From comparisons, footnote (a) in Weeks rpt must mean Cinderman and Gutterman we
This is the first furnace at which the hot-blast was successfully used in the US
SAME AS FIRM 605 AND firm 622 ?!  Use that info!
An establishment in the state of New Yor
Firm founded 1861 according to Misa, p 97
Much info in Swank 1883 p 116 about this firm, including the establishment found
'overtime', here, refers to the firm's donations to the accident fund
wages/costs ARE available; not yet included here.
Bartow Furnace Company, Bartow Iron Work
wage imputed: 2/3 of listed wage; 1/3 to assistant
wage imputed: 1/3 of combined blast engnr wages
Whitwell hot-blast stoves were installed in 1876; output then rose 10-15% withou
Struthers is in Mahoning County (swank p146) and 1877 production data is at Swan
only employees with families even get 5% extra compensation; average is therefor
This wage is an *estimate* -- the actual number must be 2.00 or 3.00 but is not
Note!  This firm says that much of its workforce is made up of young black men.
11 months-per-year is a guess; but a better guess than 12.
Some workers at this firm are black, according to the notes; I infer that this c
hot-blast pig iron, hollow-ware, and castings
founding year is a guess but it was 'recently built' as of the survey, and it's
there are extreme approximations in wages/costs and wages/price; these are avera
Records say 'all work at the furnace ceased' in 1877 and 1878 but wage figures a
there is data about wages/cost and wages/price, not included here.
some data on cost and price is in the weeks report.  1881 production data is on
1860 data on wages/costs is included here in 1861 otherwise it would not be incl
This firm also mines the ore near Lake Superior, and includes a useful summary o
some info on this place is on Swank, p 110
firm is vertically integrated with mining
pig iron and blooms (probably wrought iron)
Transport costs are estimated in the original data at $9/ton which is about 20%
bar and guide iron, rail-fastening, lightrails,nuts, and spikes)
Heater (guide-mill) - 3/4-inch round bar
Heater (guide-mill) - 3/8-inch square ba
more good stuff is possible with #601; see original
Roller (guide-mill) - 3/4-inch round bar
Roller (guide-mill) - 3/8-inch square ba
Roller (guide-mill) - 8-pound puddler ba
Helmbacher Forge and Rolling-Mill Compan
merchant iron, structural iron, wire rods, rails, Martin steel
units are either heat or day depending on where on the page one checks
bar iron, guide iron, hoop iron, and band iron
could be more precise about wages/prix, wages/cost
The Albany and Rensselaer Iron and Steel
This is a Bessemer steel firm starting circa 1873
1881 production data for Albany & R is on Swank p 144
conversion to days is available in the notes on p217; 10 turns per day
iron and steel boiler-plate, spring-steel and steel tires, merchant bar iron, ho
Bethlehem Iron Company, Forge department
pig iron, spiegeleisen, iron rails, steel rails
Bethlehem Iron Company, Top an bottom de
wages/salesprice are computable from the data
galvanized sheet iron, flue iron, light plate iron
Pennsylvania and Reading Coal and Iron C
bar and guide iron,sheet iron, nails and hoop
lots of info on wages/salesprice and wages/cost too
LOTS of good additional info in Weeks report
converted from yearly wage per notes in Weeks report
Wheeling Iron & Nail Company, General de
This job data derived from comments on p138
high wage this year was because the firm had a government contract
Richmond Stove Company, W.C. Higgins, ag
cast-iron stoves and furnaces for heating and cooking
heating furnaces, cooking-stoves, ranges, parlor-stoves, hollow-ware, stove-plat
wages/sales price is available for this firm, by product line.  might choose to
this firm has lots of usable info on wages/cost and wages/price.  not incorporat
for this firm wages/cost and wages/price are available but not yet in here.
There's something on wages/cost in firm 209 too.
