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New-York tribune., 1902-12-31
p,ct,Ey BROWNE & DONALD

one nf the principal manufacturers o. t'i' 7p
<.4d architectural iron brass ana "ioilNe
,-bic, ;s nov universally used IN All "u' ny
t,i1ding. of arv size or importance IS f>lCileE
urorna & Donald whose large rnan"'ae'"'ii's
,,,,+ co,-ars an extensive acreage at BoroeH anu
T.evferr aves Long Island city Estaohsheo S'
-. .rs ,eo the speciality of the frm IS
the making of architectural oioi'|S- -
49,, o-l, including stair work elevator Enclosures
cast window work. marques idlnp''
doors erues balconies bank counter ralis' ele.
itt .1e,trop1ate and duplex plate finishes All
these goods are manufactured at the nrl'l ~
e, tho rav noateriaI-tlat is pig iron and cop
= ,rbo ar,,-e work has No superior and lew
o-,-.,s ss may he inStanced by the mention Oh q
eo,, of tho in,portant modern buildings when nave
recently been furnished and fitted by them WI"
some magnificent specimens of ornamental nun
and bronze work: Hanover Bank exterior OF NlaeS
Buildiue Wall Street Exchange Building, ButteI'ck
Building Speyer Building, Bank 81 Montreal IA, raj
PbiladeInhia: the Riggs National Bank. WashlIIs-
ton: the New-York Life Insurance COMPANY tiie
Manhattan life Insurance COMPANY ahd NJ Ie f +be
Iorf- astoria Hotel. The active members OF the
firm Of Richey Browne & Donald are A . RicheS
The firm furnishes most OF its work for theatres
hotels and office buildings. Artistic iron work IN
nrtvate residences is of recent growth-slnce the
advent of 1reproof houses But mere @ anu tneav h7
created hv it-griles iunetteS or screens loT en-
frances and piazzas-each a work OF art coTnpleiie
dences possess this firms ornamental IRON Norh
throughout Among these may be enunnerateu
Mrs L. F Shepard's residence in scarG0r1 " 'Ile B
SIoane's house at Fifty-second-st- and Fffth-ave.
All new private houses of an expensive cnaIacteI
will doubtless be furnished Win t
iron and bronze work not only because OF lts
fetv in case of fire. but because its reproo9cuo
is as beautiful the finest effects IN WOOD anu
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PROSPEROUS MANUFACTURERS
LARGELY INCREASED EXPORTS THIS YEAR
Figures for Fec Staple articles Indicate Busy

That prosperous year is indicated in all
n1snufa turing lines clearly appears from the
reports of imports and exports for the first
eleven months of the current year These re-
ports show that there has been a steady in
crease in the exports of manufactured articles
Notwithstanding there has been a considerable
decrease in the total amount of exports This
increase in exports of domestic manufactures
amount to S15oo0.No, in the face of a decrease
for the same period in the entire exports of
about S150G0oo0. Also on the side of imports
the greatest increase is in tFle item of raw ma
terials for manufacturers and partly manu-
factured articles.
The census figures for 1900 show considerable
shifting in the manufacturing industry from
the positions which they occupied ten years
earlier. For example, in the number of blish-
rents manufacturing mems clothing Illinois has
shown great increase, although in the value
Of the products the increase has not been so
great. In New-York. while there has been an
nnents, the value of the product has more than
doubled In Massachusetts, also there has been
q decrease in the number of establishments. and
the value of the product has also more than
doubled.
The following table shows the number OF es-
tablishments manufacturing mems clothing.
with the value Of their product and the prin-
cipal centres of the industry in the years 1890
and 1900:
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In the item Of pianos the tendency has been
10 develop the industry in the West at a faster
ratio than it has been developed in the East
For example the product of Illinois in the year
1890 was Of the value Of only S1oo,Ooo. while
that Of New York was S14,45o,0G0; Of Massa-
chusetts So 6S1 900: OF Maryland S1,291, 600, and
of Connecticut 81. So. 600. In 1900 the value of
the product of New-York was S14,4190o0: Of
Connecticut, So 600; of Massachusetts,. Sl4,-
9sl; of Maryland, sS27,0o0, and of Illipois,
S7.oeo0Oo.
In the manufacture of lumber many of the
Southern States have doubled and trebled their
output showing extensive operations in forests
which have heretofore not known the sight OF A
wniIl.
In the manufacture of woeilen goods there
has been some shifting Of the positions OF the
States in the last decade. Massachusetts has
taken first place from Pennsylvania, and New
York remains where il was before-ln 1ourh
place The following table contains interesting
information as 10 the standing of the States IN
the manufacture of important classes Of Woollen
goods:
WOOL. MANUFACTTRE-RANK OF sIAIbS' 81
VALUE OF PRODUCTS-1s9e AND INV
TOTAL. ALI. BRANCHES
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4MerCdR

