. Essex county, , illustrated . conservative principles, the moderate tempers which dis-tinguished and ennobled the pioneers of this plantation. Andthere is every evidence that from the begiuning the settlementwas prosperous. l. 7:ss/:.v corxTv. x. iisliies of Uif ll is iinpossiblc to trace the gruwlli of llie iminfant town, as no record seems to have kepi ofihcir progress or increase, and no ligiires are available untilthe Vniled States census of iSio. from which a slalcmcntWIS . under the direction of the of the:iig the various industries of the county and their
. Essex county, , illustrated . conservative principles, the moderate tempers which dis-tinguished and ennobled the pioneers of this plantation. Andthere is every evidence that from the begiuning the settlementwas prosperous. l. 7:ss/:.v corxTv. x. iisliies of Uif ll is iinpossiblc to trace the gruwlli of llie iminfant town, as no record seems to have kepi ofihcir progress or increase, and no ligiires are available untilthe Vniled States census of iSio. from which a slalcmcntWIS . under the direction of the of the:iig the various industries of the county and their /., ILLlSTRATED. It will be seen from this table that the boot and shoe industrywas then, as it has been for many years, easily chief in thecounty, and justified the draftsman of the map of Newark, pub-lished in 1806, who drew the effigy of a shoemaker in onecorner of his ma]). According to his statement. one-third ofthe inhabitants are constantly employed in the manufacture ofboots and shoes. «•?::Mlili^fti^ 4- <^Sl \... • I- THE CRESCENT WATCH CASE COMPANY. 65-85 NORTH THIRTEENTH STREET. ArrictJi* or MAWurACTUHR. No. ofFitctonc*. UI«tt4tM :*nd unnamed Clnihi Mod Stii^- -!« in Cacniim 763 hlnev 36 : Kovinf Machines i ** M t 17 3 :«.MC. ppc »» Product. jui,,>6 0015,000,0039,,53.,.c. ^ , 7,B;.,, $1,169, The next opportunity for observing the industrial growth ofthe town, is found in the town census taken in 1826, by , assessor. He reports the number of industries andthe industrial po|)ulation as follows: Three Iron and Brass Founderies. twelve workmen; oneCotton Iactory, six workmen ; three Tin and Sheet Iron Fact-ories, nine workmen; one Coach Spring Factory, ten workmen ;one Chocolate and Mustard Factory, eight workmen ; oneTobacco Factory, thirteen workmen; one Looking-glassFactory, four workmen ; one
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