Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-22
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Industrial Progress.

Scotland produced 1900 tons OF coal
in 1871. :.
Il is proposed to establish an arti-
fetal ice factory in San Francisco
shortly. :.
The British Mining Record office di,
yides the United Kingdom into Il coal
fields.
II is reported that extensive borate
deposits have been found In Kern coun-
ty, California.
A company has been incorporated IN
Portland, Oregon, for the purpose OK
manufacturing railroad and bar iron.
Il is claimed that the colored marble
of Salano county, Cal, is superior In
point of beauty to any European Stone
Of like nature.
The quantity of ores exported from
California has decreased, for the satls,
factory reason that more is now smeiteo
at home than was done formerly.
The are 1000 sewing machines
made annually in the United States.
Three Three companies make more than lbO,,,
600 each. A very large profits reahHeo
on them.
Recently 8, 1856 tons Of rails were made
in a FORTNIGHT at o British iron companys
works-the largest quantity ever maae
in England under one roof within tne
same space Of time.
Much anxiety is felt in Russia regard
inc the destruction of forests, whlcn
proceeds very rapidly, and threatens 70
denriye the country of one OF the most
valuable of its export products wooo
for building purposes.
London has Salvage Corps" sup
norted by fire insurance companies,
Which aids the fire brigade in extinguish-
ing fires, guards property in burnt o9lia.
ings, and looks after the interests Oh tne
insurers generally.
Experiments are making on q britisn
railroad to test the rival merits OF tne
two patent railway carriage lamps. Po'n
lamps burn petroleum oil, the fashing
point of which is 200 degrees, and the
cost of burning is less than nail tha' VI
the oil hitherto used.
It is now claimed from the experience
acouired in constructing the Mount
Cents Tunnel, which cost $l5, ,OOO,ooG,
or 81 ,O30 per lineal yard, similar wo1n 1n
could be performed at cost OF Sooo
per ward, such being the advantage Oh
turning new discoveries and lnVen'ion'
to account.
During the year ended June 30, 1877,
the United States imported 400, ,6Sl tons
of coal. whereof 257, AT tons came from
the New Canadian Dominion, and 2oo,-
184 tons from other countries. we e1-
norted during the same time 4OO,o
tons. of which 291, 1,047 went to the the
Dominion, 36, 900 tons to Cuba, 51'gW 'gUo
to the States Of Columbia, and lo''Vo
to China.
II there are q good many arts and In
yentions lost, there is no lack OF new
ones, to Judge from the advertisements
of a patent broker in the interior, who
offers "the cheapest and best farm fence
ever built, "a new gas lamp that costs
only half cent an hour, "a horse
rake that has no equal" "a new glass
cutter that beats the diamond" "a
crate bar that doesn't burn out" and,
finally, "a toy engine that every boy
should have for instruction"
Regarding Bessemer steel, which Is
now so largely manufactured in the
United States, Sheffield (Eng.) cor,
respondent observes: "Bessemer steel
continues in great request, its apphca-
ton to new purposes being almost week
" extended. It can be produced 30
much cheaper than cast steel made IN
the old way, and yet is so tough and
endowed with many Of the virtues OF
hest cast steel that there is no wonder
that its use is becoming pretty nearly
universal"
Railroad consolidation seems TO be
the order of the day in Great Britain
as well as here, for it is stated that OUT
of the 1876 miles in that country as
the end OF 1871, II, ,05Smiles were owned
or worked by only Is companies, and
the remaining 4,3is miles were in the
hands of 95 companies. Three com
panies of the Is together owned or work,
ed Q, ,6S5 miles, and their joint capital
amounted to 1904, 800, $50, or more than
n quarter of the total railway capltai Oh
England and Scotland.
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