Volume 11 (1865) (424 pages)

150 The Blining aud Srientitie Breas. Mining aul Scientific Brees. WireemEi Wels teqmeetnces sey ectre sss. <gts ce venues Sxxton Eprror. oc. W. M, SIT. W. B. RWER. a. tT. DEWRY. DEWEY & CoO. Publishers. Orricy—No. 505 Clay street, corner of Sansome, 2d floor. Terms of Smbseription: One copy, per annum, in advance,. One copy, six months, in actvance, Po ka For salg by Carriers and News At ix Emposetble for editors to know Att the merits aud demerils of their correspondence, consequently Ure rea:ler must nel receive the opinions of our contribulors asonrowl. Julelligent discussion is invited upon all stdes snd the evidence of any errer which may appear will be re cyived in friendship and treated with respect, American and Foreign Patents,—letters Patent for Juventors can be secured inthe United States and foreign countries throngh the Mining ann Sqientipic PeEss Patest AGENCY. We offec applicants reasonable lerms, snd they ean rest axstired of a strict compliance wilh our obligations, and afaithful perlormance of all coutracts, For relereuce, we wii) furnish Iie names ol nnincrous parties for whom we buve obtained patente during ihe past lwo years. Vavorable to Inventorx.—Persons holding new Inveultions of machinery and important lnproveinents, cap have the same illustrated and explained (the Mining anv, Acrentime Piess, fece of charge, il i onr judgment the’ ry ix one of real merit, aad of sullicicil inicreat io ders to warranl publleatien. ‘Payment In Advance.---This paper will not be sent tosnbscribers beyoud the term pald for. The pablishers well know that a good journal cannot be sustained on the credit system, San Wrancisco: Saturday Morning, Sept. 9, 1865. [Froin tbe Dany Fair Press.) THE IRON INTEREST OF SAN FRANof a NUMBER ONE—MINERS’ FOUNDRY. The fatnre importance of the iron interest of San Francisco cau scareely be estimated at the present time. When onr railroads shall have penetrated into the mountains, and reached, with their lateral amnsg, all the important mineral resources of our vast interior and placed our fucilities of locomotioa and transportation on an eqnality with other parts of the world, we shall then be able to set at utter nought all attempts at competitioa ia the heavy line of this business, and draw jato San Francisco, as a common center, the entiré iron business of the Pacifie Coust, on both its eastern and western shores, as well as the thonsands@f islands with which its bosom is every. where dotted. This, it will be borne in mind, is entirely additional to the almost incalculable amount of iron mannfactnre which must bo required to work tho illimitable extent of our mines of the precious and useful metals. These refleetions were forced upon us yesterday, whilo passing through the exteasive works of the Miners’ Foun_ dry, on First Street, and reviewing the large amount of heavy material which that cstablishment is just.finishiug up, on orders from the Saadwioh Islands. Even that little cluster of islets is already becoming an important enstomcr. to the machine shops aad foundries of this city. There are already not less than thirty largo mills, with their heavy rollers and costly steam engines, at work on those islands, which number is rapidly increasing. The machinery for theso mills has heretofore generally been obtained from Scotlaad, a smatl portion, only, from the Eastern States Latterly, however, the sugar-plauters of these isJands have learned that they ean obtuin their machinery from this city about as cheap as from the East or from Karope, while a great saving is made in the matter of time—an important con. sideration ia this fast age. A most gratifying ovidence of the new conrse which this business is now taking may be scen at the Miners’ Foundry. This firm is now completing one heavy sct of sugar rolls, twenty-six inches in diameter, and forty-two fect long, witb heavy iatermediate gearing, for the plantation of T. Metcalf, sq, of Honolulu. Eack roll, with shaft aad pinion, weighs three and a half tons. They are designed for a first-class sngar mill, and are made extra heavy. This is the secoad mill furnished for the Islands from. this city. “They are also finishing up an 8-loot vacunm pan, for the Honolulu Sugar Refinery, The casttag of these pans is a very niece picce of work, aad “is donc in loam or dry sand, in order to secure 2 greater degree of perfection. This pan, which has been made to take the placo of the one now in use there, weighs about 10,000 pounds, The establishment for which it has been ordered is the only Sugar Refinery at the Islunds, and which has been estabtished to supply the home market with refined sugars. The Miners’ Foundry is also making a large tubukw