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the throat : this ceremony being finished, and the blood ceased to flow, the animal is put into the kettle, and in nearly the next instant upon a bench, where iron scra- pers soon remove the hair and bristles, and he is then hung up in the centre of the building, as well to cool as. to have his entrails removed. This finishing process re- quires only the time of a moment-and when he is taken down, is removed to the packing house, where a system is also practised in cutting, salting and barrelling him for use. Mr. Coleman's perquisites, for the services thus performed, are the fat and grease of the entrails, and the bristles, amounting probably to fifty cents for each hog.
Besides the 125,000 slaughtered in, and brought to, this market, it is estimated, from information on various. points on the canal, (my last letter put down 40,000 at Middletown, Hamilton and Rossville,) that there cannot be less than 55,000, put up in other places, which must be exported from Cincinnati -- the total number of hogs, at this place, this season, will therefore be 180, 000.
In the winter of 1833-4, 123,000 hogs were slaugh- tered in Cincinnati; in 1834-5, about 160,000; in 1835 -6, not more than 80 or 90,000. Comparing the amount of the last two seasons, it will be perceived, that the high price of pork in 1836 was not fictitious, but arose out of the actual diminution of supply.
The average weight of the hogs this season is suppos- ed to be 220 lbs., and the average price 7 cents per lb., making $15 40 for each hog.
The first cost of the hogs is then 2,772,000 dollars ..
To this must be added for cooperage, salt, and pack- ing, 300,000 dolls. for barrelled pork, and 100,000 for lard. The total prime cost of pork, lard, and hams, ex- 26*
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ported from Cincinnati, is about 3,172,000 dollars .-- Thus, then, the export of a single article from Cincin- nati exceeds three millions of dollars!
" It is worth while to look for a moment (says the Cin- cinnati Republican, ) at the mode in which the proceeds are distributed in the community. In the first instance, four-fifths of the prime cost of pork is paid to the farm- ers. Among the raisers of pork, however, there are ge- nerally two classes of persons-the grower and the fat- ter. With wealthy farmers, these are often united; but they are also frequently separated. Thus, a small farmer raises a few hogs, which, while young and poor, are sold to one who fats them for the market. Both processes are profitable. Another portion of the pro- ceeds, near 200,000 dollars, go to the coopers; another to the salt manufacturer, and another to the packers .- The merchant's profits are the excess of price paid in a foreign market, and are made upon the employment of his capital, united to his skill and enterprise.
" In this account, we see that the largest portion of pro- fits go to the agriculturist. It is made, however, by means of commerce, bills of exchange, and bank notes -things which are not unfrequently the utter abhor- rence of the very class of persons who derive the ulti- mate profit from them. How little understood are the first elements of political economy! If agriculture sup- plies the necessities of life, it is no less true, that com- merce yields the comforts, refinements and wealth of society."
There are at this time in operation, 14 Iron Foundries and 10 Machine Shops; the aggregate of their produc- tive value I. will give in the summing up. It may be
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well enough, for the present, to particularize the fol- lowing:
The Cincinnati Rolling Mill manufactures into bar, boilers, sheet iron and nails, 2,000 tons blooms, an- nually,-employs 80 hands, and consumes 140,000 bushels of coal.
The Covington Rolling Mill, in Covington, opposite Cincinnati, was built in 1832, and cost S76,000-is pro- pelled by steam power; employs from 120 to 150 hands ;. manufactures at present, from pig metal and blooms, about 1,200 tons bar iron, and 200 tons of nails, per an -. num. Mr. R. Buchanan is the Agent.
The Hamilton Foundry of Messrs. Harkness, Voor -. hees & Co., corner of East Front and Lawrence streets, employs 120 hands; has three steam engines, two of 8, and one of 12 horse power; consumes 60,000 bushels of coal per annum, and uses in the same time 150 tons of boiler and 700 tons of pig iron. At this establishment is an engine, of superior workmanship, nearly finished, for a steam boat on Lake Erie, the cylinder of which is 28 inches in diameter, and 8 feet stroke.
