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a number of boilers. The above firm gives constant 

 employment to upwards of seventy-five men, and the 

 following materials are consumed annually at their 

 factory : — 300,000 bushels of grain ; 7,500 hhds. of 

 molasses ; and 5,000 tons of Lackawana coal. The 

 establishment has been in operation ten years. 



Messrs. Nathan C. Ely & Co. have a very extensive 

 distillery at Williamsburgh. The buildings (con- 

 structed of brick) cover twelve entire lots of ground, 

 and cost $30,000. They have two steam engines, of 

 fifteen horse-power, also two large boilers. With this 

 steam power a vast quantity of saleratus, N. E. rum, 

 and other kinds of domestic liquors for exporting and 

 this market, are manufactured. Messrs. Ely & Co. 

 consume annually, 7,000 hogsheads of molasses ; 

 800,000 gallons of whiskey, and 2,000 tons of coal. 

 They have been in operation about eighteen years, 

 and at present give employment to some forty men in 

 the various departments of their establishment. 



Messrs. H. Havens & Son have a large distillery, 

 where they manufacture great quantities of rum, gin, 

 brandy, alcohol, pure spirits and saleratus. The 

 buildings cover five lots of ground, and the establish- 

 ment has been in operation over thirty years ; and with 

 their apparatus the distillery is capable of manufac- 

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