Year: 1871

whatever he undertakes a success from


the first),-and is established upon u


firm basis pecuniarily, and in respect to


the mechanical skill employed. 1t has


every facility for doing business, and is


managed by men whose manufactures are


well and favorably known in every town


in the country. The same resources, en-.


ergy, and knowledge which have made
the name of Sprague household word


wherever in all our broad land cotton


goods are worn, are applied to furnishing


the farmer with an implement saving him


labor, expense, and loss of crops. The


mower will be soon, and on large farms


now is, as necessary an adjunct as a COW


or plough. To get the best is as i'm.


portant as to have good seed.wheat, or


sound potatoes to plant No man who


uses one at all, can afford to have any


but the best and cheapest, Just as no


farmer who cuts twenty tons of hay with


scythe can compete in the market with


the man who cuts it with a machine.


The interest on tho machine is nothing


compared with the cost of doing the work


by hand, to say nothing of the delays and


losses so often occasiened by the want of


help at the all-important moment


The works Of this Company are built
upon what was formerly gently sloping
meadow in the western part of the city
Of Providence, and on the shore of Long
Pond. In their vicinity has grown up
community sustained by the concern, and
comprising sturdy mechanics, skilled ar.
tisans, and those who find employment
and are benefited by its creation and
growth. The foundry is one.story
building, with an area of 14,S40 feet,
containing two cupolas, with capacity
OF twenty tons per day. This capacity
it is the intention of the Company to in.
crease Immediately, although with their
present arrangements they are enabled
to turn out fifty machines day. Ad.
joining the foundry is clearng-room,
40 4 50 feet; two pattern houses, re.
spectively 40 80 feet, and 80 80
feet. The machine-shop is model one
in every respect The work is all done
on one floor space is strictly economical;
the system is complete order everywhere
prevails every man is in his place, and
every article carefully made and inspect.
ed nothing is left to chance or accident,
all is done according to well conceived
and well understood plan, and every ma
chine is thoroughly tested before it leaves
the works There are no negligences al
lowed, and no imperfect pieces are per-
mitted to be used The detail being per
feet, the result is that the whole machine
is just what it ought to be. The arrange
ment Of the machinery employed (some
Of it being made by the Company is
such that the work passes from one de-
Dartment to the other with no unnecessary
and thus, as in other ways, the
cost of production reduced to its lowest
point And herein this concern has every
advantage. 1t is able to purchase its
when it pleases, and at the low
EST price; it has the best mechanics it
has erected its works especially for the
purpose to which they are devoted; in
very respect it has the means of doing
is work well, and at the lowest rates
with entire faithfulness in
producing the best article. From the
entrance Of the pig iron into the foundry
o its appearance in the machine-shop in
he form of castings, the work progresses,
md assumes its ultimate form step by
tep, in the most economical manner, till
rom thence it emerges complete and
crfect machine, ready to be made by
he painters as ornamental as it is useful,
he machinc-shop is 200 = 60 feet, with
SSi4, sl qGSG}t Ga}t By tEc PffCcSSiideGce Steam
nginc Company. The blacksmith shop
5 90 = 40 feet, and the pattern shop is
o \ 80 feet In the month of March
he Company turned out !, ,O4l machines.


The thousands who visit our city will
nd it to their advantage to visit these
'orks, for the traveller who leaves it ont
t his sight here cannot tell one in full
that manufacturing city Providence
S, and what brilliant promises she gives
Or the future.-Proridence Paper.