THE MILITARY AND CIVIL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW YORK; and a GENERAL SURVEY OF ITS PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, ITS MINES AND MINERALS, AND INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS, EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE NORTHERN WILDERNESS; AND ALSO THE MILITARY ANNALS OF THE FORTRESSES OF CROWN POINT AND TICONDEROGA., continued ...
By WINSLOW C. WATSON.
PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Iron Manufactories, continued ...
TICONDEROGA, concluded ...
American Graphite Company. The business conducted by this company is rare and of peculiar interest.
The vast deposits of plumbago or black lead, in this vicinity attracted early attention to its manufactures.
In 1832, William Stuart and Nathan Delano commenced mining and preparing the article for market.
The former in connection with his sons maintained the business to a late period.
Appollos Skinner engaged in it in 1833.
He was succeeded by Messrs. Ives & Arthur.
They soon after constructed separate works.
The business in Ticonderoga is now in the exclusive control of the American Graphite Company.
They have erected a large and expensive mill, which is worked night and day, and produces about five hundred tons of black lead annually.
The native impurities of the ore are separated by an ingenious process possessed by the company.
About sixty men are employed in the mines and works of this concern.
The article produced is of very superior quality, and is largely used in the manufacture of crucibles.
Mr. William Hooper is superintendent of the company at Ticonderoga. 8
About the year 1818, Guy 0. Baldwin introduced the process of grinding the plumbago in millstone with iron ore.
Mr. Baldwin subsequently invented a method of manufacturing crayons and pencil points, from this material.
He erected a factory for the purpose of fabricating these articles, which was worked many years.
This manufacture at Ticonderoga is now discontinued. 9
The amount of lumber at present cut in this town, is computed at about five hundred thousand feet annually.
8 Alfred Weed, Messrs. Burleigh.
9 Cook, Weed and Burleigh.
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THE HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY
Re: THE HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY
THE MILITARY AND CIVIL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW YORK; and a GENERAL SURVEY OF ITS PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, ITS MINES AND MINERALS, AND INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS, EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE NORTHERN WILDERNESS; AND ALSO THE MILITARY ANNALS OF THE FORTRESSES OF CROWN POINT AND TICONDEROGA., continued ...
By WINSLOW C. WATSON.
PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Iron Manufactories, continued ...
The Valley of the Hudson.
The head waters of the Hudson pervade every section of the south-western towns of Essex county, and furnish an immense water power.
The mountains bear a limitless supply of fuel, and throughout the territory the presence of iron ore is manifested by the clearest indications which research constantly corroborates.
All these advantages should tend to the creation of much more extended manufacturing occupations than now exist, but a remoteness from market, and the absence of appropriate artificial communication have impeded the development of the vast natural resources of the district.
A new era is dawning upon this seclusion, and very soon enterprise and improvement will awaken the dormant energies of these valleys and mountains.
The expense of transportation to Crown Point, a distance from the nearest point of about nineteen miles, over a difiicult route, is highly onerous, but at present, the fabrics of the Schroon have no shorter or more direct route to market.
The rail road already constructed to Warrensburgh, will soon, it is claimed, reach the confines of Essex county.
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By WINSLOW C. WATSON.
PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Iron Manufactories, continued ...
The Valley of the Hudson.
The head waters of the Hudson pervade every section of the south-western towns of Essex county, and furnish an immense water power.
The mountains bear a limitless supply of fuel, and throughout the territory the presence of iron ore is manifested by the clearest indications which research constantly corroborates.
All these advantages should tend to the creation of much more extended manufacturing occupations than now exist, but a remoteness from market, and the absence of appropriate artificial communication have impeded the development of the vast natural resources of the district.
A new era is dawning upon this seclusion, and very soon enterprise and improvement will awaken the dormant energies of these valleys and mountains.
The expense of transportation to Crown Point, a distance from the nearest point of about nineteen miles, over a difiicult route, is highly onerous, but at present, the fabrics of the Schroon have no shorter or more direct route to market.
The rail road already constructed to Warrensburgh, will soon, it is claimed, reach the confines of Essex county.
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Re: THE HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY
THE MILITARY AND CIVIL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW YORK; and a GENERAL SURVEY OF ITS PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, ITS MINES AND MINERALS, AND INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS, EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE NORTHERN WILDERNESS; AND ALSO THE MILITARY ANNALS OF THE FORTRESSES OF CROWN POINT AND TICONDEROGA., continued ...
By WINSLOW C. WATSON.
PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Iron Manufactories, continued ...
