New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-26
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.

Scotland produced l5,5OOOO0 tons of coal in 1871
Girls are taught type-setting at an induS'r'a
school in Vienna. f......5 I. ...4
1t is proposed to establish artificial acc iae'oy
in San Francisco shortly. =,
The British Mining Record Office divides tho
United Kingdom into IA coal felds.
IL is reported that extensive borax deposits nave
been found Ia Kern County, California
The condition OF mining in the vicinity OF heien"
Montana il reported TO be very satisfactory -
A company has boon incorporated in Portland,
Oregon, for the purpose OF manufacturing '''"'"N
and bar iron. ..- c.,..
T. ia claimed that the coiored marble of Salano
County, California u superior III poih' VI o0'
any European stone of like nature.
Tho ouantity of ores exported from California mas
decreased for the satisfactory rsasen tlat moie 70
now smelted at home than was uone Ioiinoip'
One inch of rainfall distributes 100 tons Of water
over an acre of land-a suggestive fact N me-
ohanical as well as an agricultural point OF vlew'
There are s5l 900 sowing.machines made annually
in the United States. Three companies i he on
than 10000 each. n very Hiso PiVn' !" iV"VN "
them.
Recently 1896 tons of rails were made in fort.
night at British iron oOmpanys works--the iar9ss'
quantity ever made Ill England uhoer ono iooA "
| in the same SPACE OF tlme
Much anxiety is felt in Russia regarding the DO,
strnction of forests which proceeds very aPdy anu
threatens to deprive the country oil one OF ino nU
valuable Of its export products, woOu lor puiiunS
purposes.
London has "Salvage Corps" supported by hre
insurance companies which aids the hre Drigade III
extinguishing fires guards properly W Durn, pu
ings and looks after the interests OF the insurers
generally.
"Indurated tar" substance which, it is claimed,
does not crack shrink, nor blister and on that ac
count would be well adapted for coating IRON veg
sells is now being tested for that purpose IN Drt
ish government dOckyard
Expeuments are making on British railroad to
test the rival merits Of the two patent railway
Dnthl arup hnTD
point of which is 200 degrees, ana the cost Oh pIh
ing is less than half that of the oil hitherto used
The finished iron-nakers of England, representing
5000 to GOOO pudding furnaces, recently onefeu
their work-people TO continue paying "a IL l2s od
per ton for pudding, and other wages IN Hke pro-
portion. Some of the workmen nave the oneI uh-
der Amusement.
Silicate of soda has been discovered to exerta
very decided chemical action in checking aTcohoho
fermentation in this respect being somewhat siln
to borax although much more energetic. small
mentation of wine, as also OF milk
Sbip-bndng has been the past Winter more active
than il ever was at the various yards alOhg tne
Detroit River. Capt H. b. Ward displaying hls
usual enterprise is building at WyandOtte, stTons
tug plated with steel and intends to undertake inc
building of other vessels OF iron ana steel at Ia'
point. 49,,
states imported 40 63l tons of coal whereof 25i4
tons came from the New Canadian Dominion, anu
233 1871 tons from other countries. we exporter
dnIinp the same time 4OO,s1S tons, of which 29loi
went to the Dominion, $1,000 tons to Cuba, $1,000 to
the States of Colombia and 1900 to CHINA
II appears from the official report OF the Brltish
Challenger exploring expedition. that In the AT
lantic the Summer heat penetlates 10 q ueptn VI
about COO feet below which the temperature Is uni
form all the year round Inc experiments aue TSo
miles the temperature of the water 10 every Whore
2So OF q below the freezing point.
If there are good many arts and inventions lost,
there is no lack of new ones to judge from the ad
yertsement of patent broker In the interior, VINO
offers the cheapest and best farm fence ever Duilt
"a new gas lamp that costs only hall q cent an
hourp a. horse rake that has no equal" new
gIasscutter that beats the diamond" a CRATE par
that does MT burn out" and, finally a toy engine
that every boy should have for instruction"
Regarding Bessemer steel which is now so largely
mannfaotured in the United States, Sheffield Eng
correspondent observes Bessemer steel continues
in great request, its application to new purposes
being almost weekly extended. 1t can be produced
so much cheaper than cast steel made IN tue OLD
way and yet is so tough and endowed with many OF
the virtues of best cast steel that there rs 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 here, for it is stated
that out of the 536 miles in that country at tho
end of 1871, IL 05S miles were owned or worked by
only IS companies, and the remaining 4,3lS miles
were in the hands of % companies Three companies
Of the - together owned oI to t or more
than quarter of the total railway capital OF En-
gland and Scotland
Virginia is awakening to consciousness OF her
Tes and the advantages TO be derived therefrom,
The Richmond Enquirer says: ,,
Wherever there many manufactures there are rev
idle people there too, money is more plentiful bust
ness s more brisk and enterprise more active There is
no reason why we should have them In Virginia as
they have them in the North. In some localities we
have water power unsurpassed In this country ana,
where there san absence OF water power steam may De
as easily and cheapy applied 20 the lnoVeinent OF
machinery here elsewhere. We have forests 1uu OF
the finest timber have immense deposits OF coal ana
iron have everything almost everything, at our
doors that necessary for manufactures as abundant
and cheap as in those in the Northern states
These sentiments assure cordial welcome 10
Northern capitalists investing In the Old Dominion
A concern called the Check Bank" with CAPT.
tai of 81 100000 is about to begin business IN Lon
dom II will pay interest on deposits, discount no
bills enter into no financial speculative trans
actions, but will simply receive money on deposit,
paw checks and place its unused funds with leading
bankers, whose names will be published from time
to time The novel features Of its system for which
| il relies for business are stated as follows
Checks will provided in convenient books and may
be had for amounts limited from 81 5l to 40 $50 each
| The charges for ten checks will be Is !2t eentsl,
must be drawn the forms provided by the bank They
are and payable order and therefore they
require by the person in whose favor they
| are drawn they serve receipts. NO customer can
possbly overdraw his account for no blank check VIII
be supplied until the full amount for which it can DO
filled has been deposited. 1t will be impossible there
fore that OF the bank against oyerdraw accounts
/ should be In circulation.
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