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New York, Lake Erie and Western .- Jersey City to Dunkirk, 460.03 miles; branches, 100.80 miles ; total, 560 83 miles. Its branches leased or owned in Orange County are the Newburgh and New York, 12.59 Diiles; Newburgh Branch, 18.73 miles; Montgomery and Erie, 10.22 miles: Goshen and Deckertown, 11.65 miles. Connecting roads, War- wirk Valley at Gray Court, Wallkill Valley at Goshen, and Port Jervis and Monticello at Port Jervis. Counection is also made with the Stirling Mountain and Southfiehl Branch in Monroe, and at Middletown with the Middletown and Crawford, Middletown and Unionville, and New York, Ontario and Western.
The company was chartered April 24, 1832. Construction was com- menced in 1836, and the same year the credit of the State was granted to the extent of $3,000,000. In 1841 (September) the first section, from Piermont to Goshen, was opened, the connection between Piermont and New York being by steamers and freight barges. The company becoming embarrassed, the undertaking was placed in the hands of assignees, under whose management the road was opened to Middletown, Jan. 3, 1843. The cost to Feb. I. 1844, had been $1, 736,949, of which $2,599,514 had been derived from the State loan. In 1845 the State released the prop- erty of its mortgage, provided the company should complete the road to Lake Erie in six years, and the old stockholders surrendered one-half of their stock. Construction was resumed, and the road opened to Port Jervis, Jan. 6, 1548; to Binghamton, Dre. 28, 184%; to Union, Out. 10, 1849; to Hornellsville, Sept. 3, 1850; and to Dunkirk, April 22, 1851. By act of Legislature the company was also required to construct a branch line to Newburgh, which was opened in 1850. The company was required to run its original line within the limits of the State, and hence its first ontlet on the Hudson at Piermont. This part of the line is now operated as a branch, while by lease of the Union Railroad, connecting the main line with the Paterson and Ramapo and the Paterson and Hudson Rail- roads (Sept. 10, 1852), Jersey City was made the main terminus. In ad- dition to the assignment of 1843, the property went to the hands of a receiver in 1859, and again in 1875. By the last it was sold under fore- closure, and its name changed from New York and Erie to its present title.
Newburgh and New York .- Vail's Gate Junction to Greenwood Junction, 12.59 miles. Organized in 1863, and opened in 1866. Leased to Erie Railroad Company. Capital, $500,000; funded debt, $250,000. Cost of road, $250,000. Hugh J. Jewett, president
Warwick Valley .- Warwick to Gray Court, 19.16 miles. Chartered March 8, 1860, and road opened April 1 1862. Earnings, year ending Sept. 30, 1×79,-passengers, $5540.54; freight. $28,326.31; other, $3141 27; total, $$7,008.12. Operating expenses, $20,967,52. Capital stock, $225,- 000; funded debt, $60,000. Consolidated in fall of 1879 with the Wawa- yanda Railroad Company of New Jersey, the new company retaining
the same name. Under this organization, the new line extends from Gray Court to McAfee, N. J., on the Sussex Railroad, 22 miles, of which 14.5 is in Orange County, and 7.5 in New Jersey, which was completed in April, 1880. Combined capital stock, $340,000; bonded debt, $210,000. A branch from Warwick to the iron-mines will also be built. Directors, December, 1879, Grinnell Burt, James Burt, Juha L. Welling, Richard Miner, C. II. Demarest, S. C. Welling, and Ezra Sanford, Warwick : J. Il. Brown, Wawayanda ; James C. Houston, Bellvale ; H. B. DeKay, Ver- non, N. J .; W. C. Sheldon and D. B. Halstead, New York City: Ilomer Ramsdell, Newburgh. Grinnell Burt, president and superintendent; James Burt, vice-president; Norman Burt, treasurer ; C. II. Demarest, secretary.
Montgomery and Erie .- Montgomery to Goshen, 10.22 miles. Chartered Jan. 2, 1866 : opened in 1867. Leased to and operated by New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company. Capital stock, $150,000; bonds, $170,500. Cost of road, $288,930.83. J. M. Wilkin, president ; C. J. Ev- erett, treasurer, Goshen ; W. J. Mead, secretary, Montgomery.
