Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-10
Industrial Progress.


Scotland produced 900 tons of coal
in 1871.
It is proposed to establish an arti-
fetal ice factory in San Francisco
shortly.
The British Mining Record Office di-
vides the United Kingdom into II coal
fields.
tt is reported that extensive borate
deposits have been found in Kern coun-
ty, California. .I.. ...-. .
A company has been incorporated in
Portland, Oregon, for the purpose Of
manufacturing railroad and bar iron.
1t claimed that tie colored marble
of Salano county, Cal, is superior in
point of beauty to any European stone
\ of like nature. H
The quantity of ores exported from
California has decreased, for the satls-
factory reason that more is now smelted
at home than was done formerly.
The are S51, 900 sewing machines
made annually in the United States.
Three companies make more than l5O,-
600 each. A very large profit is realized
on them. ..r..
Recently 1886 tons of rails were made
in afortnight at q British iron company's
works-the largest quantity ever made
in England under one roof within the
same space of time.
Much anxiety is felt in Russia regard
ing the destruction of forests, which
proceeds very rapidly, and threatens to
deprive the country of one of the most
valuable of its export products, wood
for building purposes.
London has Salvage Corps" sup
ported by fire insurance companies,
which aids the fire brigade in extinguissh-
ing fires, guards property in burnt build
ings, and looks after the interests OF the
insurers generally.
Experiments are making on British
railroad to test the rival merits OF the
two patent railway carriage lamps. Both
lamps burn petroleum oil, the flashing
point of which is 200 degrees, and the
cost of burning is less than half that OF
the oil hitherto used.
It is now claimed from the experience
acquired in constructing the Mount
Gems Tunnel, which cost $15, 900, 600,
or 81, ,O3O per lineal yard, q similar work
could be performed at cost OF $500
per yard, such being the advantage OF
turning new discoveries and inventions
to account.
During the year ended June 30, 1872,
the United States imported 49O, ,63l tons
of coal, whereof 257, 447 tons came from
the New Canadian Dominion, and 233,-
1S4 tons from other countries. We ex-
ported during the same time 4OO,o ,o7o
tons, of which 291, ,047 went to the
Dominion, 36, 600 tons to Cuba, $4,000
to the States of Columbia, and l8,7oO
to China.
If there are a good many arts and in
ventions lost, there is no lack OF new
ones, to Judge from the advertisement
of patent broker in the interior, who
offers "the cheapest and best farm fence
ever built, " ga new gas lamp that costs
only half cent an hour, "a horse
rake that has no equal" ga new glass
cutter that beats the diamond, ''a
CRATE bar that doesn't burn out, B" and,
finally, ga 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 applica-
ton to new purposes being almostweek-
ly extended. 1t can be produced so
much cheaper than cast steel made In
the old way, and yet is so tough and
endowed with many of the virtues OF
best cast steel that there is no wonder
that it's use is becoming pretty nearly
universal.
Railroad consolidation seems to be
the order of the day in Great Britain
as we'll as here, for it is stated that out
of the 15,376 miles in that country at
the end of 1871, II ,058miles were owned
or worked by only Is companies, and
the remaining 4,318 miles were in the
hands of 95 companies. Three com
panies of the Is together owned or work,
ed 1856 miles, and their joint capital
amounted to 1904. 800, $50, or more than
quarter of the total railway capital OF
England and Scotland.