History of Essex and Hudson counties, New Jersey, Vol. I, Part 139

Author: Shaw, William H
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: [United States :]
Number of Pages: 840


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The estimated capital invested in manufacturing in- dustries in 1840 was $3,170,658, and in 1860 it is given at $13,819,605,-or an increase in twenty years of over 400 per cent. The total number of mechanics em- ployed in 1840 was 5587, and in 1860 the number was 21,638, and the total product in 1836 of $8,000,000 in


Even then round numbers was twenty years later more than three times that amount; it is estimated at $25.098,000, and : in the county of Essex to $27,854,214.


Among the most noticeable increase in the indi- vidual industries (which may be seen in the following tables) between the dates named is jewelry,-that is, in 1836,-there were four establishments, employing one hundred men, giving an annual product of number of articles manufactured here were larger in ' $225,000, and in 1860 it numbered twenty-seven estab- numbers, and apparently the products, as a total, lishments, employing eight hundred and eight hands, yielding an annual product of $1,525,000. The trunk and bag trade which in 1836 was in its infancy, em- ploying only one linndred and six hands, and giving an annual product of $90,000 in 1860 gave employ- ment to nine hundred and forty-seven hands, with an annual product of $982,500. Tanning and currying, which in 1836 employed one hundred and fifty men, with an annual product of $899,200, twenty-fonr years later, in 1860, gave employment to one thousand and sixty-four hands, with an annual produet of $2,880,- 022. much higher than at any prior date,-with more capi- tal and men employed. The data of totals given in this census cannot be made use of in way of com- parison, from the fact that the territory now known as Union County was then a part of Essex, and the fig- ures and articles produced are tabulated by counties. This, of course, would include Elizabeth, Rahway, Plainfield, Springfield, etc., besides what now consti- tutes Essex Co., and consequently, for the sake of learn- ing the growth in Newark proper, the statistics as com- piled are useless. From 1840 until 1860 we can find nothing of a statistical or reliable character on which to base an estimate that would be accurate or in any sense reliable. The local city authorities seem to have made no effort between the dates named to get


The decade between 1860 and 1870 was an eventful one, bringing about many and important changes in the industries of Newark. The breaking out of the civil war suddenly eut off' a market for many artieles any statistical information to show the increase of | of manufactured goods which were made up expressly manufacturing industries in the city of Newark. There is no doubt that in 1850 there was a very noticeable improvement, and from then until 1860, with a temporary check in 1857, the facts given below from the United States census of 1860 show beyond ques- for the South. The check upon the sales, with the total loss of the outstanding debts, cramped and strained many of the then stanchest houses, who were forced from these causes to curtail, retire from I business, or torn their capital and machinery from


503


INDUSTRIES OF NEWARK


their legitimate channels to that of producing a different class of goods. Fortunately for many, the government soon became a large, reliable and stendy customer for all kinds of articles needed to supply the wants of a large army. Newark manufacturers were not slow in adapting their factories to furnish these articles in unlimited quantities, and they reaped a harvest of prosperity, at the same time adding new laurels to this city as a place where large quantities of goods were manufactured; and these goods were sellom if ever condemned by government inspectors. Every factory was run to its utmost capacity, and there is no doubt that manufacturers made money faster than during any previous period in the history of Newark. Even when we were again blessed by peace and quiet the demand for goods was unabated, and this demand kept on steadily until the close of the decade in 1870.


The following tables will show the facts of the in- dustries as compiled and itemized by the United States census for 1860 :


4.ME


t'apital Invested in


Total Number of


Total Amount


Total Value


Prixlurte.


Agricultural Implementa,


1


$2,930


$1,980


Sti, IxMI


Bakers' Prixducts


+4, 500


27,180)


271.720


Blacksmithing


Boots and Shoes


259,740 1,394


12,480


68,750


Brunhen


1


4,000


2, 55/1


182,300


Carringes nun Wagons


366,125


715


297,741


771.515


Carpeta .


JIMI


3


720


Clothing, Men's


12


1,149,000


1,144


$14,104


2, 1128, 302


Coffee and spices


28, 300


=


6,4:20


C'ullery


5


=


16,876


l'imparago.


