History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 30

Author: Ruttenber, Edward Manning, 1825-1907, comp; Clark, L. H. (Lewis H.)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1336


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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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