agricultural implements, stoves, agricultural furnaces
cooking-stoves, heating-stoves, gate-fronts, and hollow-ware
stoves, furnaces, ranges, hollow-ware, castings
cast-iron gas-pipes and water-pipes, turbine wheels and gearing
sometimes less than 10hrs/day but wages then reduced from these
table knives, pocket knives, other cutlery
these are average wages, not highest or lowest
these are average wages, not highest or lowest;  I had to guess at how to interp
note foreman and grinder were very long term employees
machine-knives and tools for coopers, carpenters, and ships
It seems clear to me that this is a misprint and should be 3.00 but I don't know
pocket cutlery, table cutlery, misc cutlery
strap and T-hinges, wrought butts, wrought hasps, staples, and hooks, wagon-body
steam-engines, flour-mills, and general machinery
steam-engines, shugar-estate machinery, outfits for factories and mills
steam-engines, mill gearing, mill machinery, machinery castings
plows, circular saws, turbine water-wheels, other machinery
Engines, mining machinery, milling machinery, other machinery
boilers, boiler-work, engines, general machinery
steam-engines, boilers, iron steamboats, steam-hammers
steam-engines, boilers, machinery, architectural castings, general castings, gea
Engines, boilers, steam hoisting machines, folding machines
letter-copying presses, jack-screws, miscellaneous castings
steamboat machinery, stationary machinery, water-wheels, railroad and rolling-mi
in this firm data could interpolate wages/salesprice more
railway-car trimmings, locomotive headlights, telephone and telegraph instrument
wages/salesprice available, and wages/cost improvable
The Cope and Maxwell Manufacturing Compa
Some of these workers were actually in Seymour, IN or Pana, IL; the Weeks report
Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad Comp
locomotives, freight-car machinery, railroad machinery, boilers, marine engines,
Elizabethport factory built 1873 according to Hounshell, p. 95.
Elizabethport factory build 1873 according to Hounshell, p. 95.
more data is in here on laborcost/salesprice
Belcher and Taylor Agricultural Tool Com
add: they make plows, etc; and lots on costs/prices
More information on this company is at: http://www.stocktongov.com/history/pic20
hominy, corn flour, and mealhominy, corn flour, and meal
Head miller's existence imputed; allowances circa $.25/day
had to zap teamster recs before 1878 because they don't represent one person
Foreman of cutting-room, Smoking tobacco
Foreman of packing-room, Smoking tobacco
Mongomery, p 151, explains this job a bit
corrected from printed weeks report which said 0.12.
data on wages/costs and profits exists in the original but is not in here yet
10 hrs/day: report says they're there 13 hours but work only 8.  i avgd.
we have data on prices,costs,profits, on this brewery; they're not yet included
watchman hours set to 14 because report says watchman worked 7 days
Hours set to 14 because report says watchman worked 7 days this year.
state NH imputed based on info from Web; see 3700 page in white binder.
Niagara Falls Paper Manufacturing Compan
Frank Gilbert, Mohawk and Hudson Paper M
overtime YES because of the allowances which exceed 10% of wage
print cloths till 1860, and brown sheetings and shirtings since then
this occ is same as 'drawer' which is the title for the same data in another tab
sheetings, shirtings, cretonnes, and fancy cotton goods
Common laborer, chore hand, Miscellaneou
wage '.45+' interpreted to mean also overtime.
machine twist, sewing silk, tailor´s twist, saddler´s and embroidering silk, tra
tram,  organzine, and fringe silks,broad silks, handkerchiefs, and millinery sil
machine twist, sewing silk, tram,  organzine and woven goods
woolen jeans, spun yarn, cotton-warps, carding-rolls, etc
wool rolls, knitting yarns, jeans, tweeds, and linseys, buying their warps
blankets, flannels, cassimeres, and tweeds
fancy cassimeres and occasionally kerseys
flannels, cassimeres, blankets, and satinets
blankets, flannels, yarn, carding rolls, etc
cassimeres, suitings, and carriage goods
indigo-blue coatings, police and jacket cloth, cassimeres, ladies´sackings, beav
suitings, carriage-rugs, and sleeping-car blankets
worsted dress-goods, in connection with cotton fabrics
flannels prior to 1860, and since that time all-wool cassimeres and suitings for
cassimeres, flannels, blankets, yarns, etc
cassimeres, flannels, blankets and  yarns
cassimeres, flannels, blankets and  tweeds
79% of the work force are women and under eighteen: 59% of the work force are wo
jeans, doeskins, tweeds, woolen yarns, and hosiery
worsted coatings, shawls, and cassimeres
Beaver Co-operative Wool Manufacturing A
doeskins, kerseys, dress flannels, jeans, and linseys
cassimeres, doeskins, police and military goods, cloakings, etc
plain and fancy cassimeres, cheviots, suitings, and cadet grays
An establishment in the sate of New York
Note that after this year the foreman becomes part owner of the business.
East New York Boot, Shoe & Leather Manuf
Saint Louis Furniture Workers' Associati
very anti-union. 'men who act as leaders have been discharged'
pine and hard-wood flooring, siding, ceiling, and boards
Note labor cost/selling price IS available.
The Winchester & Partridge Manufacturing
Interesting info about prices: fire-brick prices fell sharply from 1865-1880.
some info on wages and prices including p. 29
web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~alshelby/shelbyironco.html suggests the furnac
'move' may mean the amount of work to move the glass to the next step in the pro
This job involved removing the particles of glass that adhered to the rod used b
The 'mold boy' -- and I infer from the wage that this worker was probably part t