Goshen und Deckertown .- Goshen to l'ine Island, 11.65 miles. Organ- ized Feb. 22, 1867; opened April 10, 1869; leased to Erie Railroad Com- pany for fifty years. Capital stock, $105,800; bonds, $246,500-total, $352,500. Construction, $291,700.75. James K. Houston, president, Florida, N. Y. ; George W. Murray, secretary aod treasurer, Goshen.
Wullkill Valley .- Montgomery to Kingston, 33.46 miles. Organized April 26, 1866, and opened in 1872. Operated by Erie Railrond Company to June 6, 1877, when it was sull under foreclosure, and reorganized July 2,1877. Cost of road, $070,691.96; sold for $128,000; additional construc- tion, $170,798,50-total, $298,798.59 Stock and bonds issued on reor- ganization, $660,000 ; sundry assets, $11,893.37-total, $970,691.96. Thomas Cornell, president, Rondont.
Stirling Mountain .- Stirling Junction to Lakeville, 7.6 miles. Organ- izeil May 18, 1864; opened Nov. 1, 1865. Capital stock, $80,000; funded debt, $350,000. Cost of road and equipments, $500,857.02. A. W. Iluni- plneys, president, New York City; George C. Clark, treasurer; J. C. Missimer, Stirling Junction, superintendent.
Southfield Branch,-Southfield to Southfield Furnace, 1.5 miles. Built, ownol, and officered by same parties as the Stirling Mountain Railroad. Connects with the Erie.
Port Jervis and Monticello .- Port Jervis to Monticello, 23.75 miles. Or- ganized as Monticello and Port Jervis Railroad Company Sept. 3, 1868, and under existing title July 16, 1875. Road opened Jan. 23, 1871. Capital stock issued on reorganization, $724,276.93. Cost of road and equipments, $1, 124,080.47. Frederick J. DePeyster, president, New York City ; fleury Day, vice-president; Gordon Morrie, treasurer; J. W. Hay- ward, secretary, all of New York City. M. V. Heller, manager, Port .Jervis. Earnings, year ending Sept. 30, 1879-passengers, $9440.24 ; freight, etc., $16,366.60.
New York, Onturio and Western .- Oswego to Middletown, 344 miles. Organized as New York and Oswego Midland Railroad, Jannary, 1866. The New Jersey Midland and Middletown and Unionville roads were originally leased to complete the line to New York. The road was sold under foreclosure Nov. 9, 1879, and reorganized under present name. The Crawford and Middletown and Middletown and Unionville connec- tions are maintained, as well as that with the New Jersey Midland. A branch of the road from Middletown to Ellenville is also in operation.
Midilletoun, Unionville and Water Gup .- Middletown, N. Y., to Union- ville, N. J., State line, 13.30 miles. Organized May 25, 1866, and road opened June 10, 1868. Leased and operated by New Jersey Midland Railroad Company + Capital stock, $123,850, and funded debt, $400,000; total stock and bonds, $523,850; cost of road and appartenances, $350,- 476.47. Grinnell Burt, Warwick, president; W. H. Clark, Westtown, treasurer ; Joseph N. Prunk, Middletown, secretary.
Middletown and Crawford .- Crawford Junction to Pine Bush, 10.22 miles. Chartered Aug. 3, 1868, and road finished Dec. 14, 1871. Leased tu New York and Oswego Midland, and subsequently to New Jersey Midland, until March 18, 1875, but now operated on its own account. Capital stock paid in, $122,300; funded debt, $79,300; bills payable, $787 .- 68; total. $202,387.68. Cost of road, etc., $202,387.68; earnings, 1879, pas- sengers, $3694 03; freight, $17,162.94; mail, express, etc., $689.71 ; total, $21,546.68. Directors, Aug. 12, 1879, E. M. Madden, S S. Conklin, H. R. Wilcox, and Albert Bull, Middletown; Harrison Bull, Circleville; Sam- vel Roberson and Horace Bull, Bullville; Daniel Thompson, R. M. Thompson, R. M. Crosby, and Alexander Thompson, Thompson Ridge ; I. J. Whitten, Il N. Van Keureo, and J. E. Jansen, Pine Bush. Daniel
+ New Jersey Midland runs from West End, N. J., to Unionville ( New York line); connection with Jersey City ; length of rond from Unionville to Jersey City, 88 miles.