=


16,700


62


21,324


51,800


Chemicals


1×1


71,700)


176,00


Carnets and fixarskirts . -


16


3


133,000


5,1440


1.3,-ww.


Cotton, Woolen and Milk


10


1.Ige Tools, Axed


13


118,700


233


102,960


275,725


Engraving


2


1,550


-


1,920


2,950


Fertilizer .


-


1:2, 600 le #


1


1,24%


Furniture


JIM, 200


1.39


49,04.4


128, 186


Files nul Rampes


24


8.412


20,000


Furriem


10,000


3,744


Flour and Grain.


-


1,300


202


3,036


Iron and Steel


17


325,000


4:00


176,424


507,74%)


Jewelry .


27


Kindling Wood


1


13,000


15


10,000


NAAMK


Tutal Valur


I'r xlurta.


Leather, Patent and Fu-


rurriedl


. . .


Machinery


Malt Liquor


Marble and Stone Wijk


24,31


Mineral Water


:1


.


PImuhing


1


1. 1MANI


1,02)


3.000


Aws, Rock and .Job Print-


IUK. . . .


17.9000


117


42,51€


111,3, 7.54


Medicines and Extrato


1


l'alterus and Minfele


2,70m


11


7,200


12, 7KM


Pu ture Frames .


Rubber, Oll and Enamel'd


('loth .


Such, Blinds and Box


73,20


126


62,201


14.3,350


Soap and C'andlen .


-


Springs and .Axles .


37,260


127,2*1


Saddlery Hardware


Trunks, Bags and Franie's


343,000


2


12.94>


Wood Turning


19, 002


44, 0MM )


Miscellaneous


224.552


1,361,7:04


Bramy and Brawware


Builling


11


. Mi, 741


1336


16,414


225,000


Gita


1


Glass, Bent und Stained


4


16,000


23


8.300


41.7001


2X


1,232, 100


1,1041


138. 108


1,416,700


Hata and Caje .


342, 90


1,26,


442, -16


139,142


Ilube, Wheels, Spokes, etc.


7


Di. MAI


Hardware


12


1Int Blocks


4. INNI


7


369,628


1,525,000 KJ


Tel ! Nin beruf


421


216, les


62,7:0.


2,911


11.40MD


Lite, Cement and Brick


=


15,172


17.000


l'alnting


I'MBrry-ware


148


1:1,224


1117, Mix


1,51.150


Tin and Tinwure


I'mbrellas all Canon


1


1,1411


274, 9


008,150


Varuisher


24


6, 414


:225,1mm)


shirts und Underwear .


970,811


25, MM


Hatol Employed.


Wages


Business.


No. of Establishments.


0 2163 6 $27,04,20


During that period the growth of population did not keep abreast of the increase in the growth of indus trial interests. In 1860 the population, as stated, was 71,941, and ten years later, in 1870, it reached 105,542, -a very creditable and healthy growth, but not as large a percentage of increase as during the previous decade. During the same period manufactured prod- nets increased rapidly, coming within a fraction of 100 per cent. The total number of establishments in the city had grown from 730 in 1860 to 1131 in 1870, and making a total of 1198 in Essex county, This increase in the number of factories and workshops brought with them a much more extended list of goods, many of which were not manufactured here prior to these dates. The capital invested in all branches of business-which in 1860 was in the city proper $13,088,655 and in the county $13,819,605- was increased in ten years to the amount of $21,771,145 in the city and $22,606,662 in the county. The more general introduction of improved machinery in many branches of our industries has lessened some- what the natural increase of the number of hands that would result from an increase in the volume of busi-


L'igara nud Tobarra


17,190


299,700


416,000


"10, 81%1


111,470


345,45000


1x,200


2033.4000


12.400


$7,40


276.100


561


HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.