boiler for the Islands, sixty-six inches ‘in diameter by fifteen feet long; also, two steam Sugar ctarificrs. A large amount of quartz mnehinery ig also in courso of completion at this foundry, amoug which ‘we aoticed a mill for a Reese River Compaay, the! I engine of which has a 16-inch evlinder, with a 36. inch stroke ; 2 10-stemp mill for dry crushing, ar. ranged so that the pulverized ore is taken from the mortars by fans and conveyed thus to bins, thence by cars lo the top of the roasting furnaces, where } it is readity empiicd upon the hearth, and thence to ! a set of the Wheeler & Randall tractory pang . bailt up with wooden sides—the amalgamation being affected in 6-foot separators especiatly aryaaged to work in connection with those paus.— They have also urder way two other 10-stamp mills, for Reese River, and ono tor Idaho, with a) peculiar arrangement for roasting and grinding, . now for thy firss ime about io be introdaced ov! this coast, aud which we shall soon describe in fnll. This foundry has recently turned ont an order of half a dozen_ of Hepburn & Peterson’s pans, on an order from Washoe. ‘The fino paa of this class on exhibiion at the Pavilion was from this foundry. NUMBER TWO—UNIOX TRON WORKS. In continuing our articles on the Iron and Foundry Interest of San Fraucisco, we eunnot omit giving a prominent pusition to the new enterprise of locomotive building, just initiated by H. J. Booth & Co., of the Union Iron Works, of this city; a bnsiness which in avery few years must become one of mammoth proportions. The peaple of Cualifornia are deeply indebted to this firm for the enterprise exhibited by them for taking the initiatory in the same, which has been carried out at the cost of a large outlay over and: above any present renitneration, and at the risk of a possible fuilure to suceesslully counpete with the experienced skill and cheap labor of the East. he result of the enterprise has been ihe most complete mechanical triumph ever witnessed on the Pacific coast ; as was abundantly proven to the numerous party of mechunics, engineers, and invited guests who went out to the T’win-'l'ree Station on the trial trip ou Wednesday of last week. ‘The performagee, on that oveasion, of the “ California,” the first regnlar locomotive ever constructed on the Pacific eoast, was a triumph in which, not only the enterpnsiug firm whieh huilt it, bus all Californias as well, may take a just pride. ‘he work of tho eigiue was faultless, and its speed was demoustrated to he equal to that of any locomotive of its class ever constructed. It was tested on this trip to as high a rate as wus sate for the accompanying traiu with its gay load, which was dashed along the rail, in one portion of the trip, at the rate of sixty-seven miles an hour, us timed by two different watches. What the engine would do. if driveu to her utmost capacity, is lelt to coujeeture aloue. In its construction, no effort has beeu spared to bring together, and to eombine iuto a perfect whole, all the improvements which have been introduced into loeomotive building in the East; and it is the uuiversal opinion of the best railroad engineers and mechanies who have examined this maehine, that, for its class, its equal bas not been built. Booth & Co. have three other locomotives of the same pxttern, uow drawing near to eompletiou, each of which will possess all the excellencies combined in the California. Some idea may be lormed of the magnitude which the business of locomotive buildicg must soou assuine in this ei'y, from the statemeut of Ex-Governor Stanford, made in his speech at the collation on the occasion of the ‘trial trip alluded to, that at least wo hundred locomotives would be required on the Catilornia railroads within the next five years, It is but fair to suppose that after the present tri-. umph of our California meehanics in this direction, no further orders for either loeomotives or railroad cars will be sent abroad ; and ‘we shall.be much disappointed in our caleulations if Booth & Co. do not, from this time forth, make locomotives a speeiality, and thus fairly engralt upon California this new and important industry. Mr. Stanford, ia alluding to the rapid progress of the railroad interest in this State, further remarked that— So rapid had Leen tiie progress of the Pacifie Cen ral ‘Road thot the same would be\ completed to Colfax by September Ist, at whieh point an elevation of 2,600 Teet above the level of tae sea would b: attained. By Jannary Ist, 1866, Dntch Flat, an elevatiun of 3,700 leet wonld be reached, the greatest grade being 105 feet to the nile. ‘Thence to the summit of the Sierras is a distarce of thirty-four miles, on which portion of ths route work would be