. Essex county, , illustrated . ade from copper and used in working the softmetals: iron was next substituted, and this was finally replacedby steel, which metal is unsurpassed for the purpose. At thepresent time, fully ninety per cent of all the files consumed arenot only cut. but entirely manufactured by machinery. The fileof the present day. made by machinery, surpasses in everyrespect those made by the old and less progressive method. Heller & lliothers manufacture every tlcscription of files andrasps, running in size from two to thirty inches, and in grade ofcut. from twelve teeth to
. Essex county, , illustrated . ade from copper and used in working the softmetals: iron was next substituted, and this was finally replacedby steel, which metal is unsurpassed for the purpose. At thepresent time, fully ninety per cent of all the files consumed arenot only cut. but entirely manufactured by machinery. The fileof the present day. made by machinery, surpasses in everyrespect those made by the old and less progressive method. Heller & lliothers manufacture every tlcscription of files andrasps, running in size from two to thirty inches, and in grade ofcut. from twelve teeth to the inch, up to the number so largethat the teeth become so fine that they are undetected by thenaked eye, yet will withstand the most severe test. The binls-eye view of the works illuslratiiig this page, wassketched by our fellow-townsman. C. Durand Chapman, thewell known artist, and they speak volumes for the determina-tion, pluck and enterprise of Heller & Brothers. ESSEX COUNTY, N. /., ILLUSTRATED. 191 K1 A H Kg^B^^^^^P. WurKS (IK ENl.,ELI;t:K(.;i;K \ KARKHOkN, CORNER HUWARI> AND MKRi KK ENGELBERGER <&. BARKHORN. GETTING right down to solid facts, it will be found thatamong those industries which tend most to the main-tenance of the high character which Newark is celebrated for,in its buildings wherein is domiciled the capitalist and work-man alike, is that of door, sash and blind, frame, bracket andthat of general light wood-working as also that of the factorybuildings which rear their lofly heads far above their less pre-tentious neighbors. This branch of the wood working indus-tries carried on in this city, must needs take the lead of allothers, so far at least as its output is designed for home con-sumption, unless we make an exception of the saw mill .iiulcarpentery, than to the former must be rightfully awarded thefirst place or real initiative, unless we are permitted to followthe woodman into the depths uf the forest, to see him bury the bit of glittering stee
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