* In the final determination of the projection of this road the possi- bility of ultimately becoming a part of the line, ria l'onghkeep-je and the Ponghkeepsie bridge, from the così-fields to the Eastern States, was perhaps an important consideration, but had the Newburgh and Wallkill Valley or the Newburgh and Midland been constructed the Crawford connection would have been made with it rather than at Middletown.
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HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK.
Thompson, president and superintendent ; E. M. Madden, vice-president and general manager; G. A. Thompson, secretary; Isaac P. Madden, treasurer.
TOWN BONDS ISSUED FOR RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION.
Mini-ink, for Oswego Midland. $70,000
Wallki I, for Oswego Midland 300,000
Deerpark, for Monticello und Port Jervis. РОССИЯ)
Crawford, for Mobiletown and Crawford 80,000
Montgomery, for Mont, and E. and Wal. Val. 102,000
$757,000
Taxable valuation of real and personal railroad estate, and Delaware and Hudson Canal, in the county, $1,792,700.
PLANK-ROADS.
The New York and Ellenville Plank-road Company was organized March 24, 1850. The capital stock was $100,000, but only $79,770 was paid in. By special act of the Legislature $44,000 preferred stock was issued, and the whole capital fixed at $124,000. The road was completed to Ellenville Dec. 22, 1851. Charter extended to 1890.
The Newburgh and Shawangunk Plaok-road Com- pany was organized in March, 1850, and the road completed in December, 1851. The capital stock paid in was $30,000.
The Middletown and Bloomingburgh Plank-road was constructed in 1853. Capital stock, $30,000.
The Middletown and Unionville Plank-road was constructed in 1853. Capital stock, $30,000.
BANKING.
The Bank of Newburgh-the first bank in this county-was incorporated by act of the Legislature, passed March 22, 1811, on the petition of Jacob Pow- ell, John McAulay, Chaney Belknap, and Jonathan Fisk. The capital named was $120,000, in shares of $50 each, and the State reserved the right to subscribe to the stock any amount not exceeding one thousand shares. The Branch Bank of Newburgh, at Ithaca, was organized 1820, and continued until 1830.
The Bank of Orange County, at Goshen, was incor- porated April 6, 1813, on petition of Reuben Hopkins, George D. Wickham, and others. James W. Wilkin, George D. Wickham, David M. Westcott, John G. Hurtin, James Wheeler, John Barber, and James Finch, Jr., commissioners to receive stock subscrip- tions. Capital $49,000, in shares of $50.
The Highland Bank of Newburgh was incorpo- rated April 26, 1834. Capital $200,000.
Under the general banking law of the State, passed April 18, 1838, the Powell Bank of Newburgh (1838), the Middletown Bank (1839), the Wallkill Bank of Middletown (1857), the Quassaick Bank of Newburgh (1851), the Bank of Port Jervis, the Bank of Chester, and the Goshen Bank were organized. All the banks of the county, by conversion or reorganization, are now under the national banking law, in the following order :
First National Bank of Post Jervis, No. 94 ...
Capital. $100,000
First National Bank of Warwick, No. 314.
National Bank of Newburgh, No. 468.
First National Bank of Middletown, No. 52:
Highland National Bank of Newburgh, No. 110G 450,000
Quasstick National Bank of Newburgh, No. 1213
300,000
Mi blletown National Bank, No. 1276
Chester National Bank, No. 1349
125,00000)
National Bank of Port Jervis, No. 1 .. 63
National Bank of Orange County, Goshen, No. 1.99
Goshen National Bank. No 14018 110,000
Wablen National Bank, No. 2348
50,000
Total capital.
$4,575,000
The individual deposits in the several banks, as shown in the annual report of the comptroller of the currency, December, 1879, was $2,364,148.35; the loans and discounts, $3,111,789.73; and the aggregate of liabilities and resources, $7,871,445.90.