The Valley of the Hudson, continued ...
Schroon Eiver Forge stands upon a branch of the Hudson twenty-four miles south-west from the village of Elizabethtown.
It was built in 1857 by Mr. Jacob Parmerter, and was operated by E. B. Walker & Co., with which firm he was for a term associated.
It became the property of Mr. John Roth in 1861.
It has two fires, a hammer of about eighteen hundred pounds weight, and two wheels.
One grist and one saw mill occupy the same dam.
A little village, marked by the usual appliances of manufacturing hamlets, has sprung up around these works.
The ore used is obtained from the Norway bed near Paradox lake, and some portions from the Moriah beds.
Three closed kilns are situated near the forge and in the midst of an inexhaustible supply of wood.
The works produce blooms, billots and slabs.
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By WINSLOW C. WATSON.
PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Iron Manufactories, continued ...
The Valley of the Hudson, continued ...
Schroon Eiver Forge stands upon a branch of the Hudson twenty-four miles south-west from the village of Elizabethtown.
It was built in 1857 by Mr. Jacob Parmerter, and was operated by E. B. Walker & Co., with which firm he was for a term associated.
It became the property of Mr. John Roth in 1861.
It has two fires, a hammer of about eighteen hundred pounds weight, and two wheels.
One grist and one saw mill occupy the same dam.
A little village, marked by the usual appliances of manufacturing hamlets, has sprung up around these works.
The ore used is obtained from the Norway bed near Paradox lake, and some portions from the Moriah beds.
Three closed kilns are situated near the forge and in the midst of an inexhaustible supply of wood.
The works produce blooms, billots and slabs.
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Re: THE HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY
THE MILITARY AND CIVIL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW YORK; and a GENERAL SURVEY OF ITS PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, ITS MINES AND MINERALS, AND INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS, EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE NORTHERN WILDERNESS; AND ALSO THE MILITARY ANNALS OF THE FORTRESSES OF CROWN POINT AND TICONDEROGA., continued ...
By WINSLOW C. WATSON.
PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Iron Manufactories, continued ...
The Valley of the Hudson, continued ...
Head of Paradox Forge is located near Paradox lake; was built in 1864, and is owned by John Roth, the proprietor of the above.
This forge has contained only two fires, but a third is now being introduced.
It has one hammer and one wheel, and is principally supplied with ore from the Roth or Norway vein.
The charcoal consumed in these works is made in pits at the forge.
Three hundred bushels of this coal is required to produce one ton of iron.
The two forges of which Mr. Roth is the proprietor, are embraced in the same general system of operations.
He esteems the iron produced in these works from the Norway ore of unsurpassed excellence, possessing in its qualities an assimilation to the fabrics of Russia and Norway.
Its rare properties, it is pronounced, are recognized in market and control maximum prices.
He now manufactures finished billots, which are sent to Pittsburg for the fabrication of steel and other purposes.
These forges, with their increased facilities and power, it is anticipated, will possess a capacity of yielding a thousand tons of iron annually, produced in 1866 five hundred and fifty tons.
Two forges, the Dead Water Iron Works and the North Hudson Iron Works situated in the town of North Hudson, were formerly owned by the Hon. James S. Whallon, but have long been abandoned.
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By WINSLOW C. WATSON.
PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Iron Manufactories, continued ...
The Valley of the Hudson, continued ...
Head of Paradox Forge is located near Paradox lake; was built in 1864, and is owned by John Roth, the proprietor of the above.
This forge has contained only two fires, but a third is now being introduced.
It has one hammer and one wheel, and is principally supplied with ore from the Roth or Norway vein.
The charcoal consumed in these works is made in pits at the forge.
Three hundred bushels of this coal is required to produce one ton of iron.
The two forges of which Mr. Roth is the proprietor, are embraced in the same general system of operations.
He esteems the iron produced in these works from the Norway ore of unsurpassed excellence, possessing in its qualities an assimilation to the fabrics of Russia and Norway.
Its rare properties, it is pronounced, are recognized in market and control maximum prices.
He now manufactures finished billots, which are sent to Pittsburg for the fabrication of steel and other purposes.
These forges, with their increased facilities and power, it is anticipated, will possess a capacity of yielding a thousand tons of iron annually, produced in 1866 five hundred and fifty tons.
Two forges, the Dead Water Iron Works and the North Hudson Iron Works situated in the town of North Hudson, were formerly owned by the Hon. James S. Whallon, but have long been abandoned.