ness. Thus, in 1860 there were employed in all the factories and workshops 21,638 hands, and in 1870 only 22,126,-a very small increase, considering that in 1×60 the total products of the city are estimated at $26,807,391 and in the county $27,927,514. Ten years later, in 1870, the total products of the manufacturing industries of the city are estimated at $48,133,303, and the total of the county, according to the United States census, is $52,108,958. This shows an increase of man- ufactured products in ten years-that is, between 1860 and 1870-of nearly 100 per cent., while in the number of hands employed not more than 5 per cent. increase. But while the percentage of skilled labor is small, the average wages per day show a great improvement, for in 1860 the total amount of wages paid the 21,790 hands was $6,117,952, while in 1870, with only 22,156 hands, there were paid in wages $11,537,270, showing an increase in the average of skilled labor of about 85 per cent. The subjoined tables give a more accurate and comprehensive view of the diversity of industries in the city, and at the same time show at a glance the number of factories and shops classified, with the amount of capital, number of hands employed, the amount of wages paid for the year, and the total prod- ucts of each class of goods, as well as the aggregate amount for the city and county. These tables are given for the purpose of giving this a completeness, as far as it goes, and, with the others of the same kind, afford a ready reference-book for manufacturing indus- tries for those who desire such information.


In this itemized record from the United States cell- sus of 1860 the compilation became so bulky that only branches of trade where the products annually amounted to $10,000 and upwards are included. This, of course, throws out a large number of the smaller shops and factories, which are accounted for in the totals, but, as stated, not included in the following tables. This is mentioned here because if any one takes the trouble to add up the columns of figures there would be a discrepancy, which is accounted for in the way and for the reason named.


INDI STRIES


Establish-


Handis


Emyployed.


Capital.


Wagen


Products.


Establish-


ments.


Hands


Employed.


Capital.


Wages.


Products.


Carriages and slods, chil-


dreu's.


-


30


21,000


13,000|


100, 00)


Carriages and wagous


39


499


403,300


2×5,653


706,805


Cement


1


31


30,000


20,000


60,534


Clothing, men's


35


8231


363,172


1,648,388


Coal-oil, rectified .


1


10


41,000


7,500


5


29


14,000


15,050|


75,-1)


Cooperage .


7


54


32,660


22,470


79,050


Copper, rolled


1


43


150,000


35,000


500,000


Cordage and twine


3


9


3,300


2,469


10,332


Cotton goods (not speci- fiedi .


1


1×8


75,000


50,000


160,000


l'otton thread, twine amnl yarn


4


STS


778, 14NE


264,500


1,113,960


Cutlery


5


59


21,800


23,840


59,540


Drugs and chemicals


2


21


40,000)


9,740


76,800


Edge-tools and axes


82


69,500


54,700


120,400


Enameling


195


330,000


88,114


899,333


Fancy article


2


28


3,550


2,48G


12,500


Fertilizers


2


161


115,000|


96,210


380,000


Files.


5


49


35,100


26,900


50,600


Fire-arms, small arms


1


50


40,000


35,000


50,000


Flouring mill products ..


7


G1


360,800)


20,2101


991,876


Frames, mirror & picture


20


10,000


8,500


22,0010


15


214


218,750


104,600|


281,410


2


79


700,000


13,806


375,260


Gas .


2


72,000


22,061


65,900


Globes, celestial and ter-i restrial


1


7


50,000


3,750


10,000 110,000


Gold and silver, reduced,


1


45.


61,000


21,000


50,0000


Hair-cloth


3


96


10,5(H)


19,842


53,440


Hardware


37


973


800,200


512,403


1,225,310


sadkilery .


30


14x


102,000


53,892


162,750


Hut materials


59


2,753


541,850


1,404,754


4,970,570


Heating apparatus


1


7, 1MIL.


6,65G


3


27


3,250


5,300


:X1,000


Ilosiery


-1


95


116,000,


50,600


159,000


India-rubber and elastic


3


70


29,000


221,900)


luk, printing


1


1.2


50,000


6,000


30,000


etc. . .


1


&


4,500


7,500


12,500


Iron, rolled and forgrd . .


1


17


14,000


5,000


15,000


19


494


330,000


278,650


757,627


Japanned-ware


2


34


50,400


17,900


67,500


Jewelry


32


1,182


1,564,900


770,955


2,822,820


Lumps and lanterns


34


33,000)


23,900


52,(MM)


Lapidlury work


3


33


8,0000


13,600


33,000


lauts


1


10


8,000


314,404


2,736,471


Leather, tanved


21


210


524,4(1)


200,939


2,602,820


Awuings and Tenta . . .


13


10.250


2,59%


14,691


Bagging. . .


1


72


511,000


25,6MM)


130,000


Belting and home (leather)


1


5


4,000


3,120


. 16,000


Bookbinding.


