New-York tribune., 1873-01-02
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.

way IN Liverpool, England.
| IL is proposed 10 build a narrow gauge railroad
| from JohnsOnville ON the Tennessee TO lullanona.
| The Lucy furnace" at Pittsburgh is the largest
IN the United States and produces about 5oO tuhs OF
| pg-iron annually
The castor oil plant IS now cultivated in Califor
nia and average crop of NO pounds OF OIL 10 Tue
| acre is obtained.
Elba is acquiring increased Importance for her iron
ore. During the month of July, 1872, she exported
5j6 tuns Of which $4,000 tuns were sent 10 FRANCE
-Four steamships are building in Great Britain two
| on the Mersey and two on the Clyde for the south
American Steamship Company of Valparaiso for their
| trade in the Pacific.
The yater.yorks of Crestline Ohio. have inst been
completed and the city has now an abundant supply
Of water. drawn from the Palmer Spring. four miles
| east of the city.
The peat deposits of Italy cover an area of about
| 10000 acres She pays SS,OOOO00 annually TO other
nations for fuel, and is now endeay0rng to econo-
| mise by using compressed peat
IL is reported that deposits Of henatte iron ore
| have been found on the Pennsylyanla and New fork
sides Of the Delaware in the nelghborhood OF CALI
coon, and adjacent TO the line OF the Erie Railway
| Fsyette Mo- promises TO be great salt-prOducng
city, One well just sunk there flows with such force
carry the brine 40 feet above tho surface. The
strength of the brine is said to DC equal to that OF
| hanawha.
The colony of Victoria Australal has beet sugar
| factory in successful operation What is known as
the diffusion process is preferred by the proprietors
| TO the use of hydraulic presses recommended ny
| European authorities.
| The extent of the New-Zealand coal deposits is
comparatively great. In the Gray River District the
quantity of coal obtalnable without sinking Is at
| least 100000 tuns, while in Canterbury about
| 100000 tuns can be obtained as easily
| The export trade of the Birmingham district to
| the United States is gradually declining, owing
| mainly to our home manufactures taking the place
Of those it supplied. This is shown IN detail by
return recently issued by the United States Consul
| at birmingham
Several leading firms or individuals engaged in the
manufacture of iron in England are taking ad-
vantage OF the present prosperous cqhdlt9n oil tne
trade TO dispose of their wor KS to limited abihty
| companies, which are easily formed and literally
| supplied with capital.
| The National Agricultural Laborers' Union of
| England was recently instrumental in sending 30
| farm labOrers to Brazil Ii Is evident that the man
| ayers of that body need information regarding the
greater attractions and advantages Afforded Dy TINS
| country to immi grants.
| The ribbon manufacturers Of SAINT Etenne,
| France, are disturbed by the contemplated estab-
| lishment of a great ribbon factory az etrasburg,
| which will be able to procure the raw material
cheaper, and will have the special encouragement
| of the German Government.
| The advantages California offers FOR the silk in
dustry have attracted three enterprsing foreigners
| TO San Francisco, where they exhibiting two
| looms in operation. producing plain aud Inquired
| goods. They consider that the CaiiiorIla raw SIX
| is not eIcelled by any other.
| company Of New-York and Pennsylvania capi-
talists have purchased ten acres OF land at Mchn-
ney's Station, ten miles from PITTSBURGH, Penn tor
the purpose of establishing works Tor the manufao-
| ture of steel by the Bessemer process The COM
| pany has a capital Of Sl,OU0,OOO.
OF the eight new pontoon bridges building over
| the Rhine between Asace and Baden, that at
Huningen has just been opened, ana, on an average
| is crossed by 5000 passengers per week. Nmle
Alsace was French, there was but one brdge-tha OF
Strasbourg-aong the whole length or the province
| The German Imperial Government is making ex-
traOrdinary exertions TO have the Industry OF the
| Empire well represented at the forthcoming Uhl-
i yersal Exhibition in Vienna next year. lt has uI-
deraken to defray almost all the expenses ol ex-
hibtOrs and, beside offers many facilities to them
| Nearly all the submarine cables hitherto laid
| having been made in England lt IS gratifying TO
learn that one for the first lime, has oeen nan9lac
tured in San Francisco. 1t is intended for the Gov
enment of British Columbia, and IS to be lald across
Rosario Straits. connecting Victoria with the MAN
| land.
| The succes, hitherto achieved in almost circlrng
| the world with telegraph wires has resulted III es-
| tablshing telegraphic communication from AusIaLa
to California, length of wire of no less than 1000
| miles, enabling messages 10 nc senJ pet"eeu lhose
| places In four hours and hall.
| The 51-hour per week system is about to be
adopted largely in the Scotch iron trade. but the
| wOrkmen are dissatisfied with the manner IN which
some of the employers proposed TO WORK lhe system
which would it is represented, diveSt the reduction
of the hours of labor OF al the ravantages a IL
possessed of q social and intellectual Alnd.
One of the largest iron works in Scotland has or
ders on IT'S books to last four months and recently
| refused one large order These extensive WORKS,
which are near Glasgow, employ 36OO men,
| have So steam engines of different sizes. and
are now turning out from 800 TO loOO tuns OF I'M
shed iron per week, principally plates ana angles
| 1t is a hopeful sign for Turkey that the Grand
Yizier has commissioned NJ. Pressel the welknown
engineer to undertake the survey OF tne gfO9nu iOr
line of railway from rpo, on the coast OF SYRIA
| 10 Bagdad on the Persian Gulf. The Turkish Gov
| eminent favors this route in preference to that
along the Euphrates proposed by brltisn engineers
The measures recently taken at this port to collect
the duty steel in acceptance with the sprlt
and intent of the law, naturally causes dlssatsfac-
| ton abroad. The London BRgiHeT says: " Inc new
sc duty is in itself obnoxious, seeing that the bulk
of the best cast steel has been invoced below the
value of II cents per pound and there is likely to be
aneyer-endng dispute as to whether the steel Is OF
| the highest value or not"
Gycerine is generally used in Dresden in place of
water in gas meters. After being long SO used IL
becomes foul and requires puriicaton Inc nuld Is
frst heated to from so deg to 20 deg, and next 10
from c deg 70 100 deg IN STGsf aSS other n Hoae
impurities; the gycerine is next hltered over gram
ulated animal charcoal; Some 300 cwts to 400 cwts.
of glycerine annually purified III thls manner at
| Dresden.
II augurs well for the progress of cooperation that
| a combined movement has begun among the work
men in the Sheffield CEnglaadl trades, for tne Pui
own account 1t is SAID that the scheme Ii planned
to extend throughout the whole Of the local trades
COMPANY which has been started is in the iron trade
and is registered as the Exclusive Cooperative Iron
Works Company OF shemeid.
Desirinp 10 prevent explosions in mines caused by
the carelsssness of tobacco smokers, an ingenious
person in England proposes to have tobacco smoke
furnished in mines in the same way as gas or water
| ia supplied 70 houses He would have earthenware
lars of tobacco placed ON the surface of the ground
near the pits mouth the smoke from which ls TO 6e
inhaled through india-rubber tubes running inside
the mine The approval of the miners has not, how
ever been assured for this singular plan.
new process for printing fabrics has been in
vented by Mr. Guichard of Paris. by means OF which
the color is printed on in the shape Oh
PASTE composed Of thirteen parts of oil varnish ye
parts essence of tupentne one part whate OF yellow
wax. and one part rosin. his hquld compound Is
mired and color added thereto, ground with hnseed