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to the coal region and to two large cities, combine to fester
its growth, and to make the locality the Staffordshire of the
United States. The pioneers of the industry at Trenton were
Mr. Steiner, a German, and Mr. Young, an Englishmau.
In 1861, there were hut five small potteries. In 1868, there
were seventeen, with an aggregate of fifty-three kilns, witli
a capaeity, i'f fully worked, of,—
Number of hands, ..... .' 1,200
Tons of coal consumed annually, . . . 18,000
Tons of prepared clay, ..... 20,000
Average production of each kiln, . . . $25,000
Capital invested, $1,250,000
Mr. Hattersley, one of the pioneers in the manufacture of
pottery in Trenton, wrote in 1868 :—
“ The "Titer, after travelling over the States of New York, Con
necticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Ohio, in searcli
of proper muterials and the best place for its manufacture, concluded
that Trenton, New Jersey, was the place, situated, as it is, between
the two great markets, New York and Philadelphia; healthy, and
the State abounding with fine clays and convenient for the Collection
of all other materials, such as coal, kaolin, flint, sand, felspar, bone,
etc., by canal or railroad.”
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There are now some twenty estahlishments and sixty kilns,
producing crockery, chietly white "stone-china,” to the annual
value of $1,500,000 to $2,000,000. When in full Operation,
they employ from 1,200 to 1,500 hands, and consume from
25,000 to 30,000 tons of coal. One of the largest establish-
ments, the Glasgow pottery of Mr. Moses, covers ahout four
acres of ground, and has six large kilns in Operation. The
manufacture is confined chietly to the finer sorts of stone-
china, fully equal to any imported; but, we regret to note, it
is stamped with British marks, in ordcr to meet the prejudice
ot the consnmers in favor of imported wäre. But this we
believe is passing away, and the time will soon arrive when
the trade-marks of American estahlishments will command
respect and preference. It is altogether possible that the
United States, holding the grcater pari of the available coal