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Re: THE HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY
THE MILITARY AND CIVIL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW YORK; and a GENERAL SURVEY OF ITS PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, ITS MINES AND MINERALS, AND INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS, EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE NORTHERN WILDERNESS; AND ALSO THE MILITARY ANNALS OF THE FORTRESSES OF CROWN POINT AND TICONDEROGA., continued ...
By WINSLOW C. WATSON.
PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Iron Manufactories, concluded ...
The Valley of the Hudson, concluded ...
The Minerva Iron Company have commenced measures for the establishment of a first class forge in that town, and have already expended a large amount in the scheme.
The works are incomplete, being not more than half finished.
Castings and other materials for the construction of the forge, are already upon the ground.
The forge is designed to contain eight fires, with steam as a motive power.
It is located about two and a half miles from Olmstead hill, and a little more than six miles from the projected rail road track at Birds Pond Falls.
These measures are guided by a powerful and energetic company, and must exert a most auspicious influence upon the development and prosperity of that section of the county.
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By WINSLOW C. WATSON.
PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Iron Manufactories, concluded ...
The Valley of the Hudson, concluded ...
The Minerva Iron Company have commenced measures for the establishment of a first class forge in that town, and have already expended a large amount in the scheme.
The works are incomplete, being not more than half finished.
Castings and other materials for the construction of the forge, are already upon the ground.
The forge is designed to contain eight fires, with steam as a motive power.
It is located about two and a half miles from Olmstead hill, and a little more than six miles from the projected rail road track at Birds Pond Falls.
These measures are guided by a powerful and energetic company, and must exert a most auspicious influence upon the development and prosperity of that section of the county.
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Re: THE HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY
THE MILITARY AND CIVIL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW YORK; and a GENERAL SURVEY OF ITS PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, ITS MINES AND MINERALS, AND INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS, EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE NORTHERN WILDERNESS; AND ALSO THE MILITARY ANNALS OF THE FORTRESSES OF CROWN POINT AND TICONDEROGA., continued ...
By WINSLOW C. WATSON.
PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Tanneries.
A number of works devoted to the manufacturing of the different descriptions of leather exist in various sections of Essex county.
These are chiefly supplied with the raw material by the hides of animals furnished from the district.
In the year 1864, two thousand one hundred and forty-three neat cattle, and two thousand one hundred and fifty-four sheep were slaughtered in the county, besides the skins of other animals and those dying from disease or accident.
In the towns of Schroon, Minerva and North Hudson, this business is now the predominant and a highly important industrial pursuit.
The vast hemlock forests, which spread over that region, afford an abundant and accessible material for these works.
It is rare, in manufacturing economics, that a raw material so valuable as the hemlock bark, can be procured not only without detriment to another substance, with which it is connected, but that the process essentially enhances the value of the latter.
Such, in these forests, is literally the fact in reference to this bark.
The logs, when cut for market, are stripped of their bark and relieved of its heavy weight, they are more easily transported, the floating is facilitated, and the timber preserved from decay and the depredations of insects.
By a judicious management, the hemlock of these forests will be adequate to the supply of bark to all the tanneries of the district through a series of years.
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By WINSLOW C. WATSON.
PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Tanneries.
A number of works devoted to the manufacturing of the different descriptions of leather exist in various sections of Essex county.
These are chiefly supplied with the raw material by the hides of animals furnished from the district.
In the year 1864, two thousand one hundred and forty-three neat cattle, and two thousand one hundred and fifty-four sheep were slaughtered in the county, besides the skins of other animals and those dying from disease or accident.
In the towns of Schroon, Minerva and North Hudson, this business is now the predominant and a highly important industrial pursuit.
The vast hemlock forests, which spread over that region, afford an abundant and accessible material for these works.
It is rare, in manufacturing economics, that a raw material so valuable as the hemlock bark, can be procured not only without detriment to another substance, with which it is connected, but that the process essentially enhances the value of the latter.
Such, in these forests, is literally the fact in reference to this bark.
The logs, when cut for market, are stripped of their bark and relieved of its heavy weight, they are more easily transported, the floating is facilitated, and the timber preserved from decay and the depredations of insects.
By a judicious management, the hemlock of these forests will be adequate to the supply of bark to all the tanneries of the district through a series of years.
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Re: THE HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY
THE MILITARY AND CIVIL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW YORK; and a GENERAL SURVEY OF ITS PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, ITS MINES AND MINERALS, AND INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS, EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE NORTHERN WILDERNESS; AND ALSO THE MILITARY ANNALS OF THE FORTRESSES OF CROWN POINT AND TICONDEROGA., continued ...