3


21


11,000


9,200


55,371


Boots and shoes


1,21%


122,500


719, 1002


1,044,85


Borre, cigar .


-


39


19,000


347,000


..


Jau king


66


22,350


18,190


63,4KI


25,000


Brac founding & Buishing


=


25,10₺


23,696


78,800


" ornaspetits


-


171


61, 5мм)


20,524


222,714


Brend Bid other bakery


products


17


151


123, 150


69,161


3385,56x


Brushes


=


67


33,500


24,441


57,694


0


82


41,600


45,429


110,150


Butions .


230


33,800


76,167


184,885


7.


29


13,000


34,34MI


Carputs, rag


15


1,850


4,659


16,402


Masonry, brick und stone


19


160


43,500


102,052


259,784


5


117


199,500


×2,500


525,944


15


285


548,000


188,465


2,738,941


Lime


2


37


50,000


2.16,814


2,5×7,795


Liquore, mult


26


3×2


2,274,800


13,2001


260,452


Lumber, planed


4


30!


101,500


1×,200


124,(h M)


da wed


20


390


-1.1,850


230,749|


610,045


Machinery (not specified)


=


cotton


and


woulen . . .


2


52


80,000


Machinery engines And


boiler . . .


369


691,000


230,615


Mult


1


14


1.50,000


13,000


164,00010)


Marble and stone work (not specified) . .


34


127,500


1


22


330,000


9,360


$93,800


Agricultural implementa .


2


$22,700


836,800


curried


morocco, tauned, etc.


25


4XX


994,287


4,900


12,000


Hoop-skirts and corse


1


162


70,00%)


323,637


721,460


Glass, stained .


3


59


87.000


29,000


Glue.


etc.


Hats und caps .


Hubs and wagon material


Instruments, professional,


patent and en'd


23,219


83,400


4,000


10,000


123,800


42


122,300


INDUSTRIES.


10,3000


169,600


Coffee and spices, ground


Confectionery


5


-


Marble and stone touts'es


347,000|


40,000


2


Furniture


565


INDUSTRIES OF NEWARK.


Establish-


Hands


Employed.


('apital.


Wagen.


Producta.


Mineral and Mxin water .


5


39


31,000


15,660


71,1


Musical instruments, pri-


3


93


33,0000


70,500


154,500


Oil, lubricating .


1


3


200


floor-cloth


3


261


1,015, 000000


154,350


110,1100


Patterns and models


G


16


4,175


7,300


21,200


l'laster and plaster-work .


37


10,230


23,000


79,832


I'Inted-ware


1


newspaper


li


129


195,500


88,100


310,986


..


job .


12


14,000


4,140


21,680


Roofing materials .


2


4, (MM)


2, 430


15,000


Saddlery and harness


849


181,650


367,799


1,321,778


Sund and emery-paper cloth .


1


3,000


1,20 0 )


10,000


Sush, doors and blinds .


15


490


1+0,300


318,584


798,108


SAWM .


1.5


3,500


8,100


36,460


Scales and balances .


1


13


3,200


5,700)


45,00h


Ship building and repui'g


0


16


22,500


9.025


23,807


Silk goods (not specified) .


1


3,000


3,500


17,000


" sewing and twist .


1


6


30,1MM)


6,3-2


106,430


Soap and candles


4


30,000


8,140


175,1KM


" spring»


-


136


176,1001


69,607


258,779


Stone and earthen-ware .


15


32


15,0000


15,500


AN, (MK)


Tin, copper and sheet-iron ware .


20


110


110,750


62,470


182,775


Tobacco and cigars


2


134


240,000


47,8.00)


356,800


69


207


1:22, 255


42.1.1,170


Trunks, satchels


13


1,3,


757,40NI


771,150


3,793,000


7


27


8,300


7,750


16,540


Varnish


15


71


399,800)


38.00017


682,419


Watches


1


89


200,000


82,000


Wire .


