Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1831-11-25

royal assent, orconveri ing the Manches-
ter Bolton, and Bury canal into rail
road. This canal is eleven miles in
length, and runs thro' one of the most
populous, wealthy, and important man.
uiacturing districts in the country. Il
forms part Of the line intended for the
proposed rail road from Liverpool to
Leeds. The majority of the stockhold-
ers in the canal have spontaneously ac.
guessed III the change.
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Scrdps.-We have gathered few scraps
which were used at New York. There can
he no harm in showing them in advance Of
long reports; and among these is one which
refers TO the effect oGthe tariff on iron manu-
featured in the West. The prices referred
TO are at Pittsburg.
In 1928, bar iron sold for slooas2lop. ton.
Now The price Is 100
In 1913, boiler iron was $50
Now it is lao
In 1873, sheet iron was scarcely in
the Western market, value at Is
Now 1t is manufactured in Pitts
burg, sufficient fer the valley of
the Ohio, at SO
In 1915 and 1920, cut nails were
valued at Halls
Now the same kind sell for CAT
Hoop Iron in 1928 was worth $50
Now it sells for I2O
Axes in 1920 were worth 81
Now they sell for 10
Scythes are now 90 p. cent. lower
than in 1924.
In 1920, iron hoes, ground, sold for 9
Now steel hoes, ground, are worth 4a4 so
The same remarks apply to spades and SHOW
els; and socket shovels sell now for SO.
which in 1920, were worth IL.
English vices, in 1920, were
worth pOao2
"A better article is now made in
this country, at 10 so
The same article in 1924, sold for Is rs
Brazer's rods Imported in 1924 sold for II
cents per lb., now our manufacturers SUP
ply them at 100 per ton, Ia to Is inch in
diameter.
Within the last eightye there have been
erected twelve new furnaces in Kentucky.
near the Ohio.
6 up the Allegheny,
ON the Monongahela,
"a in West Pennsylvania,
rolling mills in Pittsburg.
Steam engines are now 90 per cent lower
than in 1920.
w thin the past year, more than 100 steam
engines have been made in Pittsburg, and IT
is thought that upwards of $50 will be fin
ished in 1882.
Some other items may hereafter form an
other collection that viii 60 TO strengthen
our argumentS.-U. S. Gazette.
IRON.-Though returns were not
made to the Convention at New York
from all the sources of information touch
ing the manufacture Of Iron in this coun-
tTy.yet assurance was given that more
than one hundred and twenty four thou
sand tons ofiron are annually manufac-
tured in the United States, at value
exceeding twelve millions of dollars-ot
that sum, more than seven millions must
go for labor The agriculturalist must
see. his benefit in such state Of things.
u. S. Gazette.
$50
f| on the cha"'bsrssburg (Pa.) Repository.
there is now being erected in this
borough, by a company of our citizens,
a Mill House, one hundred and fify
feet long, fifty wide: and three stories
IN height, in Which it is contemplated
to place eight machines for the manufac-
ture of Straw Paper. 1t is situated on
the site of'the old paper MILL and will
require nearly all the water power of the
Failing Spring. This extensive estab-
ishment is expected to be in operation
early the ensuing 'spriDg-when dis
bursements for the raw material, work.
men, transportation, &c. of an immense
amount drawn from a distance for the
product of its labour, will diffuse wealth
and activity in our community. We
wish the enterprizng proprietors sue
ces in their undertaking.
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The New York Commercial Adver-
tiscr states, that a new edition of MAJ
shaiPsLile Of " ashingtoU, much of which
has been rewritten, and the inaccuracies
OF the whole carefully corrected is soon
TO appear from the press of Carey 81
Lea, Philadelphia. The first volume OF
the original work, comprising the ear
~ history Of the colonies, is TO be omit.
ted altogether in the present edition. and
the work itself compressed, in other re-
sPects, so 10 bring the new edition
within tbccornpass oftwo volumes.
We learn with pleasure, says the u.
s. Gazette, which we are sure will be
felt by every American, that the venera-
bic Chief Justice MARSHALL has been
able to walk out within few DAYS. and
contemplates leaving Philadelphia for
Richmond, Oh Thursday. Next week.