By WINSLOW C. WATSON.
PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Tanneries, continued ...
The Burhan's Tannery is situated upon a small branch of the Schroon river, and in the town of North Hudson.
The original works were erected by Erastus B. Potter, and purchased about the year 1859 by the present proprietor, Edgar W. Burhans, who has through large additions and improvements, rendered it one of the most complete tanneries in northern New York.
It has the capacity of tanning from twenty-five to thirty thousand sides of sole leather annually.
It is chiefly propelled by a steam engine of forty horse power for grinding bark, for pumping and heating the liquor, and with steam for steeping the bark.
Spent tan supplies the fuel for running the engine.
The works yield a sufficient material for the purpose, and thus secures great economy in the saving of wood.
The rolling machine is moved by water power.
The hides manufactured in the works are principally South American.
They are purchased in New York, and from thence shipped to Crown Point.
The leather produced is transported to Crown Point, a distance of nineteen miles from the tannery.
The hides are conveyed from the landing to the works by the same route.
From twenty to thirty men are occupied about the works and a large additional number are employed both summer and winter, in lumbering, in peeling and transporting bark, and drawing logs by sleighing to the Schroon river, an important tributary of the Hudson, by which they are floated to Glen's Falls and Sandy Hill to be manufactured into lumber for the southern market.
All the tanneries pursue the same system.
In the efficient management of Mr. Burhans, the business of this establishment is very extensive and equally prosperous. 10
10 John Roth
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By WINSLOW C. WATSON.
PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Tanneries, continued ...
The Burhan's Tannery is situated upon a small branch of the Schroon river, and in the town of North Hudson.
The original works were erected by Erastus B. Potter, and purchased about the year 1859 by the present proprietor, Edgar W. Burhans, who has through large additions and improvements, rendered it one of the most complete tanneries in northern New York.
It has the capacity of tanning from twenty-five to thirty thousand sides of sole leather annually.
It is chiefly propelled by a steam engine of forty horse power for grinding bark, for pumping and heating the liquor, and with steam for steeping the bark.
Spent tan supplies the fuel for running the engine.
The works yield a sufficient material for the purpose, and thus secures great economy in the saving of wood.
The rolling machine is moved by water power.
The hides manufactured in the works are principally South American.
They are purchased in New York, and from thence shipped to Crown Point.
The leather produced is transported to Crown Point, a distance of nineteen miles from the tannery.
The hides are conveyed from the landing to the works by the same route.
From twenty to thirty men are occupied about the works and a large additional number are employed both summer and winter, in lumbering, in peeling and transporting bark, and drawing logs by sleighing to the Schroon river, an important tributary of the Hudson, by which they are floated to Glen's Falls and Sandy Hill to be manufactured into lumber for the southern market.
All the tanneries pursue the same system.
In the efficient management of Mr. Burhans, the business of this establishment is very extensive and equally prosperous. 10
10 John Roth
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Re: THE HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY
THE MILITARY AND CIVIL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW YORK; and a GENERAL SURVEY OF ITS PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, ITS MINES AND MINERALS, AND INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS, EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE NORTHERN WILDERNESS; AND ALSO THE MILITARY ANNALS OF THE FORTRESSES OF CROWN POINT AND TICONDEROGA., continued ...
By WINSLOW C. WATSON.
PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Tanneries, continued ...
Schroon Tannery stands on Schroon lake, at the mouth of the stream just mentioned, and was erected in 1861 by William C. Potter and Daniel Wyman.
After several transfers the title of the property is now invested in Mr. Gridley T. Thayer.
This tannery manufactures about one hundred tons of leather per annum.
Wickham Tannery is a small establishment occupying a site at the mouth of the same stream, and opposite to the Schroon tannery.
It is owned by Mr. Benjamin Wickham, and is used exclusively for the manufacture of upper leather.
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By WINSLOW C. WATSON.
PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Tanneries, continued ...
Schroon Tannery stands on Schroon lake, at the mouth of the stream just mentioned, and was erected in 1861 by William C. Potter and Daniel Wyman.
After several transfers the title of the property is now invested in Mr. Gridley T. Thayer.
This tannery manufactures about one hundred tons of leather per annum.
Wickham Tannery is a small establishment occupying a site at the mouth of the same stream, and opposite to the Schroon tannery.
It is owned by Mr. Benjamin Wickham, and is used exclusively for the manufacture of upper leather.