pushed rapidly. At this station the track would: be not less than six thousand nine hundred feét above the level of the Pacifie Ocean. One tunnel, fifteen hnndred feet in length, would have to be cut through the Semmit Ridge. From the top of the Sierras to the villey below, tle roud coukt be ecnstructed with comparative ease, and at littte cost. Fonr thongaud laborers vere now at work, and by the first of October, five thousund would be in the employment of the Company. which we have not fully. . Ju closing this ar.icle, as we have already extracted liberally from the speech of one gentleman on the oceasion of the late excursion, we do not kuow that we can do any better than to give the remarks of Myr. {. M. Seott, on the same oceasion. Mr. Seott is a member of the frm of 1. J. Booth & Uo., and the gentleman ender, whose more e peciul and immediate supervision this mechanical triumph has been constructed, and in whose brains it first assumed its full and eourplete form and pruportivas as we see it to day. and each day crossing along the iron rail between this city and San Jose., Mr. Seott said: Ladies and Gentkemen :—Before referring to the houers which Mr. Doyle has seen fit. to place upon iny shoulders, alow me to continue the line of his last argument in favor of the San Jose Railroad. He tells us that the great Pacitic Railroad is of no consequence unless it brings trade and travel to this road ; that no tailruad is of any consequence to us which dues net double the business of the San Jose Railroad. We ask, of what use is the San Jose Railroad, auless it brings us locomotives to build? Of what use is the Central Pacific Railroad, or any other road, if we do not builil the engines, and the State of California, and especially the City of San Franciscv, does not derive some bevetit from it? I ask these questions beeause I fecl a deep interest in the future welfare ol this eoast, aud have a stroug faith in the final accomplishment of the grandest of all enterprises, the binding of nll the States by this strong iron band, reaching from the Paeific to the Atlantic. We feel thut our valleys atid hills will never yield their treasures until the chunnels of trade ruu deep and free over the land! Many thiuk ‘railronds are monopolies, for the benefit of the few. They area blessing to the many, and are elosely connected with our social prosperity. ‘The building of these engines will cause about ninety thousand dollars to change hands. Money collected by the railroad companies from the people of the State, paid by them to us for engines, and by us paid ou for materiuls und labor, finds its way back to the people from whence it came. while the State and the people gain a railroad by the eireulation, and the prosperity uf tho eountry is inereased. And now, ladies and gentlemen, thoagh I have seen every rivet and bolt, every piece of material, and every hour of labor on that engine, there are others who deserve a share of the praise. To Mr. W. R. Eckart, our chief draughtsman, all praise is dne tor the skill and patience with which he worked out the tedious details of the engine, and, I aim proud to say, wot a single error occurred in his work ; to the loremen of the different shops, a just share of credit is due for the faithful manner they perlormed their work ; to the Bishop of the San Jose Railroad, who brought a ripe judemeut gnthered lroin twenty years of railroad experience, und contributed all the practical knowl. edge he possessed to the successful accomplishment of this enterprise-—to him is due the ease of her moti-ns und much of the sueeess of the engine. Many thanks to the represeatative men of the Sacramento Valley Ruilroad and the Pacific Central Railroad, who eontribnted their mite to the general fund, and insured its early and complete suceess. Vhe interest shown by all classes in this engine, the road to San Jose. the grading of the Western Pacific. the fifty five miles of finished’ road on the Central Pacific, are fuets that prove we are in earnest, and the great work of » great people will soon be eompleted. NUMBER THREE—PACIFI€ FOUNDRY, The growing necessities of our commercial ‘steam marine, which is fast spreading itself up and down the vast extent of our sea coast, is Icalling into active exereige the mechanical skill and inventive genius of our people to the end that we may be plaved on an indepeadent footing in this as well as in other branches of meehanieal neeessities. Our machine shops at first attempted only light work of this kind. As our ship-builders proved the feasibility and eeonomy of eonstructiug a heavy class of steamers, old machinery and engines built at the East, and which bad survived their, more) Other statistics were