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ville ; intended for 5,000 spindles and 100 looms ; not yet com- 

 pleted. 



Variety Works, situated in Columbus, owned by Winter 

 and Brooks ; manufactures wooden articles ; capital employed, 

 $30,000. Hands employed, 60. 



Winter's Merchant Mill, now in process of erection; eight 

 stories high, and, with the machinery to be put in it, costing 

 $30,000. There is a factory department connected with this 

 establishment calculated for 3,000 spindles, to employ 75 

 hands, and will manufacture yarn exclusively. Capital esti- 

 mated at $30,000, when spindles are all up and in operation. 



Rock Island Paper Manufactory. This establishment, 

 now in process of erection, is situated on the Chattahoochee, 

 2^ miles above the city. The building is constructed of wood, 

 160 feet long, with rock basement, part one story and part two 

 stories, to contain four engines, one Foudronier, and one cylin- 

 der machine, and capable of working up a ton of material 

 per day. Will manufacture printing, writing, and wrapping 

 paper. Machinery driven by two of Rich's centre-vent 

 wheels, 30 horse power. Owned by a joint stock company. 

 Capital, $40,000. 



Cotton Gin Manufactory ; E. T. Taylor & Co. ; steam 

 power ; capital, $40,000. Brick building, 44 by 96 feet, three 

 stories high. Employs 40 hands in the various departments. 

 Manufactures about 18 gins per week, and is prepared to 

 manufacture 50 per week. 



Columbus Iron Foundry; Wm. R. Brown & Co. propri- 

 etors ; capital, $5,000. Amount of work turned out annually, 

 8 to $10,000. Manufactures steamboat work, mill gearing, 

 water-wheels, gin gear and gudgeons, cast iron railing for 

 grave-yards, fencing, machinery for factories, &c. 



In connection with the above is Cary & Stanford's finish- 

 ing shop ; capital, $3,000. Amount of work turned out annu- 

 ally, 5 to $6,000. Steamboat repairing, mill irons, iron doors, 

 wrought iron raiUng, &;c., and all kinds of finishing manufac- 

 tured. 



Janney's Iron Foundry and Machine Shop ; manufactures 

 same as the two preceding. Has an engine of ten-horse power; 

 employs six hands, and turns out 6 to $7,000 worth of work 