The following are the savings banks of the county :
Cornwall Savings Bank, Cornwall-on the-findson; incor- Tworatel 1>71 ; ilne depositors $21.186.31
Goshen Envings Bank, Goshen; incorporated 1871 ; due dr. muitoIs. 181 ,510.87 Middletown Savings Bank, Middletown; incorporated Into;
456,906.09
Newburgh Savings Bank, Newt argh; incorporated 1:52; dur demsin's
2,837,511.11
Port Jervis Savings Bank, Port Jervi -; incorporated ING !; dar deposito.
50,583.43
Walden Savings Dank, Walden; inempornted 1>62; due deperitois .
111.790.99
Warwick Savings Bank, Warwick ; incorporated 1875; due dejusitor's
141,194.43
Total due depositors $3,820,655.23
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL STATISTICS.
In population the county ranks the eleventh in the State. In the value of its farms it is the ninth ; in farm buildings it is third ; in average yield of hay it is second; in buckwheat, third; in corn, second; in winter wheat, third; in potatoes, third; in milch cows it is first, and first in average yield per cow ; in wool it is fourth ; and it has twenty-three butter and cheese factories, which, in 1874, converted 8,688,498 pounds of milk into 222,548 pounds of butter and 751,515 pounds of skimmed-milk cheese,-if the latter fact may be worthy of special notice. In its product of old-fashioned "Orange County butter," made in families, it has fallen from 3,285,587 pounds in 1865 to 1,225,598 pounds in 1874, and in another decade that item may disappear entirely from the enumerator's list, thanks to the railroads, which have brought in the increasing traffic in milk. Value of dwellings, 832,200,519; of farms, $31,130,188; of farm buildings other than dwellings, $4,631,345; of farm stock, tools, etc., $4,730,929; total, $72,693,981. Its banking capital is $2,575,000; valuation of railroad property other than capital, $1,792,700; capital in manufacturing and mechanical industries, $5,413,620, making a total of $82,475,301, although the board of supervisors say that the whole value of real and per- sonal estate is only $38,531,332. The following tables are from the State census of 1875:
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AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL STATISTICS.
FARMING LANDS, BUILDINGS, ETC.
TOWNS.
Value Dwell- ings other than Farm Buildlings.
Improved Acres.
Wood Land.
Other Lands.
Value of Farms.
Value Farm Buildings other than Dwellings.
Value of Stock.
Value of Tuils.
Blooming-Grove ...
$562.890
17,161
3,573
530
$1,600.150
$318,500
8221.295
$11.951
('hierter
506,520
1.1,121
1,669
1,4.17
1.179,599
157.105
144,875
40,097
Cornwall
1,368,644
8.211;
6,718
411
2.068.075
2340
92.625
31.017
Crawford.
406 400
19,367
3.001
1,374
0)אין, 1,242
217.0 0
204 345
27,495
Deerpark
3,409.151
8035
10,751
714.>30
87 465
82,472
42 630
Greenville ..
175.275
13,499
3.750
475
794,600
113,650
130,750
32.140
Highlands.
898,495
1,069
1,546
3,242
39.000
26,575
21,123
22,405
Minisink .
267,000
11.4916
1.6×3
401
1.110,MK1
113,400
133,670
5,0.6
Monroe .
973.047
30.1×1
25,555
17,386
2,473,179
316,370
$40,08X
26.205
Montgomery.
1,255,210
27.4137
34
2,111.925
312,230
312,975
$4 955
Newburgh
1.605,105
19,508
2,610
3,514
3,335,590
486,205
957,30
34,920
Newburgh City
10,550,950
15,504
2,034
3,307
1.445,110
246,050
173.735
3,530
Wallkill.
4.588,945
33,040
5.627
11.586
4,474.390
628,975
$61,156
¥9.228
Wawayamha
419 940
17.128
741
2,184
1,414 230
253,150
97,990
Total
$32,200,519
321,411
90,354
60,564
$31,130,188
$4,631,345
$3,918,978
$811,951
Aggregate value of farms, buildings, stock, and tools
$40,494.462
=
to
1865
25,500,331
Increase
$14,895,131
NUMBER AND SIZE OF FARMS.
-
Number of Under Three Acres. of all Fizes.
Five and under Ten Acres.
Ten and under Twenty.
Twenty atul nudler Fifty.
Fifty and nuder One Hundred.
One Hundred and manier Five Hundred.
Five Hundred
One Thoneand aind over.
4016
41
293
281
508
1082
1776
25
10
DAIRY PRODUCT.
PRINCIPAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS.
TOWNS.
Hay Produced,
Buckwheat.
Indian Corn.
Oats.
Winter Wheat.
Potatoes.
Apples.
Pounds,
P'ds.
Gallons. 1,267,425
77,1411
Chester.
2,365
571
8,715
953,798
58.785
Chester
6,706
475
12,357
6,5til
9,463
21,497
Cornwall
662
33,566
121,406
56>70
Cornwall
2.1188
511
94,000
7,154
1,030
16,027
34,130
Drerpark
2.52211
3,738
17.4 .8
7,975
1 412
16.085
41,250
Greenville.
4.935
2,611
19,208
13,4,92
2,5x2
1244X
: 6.467
Hamptonburgh
2,177
1,819
21.161
962.280
72,570
Highlands
11x
7,885
13.320
5,825
Mintink.
1,958
1,64G
30,327
488,670
G8.985
Minisink
4.012
1,478
20,550
14.479
3,436
4,780
37.016
Monrve.
9,55%
1,563
24,159
15,579
3,276
1x,551
3,465
Montgomery
38א.11
1,922
1 X,397
46.135 |
8.126
34,>43
44.5002
Mount Hope.
1,664
213
5,378
681.278
44,713
Mount Hope ..
4.016:)
2.472
16,638 !
12,336 : 3,619
822
4 ,134
48,754
Newburgh City ...
1 G
30
1,100
:: 74
2.'55
70
New Windsor ...
7,093
258
25,645
19.896
3,383
20,72
32,412
Wallkill
4,6×9
1,439
97,848
1,795,3 19
194,853
Wallkill ..
13,064
1,837
40,561
36,471 13,339
:4.877
73.876
Warwick
4.51x
68,4×4
200
1,353.x13
166,299 Warwick.
18,650
2,673
71,223
49.975 16,74%
19.542 153.153
Wawayauda
2,899
55,110
1,635,700
441,-50
Wawayalla
8,482
99.1
17,017
15,943 5,105
13,130 |
34,103
Total
44.287 12,852 1,225,598 3,300 13,630,709 2,160,698
BUTTER AND CHEESE FACTORIES.
No.
Capital.
Powinds uf
Milk used
in Butter.
Pounds of
Milk used
in Cheese.
Cheese
made.
Ponils of
Milk used in
Butter, Skim
Cheese.
Punnds of
Butter
maite.
I Ponils of
Skim Milk
Cheese
mule.
Panuits,
73,000 8,688,498 222,518 751,515
23 ..
$124,000 9,272,498 584,000
12,240
1,375.5×5
58.87.5
Gushırı ..
11.683
110
2.3.2.17
19.9041
! או!, 14
6,253
10479
15,624
Hamptonlargh. . Highlands ......
6,729
א א
33
1.3 6
157
948
6,019
Monroe ...
2,914
72,88.1
1,153 7x6
124,160
Montgomery
3.240
401
171,3×0,
3,900
6×G.710
322. 02
Newburgh
1,782
118,6>0
200,9336;
243,814
Newburgh
8,790
4,157
38,342
12
850
100,985
319,666
147.990
New Withleur.
1.95G
Milk was sent
to Factory.
Butter made
Cheese made
in Families.
Milk soll in
Market.
Farine.
Pounds.
Blooming-Grove.
2.644
45
24.290
Blooming-Grove.
Tons. 8.264
2210
21.920 : 12.223
4,758
11.958
2X.1138
Crawford
2,6174
216.421
155.2:1
306,>78
('raw furil.
7,199
1,7 6
34,175
30,419 11,006
Deerpark
856
47,4 15
179 945
63,010
Gushen.
3.77×
1,207
Greenville.
1,942
466
111, 20
164,919
100,64x
Dash. Bush. i
Bush.
Buch.
Rush.
Bush.
Tol.l.
137,594 26,417 487,233 344,864 90,457 288,077 683,581
The gross sales of farm products in 1874 were $3,541,488.
The census is, unfortunately, almost entirely silent in regard to the mechanical industries of the State, as well as in regard to mercantile pursuits and the capi- tal invested therein, and many other branches of in- quiry falling properly within its line. Whether the apology offered by its superintendent for this omission
TOWNS.