ing compelled by circumstances to eHploN- as
far practicable labor saving devices inns
has aroused the keen interest of the whole
country and has resulted in reducing the cost
of production by mechanical appliances 10
meet these conditions America found itself sup
piled with abundance of inventive genius.
which means in a general way the ability to
cut looce from old methods and branch out in
new directions which afford attractive econ
omies
The development of new country. presenting
it does the constant necessity of meeting
new conditions. accustoms the people 10 solving
problems for themselves as they arise. In the
first half Of the present century all of the iron
eorking machinery was imported from abroad,
largely from England In some of the older
and less aggressive machine shops of this coun-
try some iron working machinery of British
manufacture is now to be found. Gradually
these machines were improved upon by Ameri-
inventive talent.
This drift of events was largely assisted at
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the outset by heavy protective duty levied
on the foreign built article. Thus capital was
attracted 10 the industry of machinery building
by the promise Of handsome returns the in
vestment The foregoing combinations have
gone until there is no question about the
fact that American built iron machinery is far
in advance Of anything else in the world.
The importation Of foreign built machinery
gradually dwindled until it practically ceased
entirely. because Of the fact that with
high price for labor could not afford to
the simple forms which We're considered salts
factory abroad. Matters have progressed
that within recent years ii became thoroughly
evident we could hold own. far the
domestic market was concerned entirely indie
pendent of q protective duty. However, sight
must not be lost of the value and necessity Of
this protection in the early development of the
business.
Active home competition constantly slim
uated our inventive talent until the present
highly perfected state of the art has been
reached. Our home market. being of such enor-
nous proportions in this line, enabled machine
tool builders apply the system known AS
manufacturing to the construction of machine
tools. This system first applied to the
smaller and lighter lines Of machine shop equip
ment small lathes up to twenty inches; shaping
machines milling machines, drilling machines.
and various other of the lighter tools. Soon
they began to be constructed by larger con-
Germs in such quantities that they could be
turned out on the piece work system in lots"
That is to say fifty hundred machines
precisely alike are turned out at time. Each
piece is made at a fixed rate paid to the work
man one workman continually making the same
niece thus becoming familiar with every opera
ton necessary TO its completion. Special ap-
pliances were constructed to make these pieces
nreciselv the same and interchangeable with
each other
In this manner it is not at all unusual for the
cost of a piece be reduced to one-ffth.
even 10 one-tenth, of what it would naturally
cost If one piece built at time. When
these pieces are assembled the exact cost Of
la Dor and material is known to the penny. This
state of affairs has long existed in the lighter
machinery trade, and for twelve of fifteen
wears this line of tools has been successfully
exported The machines, being constantly sub
iected to the evolution process, have been
perfected in power. convenience OF handling,
and with various useful attachments, until
there was real comparison between them
and the foreign built article.
About fifteen years ago various agencies were
established in London. Paris, Berlin and other
cities and they have been doing constantly
increasing business. 1t was thought for long
time while this process of piece making applied
TO small machines which could be manufactured
tn quantities. it would not apply to the heavier
branches. The builders of the heavier lines
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gagged in the building of machine tools in the
United States has recently established works
in Berlin, where something like s., 900 900 are
invested. and where exact duplicates of their
products are being built. The constant improve
ments made at their works here will be taken
advantage of by the Berlin works. Thus the
cost of freight and duty will be avoided.
In studying this general problem there is of
course the additional element of the individual
workman. The American mechanic is perhaps
competent and active than his foreign
rival. How far this element will affect the gen.
eral outcome remains to be seen. There are
those who contend that American workman
will turn out enough more work than Ger
man an English mechanic in a given time
to enable this country to compete, in spite of the
distance and reasonable tariff charges. If this
is the case the American workman will gather
in his share of the advantage.
The condensation in various branches of
trade which has been going on for the last few
years has been felt to certain extent in the
construction of machinery. especially in the
heavier lines. In this way the general expense
account has been reduced, large departments of
various concerns have been specialized. and the
trade is in position far stronger than ever
before 1t is much satisfactory than could
have been predicted even few years back
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-1SN1
1890.