The Iron and Brass Foundry. of Messrs. Goodloes & Coon, is driven by steam power, and employs 50 hands. Attached to this foundry, is a Wool Carding Machine and Fulling establishment.
The Franklin Foundry and Steam Engine Shop,. owned by Messrs. Yeatman, Wilson and Shield, is dri- ven by steam power, and employs about 60 hands.
The Covington Cotton Factory, at Covington, (Ken.) opposite Cincinnati, Mr. R. Buchanan, agent, was built in 1828, and cost $66,000-has in operation about 2,200. spindles, employs from 60 to 70 hands, (large and small,).
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and manufactures upwards of $00, 000 lbs. of yarns, No. 5 to 20, per annum-has 22 looms, not in operation.
The Machine Card Manufactory, Mr. A. C. Brown, Agent -- employs from SO to 40 hands, and manufactures all kinds of cotton and woollen machinery and machine cards.
The Type and Stereotype Foundry of Messrs. J. A. James and Co., who are also extensive publishers, is in Baker street, between Walnut and Vine. From 20 to 30 hands are constantly employed in their foundry, and all orders received by them are executed with prompt- ness, and the utmost fidelity. This is the only esta- blishment of the kind to the west of the Allegheny mountains.
The Cards of many of the manufacturers, in iron and brass, as well as dealers in stoves, grates, cooking uten- sils for steam boats, and for families, will be found here- after, classed, and given with those of the merchants and other business men, of Cincinnati.
[I have named Covington, in Kentucky, in the fore- going. Opposite to this city are Newport and Coving- ton; the former on the east, the latter on the west side of Licking. Both are flourishing manufacturing towns, and although in Kentucky, their interests are identified with Cincinnati. The former is the seat of justice of Campbell county, and besides a courthouse, has an ar- senal and military depot for the United States. Steam boats are constantly crossing the river to and from each place. ]
This city is supplied by water forced from the Ohio river, by steam power, into a reservoir of 1,600,000 gal- lons, at an elevation of 158 feet, on the hill above Deer
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creek, above low water mark, and about 30 feet above the plane of the city. The water is conveyed to the city in iron pipes, two miles in length, and thence through the principal streets in wooden ones, 22 miles of which are laid. The establishment is owned by an incorporat- ed company.
The Fire department is good. It is divided into bri- gades, each of which has two engines, a hose company, with 150 members. The officers of each consist of a chief, one or more assistant directors, &c. There are 10,900 feet of hose belonging to the department, and there are 1S companies of engines and hose, and 27 fire cisterns, suitably located through the city, which are sup- plied with water from the water works, and hold, each, from 500 to 700 gallons of water.
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LETTER XVI.
Cincinnati continued-Internal Improvements-Statistics of 1815 to 1819-Statistics of 1826-Statistics of 1836-Cards of Merchants, Manufacturers and other business-men.
CINCINNATI, (Ohio, ) Feb. 1st, 1837.
The Internal Improvements at present in progress, the most prominent of which is probably the Rail Road from Charleston to this city, will ere long be sources ot great wealth to it ;- and in proportion as emigration sets to the westward,-as the lands yield their abundance-as ma- nufactures increase-and commerce continues to spread its sails to waft the surplus of our productions to other and distant climes-so in proportion, (if no accidents, or general mortality through the country, occur, ) will wes- tern property become enhanced in value : and those cities, possessing the greatest local advantages, and presenting the least objectionable feature, will profit by the circum- stance, and may rise to greater wealth, splendor and hap- piness ! What city at present, in the west, combines greater facilities, than this ? But her people must be pru- dent, as well as industrious and enterprising.