Average number
of Cows kept.
Cows wlinge
21,281
1,716
476
2,137.810
382.000
277,160
23,310
201.450
14,4983
1,371
258
129,750
178 1030
18,750
Minint Hos
351.925
12,076
1,265
2.6 0)
147. 00
24.050
225, א
25.108
New Windsor.
4101,820
482.274
63,025
Warwick
2 113,927
37,607
17,915
129,430
136,500
20,266
Newlairgh City.
912
Pork maile on
1874.
One Thousand.
1x211
12.728
16,914 : 4 153
668.435
in Families.
Acres.
Acres.
1,741,030
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HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK.
is sufficient is not a matter for discussion here. The United States census for 1870 is much more complete, but in its preparation many details were omitted, while in others classification by counties was evidently rendered impracticable from the magnitude of the labor involved. From its " selected statistics" of the mechanical industries of the county at the time it was taken (1870) the following table is copied :
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS.
BUSINESS.
Number.
Capital.
Wages paid.
Material used,
Product.
Baskets
1 29 $25,000
$6,450, $7,197 $10,714
Book-binding.
1
3,500
1.200
21,600 23,800
Boots and shoes.
2 14
2,500
4,700
3,900
11,000
Bread and bakery products.
9 31
24,975
9.750
46,229
74,882
Brick
5 104:
35,900
22,041
12,504
64,558
Brushes.
1
45
10,000
8.000
9,600
24,000
Carpets-rag.
5
48
47,1100
9,750
23,676
59,638
Cheese-factories.
11
23
29,350
2,550.
53,803
64,990 1×,500
S
28
13,200
4.475
15,900
30,000
Coffee- and spice-mill.
1
4
15,000
1,000
20,200
24,000
Confectionery
4
3,900.
2,190
7,604 15,340
Cutlery
1 116
50,000
55,713
25,500
87,750
1
4
10,000
1,500
7,000
20,000
1
83
75,000
32,200
36,400
83,000
Food preparations-animal.
1
1,500
100
600 10,250
14
98
61,875|
36,550
42,255 101.084
1
41
4,000
5,000
10,000 17,500
Gas ....
3 15
97,000
6,500
21,725
49,423
1 22
60,000
10,000
17,750 100,000
Hats and caps
3 270 154,000 100,000 348,750|
804,000
2 67
76,200
24,700
37,025
70,500
Iron-nails, etc
1 42 100,000
26,000
49, 00 80,000
Pigs
4 175. 449,000
92,170 406,005 628,069
Casting.
6 202 137,900
84,152 138,160 242,488
Stoves, heaters, etc.
33,000
12,250
27,300
41,900
5
47 43,400
19,787
23,469 52,800
Liquors-distilled
14
40
43,340
4,351
36,154
86,504
1
47
75,000
30,000' 120.000 209,800
I
3
1,000
1,000) 26.300 29,000
1
67
60,000
60,000
36,000
44,580
80,584
Marble-general.
1 22
18,000
24,000
30,000
64,000
Tombstones
6 32
34,200
13,500
22,425
52,753
Masonry
7, 91
13,200
60,700
68,890 171,000
Meat-packed.
1
4
2,000
1,500
20,062
23,600
Mining-iron ore
5 2G× 255,000 122,566
14,000, 180,900
Stone ...
15 3,025
1,650
508
8,930
2
62
70,000
28,938 101,000 140,000
1
32
55,000
12,000
68,500
86,000
Paper-printing. Writing.
2
95' 140,000
35,000 107,300 175,000
Plaster-ground.
3
22
53,000
3,150
23,668
53,937
1
3G
46,000
14,000
34,500
90,000
5
39
40,700
20,000
17,250
49,500
Roofing materials ...
2
20
15,000
12,500
23,000
50,000
Saddlery and harness
27
73
43,850
20,588
20,902
74,931
Sash, doors, etc.
5 109
43,500
57,268
64,075
155,300
Saws ..
1 88
200,000
57,100
71,800 143,000
Silverware.