In the matter of cotton manufacture there has
been slight decrease in the number of estab
nshments in the New-England States for the
last two decades. From 1890 TO 1900 there was
ments in the Central States and in the Southern
States the number OF establishments has in
creased from 161 in the year 1880 TO 400 in the
year 1900. The decrease in the number of estab
lishnents in the New-England States is more
apparent than real. 1t results partly from the
elimination of certain mills from the cassfca-
tion of cotton manufacturing, and partly from
the consolidation of establishments under one
management. The same reason accounts for the
falling off in the number of esta adjustments in
the Middle States New-York, New-Jersey,
Pennsylvania. Delaware and Maryland
The growth of the industry in the South is the
most important fact in its history during the
Southern States has been in North Carolina,
South Carolina. Georgia and Alabama The in
crease in the number OF establishments In the
South does not show the real growth Of the in
dustry in that section. the average number
Of spndes to a mill has increased in much
greater ratio than that number of establish
nlents as is shown in the following table:
NUMBER OF ACTIVE COTTON sPINDIES IN THE
TEXTILE INDUSTRY. BY STATES, GEOGRAPiI-
CALLY ARRANGED. 1890 AND 1900.
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pose The fancy art lamp department. p.ggTsds=
every species of lamp OF the nignese sre Y
incIrIdjne pOrtableS. The Designs
chaste beautiful and extraordinary esg1tiatIss
resenting all The ages ard PERIODS OF d.s-ra.ent
and modern art. The fire goods depel ' 5rs.
embraces every variety of fepaeE g S" s5Y,iIsT
irons umbrella stands. and anything 0r noTa-
character il made in brass 20 order Inc evsrv
paDv's output of kerosene lamp ourhStS rr1a
month Is no loss than 25OOG0 and they ne IN nus
stacks at the company's works ready 10, ths
The tubing moulding and wire depart '--,..lr.I
bufng department. the silver plating anu LTD
plating Departments are all perfect OF IHen &. the
a UNIQUE feature of the company WornSS = are
art and modelling department The dIdHIHs re
first nrOdlcsd in charcoal for the modellsr tV -
,,ro(ince in vax or master The moulders an a.
hnishers then complete the design ana @ taaA Tery~
ready for che market Brass IiilSn55S9 a.. This.
popular now for use in freproof bulidhSS- .1d#s
company employ upward of eight hunuTeu jr,
and is undoubtedly the leader IN this c'N'
its special line of manufacture
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alive to these conditions, and are rapidly putting
themselves even footing with TINS couh-
try. This position is questioned on this side OF
the Atlantic 1t seems altogether probable that
the same inventive talent and untiring energy
which have brought us to the present state oil
perfection will keep us In advance OF foreign
countries who are perhaps behind us in orfgi-
naIity. and that will he for these reasons
always at least step in the lead.
Foreign countries. being Thoroughly
aroused to these conditions. may. however, by
protective tariffs Curtail to some extent the
possibilities of our export trade. Already some
of our larger manufacturers of machine tools
forestalling this possibility bv establishing
works of their own abroad. One of the largest
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>ILES-BEMENT-P COMPANY

ono Of the most PROGRESSIVE torCeTns IH VHF
United States. and probably the leading one III lts
limo to-day is the Niles Tool Works Company, OF
Hamilton Ohio 1t has associated with II
Rement Niles G Co. of Philadelphia; the Pond
Machine Tool Company. of Plainhed, N j. and
the Pratt & Whitney Company. of Hartford. Conn
These companies have representatives or agents IN
all of the European capitals. also in Japan. South
Africa Australia and South America Their head
office is in New-York City.
The Niles rool Works Company. of Hamilton
Ohio and New-York City is of the most pro-
gressive builders of machine tools in the United
States and has esta blished works i'm Berlin, where
an investment of about S2.0D0,G0e has been made
and where exact duplicates of the machines pro-
duced here are being built. This arrangement
avoids the cost of freight and duty
New-York tribune., 1902-12-31
United STATES CAST IRON PIPE q