A friend has placed in my hands an old book, in which I find an article,-although as far back as seventeen years, it is as appropriate now as it was then, which I intend to introduce shortly, into this letter. But first- ly, about the Internal Improvements-those which have been contemplated, in connection with Cincinnati, will probably all be completed, at as early a date as the pe- culiar condition of labor, and the finances, in this coun-
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. try, will admit. Beside the one named, among the others are, the White Water Canal, which by 22 miles of ca- nal and 2 locks, will connect this city with the whole improvement system of Indiana. The Little Miami Rail Road, forming the link between this city and Mad River Rail Road, at Springfield-and thus completing the whole line from this place to the Lake. These, with the continuance of various M'Adam roads, are rendered certain, by a bill before the present legislature, which is at present in progress and will undoubtedly pass-pledg- ing the credit of the state, to Rail Roads, and M'Adam roads-to one-third, and one-half the subscription.
. The old volume to which I have alluded, contains an article on the subject of manufactures of the year 1819, the amount of which, exclusive of two iron foundries, a woollen factory, glass works, sugar refinery, &c. was $1,059,459. The total number of hands employed was 1238. .
The imports into this city, from places east and south of it, during the year 1815, amounted to S534,680; in 1816, to $691,075; in 1817, to S1, 442,266; in 1818, to $1,619,030. The imports of 1819, a year memorable in the annals of commercial distress, were estimated at only about half a million; but by prudent management ; by living within their means ; by dispensing with many imported luxuries, and relying upon their own re- sources, these people were enabled, by the exportation of the production of their soil, not only to reduce to a par the exchange which had got up against them, but actually created a balance in their favor, as will be seen below :
The exports, as nearly as they could be ascertained, from this city, from October, 1818, to March, 1889, were-
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Flour, inspected for exportation, 130,000
barrels, at 5 dollars per barrel, $650,000
Pork, 10,000 bbls. at $15 per barrel, 150,000 Bacon Hams, pickled, 340 casks, weighing, in the whole, 276,000 lbs. at 8 cts. per lb. 22,080
Lard, 5,600 kegs, weighing, in the whole, 420,000 lbs. at 11 cents per pound, 46,000
Tobacco, 6,00) kegs, weighing, in the whole, 600,000 lbs. at 11 cents per lb. 66,000
Whiskey, 2,500 bbls. or 80,000 gallons, at 50 cents per gallon, 40,000
Cotton Cloths, sold to government, 15,000
Live Stock, sent to New Orleans,
15,000
Butter and Cheese,
10,000
Potatoes, Beans and Corn Meal,
20,000
Probable amount of goods sold and trans-
ported from Cincinnati to Indiana, Illinois
and the Missouri territory,
300,000
Total amount,
$1,334,080
Amount of imports for the year 1819, $500,000
Balance of trade in favor of the city, $834,080
" By glancing at the above statement, says a writer of that day, (which, although not precisely accurate, it is presumed gives a fair balance, ) it is evident, that we have no reason to be discouraged under our present embar- rassments, provided we pursue the same prudent policy in regard to our imports, and continue to make as large exports as the resources of the country will admit .- From the rapid improvements in agriculture, the increas- ing number of steam boats, and the enterprizing spirit
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of our merchants, the time cannot be far distant, when the resources of the country will not only restore an equilibrium of trade, but hold that ascendancy which our natural advantages entitle us to. For let it be consi- dered, that the country between the Miamies contains above 5,000 square miles, and that the territory west of the Great Miami, on each side of the boundary line, be- tween Ohio and Indiana, which will principally depend upon Cincinnati for a market, contains the same quanti- ty. This territory of 10,000 square miles, or sections, contains 40,000 quarter sections, or farms of 160 acres each. If each of these quarter sections were actually settled, it would afford a population of 40,000 families, and reckoning six persons to each family, 240,000 souls. The whole of this body of land is in general level, ara- ble and fertile, and a great portion of it already actual- ly settled. Supposing each farm to afford only two tons of surplus produce for exportation, and we should sup- ply New Orleans annually with 80, 000 tons, an amount which would freight 800 steam boats of 100 tons bur- den! If this calculation should appear to any one to be extravagant, he has only to reflect that it is a work of time to clear and subdue the forest, and to reduce a plan- tation to a state of cultivation. It requires several years labor of the husbandman, who settles upon a piece of wild land, before he can raise a sufficiency to support
his family. Agriculture, with us, has been, and still is, in its infant state. Perhaps, on an average, not more than one-twentieth of the good arable land has as yet been reduced to a state of cultivation. We have, however, already a large surplus, which will increase in a ratio almost beyond calculation ; and if the industry and en-
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terprize of our citizens receive a proper direction, our exports may hereafter always exceed our imports."