1


60,000


10,IMK)


69,000


" work


1


Wood, turned and carved


7


34


10,7Ml


12,250


42,000


Woolen goods


4


363


435.000


117, 60M1


835,500


In looking over the figures in the table given above, taken from the Ninth United States census, and com- paring them with the results of the census of 1880 of the manufacturing industries, it will be found that in the main they are correct, with an over rather than an under estimate of the amount of capital employed and the gross products of the year's business. There are among the industries many small errors and a few flagrant ones, such as that classified under the heading of leather, which includes tanning and curry- ing of hides, skins and patent-leather. In the above table, taken in 1870, there are enumerated 66 leather establishments in this city. This is a mistake, for the last census returns of 1880, taken ten years later, include every leather establishment in the city, and the number is thirty- nine, and at no period of the history of Newark has the number been greater. There is also an evident inaccuracy in the amount of capital employed and the total products of leather in the re- turns of 1870. It is probable that the total products of Essex County of manufactured goods in 1870 was not more than $50,000,000, instead of $52,108,958, as reported by the census of that year.


In 1872 the Board of Trade in Newark published what purported to be a statistical census of the manu- factured industries of the city. In this report is in- cluded the sales of provisions, groceries, dry-goods, andallother domestic commodities used in house-keep- ing, which, as a matter of course, would not properly lwlong to, or be included in a work of this kind. The report referred to was published under the auspices of the Board of Trade, with no purpose or intention to mislead, for their report is head-lined "Trade and Manufactures of Newark. ' It, however, gave the impression that the amount of capital invested and the total sales of manufactured goods in the city of Newark were twenty million dollars more than the facts would warrant at that time. The reason that this is mentioned is to correct an error, for the totals from this report have been copied in other publica- tions without any explanation, and quoted as correct data as to the extent and magnitude of the manufac- turing industries of Newark on Jan. 1, 1872, giving the total products of the sales of manufactured goods and wares at $72,879,036, while the United States census returns taken one year before makes the prod- uct of the whole county of Essex at $52,108,958. The report of 1872 is not and was not intended by its authors to represent the manufactured products only, for, as stated before, the sales of dry-goods, groceries, etc., are enumerated, and swell the footings from 852,000,000 to $72,000,000; and since the publication of the latter, in 1872, they have been frequently quoted as the products of the manufactured industries, which they did not represent at the time they were compiled, nor do they approximate in the whole or the individual features of the leading branches of manufacturing industries then or now.


In 1860 Newark ranked seventh in manufacturing products. There were then ahead of her New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Brooklyn, Cincinnati and St. Louis. In 1870 Newark dropped down two steps, Pittsburg and Chicago leading her both in capital and in products-as may be seen by the following list of names of the cities and their annual products in im- portance as placed :


18GO.


Prixluct. 1×70


Product.


New York


$159, 107,369


Non York $3. 2,951,520


I'Iladelphia


135,976,077


Philadelphia


322,004,500


Cincinnati


40,0005.100M)


138,800,300


Brooklyn


31,241,620


Chicagu


st. loomis


27.610,070


l'ittaburg


85,790,000


Newark.


20,007,201


('incinnati


75, 905,940


Inttaburg


26,563,379


Brooklyn.


60,900, 0(1)


Chicago.


13,650,671


Newark


48, 1.33,302


Taking the population of each of the cities named as a basis for capital and product, per capita, then Newark would rank fifth, as may be seen by the following table, compiled from the l'nited States census of 1870.


15,0.


Tupulat on.


Pittsburg .


86,076


Philadelphia


. 322,104,50


674,022


St. Louis .


. 1.58, 2013, 300


310, 464


Ihnton


. 111,381,4%})


250,526


3


1:25, (MM)


21,3. 7


126,000


Paints


Paper ..


Printing of cloths


20,1MM


33,370


260,402


212,500


.4


Steel, casi


1


40


101,10000


511, 4%)


253, WX1


Silver-ware .


cigara


valises and


I pholstery


37,681,NOS


111,381,000 92,519,000


21,000


75,000


INDUSTRIEN.


57,000


100,200


560


HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.


1870


Products.


Popul. tion.


Newark .


1×.1. 3,302


165,019


New York .


32,951,520


942,212


Chicag . . .


92,519,000


208,977


Cincinuatı


7,905,980


216,239


Brooklyn


390,099


Taking the ten years from 1860 to 1870, St. Louis and Chicago made the most rapid advances in manu- facturing industries, the former increasing her prod- urts in ten years nearly six hundred per eent., and the latter somewhat less, while New York, Philadel- phia and Newark kept about the same ratio of in- erease. It will be seen by the foregoing figures that the city of Newark in 1870 held the eighth place among the great manufacturing centres.