This company formed for the manufacture
and sale of all kinds of east iron, water and gas
pipe and fittings and foundry castings. 1t was
incorporated in 1899 with an authorized capital Of
SEQ O0OO COO and employs at its numerous foundries
in various parts of the country 300 hands.
The officers are: George 3. Hayes presidents
George J. Long. vice-president; A F. Callahan.
president and b F. HaughtOOn, Secre-i
tarv and treasurer. The directors Samuel
Thomas Colgate HOyt. George B. Hayes, George
l. Long A. c. Overholt, c. F. Burke. E R. Thomas
B. F Overhot a. F. Callahan. \. " Brady, E G
Faller. P. ]. Goodhart. David Giles and W. T. g
Carpenter. =.
The company's general office is at No 50 Broad
way New York City. 1t has unexcelled tacihtIss
for the manufacture and distribution of its goods
New-York tribune., 1902-12-31

The well known Townsend, Downey Shiphuiidins
and Repair Company whose offices are at No. IL
Broadway and shtpyard and works at Shooter ISL
and. Borough Richmond. has capital OF
S. 500 coo. The business includes ship and engfn6
building and boiler making: construction of vessels
designed for government and merchant service. and
steam and sailing yachts. The officers are Wal
lace Downey president. Samuel Q. Brown. vice
president James A Townsend, secretary. and John
II. Cuthbert. treasurer.
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Succeeding in 1899 the old established firm OF
Kraiewski Peasant Co. and Incorporated with
a capital of s35GO0O the krajewski-Pesant Co, of
No. 90 Broadway. New-York. has extensive works
at BROOKLYN and in Regla, Havana. Cuba The
company's speciality is the manufacture OF sugar
cane machinery. and is the sole manufacturer OF
Hattons system of automatic defecation- Alfonso
Peasant is president O. \ i3ronder vice-presldent
Albert CIrOssnan. general manager, and Jose A.
secretary and treasurer.
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". NJ. JONES & co.

Is NJ Jones & Co. of No. 1t3 Liberty-st-, New
York and No. 159 Devonshire-st.. Boston, conhne
their business to the representation of Taylor
Rros & Co. of Leeds and Samuel Osborn & Co,
of Sheffield England The former house makes
the TavIor staybOlt iron, and wherever this Tay-
lor iron has been used its economy is claimed
TO be very great. This statement is fully con-
firmed by letters from prominent railroad COM
nanies Samuel Osborn & Co make the justly
reIehrated 'R Musbets Special Steel the original
air harderiug steel The demand for il is beyond
the ability of the makers to supply.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-31
BEST M4CHINE TOOLS.
-1can Products the Standard
Euery5chere.

IS now thoroughly recog-
nized by all the CONNER
cial countries of Europe
that the United States has
advanced far beyond any
other manufacturing coun-
try in it's machinery and
appliances for manipuiat-
ing iron and steel in all
their various branches. The
strictly commercial cause
of this proba bly, has been
the higher price h a t
America has been forced
to pay for labor, thus be
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MANHATTAN BRASS COMPANY.

The extensive plant of the Manhattan Brass
Company is situated at No. So East Twenty
eighth-st where they occupy two five story build
,ngs and produce their world famed architectural
brass and bronze work from the material
The companys departments are numerous. The
fused are especially interesting, every quality OF
brass being produced by the most up-to-date
,nethods and processes Ninety per cent of every
kind and quality of the students lamps made
in This country are manufactured by the Man
haitian Brass Company in g special department.
and with special plant INSTALLED for the pur-
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John HITLEN =.

The fame of John Whitley, the chimney sxpers
and inventor has spread far and wide. and his
services as a curer of smoking hreplaces~ are al
WAYS i'm great demand. His extensive offices snow
and SaIesrooms aud manutactory are situated az
No 2l5 Fulton st. Nos 1 to Is Concord-st.. and
No 81 Liberty-st.. Brooklyn One Of his recent IN
MENTIONS known as Whitley automatic VEN
tilating apparatus for removing cooking odors, haa
proved extremely successful.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-31

aIncuded in all States 1890 7Included in
'all other States In 1900.
The value of sll the agricultural implements
manufactured in the last census year was the
sum of S101 .201 .42S. as against SS1.21,6ol for
the year 1890. The greatest increase, and in
fact practically the whole increase. was IN
Illinois. where the value OF the product in lS5o
was $4,000 $50. while that of 1900 was valued
at Si2o33 1856 Michigan almost doubled the
value of its product, from a little less than
S4,G00Ooo in 1890 to considerably more than
S60o0oa0 in 1900 Indiana. Wisconsin and
PENNSYLVANIA showed a small increase, and
New-York and Ohio a slight decrease.
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c.uEwEur. FIRE: ALARM TELEGRAPH co.