The value of manufactured articles, or, in other words, the productive industry of the artizans and mechanics of Cincinnati, for the year 1826, was $1,850,000. The joint work of B. Drake and E. D. Mansfield, Esqs., a book entitled " Cincinnati in 1826," gives in detail the number of operatives, and the productive amount of the respective establishments to which they belonged, for that year. Among the heavier sums, that of 35 tailors' and clothiers' shops, employing 132 men, and 467 women, is $172,815 ; 500 carpenters, $165,000; 110 brick- layers, stone masons and plaisterers, 37, 650; 7 hatters' shops, 95 hands, 123,200; 5 steam engine and finishing establishments, 126 hands, 134,000 ; S steam boat yards, .200 hands, 105,000; 4 iron foundries, 54 hands, 59,400; 10 tanneries and currying shops, 66 hands, 76,500; 13 cabinet furniture shops, 104 hands, 67,950 ; 11 soap and candle factories, 48 hands, (451,000 lbs. soap, and 332,000 lbs. candles,) 51,500 ; 9 printing establishments, 58 hands, 52,000. At these nine printing establishments, 7,200 newspapers were printed weekly, or 175,000 per annum-at the same offices, during the year in question, were printed 61,000 Almanacs, 55,000 Spelling Books, S0,000 Primers, 3,000 Bibles, 3,000 American Precep- tors, 3,000 American Readers, 3,000 Introduction to the English Reader, 500 Hammond's Ohio Reports, 500 Symme's Theory, 3,000 Kirkham's Grammar, 1,000 Vine Dresser's Guide, 14,000 Pamphlets, 5,000 Table Arithmetics, 2,coo Murray's Grammar, 1,500 Family Physician, and 14,200 Testaments, Ilymn, and Music Books.
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The Imports, during the same period, amounted to 82,528,590-which consisted of iron, of various cha- racter, castings, pig metal, nails, lead and shot, copper, tin plate and glass ware, queensware, cotton, salt, coal, lumber, indigo, coffee, tea, sugar, fish, liquors, spices, &c. and dry goods-the latter in value $1, 100,000.
The Exports, same period, to $1, 063,560-amounting to $1,465,030 against the city. The exported articles consisted of flour, whiskey, pork, lard, hams and bacon, feathers, bees' wax, cheese, butter, ginseng, beans, to- bacco, linseed oil, bristles, hats, cabinet furniture, can- dles and soap, type and printing materials, beer and porter, clocks, clothing, hay, grain, fruit, (green and dried,) cigars, coopers' ware, window glass, castings, tin ware, ploughs, wagons, stills, horses, poultry, &c.
" Of the imports into Cincinnati, (observe the same gentlemen,) most of the Dry Goods, and lighter articles, are brought from New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, over the mountains to Wheeling, or Pittsburgh, and thence down the river. The Groceries, Queensware, and other heavy articles, are brought up from New Or- leans. The Iron, of which large quantities are con- sumed here, and sold to the surrounding country, is prin- cipally brought from Pittsburgh ; Sandy and Licking rivers, in Kentucky ; and from Paint and Brush creeks, in Ohio. The Bar Iron of Sandy is esteemed, by those who use it, equal in quality to any other ; that of Lick- ing also sustains a high reputation.
