126 [Assembly 



To convert into railroad bars, as follows: 



Ih tons of coal at $4, $6 00 



Rolling 1| heats at $4.50, 6 75 



Interest on $200,000 capital, 1 00 



Other expenses as stated heretofore, 5 00 



$18 75 



Total cost in bars, $44 05 



Equal to an increase of profits over the most econominal puddling 

 process, as given above of $5.57 per ton, being for a mill making 

 50 tons, a difference of $83,550, while the iron, (best charcoal) is 

 intrinsically worth for any other purpose than railroad bars, at least 

 $10 per ton more, and of course would be preferred for that pur- 

 pose. 



There are in the county of Rockland, in this State, 50,000 acres 

 of timber lands, worth $10 per acre, from which a crop of 30 cords 

 of wood per acre may be taken, as often as every 15 years, making 

 an average crop of two cords per acre annually, or say for the whole 

 tract 100,000 cords. Two cords of wood is estimated to produce 

 100 bushels of charcoal, when burnt in proper kilns; 200 bushels of 

 charcoal being the quantity now required to produce a ton of bloom 

 iron, it will be seen that the perpetual yield of each two acres is 

 equal to a ton of iron, and that the whole tract would be capable of 

 making 25,000 tons of iron per annum; equal to about one-eighth 

 of a supply of wrought iron for the whole United States at the pres- 

 ent time, including railroad bars, being within fifty miles of the city 

 of New-York. 



Much larger tracts of woodland exist on Long Island, and the 

 New "Jersey shore, which lands are selling at a less price, but as 

 these are not mountain lands, and may be cultivated, are not legiti- 

 mately coaling lands; the mountain ranges conveniently near to 

 navigable rivers, railroads and canals are only to be relied upon as 

 coaling lands. Of these, at least one million of acres exist in the 

 State of New^York, within convenient reach as above, and more than 

 suflBcient to make the whole supply of wrought iron for this country 

 at the present time. 



We design now to show some facts as it regards the location of 

 iron works, and to show that even in the vicinity of New- York 

 city, iron may be made with equal advantage and to a large extent, 