The factories and workshops in Newark were run to their fullest capacity for the first two years of the past decade, and many new branches of industries were organized and started in the city. Everything was flourishing and prosperous until the close of the year 1872, when there came a noticeable falling off' in all branches of our industries. This falling off was looked upon at first as short-lived and temporary. In this the shrewdest men were disappointed. The hard and depressing times that appeared in a mild form in year, for the term of six dreary years, extending its dismal and discouraging influence to almost every branch of productive as well as our industrial inter- ests. These years of depression and lack of trade were burdensome, and weighed heavily on the business men, who labored incessantly to avert what appeared at times likely to result in general disaster to the in- dustries of Newark.


the fall of 1872 increased in severity each succeeding | some future date a similar exhibition will be held


It was not until the fall of 1878 that there were any apparent signs of better times. The fall of the year named brought marked indications of a revival of busi- branch of industry in Newark-is one of the execp- ness. Manufacturers even then were cautious and tions referred to, for of late years it has not maintained the position that age and long experience would seem to warrant. The cheap and indifferent work of Eastern and Western manufacturers seems to have lessened the demand for the best quality of carriages, the making of which Newark has always been justly noted for, in the past as well as the present time. chary in purchasing raw materials, fearing that this was but a temporary "spurt," that would be chilled off by the frosty weather. In this they were favorably disappointed, and what seemed at first to be only tran- sient relief, improved in briskness and a steady in- creased demand for manufactured goods, all through the years 1879 and 1880. In the fall of 1875 the State The manufacturing of jewelry was commenced in this city in the early part of the present century by Epaphras Hinsdale, with a small capital and only half a dozen of hands employed. In 1836 there were four jewelry establishments in Newark, employing one hundred men and having an annual product of $225.060. This branch of industry has from the start improved steadily, and in 1880, three-quarters of a century after Mr. Hinsdale began business here, there had grown up seventy.two establishments, with a capital of $2,501.899, employing two thousand five hundred and thirty-five hands, paying in wages $1,094,016, giving an annual product of $1,632,827, and if we add to this the product of gold and silver refining and smelting, we have the enormous amount of annual productions of $13,427,427. Centennial Commission made a thorough canvass of the manufacturers of the city, with an urgent ap- peal that each should make an exhibition of their goods the following year at the Centennial Exhibition, in Philadelphia. It is to be regretted that more of Newark's manufacturers could not, or did not, avail themselves of this rare opportunity to show to the world the quality and quantity of goods that are man- ufactured in this city. Those who made an exhibition at the ('entennial have been long since compensated for the outlay and time spent. Goods manufactured in Newark are now shipped to all the principal mar- kets of the world and in open competition with the same class of goods manufactured in England, France, and Germany. The reputation of Newark goods are 80 well known, and valued so highly, that during the The leather business-that is, tanning and currying


year 1880 leather tanned in Newark was shipped to Berlin to enclose a state carriage for the Emperor Wil- liam of Germany. Another manufacturer gives the information that a single morning's mail often brings him orders for his goods from Germany, England, Cuba, South America and Mexico, besides points in our country. In an article of this sort, giving a brief outline of the growth of Newark's manufacturing in- dustries, it would be a negleet indeed if no mention was made of the good results that grew out of the opening of the Industrial Institute of Newark, in 1872. The great variety, as well as the superior qual- ity, of articles made here, and exhibited then, was a surprise as well as a great pleasure to our citizens, who then realized for the first time the multiplicity of sorts of goods that were manufactured in Newark, and the superior skill and fine workmanship of the mechanics of Newark. This exhibition played an important part in showing to people from all parts the character and quality of goods made here; and the association of business men who organized and successfully carried out the project deserved great credit for so laudable an undertaking; and it is to be hoped that at in this city.


The fragmentary scraps of information, which have been gathered and classified, bearing upon the growth of the manufacturing industries of Newark since the beginning of the present century show that, with a few exceptions, the industries have maintained a healthy and uniform growth, increasing in each suc- cessive decade, abreast of the increase in population, and the facilities for receiving and shipping goods. The manufacturing of carriages-onee a prosperous




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