New-York tribune., 1873-05-10
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.

IL is estimated that tho mills in California An.
sumo 81 200 pounds Of quicksilver per month.
Plaster-of-paris, mixed with o thick solution Of
gum arabic, makes permanent cement for china
Quartz -four is deemed one Of the best articles fs,
polishing knives. 1t is used largely In the nsnufas-
ture OF stone china
Tho Northern France Railway Company has
declared dividend Of 1872, az the romuneratye raIo
of 10. per cent
Topeka. Kan.,, having decided by popular yote ia
contribute To the building Of a rolling mill, thai
work will soon be commenced
Nearly half tho revenue Of Victoria (iustrss is
raised Dy duties on imports, some of which dis
crlmnate IN favor OF home industries.
Eastern Siberia has 2Snew gold mines all Of which
promise TO pay we'll 1t is probable there will b
many voluntary exiles there before long
The narrow gauge railways Of the United States
make total length OF J21 miles The length OF the
lines projected or building is about 5000 miles.
Belgium has begun to receive large supplies Of cad
from the Ruhr Valley Germany The cost prir,
delivered at the works does not exceed "a ~ per os
Tool steel we read in an English paper, Of nesr1,
every quality Is being sent iD bulky lots from SbeE
field to the United States, and to Portland Me-, ful
Canada.
in the burnt district of Boston. which removes the
mortar &C.. from them at the rate Of - or 40 min.
ute, about as fast as they can be placed in 20
stiOn.
The British military authorities intend this year
to make torpedo experiments on extensive scale
at Malta and Halifax, Nova Scotia, with view 10
stations
railroad is TO be built at government expense At
Woolwch, England, which will place the Royal Ar
'senal and dock-yard in direct communication with
each other, and with the railway system OF tho
country.
| The Mucadam Khair, an armOr-cad slOOp of i.Gn
| TONS recently launched 1t the Imperial Otto
man Arsenal on the Golden Horn, Turkey. IL was
constructed under the superintendence OF British
engineer.
Mrs. Col Neill, a resident Of Victoria Australia. l
promoting silk culture in that colony She has beea
so energetic 10 visit Europe for the purpose II
procuring supply of silk worms eggs and acquiring
| information on the production OF silk
The East Indies have 5000 miles of railway IN fun
working order and more than 1900 in course OF COM
| pleton. The development OF the country winch
the construction of these lines has aided has led 10
an enormous increase in the production Of cotton.
The building Of the Western section of the Texas
! Pacific Railroad was begun on the 2lst ult at San
Diego. the terminus on the Pacific coast This TART
of the trans-contnental line will be constructed by
the California Texas Railway Construction Com
| pany, of which Gen. BTistOn IS President.
The East Indian Government has expended Sla.
| $1,000 in promoting artificial irrigation in the
North Western provinces. The canals formed have.
| beside being the means OF irngating large de
trict. created an enormous fund of water power.
available for mills and industrial purposes generally.
Confirmed topers may like to know that they con
detect fusel oil in whisky or brandy by pntting
few pieces of peTmanganate OF potash IN long test
| tube containing the liquid, slowly shaking 1t. IL
the spirit contains to per cent Of fusel oil, per-
| ceptby llght yellow color soon appears
The smelling of Utah and COlaradO lead and sil-
yer ores is now successful carried on IN Pttsburvh.
The lead produced is equal IN every respect Tor s
| purposes TO the best English and German brands
New smelling works are about 70 be erected 1 a.
| Mansfield six miles from Pittsburgh which will be
extensive enough to make 100 tons plg lead weekly
The borax industry is attaining importance Ia
Nevada Nearly all the ASSAY offices factories and
mining companies now use the domestic prQducs
| One company is putting up new works winch W., WI
enable them to make four tons per day, which VII
be worth $4,000 If it realizes only = celts per pG9na
The supply of crude material Ia the b0i1& Ael5
said to be inexhaustible
The rapid growth OF the silk industry s one Of
| the great tTiumphs achieved under Protection. len
years ago silk manufacturing IN the Atlantic states
was in its infancy aud partly an experiment. now u
| has attained vast prOpOrt Ops, employing capita
of not less than S30OO00OO, and afOrdlng constant
work to more than 5000 operatives, and indirectly
| to thousands OF others.
II isa well-knOwn fact that iodine when dissolved
in liquids containing tannin, cannot be detected ny
the ordinary starch test. Iessler has found how
| ever that on adding to such solution few drops
OF neutral solution Of chloride OF iron, the iodine
is at once set free, and can be detected by cover
ing the test glass with watch glass or an lnyertea
funnel covered on the inside with starch paste
| News from the clouds. NJ Tissandier states that
| in a late balloon ascent from Paris he reached
hight of $3.50 feet above the earth, where, haFlng
passed through layers OF clouds, ne found Dnght
| sunlt sky and a temperature OF from O5' to o.
| Fahr When descending and reenterng the clouds
which were in a highly electric stare, tie temper
| atuTe decreased TO II ana tne DdliOOl was sui'
rounded by small crystals of ice.
The Japanese Government have invited British
naval officers and men TO accept positions as in
| structors at the Imperial Naval College IokeL Ihe
| salaries average about $3.50 per annum. ING
British Admiralty so far approves of the scheme a.
to consent that officers volunteering shall receive
half pay of their rank in the English navy and thai
| the time served IN Japan shall De ahOWeu Id
| arranging pensions.
American inventors and manufacturers Of stoya
| may be int crested to know that the sum oil 49,
his name to appear at the disposal of the Council
the British Society of Arts for the purpose Of pro
noting, by means Of prizes or otherwise economyi -
the use of coal for domestic purposes. The COuncn
has decided 10 offer five prizes for articles wdes
| must not be delivered later than December, 1913.
The prospectus of London company gives the
following as the cost last FeOruaryl of producing
| BeSsemer pig iron in the Cumberland district:
| Tons Cst
| Hcmatite Iron Ore...-..2 at II 10
| Coke.....................l ~ at SOs.... -
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