given) Space to advert to more! . perishable hnils, was at first taken out, refitted aud placed within new hulls. Now, however, our builders are adopting the wiser policy of putting new machinery into their new boats, and having their engines and boilers made here, of a size and character more properly calculated for their work. Our michinists and loundrymen have also proved their ability to turn out such work ol any desired capacity, and at prices which, considering the time saved, and other udvantages gained, have lnlly proven the policy of having such work dons here instead of seuding to the Atlantic States for it. Among those of our foundries which are making this class of work a speciulity, we may mention Messrs. Goddard & Co., of the Pacilic fron Works. ‘his establishment is now about fiuiching up a ld-foot propeller wheel—the largest ever built on this coast. ‘Uhis prupeller is for the new steamer now building at North Point, lor Messrs. Gritlith & Johugon, and bot yeb named; but which is intended tora tug boat, that will be nearly double the power ol avy ctherin the harbor, ‘hey are also putting engines and boilers into the stern-wheel Steamer, vow Beutly ready to launch from the foot ol Third street ; the machinery lor which is already ou board, but not yet completed — ‘This machinery is to be » duplicate ot that of the Mount Waton, which was also built by them, and which has been running about a year up the Kncinal, to » place culled Mount ddaton. . This foundry also built the machinery of the steamer Del Norte, and more recently overhauled that of the J. Wright, now in the North Pacific Ovean in the service of the Rassian ‘Velegraph Company. ‘Ihe repairs fur the Beu, Holliday stcawer liue is also done by ‘this frm. ‘They ulso do all the Goverument repairs which we not seut to Mare Island. ‘The recent overhanliug of tho Skubrick wus done by them. ‘Lhey do such of the repairing for the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. as is not seut to the compauy’s shops at Beni. We trust te time will soou come when this important steamship company will find it te its advantage 10 build as well as repair its boats here, ‘Vhere is no question but that our meehanies will soou excel as much in byilding first-class ocvan steamships as they now do in those of a lesser cupacity. ‘lhe opening trade with China and Japan, and the increasing coast business, will, ere long, create a demand lor a large addition to our present Heet of firstcluss ocean steamers; and we trust the cowing man may soon be found with ability and energy sufficient to satisly our capitalists that there is no necessity lor bnilding these steamers 20,000 niles distant from the pluce. where they are needed for service, Whenever that un appears who will undertake the building of those steamers here, he wilt find the mecbanies all ready, aud educated fully up to the high murk lor supplying them with the 1equired motive power. ‘Lhe eugines of the propeller Relianee, placed upon the Alviso route some three months since, were built by Goddard & Co., and have done most satisfactory service siuce. ‘he muchinery of the new boat placed in the Petaluiia trade, some two or three weeks since, was lrom their shops. Jn addition to their marine work, they are also just completing a large 8u-horse power engine for the Baltimore Ameriean mining company, of Virginia City, to drive a set of heavy hoisting drums, and a deep T0inch pump. ‘They have just completed an order for ten of Varney's Pans, large numbers of which they are constantly turning out lor various parts of the miues, in addition to a great quantity of muiseellaneous work, for almost every conceivable purpose, and lor all parts of the Pacific coust, and the interior. While passing through their works, ve noticed a new foot lathe, twenty-five feet ip length, which they have recently received, together with a pair 36-inches in diameter and twenty feet lung—the three lorming a very important addition to their stock of machine tools. NUMBER FOUR—YULCAN IRON WORKS. In continuing our artielos on the iron inter— ests of San Francisco, we come now to the Valean Iron Works, which are located at Nos. 137 and 139 First street. this establishment are Richard Ivers, Samuel Aitken, Charles R. Steiger and N. D. Aruot— the last member of the firm having bought the interest of the late Paul ‘Torynet. ‘There are at preseut 145 men employed inthe various departments, manufacturing new, nnd repairing old machiuery. Owing to the length of time this company lis beer in business, und the particular eure aud attention paid to this latter branch of their business, the Vulcan Ivo Worka have a large force constantly on repair The proprietors of © TT pe: . . Vi . \f i { . . i . if

