New-York tribune., 1873-03-06
INDUSTRLAL PROGRESS.

work the coal deposits at Tsmbay
Chill intends % display specimens Of her manifold
products at the Vienna Exhibition.
Near Fort Smelling Minn., there is an nexhaustible
supply Of sand suitable for making glass.
Bethlehem Penn. is about to have soon in opera
ton the largest rolling mill in the world.
Ii is intended TO erect permanent structure for
the International Exhibition to be held IN Chin IN
1870.
The railroad tunnel under the Detroit River. nt
Detroit, Mich, Will, IL is expected, DO complete
within a year.
The acquisition of the railways by the State we
read. is now seriously engaging the attentlon OF the
British Governments.
Coal of the quality generally sold as Walls-end'
advanced recently to the enormous price OF S2 90,
gOld per tun IN London.
Prof F. Shepherd of Missouri reiterates bis con-
viction that tin exists in the quartz veins Of Mad
lsOn County, IN that State.
It has been proposed in the Nebraska Legislature
20 offer a reward of S50,0oO to the finder of four
foot vein of coal in that State.
Large quantities of pottery clay now sent from
kalmla, ;. C.. to Northern manufacturers. Excellent
crOckeTywaTe made there before the war.
1t Is urged in Georgia that geological survey Of
the State Is imperatlyey needed. and that the Leg
islature ought 10 make an appropriation therefor
4 Kansas paper announces that it recently
received a load Of splendid c0al' from newly
opened mine in the vicinity Of Fort Scott in that
State.
The stockholders of the Utica, ChenanCo, and
Susquehanna Valley Railroad recently resolved 70
increase the capital stock OF that company from
S3OOO,OOO TO S4OOOOUO.
Last year the United Kingdom exported 3,535, 49,,
$40 yards ID cotton piece goods. This shows now
dependent England Is on foreign demand for the
prosperity of her factories.
An unsuccessful effort was made recently in the
Iowa Legislature 10 compel the railroad companies
10 pay taxes the property which they own IN
Dubuque and the other river cities.
Mr.. William Rawle of Toledo Ohio is authorized
20 make free gift Of 10 acres of land adjoining that
city, for the accommodation OF any large iron or
other manufacturing concern, one or more
The Silk Association of America is a comparatively
new organization which has a large number Of mem
ber and promises to be OF great service TO the IN
dustry which it represents. Its headquarters are III
this city.
Capt B. J. Jordan recently sent five carloads Of
iron from Flshervllle, Va, to Richmond. his
was the first time ore was sent East from that town
which has now tlir prospects OF increasing IN
wealth and population.
The Committee on Manufactures John Ryan,
chairman IN the Missouri Legislature has issued
circular, with the view of procuring information
regarding the resources and Industries OF each
county III the State.
There are six iron furnaces nearly complete in
the Lehigh PENN iron district, and the building Of
three others viii begin this Spring. The iron husi
ness was never more prosperous III that sect0n nor
wages higher than at present.
4 oOmpany is organizing in st. Louis for the pur-
pose of establishing an Industrial Exposition IN
that GfTN. ne HNu. lOOLldS Alltu, NtFs 9idLdiiA
Col Norman j. COlman, with several leading mer-
chants, are prominent friends OF the project
Mr.. j. p. Lesley of Pennsylvania urges, in letter
70 the Governor that geological survey OF the
State is needed, and especially OF the oil regions IN
the northwest counties, Of the bltumln0us coal
basins Of the western part of the State and of the
regions.
The prospect of Wilmington. Del, becoming a
great manufacturing city, seems very favorable. 10
Judge from the annual report of its Board of Trade
which shows that it is doing large business in
iron and leather manufactures, as well as IN the
making Of ears and snlp-bullhng.
The immense business corporations may acquire is
shown by the fact that the fire insurances OF n
British company. doing only home business, amount
rO $500 900. This company has declared dividend
az the rate of 66 per cent and its shares $50 paid
are worth 81 80. IL has q reserve fund OF S2jOOOUO.
Railroad building continues to make rapid pro-
Cr-ss iD Peru The line between MOQuega and the
port Of lilo has been handed over complete by Mr..
Meiggs, the contractor, TO the Peruvian Govern
ment, while the lines from Arequlpa to CuzGo and
Puno respectively. and from Chlmbote TO Huaraz
are being rapidly constructed.
The practice of aiding railroads, &c, by town
bonds finds favor Kansas. journal Of tndt state
says The bond system has built our railroads,
and brought our lands INTO market, and supPhed US
with superior school facilities aud generally con-
rributed no other one thing has TO the settlement
and development of the State
The Clinton Iron Company. newly formed cor
poTation, have. begun the building OF blast tur-
mace in the Village Of Kirkland, eight miles from
tica y. Y. The officers of the company
President, Prof. Theo. w Dwight Yice-President,
Sidney A Bunce: Secretary and Treasurer, TheO.
Avery: SUPERINTENDENT, B. ;. Platt. Iron ore and
limestone abundant Iu the vicinity OF tins FUR
mace.
The press of the interior is very generally discuss
ing the importance OF local industries. Thus. The
~ Paul Mimi Pioneer says: If We would have
our city sustained ana constantly growing IN wealth
and population, IL Is not by foreign commerce, but
by home trade, and the patronage OF our own mt
chanics and manufactures that 1t must be done.
Shall we give immediate attention TO this subject, or
shall we neglect one Of most important interests
1t may be interesting to learn IN Texas and the
territories wherein milk IS scarce that NJ. Du-
brunfant, during the siege of Paris devised an ar
fetal milk, made by dlssOlvlng one ounce and haf
Of sugar in quart OF water adding an ounce Of dry
albumen from white of eggs and 10 10 20 grains OF
by means OF from one ounce and hall TO tWO ounces
of olive oil Ultimately, the war went Oh, gela-
tine was substituted for albumen, and slaughter
house fats puT1ned by melting at LOO 1Ol the OlVo
oil One firm made by the latter process l32JOO gal-
Ions of artificial milk daily Tor Paris consumption.
Finding that neither water-glass nor chloride of
zinc answer sufficiently well as hre-pr0ot
paints for wood work, DT. Sieburger proposes the
folowing Two coats of a hot saturated solution OF
three parts alum and one part ferrous suphate are
first applied and allowed TO dry. The third coat is a
dilute solution OF ferrous sulphate INTO which Whtte
pOters clay is stirred until il has the consistency Of
coed water cOlOrs. Another method Is TO apply not
guewater long as II Is absorbed lntO the pores OF
the wood. thick coat of boiled glue is then ap-
Piled. and while tTeth, IS dustedwlh pow der com
posed of one part sulphur, part Ocher or clay,
and six parts ferrous sulphate.
Gen Wilder Of the Roane Iron Company, RocEr
wood Tenn. who has done 4 great deal 10 direct
attention 10 the mineral resources of that state
ports that red fOssiliferous there > % -
per ton lime - cents per ton and coal only 81 80.
II takes $500 tons of the coal 20 make one tOa Of
iron The ore found al the surface yields AZ per cent
Of iron that underground, 81 To 81 per cent. The
General also says that for 400 miles from Central
Alabama, up through Tennessee into Virginia, the
ore coal. and limestone are contiguous, pergstens,
and some sections of II better than Others 1t il
claimed that Mobile, Ala, would be good place for
a glass factory where II would yield prJt,7ablo It.
turn.
RAILROAD EXTENSIONS IN wEsTCHEsTER