1
15
50,000
6,000
25.000
37,000
Soap and candles
3
11
15,500
3,800
25,000
38,300
Steel-cast
1
15
25,000
12,000
28,700
42,000
Tin, copper, and sheet-iron ware. 30 129 123.100
2
21
11,000
7,700
15,200
39,000
9
28
7,400
7,200
7,983
22,522
Upholstery
1
5,000
2,000
4,000
18,000
Woolen goods
9 384 571,500 130,033 379,434 656,975
1
21
10,000
8,000
6,000
25,000
Number mechanical and manufacturing establish- ments, 574; engines 68, horse-power 2265; water-wheels 85, horse-power 2185; hands employed, 5234; capital,
$5,413,620; wages paid, $2,125,870; materials used, $6,060,125; product, $10,409,348.
The growth of the manufacturing interest of the county will more clearly appear from the following statement in Williams' "New York Register" for 1834 :
"ORANGE : Franklin Company. This factory is situated in Walden, ou the Wallkill River, near the falls, for the manufacture of flannels, and is the most extensive in the State (1834) ; capital, $100,000, which is all invested. The establishment consumes 65,000 to 70,000 pounds of wool per annum, and manufactures abunt 240,000 yards of white and colored flannels.
" Wallkill Company, at Walden. This factory consumes about 120,000 pounds of cotton, and makes about 360,000 yards of sheeting per annum. " Orange Company, also at Walden. They manufacture obont 30,000 yards of low-priced broadcloths per annum.
" A woolen manufactory at Warwick.
" Parmele & Co.'s iron-works, for the manufacture of nails, etc. ; an extensive establishment.
" A number of works for making iron from ore, at Monroe.
"Craig's paper mannfactory, and Oakley's paper manufactory at Blooming-Grove.
" Townsend's cotton mannfactory, and Townsend's paper manufactory, at Cornwall.
" Walsh's paper mannfactory, and Rogers' powder factory, at New- burgh.
" Two woolen manufactories at Wallkill, one of which is owned by Messrs. Phillips.
" The village of Walden is situated at the falls of the Wallkill, eleven miles west of Newburgh, and is surrounded by romantic scenery. Here is extensive water-power for mannfactories ; a part of the sites o ly are occupied. A company was incorporated by the Legislature in 1832, called the Waklen Company, with a capital of 8500,000, for the purpose of purchasing, holding, and improving the water-power and mill-sites of the village, and for manufacturing purposes."
CHAPTER X.
11
97: 150,200
41,700 233,905 285,687
Leather-tanned Curried ...
11
57 75,550
13,900 294,259 327,681
Lumber-planed Sawed
5 79
426,000
35,200; 406,800 470,900
Railroad repairs.
1
Engines and Jilers.
6 307 253,000 201,963
508,x77 844,860
2
Paints.
1
50
50,000
1,800
69,750
84,000
Malt
25
72 223,470
23,254
497,062 587,814
Citler.
9
13
7,360
5:24
9,415
Clothing-men's. Women's ..
1G 143
92,200
46,120, 135,664 232,030
Cooperage
9
33
9,500
8,814
13,100
28,475
Cotton goods
2 386 123,500 106,000 271,121 407,800
Drain-pipe ..
48 207: 134,850
¥7,162
60,10]
202.852
Carriages and wagons ..
Files
Flouring-mills' products
Furniture
Gloves and mittens.
Gunpowder.
Hosiery.
CHURCHES-RELIGIOUS AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.
THE early settlers of the district now embraced in the county were mainly Christians, and brought with them their Bibles, and in some instances their relig- ious and secular teachers. In other cases itinerant ministers passed through the forest-paths in visitation of the scattered settlers, who were led, as their num- bers increased, to form societies, composed perhaps of those who held different denominational views, and who subsequently separated into societies in accord with their faiths; but in one way or the other, wher- ever population centred, the foundations of moral in- fluence through religious worship were laid, and in no county has this influence been more fully sustained, the census of 1865 returning one hundred and fifteen churches, with a seating capacity of forty-seven thou- sand five hundred and eighty-four, to a population of seventy thousand, a ratio higher than that of the city of New York. In the order of their introduction, the first denomination in the field was the German Li- theran ; the second, the Presbyterian ; the third, the High Dutch ; and the fourth, the Church of England. Numerically, there were ten churches in the district prior to 1750, viz. : two Lutheran, three Presbyterian,
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