150 The Blining aud Srientitie Breas. Mining aul Scientific Brees. WireemEi Wels teqmeetnces sey ectre sss. <gts ce venues Sxxton Eprror. oc. W. M, SIT. W. B. RWER. a. tT. DEWRY. DEWEY & CoO. Publishers. Orricy—No. 505 Clay street, corner of Sansome, 2d floor. Terms of Smbseription: One copy, per annum, in advance,. One copy, six months, in actvance, Po ka For salg by Carriers and News At ix Emposetble for editors to know Att the merits aud demerils of their correspondence, consequently Ure rea:ler must nel receive the opinions of our contribulors asonrowl. Julelligent discussion is invited upon all stdes snd the evidence of any errer which may appear will be re cyived in friendship and treated with respect, American and Foreign Patents,—letters Patent for Juventors can be secured inthe United States and foreign countries throngh the Mining ann Sqientipic PeEss Patest AGENCY. We offec applicants reasonable lerms, snd they ean rest axstired of a strict compliance wilh our obligations, and afaithful perlormance of all coutracts, For relereuce, we wii) furnish Iie names ol nnincrous parties for whom we buve obtained patente during ihe past lwo years. Vavorable to Inventorx.—Persons holding new Inveultions of machinery and important lnproveinents, cap have the same illustrated and explained (the Mining anv, Acrentime Piess, fece of charge, il i onr judgment the’ ry ix one of real merit, aad of sullicicil inicreat io ders to warranl publleatien. ‘Payment In Advance.---This paper will not be sent tosnbscribers beyoud the term pald for. The pablishers well know that a good journal cannot be sustained on the credit system, San Wrancisco: Saturday Morning, Sept. 9, 1865. [Froin tbe Dany Fair Press.) THE IRON INTEREST OF SAN FRANof a NUMBER ONE—MINERS’ FOUNDRY. The fatnre importance of the iron interest of San Francisco cau scareely be estimated at the present time. When onr railroads shall have penetrated into the mountains, and reached, with their lateral amnsg, all the important mineral resources of our vast interior and placed our fucilities of locomotioa and transportation on an eqnality with other parts of the world, we shall then be able to set at utter nought all attempts at competitioa ia the heavy line of this business, and draw jato San Francisco, as a common center, the entiré iron business of the Pacifie Coust, on both its eastern and western shores, as well as the thonsands@f islands with which its bosom is every. where dotted. This, it will be borne in mind, is entirely additional to the almost incalculable amount of iron mannfactnre which must bo required to work tho illimitable extent of our mines of the precious and useful metals. These refleetions were forced upon us yesterday, whilo passing through the exteasive works of the Miners’ Foun_ dry, on First Street, and reviewing the large amount of heavy material which that cstablishment is just.finishiug up, on orders from the Saadwioh Islands. Even that little cluster of islets is already becoming an important enstomcr. to the machine shops aad foundries of this city. There are already not less than thirty largo mills, with their heavy rollers and costly steam engines, at work on those islands, which number is rapidly increasing. The machinery for theso mills has heretofore generally been obtained from Scotlaad, a smatl portion, only, from the Eastern States Latterly, however, the sugar-plauters of these isJands have learned that they ean obtuin their machinery from this city about as cheap as from the East or from Karope, while a great saving is made in the matter of time—an important con. sideration ia this fast age. A most gratifying ovidence of the new conrse which this business is now taking may be scen at the Miners’ Foundry. This firm is now completing one heavy sct of sugar rolls, twenty-six inches in diameter, and forty-two fect long, witb heavy iatermediate gearing, for the plantation of T. Metcalf, sq, of Honolulu. Eack roll, with shaft aad pinion, weighs three and a half tons. They are designed for a first-class sngar mill, and are made extra heavy. This is the secoad mill furnished for the Islands from. this city. “They are also finishing up an 8-loot vacunm pan, for the Honolulu Sugar Refinery, The casttag of these pans is a very niece picce of work, aad “is donc in loam or dry sand, in order to secure 2 greater degree of perfection. This pan, which has been made to take the placo of the one now in use there, weighs about 10,000 pounds, The establishment for which it has been ordered is the only Sugar Refinery at the Islunds, and which has been estabtished to supply the home market with refined sugars. The Miners’ Foundry is also making a large tubukw boiler for the