"The Castings come principally from Brush creek, and those of that place bear a higher price in market than any others. Nails come from Pittsburgh and Boston-
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many from the latter place-a strong comment upon the. deficiency of our manufactures.
"Lead is brought from Missouri; Salt from the Cone- maugh works, in Pennsylvania, and those upon the Ken- hawa, in Virginia.
" The pine Timber and Boards used here are floated down in rafts, from near the sources of the Allegheny river-chiefly from the immense forests of pine around Olean Point, in New York. No pine of any conse- quence is found on the Ohio, though locust, oak, black walnut, and other valuable kinds of timber, are in the greatest abundance.
" Of our Exports, the principal part are carried to the West Indies and South America. Pork and Whiskey find a market in the Atlantic cities. Lard is consumed in Cuba and South America, as a substitute for Butter. A portion of all these articles, with many others, con- stitute the supplies, furnished by contract, for many posts of the United States Army. No inconsiderable quantity is consumed by the districts bordering on the Lower Mississippi."
The business of the Miami canal, for the last year, (1836,) follows : it speaks a language not to be misun- derstood in favor of internal improvements --
Amount of Whiskey received
54,721 bbls.
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Flour
50,969 do.
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Pork
16,345 do.
do do in bulk
3,843,435 lbs.
do Lard
133 bbls.
do do kegs
37,686 kegs.
do Linseed Oil
256 bbls.
do Corn
24,120 bush.
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do Oats
5,772 bush.
do
Butter
139 bbls.
do
do
405 kegs.
do
Wood
7,715 cords.
Amount of Exports.
18,713 bbls. Salt.
794 bales of Cotton.
16,889 bushels of Coal.
146,889 feet of Boards. 1.
4,198 M. Shingles.
18,776,686 lbs. of Merchandize, consisting princi- pally of Dry Goods, Nails, &c.
The Packets made 417 trips, and paid tolls into the Cincinnati office, to the amount of $3,506.70-and sup- posed to have paid the same in Dayton.
The whole amount of tolls received on the Miami ca- nal, falls a little short of $50,000.
The following statement is the result of enquiries made by a committee of mechanics, appointed for the purpose, a few weeks since, by the citizens of this place; and although some items, it is since ascertained, have been omitted, which would probably have increased the amount a few hundred thousand dollars more, yet enough is presented to shew the great importance of Cincinnati as a manufacturing city :
" The committee to whom were referred the duties of collecting information of the amount of mechanical and. . manufacturing business done annually in the city of Cin- einnati, beg leave to present the following report :
Machinists and foundries, - $2,393,100
Ship carpenters, - - $64,900
Blacksmiths, -
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Bakeries, -
- 309,000
Cabinet makers,
294,000
Hat manufactories,
- 344,000
Silver plate, -
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93,000
Stone ware manufactories,
- 5$1,000
Tin ware, -
340,000
Carpenter work, -
- 1,500,000
Brick makers, -
217,000
Brick masons, -
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· 197,000
Saddlers,
144,600
Chair makers,
94,300
Tobacconists, -
86,000
White lead manufactories,
- 94,000
Book publishers, binders, &c. - 294,200
Coach manufactories,
- 198,000
Cooperage,
140,000
Shoes,
86,000
Woollen manufactories,
46,000
Stone cutting,
67,000
Flour manufactories, -
95,000
Oil
do
38,000
Clothing do
384,000
Plane making,
73,100
Edge tools, -
49,000
Looking glass manufactories, - 35,000
Upholsterers, - 59,000
Chandlery,
94,500
Painting,
49,000
Cordage, -
- 111,000
Combs,
26,000
Paper Ilangings, -
22,000
Lath and plastering, -
85,000
'Tanners and curriers,
500,000
Plumbers, - 30,000
Sawyers of timber,
467,000
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Saddle-tree manufactories,
39,200
Locksmiths,
29,000
Type foundries,
72,000
Card manufactories,
93,000
Breweries,
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Cotton gins,
96,300
$12,3SS,200 .
