
Greenbank Ia only short half mile UT
the creek from Marshallton. Genial
Andy Williams, Lord Mayor OF Green
bank met us and escorted US down tllt
railroad track to Marshallton. The
squawkirg of yellow legs behind us
was oininous, and mnde US think
about supper. Down through Rrea
+ piles ut steel billets. something like
: NE have read SO much about at Home
stead. lined either side of the trac
with here and there rick OF the ole
/ fashioned piE-iron. and close by tn
first mill I'm enorm Gus pile OF Berh
iron. broken pipes and Cur-wheeli
ready to be put through another smell
=, ing process. We enter u shop. VIII
u what arc tnese piled up here i'll rich
3 ready for pushing out into tile ma
y ket2
"a These are actually bread-pans of a
sorts and sizes, and stove pipes an
stoveplpe Joints, also bre-hearth
~ Well. we never knew before that thes
Il things were manufactured hero. Bu
u they are, and they ure Grated up, pr
so in cars. and sent out into the marke
10 of tho world, some OF them eve
y reaching Europe trophies of America
81, ingenuity, American enterprise nj
~ American protection. number
TO hands are engaged here III the man
facture of these articles Ihey Il
principally Russian Jews. who see
ne particularly adapted to this work, b
q. there are but few Of them. 1t wou
le. take ii long time and much space
US tell the mOduH opcIRndi OF how
.ul these things are made, but suffice
TIL to say that there Is the most intrica
IN machinery for 1t all. Cutters cut
- patterns IN mo flRhIksllui'ethiiuu ieS
el. a single stamp, bring out bread pa
Putting in the iron wires and hand
Is briel operation.
Us, those who put up stove pipes IN
for fall OF the year by tile aid OF CT
rs words, would O surprised to see h
st. easily these stove pipe Joints |
,nd manipulated. The sheet iron for t
Il work is made here from the pigs u
scrap iron referred to. As we y
the along we see On every hand great /
/. }. chinery for rolling out bar rod
Is. sheet iron, furnaces fiery hot melt
attic MASSES of iron into All almost LID
its state, and In a lew short mimi
Ter. heightened out by the rolls into VI
bars OF iron In the midst of all
- we come across the master spirit
the concern John X. Bcinghu
;, ;, Large and swarthv. good hatured
o genial. he directs every operation.
"a IN Instead OF riding al ound the co
OF try or taking long extended trips
mas Europe, with nothing on but 81
any pants, hat and shoes with sweat !
.atit ring down his round face. he is h
reg tbpTo ,nJ MI around lending IA h
81 ing hand His sons. large, iltellit
boys. instead of flying nro
that amongst club rooms and spant
are their time AT seaside resorts take
lnev places with other hands at tho Il
at aces and the rollers where the s.
) in of honest toll brings easy consclel
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