Islands, sixty-six inches ‘in diameter by fifteen feet long; also, two steam Sugar ctarificrs. A large amount of quartz mnehinery ig also in courso of completion at this foundry, amoug which ‘we aoticed a mill for a Reese River Compaay, the! I engine of which has a 16-inch evlinder, with a 36. inch stroke ; 2 10-stemp mill for dry crushing, ar. ranged so that the pulverized ore is taken from the mortars by fans and conveyed thus to bins, thence by cars lo the top of the roasting furnaces, where } it is readity empiicd upon the hearth, and thence to ! a set of the Wheeler & Randall tractory pang . bailt up with wooden sides—the amalgamation being affected in 6-foot separators especiatly aryaaged to work in connection with those paus.— They have also urder way two other 10-stamp mills, for Reese River, and ono tor Idaho, with a) peculiar arrangement for roasting and grinding, . now for thy firss ime about io be introdaced ov! this coast, aud which we shall soon describe in fnll. This foundry has recently turned ont an order of half a dozen_ of Hepburn & Peterson’s pans, on an order from Washoe. ‘The fino paa of this class on exhibiion at the Pavilion was from this foundry. NUMBER TWO—UNIOX TRON WORKS. In continuing our articles on the Iron and Foundry Interest of San Fraucisco, we eunnot omit giving a prominent pusition to the new enterprise of locomotive building, just initiated by H. J. Booth & Co., of the Union Iron Works, of this city; a bnsiness which in avery few years must become one of mammoth proportions. The peaple of Cualifornia are deeply indebted to this firm for the enterprise exhibited by them for taking the initiatory in the same, which has been carried out at the cost of a large outlay over and: above any present renitneration, and at the risk of a possible fuilure to suceesslully counpete with the experienced skill and cheap labor of the East. he result of the enterprise has been ihe most complete mechanical triumph ever witnessed on the Pacific coast ; as was abundantly proven to the numerous party of mechunics, engineers, and invited guests who went out to the T’win-'l'ree Station on the trial trip ou Wednesday of last week. ‘The performagee, on that oveasion, of the “ California,” the first regnlar locomotive ever constructed on the Pacific eoast, was a triumph in which, not only the enterpnsiug firm whieh huilt it, bus all Californias as well, may take a just pride. ‘he work of tho eigiue was faultless, and its speed was demoustrated to he equal to that of any locomotive of its class ever constructed. It was tested on this trip to as high a rate as wus sate for the accompanying traiu with its gay load, which was dashed along the rail, in one portion of the trip, at the rate of sixty-seven miles an hour, us timed by two different watches. What the engine would do. if driveu to her utmost capacity, is lelt to coujeeture aloue. In its construction, no effort has beeu spared to bring together, and to eombine iuto a perfect whole, all the improvements which have been introduced into loeomotive building in the East; and it is the uuiversal opinion of the best railroad engineers and mechanies who have examined this maehine, that, for its class, its equal bas not been built. Booth & Co. have three other locomotives of the same pxttern, uow drawing near to eompletiou, each of which will possess all the excellencies combined in the California. Some idea may be lormed of the magnitude which the business of locomotive buildicg must soou assuine in this ei'y, from the statemeut of Ex-Governor Stanford, made in his speech at the collation on the occasion of the ‘trial trip alluded to, that at least wo hundred locomotives would be required on the Catilornia railroads within the next five years, It is but fair to suppose that after the present tri-. umph of our California meehanics in this direction, no further orders for either loeomotives or railroad cars will be sent abroad ; and ‘we shall.be much disappointed in our caleulations if Booth & Co. do not, from this time forth, make locomotives a speeiality, and thus fairly engralt upon California this new and important industry. Mr. Stanford, ia alluding to the rapid progress of the railroad interest in this State, further remarked that— So rapid had Leen tiie progress of the Pacifie Cen ral ‘Road thot the same would be\ completed to Colfax by September Ist, at whieh point an elevation of 2,600 Teet above the level of tae sea would b: attained. By Jannary Ist, 1866, Dntch Flat, an elevatiun of 3,700 leet wonld be reached, the greatest grade being 105 feet to the nile. ‘Thence to the summit of the Sierras is a distarce of thirty-four miles, on which portion of ths route work would be pushed rapidly. At this station the track would: be not less than six thousand nine hundred feét above the level of the Pacifie Ocean. One tunnel, fifteen hnndred feet in length, would have to be cut through the Semmit Ridge. From the top of the Sierras to the villey below, tle roud coukt be ecnstructed with comparative ease, and at littte cost. Fonr thongaud laborers vere now at work, and by the first of October, five thousund would be in the employment of the Company. which we have not fully. .

