[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] denser. They also make a Huller Gin, which they claim will gin as fast and make as smooth a sample from dirty, trashy and hully cotton as any other gin in the market. The works of the company are located on the middle dock, between the railroad and the river, and are in a brick buildni" three stories in height, and about one hundred and fifty by seventy-five feet in extent. The manufacture of cotton gin saws was started in Sing Sing by Jonathan T. Turner, who came to the village from New London, Conn. Only the very finest Sheffield steel is used in these saws. The manufac-tory is located a short distance east of the railroad station. John T. Turner, a son of Jonathan T. Turner, in-vented a machine for dressing or trueing the surface of grinding-stones, which was patented July 10, 1873, and is said to do very effective work. In 1SK1 ajiickle house was started by Alart & Mc-Guirc, of New York, a short distance northeast of the station. The same firm has another establish-ment at Dobbs Ferry. The Sing Sing Gas Manufacturing Com-pany was organized July 1, 1855, with Thos. Smull as president, Marlborough Churchill treasurer and Geo. E. Stanton secretary. The present secretary, Mr. C. F. Maurice, has filled this office since 1S56. The capital stock is twen-ty-five thousand dollars. The company, in addition