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Re: THE HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY
THE MILITARY AND CIVIL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW YORK; and a GENERAL SURVEY OF ITS PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, ITS MINES AND MINERALS, AND INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS, EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE NORTHERN WILDERNESS; AND ALSO THE MILITARY ANNALS OF THE FORTRESSES OF CROWN POINT AND TICONDEROGA., continued ...
By WINSLOW C. WATSON.
PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Tanneries, continued ...
Hoffman Tannery was erected by Bracket & Boyle, in 1856, but is now owned by Mr. Milton Sawyer.
It is situated about six miles west of his Schroon lake tannery, and about thirty miles from Lake Champlain.
It possesses the capacity of tanning about one thousand sides, and consumes nine hundred cords of bark yearly.
Mr. Sawyer is engaged, in erecting a new and extensive tannery on the branch in the north part of Schroon.
Sawyer & Mead are now building a first class tannery on the west branch of the Schroon river, about three miles from the state road.
It is two hundred and sixty-three by forty feet; will be capable of tanning from two hundred and fifty to three hundred tons of leather per annum, and will consume yearly about three thousand cords of bark.
I am only able to refer, among the industrial pursuits of this district, to a large work situated on Mill creek, east of Schroon lake, and owned by Messrs. Frazier, Major & Co., of New York, which is reported to consume fifteen hundred cords of bark yearly.
Numerous and very extensive tanneries are located in the northern sections of Warren county, which are largely supplied with bark from Essex county.
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By WINSLOW C. WATSON.
PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Tanneries, continued ...
Hoffman Tannery was erected by Bracket & Boyle, in 1856, but is now owned by Mr. Milton Sawyer.
It is situated about six miles west of his Schroon lake tannery, and about thirty miles from Lake Champlain.
It possesses the capacity of tanning about one thousand sides, and consumes nine hundred cords of bark yearly.
Mr. Sawyer is engaged, in erecting a new and extensive tannery on the branch in the north part of Schroon.
Sawyer & Mead are now building a first class tannery on the west branch of the Schroon river, about three miles from the state road.
It is two hundred and sixty-three by forty feet; will be capable of tanning from two hundred and fifty to three hundred tons of leather per annum, and will consume yearly about three thousand cords of bark.
I am only able to refer, among the industrial pursuits of this district, to a large work situated on Mill creek, east of Schroon lake, and owned by Messrs. Frazier, Major & Co., of New York, which is reported to consume fifteen hundred cords of bark yearly.
Numerous and very extensive tanneries are located in the northern sections of Warren county, which are largely supplied with bark from Essex county.
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Re: THE HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY
THE MILITARY AND CIVIL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW YORK; and a GENERAL SURVEY OF ITS PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, ITS MINES AND MINERALS, AND INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS, EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE NORTHERN WILDERNESS; AND ALSO THE MILITARY ANNALS OF THE FORTRESSES OF CROWN POINT AND TICONDEROGA., continued ...
By WINSLOW C. WATSON.
PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Tanneries, concluded ...
The Olmsteadville Tannery in the town of Minerva, large and valuable works, was destroyed by fire in the year 1867.
A part of the structures are still standing, and now owned by Messrs. Frazier, Major & Co.
Its correspondent estimates the bark formerly consumed by this tannery, at five thousand cords per annum.
The materials intended for the Olmsteadville works, is now transported to the works of the same proprietors at Pottersville, Warren county.
The same authority states that the various tanneries owned by this company, requires the bark afforded by twenty thousand logs yearly.
A competent authority computes the bark used in other tanneries at from ten thousand to fifteen thousand cords annually, and that the process of peeling, prepares from one hundred thousand to one hundred and fifty thousand logs for the mills at Glen's Falls, Sandy Hill and Fort Edward. 11
11 Mr. John Roth.
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PART IV.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS AND RESOURCES, continued ...
Tanneries, concluded ...
The Olmsteadville Tannery in the town of Minerva, large and valuable works, was destroyed by fire in the year 1867.
A part of the structures are still standing, and now owned by Messrs. Frazier, Major & Co.
Its correspondent estimates the bark formerly consumed by this tannery, at five thousand cords per annum.
The materials intended for the Olmsteadville works, is now transported to the works of the same proprietors at Pottersville, Warren county.
The same authority states that the various tanneries owned by this company, requires the bark afforded by twenty thousand logs yearly.
A competent authority computes the bark used in other tanneries at from ten thousand to fifteen thousand cords annually, and that the process of peeling, prepares from one hundred thousand to one hundred and fifty thousand logs for the mills at Glen's Falls, Sandy Hill and Fort Edward. 11
11 Mr. John Roth.
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