New-York tribune., 1896-04-01
DRIVEN OUT BY THE TRUST.
.,,u RICHARDSON & BOYNTON STOVE
WORKS TO MOVE TO JERSEY
,oss TO BROOKLYN oCCAsIoNED BY THE
INCREASED EXAcTIoNs OF THE WARE
uorsr coMPANY-woRK ON THE CON-
OVER ST. GATES sTOPfED-olh""
FIRMS MAY FOLLOW THE


ExAMPLE.
,ooLIvni,es will regret to learn that one OF
A.. largest manufacturing concerns In the west
- alstrlct of Brooklyn is about TO quit 'he
s.,,s as we'll as the city. This IS the R'cnard-
p .on e. Boynton Company. on Van brrnt-st Al
.,,r,ovs 500 men IN Its shops there In the manu-
,,c,ure Of stoves, ranges, furnaces and heaters
Tho men employed are almost exclusively
,.usa mechanics moulders. machinisis and iron
z,-rers generally, who receive high wages. Inc
uorts cover the entire double block bounded
NV Van Brunt Inlay. Commerce aid Verona
.ts and contains $4,000 square feet. covered
with foundres and shops
The company has been located for many
vsars on the SITE which 1t owns. and. at
ora time operated another huge frame shop
., couInb!a-st. below Lorraine-st. In July
the whole plant wilt be removed to Dover. ~ j..
wbsre immense shops are being built to accommo-
date H. This means that Brooklyn will lose
these 800 men, a great number Of whom are mar
r,ed ana that these buildings will be turned TO
other purposes. At the Office Of the company,
Nos oS2 and 2Sl Water-st, Ncw-York, details
were refused as 10 the cause of removal, except
that more room IS needed in the business. The
absence of cheap water facilities it was said,
"a
three railroads run right by the new works.
II Is no secret In the Twelfth Waro that for
a year the company has been bitterly complain
ing Of the rates imposed upon its industry by
the Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Company.
and il Is generally understood that the increased
charges on materials used by the company has
had much 10 do with 1t leaving Brooklyn.
Prior 10 the purchase OF the waterfront by
The BROOKLYN Wharf and Warehouse Company,
the only charge ma de TO manufacturers in South
BROOKLYN using the wharves Of the Atlantic
dock was Wharfage for the boat or schooner
during the time it occupied a berth in loading
or dscharging cargo. Soon after the Ware
house Trust took hold a charge of five cents
ton was levied upon all goods or materials
transported to or from a vessel lying at
wharf or pier II the material was placed upon
the wharf the charge increased to ten cents
a ton The Richardson & Boynton Stove Works
use enormous quantities of COAL coke, pig iron
and moulding sand clay. for all Of which
it had to pay landing charge of five cents
ton besides the boats wharfage. The company
protested. but without effect and had no re-
source left except either 20 pay these charges
or to get out. and they have chosen the latter
course
The water ends Of Bovine. Commerce and We
roma sfs. are free so far. but the trust can al
ways prevent their being used by tying up
vessel at the bukhead opposite the street. This
tax upon the industries Of South Brooklyn is
bound to be disastrous to them and apparently
they have no remedy except TO follow the
ample of the Richardson & Boynton Company
and find locations for their plants where no such
exactions are practsed Other companies that
are heavily affected by these rates are the
Lidgerwood Works in Ferris-st., Worthngton's
Hydraulic Works in Richards-st.. the ]. II. Will
ians Drop Forges, John and Donald McNeill's
Boiler Shops, the Pioneer Iron Works, p. H.
Gilrs Machine Shops, Riley & Crowey's Engine
Works the Chesebrough Vasene Works and
several minor shops These employ thousands
CT mechanics, and the proba bilities are that
some of these concerns will move rather than
continue 10 pay these charges. AS there are
practically wharves in that section of the
city which Is the property Of the city, the manu-
facturers absolutely at the mercy of the
trust and must either pay these landing
charges give up business or seek another loca-
ton.
The work Of inclosing the Atlantic Dock came
to full stop at 1l:30 a.. m. yesterday when
dered the men putting up the gates and
fences at the intersection of William and
Conover SITS. 10 stop work He was acting
under orders from City Works Commissioner
Theodore b. Willis who proposes TO find out
what the rights Of the public are In the matter
before the work proceeds further. In this
nection II may be noted that the gates erected
on Bowne-st years ago were cut down by the
foreman and wOrkmen Of the Richardson &
boyntOn Company in conjunction with the city
employees under Robert Furey, then one Of the
commissioners Of City Works.