That portion of the subject-matter, in reference to the business of Cincinnati, which is embraced in the two preceding letters, including the previous part of the pre- sent, has been summed up by a gentleman of this city, well known for his statistical knowledge, and is here in- troduced as the
STATISTICS OF CINCINNATI IN 1836.
Steamboat building .- There have been enrolled at Cincinnati, in 1836, 35 Steamboats, measuring 8, 050 tons ; averaging 250 tons each ; cost $830,000 ; average ing S23,450 each.
Exports of Cincinnati.
Of Pork,
$5,000,000
Of Flour,
600,000
Of Whiskey,
750,000
Of Manufactures of Iron,
2,000,000
Of Ship Carpentry, 350,000
Manufactures of Hats, Furniture, Beer,
Clothing, Silver Plate, Books, Leather, Saddlery, &c. 900,000
Miscellaneous articles,
400,000
Total Exports, S8,000,000 Total value of the products of Mechanical
labor, . · $12,500,000
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Under this head are included fourteen foundries,-of which several do business, amounting to from one to three hundred thousand dollars each ; and employing in the aggregate from eight to nine hundred hands.
Nine or ten Machine shops doing business, amounting to from 30 to $80,000 each; and employing three or four hundred hands.
One Rolling and Slitting Mill of the largest class ; ten large Breweries, manufacturing about 30,000 bbls. of beer ; several Flour Mills ; six or seven Steam Saw Mills ; many small miscellaneous manufacturing esta- blishments ; among the rest, a large amount of School Books are manufactured and distributed through the west and south west.
Of the Imports, it is impossible to state the exact amount ; but, it is known, that it cannot be far from that of the exports. Large amounts of dry goods, coffee, su- gar, &c. &c. are sold to eastern Indiana, as well as Ohio.
The total business of Cincinnati, may be approximated thus :
Exports, $8,000,000
Manufactures, exclusive of what is in- cluded in the exports,
10,000,000
Imports,
8,000,000
Miscellaneous,
2,000,000
Total, $28,000,000.
This is probably under the real amount of business done in Cincinnati; and were the adjoining towns of New- port and Covington included, with others immediately connected with the city, it would probably amount to 35 or 40 millions, of business legitimately, and properly done at Cincinnati.
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BANKS.
There are five Banks in Cincinnati, whose capital, and discounts are, as follow :
Name. , Capital. Discounts. Circulation. Specie.
Ohio Life Ins. & Trust, $628,594 $1,423,265
392,595
169,007
Commercial,
1,000,000
3,826,010
1,115,54S
654,561
Franklin,
1,000,000
1,973,150
495,478 239,559
La Fayette,
1,000,000
1,9$2,648
475,053 141,872
Miami Exp. Co.
292,955
653,669
353,645
105,233
Total,
$3,911,549
9,SSS,742 2,855,349
1,311,232
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Cincinnati is divided in 10 School Districts, in each of which is erected a large, neat and commodious two story edifice, with a cupola,-for the accommodation of the Public Schools. These are divided into four rooms, in each of which is an instructor, and a large school- one of the instructors is superintendent, and the others assistants :- There are in all about 3,000 children in the schools.
COLLEGES.
Cincinnati College-has been revived with a prospect ot great success. It has in its various sections the pre- sent winter, the following students, viz :
Medical Students,
86
Law Students,
18
Collegiate and Preparatory,
90
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The Woodward College, was a Grammar School, rich- ly endowed, by Mr. William Woodward, and now in- corporated,-number of Students-about 150. ·
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The Medical College of Ohio, is exclusively a medical institution, chartered, and patronised by the State,- number of Students-178.
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