UnNaTd fOrfy IcttFS IhIS 'ofnndny, NIIIt Us
Nev--York offices at No. 10 Barciayst. and branches
in San Francisco Chicago. atlanta. Richmond. Ind:
Utica y Y: Baltimore and Boston, has supplied
The T,rincinaI cities and of the United States
Great Britain Germany and the world with enc OF
fba most perfect systems Of fire alarm and police
signaJ annar4tus devised by mans ingenuity. The
appIiances constitute one OF the best Investments
NJ cit or make
New-York tribune., 1902-12-31
THE EATON. COLE & BURNHAM co.

This company possesses one of the largest and
most complete plants for the manufacture Of iron
and brass goods for steam. gas and water, pips
threading machinery. tools for steam and gas
the country The NeW-1oTE
office is No. 253 Broadway. The officers OF the
company are: Edward @. BJ1rnham. president:
William E Burnham. vice-president: Edward Fl
Cole treasurer; Edward F. Cole acting treasurer
and William II. Douglas, secretary.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-31
,sE>DROTH 4 ROOF MANUFACTURING co.

Among the oldest and most prominent of New
Ycrk's industrial enterprises is the Aoenlroth X
Root manufacturing Company. whose general OF
fces aud works are located at Newburg. y. y.
The company manufactures water TUBE oolers.
.niraf pipe all kinds of heavy straight fivsted
work heavy machinery and spec1at tools lhe
corn,,,y.s business was established i'm 1861.
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THE RAIL- & WOOD COMPANY.

The business of the Ball & Wood Company. sc.
renowned throughout the country as designers and
builders of automatic engines used largely
for electric and power purposes. was established
in 1891. Thomas c. Wood is president, Charles r.
Vincent vice-president and Langdon Greenwood.
jr.. secretary. Its New-YoTk office is at No. 10
Liberty-st. and the works at Elizabethport, y.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-31
WILSON & GRIFEIN.

Few firms enjoy the prestige accorded to Wilson's
& Griffin. the sailmakers, at No IS South-st. \
specially OF this house Is making sails for racing
Yachts Owing it's old and favorable reputation
the firm given the contract for making the
sails for the kaisers yacht, the Meteor which was
christened by Miss Alice Roosevelt They also
made the sails for all the yachts that have sue
cessfuIly defended the Americas Cup
New-York tribune., 1902-12-31

The machine tool business and IN fact almost
- others. stagnated two or three months oeioIe
the election While the works were fuii OF OF
ders the business booked was far below lhs
average In the few weeks that nave eiapseu
since the election more business has oeen Sc
cured than in the same number OF months pre-
viouslv and everything points to a healthy ana
G. ltinued demand.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-31
ARCHER BROWN.

In 1880 Archer Brown gave up successful news
paper work and with W. A. Rogers founded the
firm of Rogers Brown & Co. of Cincinnati deal
ers in pfs iron, which subsequently established
branches in ST. Louis Chicago. New-York and
other cities In 1895 Mr. Brown came to New-York
to direct affairs in the East His firm now handles
about one-third of the iron marketed in the United
tafaS
New-York tribune., 1902-12-31
THOMAS DIMOND.

Established in 1862. Thomas Dimond. Of No. Es
West Thirty-thrCi-st has built up most extensive
business in The manufacture Of all kinds of iron
work used in buildings
New-York tribune., 1902-12-31
GAS ENGINE AND POWER COMPANY ANTs
CHARLES L. SEABURS & CO..
CONSOIVn4TED

The above mentioned consolidated firms
among the largest concerns engaged IN the build
ing of steel and wooden vessels steam yachts ana
naphtha launches. The works at Morris
N
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BRUCE * COOK.

Bruce 6 Cook. No. 1ss to 100 Water-st- and Nos
94s and $50 Pearl-st. New-York. dealers in
metals tin plate sheet iron, sheet zinc. pig tin,
copDer. lead. Speter. etc.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-31

A Cary Smith. head of the firm OF Smith q
Barney. naval architects. at No. 80 Nassau-st, de-
signed the Meteor. Emperor Williams racing
schooner yacht. and a or other well known
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FERTIG-PHELPs MARBLE COMPANY.

tiq- PheIps Marble Company. established IN 1901 and
whose place of business is at present at No 56-52S
West Twentieth-st
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