Ju closing this ar.icle, as we have already extracted liberally from the speech of one gentleman on the oceasion of the late excursion, we do not kuow that we can do any better than to give the remarks of Myr. {. M. Seott, on the same oceasion. Mr. Seott is a member of the frm of 1. J. Booth & Uo., and the gentleman ender, whose more e peciul and immediate supervision this mechanical triumph has been constructed, and in whose brains it first assumed its full and eourplete form and pruportivas as we see it to day. and each day crossing along the iron rail between this city and San Jose., Mr. Seott said: Ladies and Gentkemen :—Before referring to the houers which Mr. Doyle has seen fit. to place upon iny shoulders, alow me to continue the line of his last argument in favor of the San Jose Railroad. He tells us that the great Pacitic Railroad is of no consequence unless it brings trade and travel to this road ; that no tailruad is of any consequence to us which dues net double the business of the San Jose Railroad. We ask, of what use is the San Jose Railroad, auless it brings us locomotives to build? Of what use is the Central Pacific Railroad, or any other road, if we do not builil the engines, and the State of California, and especially the City of San Franciscv, does not derive some bevetit from it? I ask these questions beeause I fecl a deep interest in the future welfare ol this eoast, aud have a stroug faith in the final accomplishment of the grandest of all enterprises, the binding of nll the States by this strong iron band, reaching from the Paeific to the Atlantic. We feel thut our valleys atid hills will never yield their treasures until the chunnels of trade ruu deep and free over the land! Many thiuk ‘railronds are monopolies, for the benefit of the few. They area blessing to the many, and are elosely connected with our social prosperity. ‘The building of these engines will cause about ninety thousand dollars to change hands. Money collected by the railroad companies from the people of the State, paid by them to us for engines, and by us paid ou for materiuls und labor, finds its way back to the people from whence it came. while the State and the people gain a railroad by the eireulation, and the prosperity uf tho eountry is inereased. And now, ladies and gentlemen, thoagh I have seen every rivet and bolt, every piece of material, and every hour of labor on that engine, there are others who deserve a share of the praise. To Mr. W. R. Eckart, our chief draughtsman, all praise is dne tor the skill and patience with which he worked out the tedious details of the engine, and, I aim proud to say, wot a single error occurred in his work ; to the loremen of the different shops, a just share of credit is due for the faithful manner they perlormed their work ; to the Bishop of the San Jose Railroad, who brought a ripe judemeut gnthered lroin twenty years of railroad experience, und contributed all the practical knowl. edge he possessed to the successful accomplishment of this enterprise-—to him is due the ease of her moti-ns und much of the sueeess of the engine. Many thanks to the represeatative men of the Sacramento Valley Ruilroad and the Pacific Central Railroad, who eontribnted their mite to the general fund, and insured its early and complete suceess. Vhe interest shown by all classes in this engine, the road to San Jose. the grading of the Western Pacific. the fifty five miles of finished’ road on the Central Pacific, are fuets that prove we are in earnest, and the great work of » great people will soon be eompleted. NUMBER THREE—PACIFI€ FOUNDRY, The growing necessities of our commercial ‘steam marine, which is fast spreading itself up and down the vast extent of our sea coast, is Icalling into active exereige the mechanical skill and inventive genius of our people to the end that we may be plaved on an indepeadent footing in this as well as in other branches of meehanieal neeessities. Our machine shops at first attempted only light work of this kind. As our ship-builders proved the feasibility and eeonomy of eonstructiug a heavy class of steamers, old machinery and engines built at the East, and which bad survived their, more) Other statistics were given) Space to advert to more! . perishable hnils, was at first taken out, refitted aud placed within new hulls. Now, however, our builders are adopting the wiser policy of putting new machinery into their new boats, and having their engines and boilers made here, of a size and character more properly calculated for their work. Our michinists and loundrymen have also proved their ability to turn out such work ol any desired capacity, and at prices which, considering the time saved, and other udvantages gained, have lnlly proven the policy of having such work dons here instead of seuding to the Atlantic States for it. Among those of our foundries which are making this class of work a speciulity, we may mention Messrs. Goddard & Co., of the Pacilic fron Works. ‘his establishment is now about fiuiching up a ld-foot propeller wheel—the largest ever built on this coast. ‘Uhis prupeller is for the new steamer now building at North Point, lor Messrs. Gritlith & Johugon, and bot yeb named; but which is intended tora tug boat, that will be nearly double the power ol avy ctherin the harbor, ‘hey are also putting engines and boilers into the stern-wheel Steamer, vow Beutly ready to launch from the foot ol Third street ; the machinery lor which is already ou board, but not yet completed — ‘This machinery is to be » duplicate ot that of the Mount Waton, which was also built by them, and which has been running about a year up the Kncinal, to » place culled Mount ddaton. . This foundry also built the machinery of the steamer Del Norte, and more recently overhauled that of the J.. Wright, now in the North Pacific Ovean in the service of the Rassian ‘Velegraph Company. ‘Ihe repairs fur the Beu, Holliday stcawer liue is also done by ‘this frm. ‘They ulso do all the Goverument repairs which we not seut to Mare Island. ‘The recent overhanliug of tho Skubrick wus done by them. ‘Lhey do such of the repairing for the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. as is not seut to the compauy’s shops at Beni. We trust te time will soou come when this important steamship company will find it te its advantage 10 build as well as repair its boats here, ‘Vhere is no question but that our meehanies will soou excel as much in byilding first-class ocvan steamships as they now do in those of a lesser cupacity. ‘lhe opening trade with China and Japan, and the increasing coast business, will, ere long, create a demand lor a large addition to our present Heet of firstcluss ocean steamers; and we trust the cowing man may soon be found with ability and energy sufficient to satisly our capitalists that there is no necessity lor bnilding these steamers 20,000 niles distant from the pluce. where they are needed for service, Whenever that un appears who will undertake the building of those steamers here, he wilt find the mecbanies all ready, aud educated fully up to the high murk lor supplying them with the 1equired motive power. ‘Lhe eugines of the propeller Relianee, placed upon the Alviso route some three months since, were built by Goddard & Co., and have done most satisfactory service siuce. ‘he muchinery of the new boat placed in the Petaluiia trade, some two or three weeks since, was lrom their shops. Jn addition to their marine work, they are also just completing a large 8u-horse power engine for the Baltimore Ameriean mining company, of Virginia City, to drive a set of heavy hoisting drums, and a deep T0inch pump. ‘They have just completed an order for ten of Varney's Pans, large numbers of which they are constantly turning out lor various parts of the miues, in addition to a great quantity of muiseellaneous work, for almost every conceivable purpose, and lor all parts of the Pacific coust, and the interior. While passing through their works, ve noticed a new foot lathe, twenty-five feet ip length, which they have recently received, together with a pair 36-inches in diameter and twenty feet lung—the three lorming a very important addition to their stock of machine tools. NUMBER FOUR—YULCAN IRON WORKS. In continuing our artielos on the iron inter— ests of San Francisco, we come now to the Valean Iron Works, which are located at Nos. 137 and 139 First street. this establishment are Richard Ivers, Samuel Aitken, Charles R. Steiger and N. D. Aruot— the last member of the firm having bought the interest of the late Paul ‘Torynet. ‘There are at preseut 145 men employed inthe various departments, manufacturing new, nnd repairing old machiuery. Owing to the length of time this company lis beer in business, und the particular eure aud attention paid to this latter branch of their business, the Vulcan Ivo Worka have a large force constantly on repair The proprietors of © TT pe: . . Vi . \f i { . . i . if