Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-09-24

CONDITION OF This crryis MANUFACTURING BU
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CONDITION OF This crTY's MANUFACTURING Busl
NEas-cARRJA6Es, CAR BUILDING, AND uoTros
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| After making Inquiry amongst y number oI
those engaged IL the several industrial enter
prises Of Wilmington, we are onablsd to give
the following details ns to the present condition
OF those named
CARRIAoEh.
The carriage trade is dull. hut promises. limited
employment for some time to come. The South
ern trade is not done yet, aud very fair orders
are being received which It is thought will con
time, the cotton crop being good one, unless
business shonld become unsettled by the politi-
cal troubles in that section. There is this dis
advantage, however, in this trade--the class Of
work ordcred ia inferior to that Of the North and
West, and requires loss time and labor In its pro-
ductiop. The evaliing atyio IL this no top wag-
on, which can be rapidly built with tho facilities
which our factories porsess. Still, the usual
complement Of men find steady employment,
but mako less money, being limited in the
amount Of work given thcm- Prices for all kinds
OF work are lower. U-. Ia
In review Of the year, our manufacturers rap
resent Mat very fair business has been done
almost as good ~ in former wears. Tfse retail
trade has been especially good. and the season
has been the best experienced for many years
past. The demand in this city, on tho Penn-
sula, and in the neighboring counties Of Penn
sylvania and New Jersey has been unusually
brisk, and large sales are reported The small
manufactures in those sections have all been
very busy throughout the entire season, and
taken altogether. our home demand has been .
most satisfactory one.
cAR-BUILpING.
Car building remains in the luiescent state
which it assumed after the panic. The season
has been very dull one. with small production,
and there IL very little immediate prospect
of revival. Railroads being the soiirce Of
the depression, their interests will he like
ly to be the last to recover from the efYeci of
ii. Still there arc hopeful signs OF recovery.
Commerce and trade are moderately active
other branches Of industry are reviving; the cost
Of production has been reduced by decrease in
the price OF labor and material confidence Is
being restored, and with 1t it il believed will
come, by degrees, q renewal OF Investments in
railroad enterprises which will once more set in
operation the numerous car-building establish
ments throughout the country. 1t isa mistake to
suppose that The wear and tesr Of the rolling stock
upon the railroads now in operation ia sufficient
TO produce demand for new cars. The depres-
sion extends to all branches Of trade, aud there
il consequently decrease in tho amount Of rail-
road business, 20 that the retirement Of cars has
only been about in the hAme proportion ~ the
decrease i'll the business Of the roads. Many Of
the old-estAblished roads have their own shops
aud it 10 significant fact that they are n idle xs
those owned by independent companies and cor
porations. full revival IN csr-building is looked
for only through the construction OF new rail-
roads. The Jackson 4 Sharp Co. have perhaps,
been more busily engaged during tho past sew
eral months in the manufacture Of railroad cars
than any OF the other establishments in this city,
they having several orders to fill for Cuba and
All South America with scattering orders from
different parts OF this country. Bowers, Dure 4
Co. have been principally engaged in the build
ing OF City Passenger Railway cars. Very little
work Of any character has been done in the car
shops Of the Harlan 4 Holizgsworth Co.
COTTON GOODS.
Tho cotton mills are all very busy now and
have been since the first Of the year. A brisk
demand has continued throughout tue season.
and production has been maintained in propor-
ton to it without tho manufacture Of fabrics for
future sales. During tho early months of the
year the Arlington Mills engaged in tho manu-.
facture Of Nm entirely new line OF goods, and some
thing never before made in this city, We believe
awnings producing very popular article
and one which has come into worry general nse.
1t is grade below this line OF goods heretofore
made aud little cheaper, but Al durable N any
goods used for such purposes, except cotton
duck, y hsa MA WITH great -fesee ~ sAsz. .yesk.
ihiladelphis, baltimore and other clues, xiia Y
much larger stock will be prepared for another
season. During these same months the other
mills, with the Arlington, were running along on
linens, denins and tickings, which trade has late
y given way to a new line of goods. cheviotss,
for which there ia strong demand.
How long this demand will continue tho
manufacturers are unable to say, but are hope
ful that it will extend at least until the first of
the new year. They have nothing, however, Oh
which to predicate such hope, for the demand
depends altogether upon the state Of trade in
general and may fall off at any time. Still the
season has been quite a satisfactory ono and
the aggregate production is very little inferior,
II any, to previous years. There is also pres
ent considerable demand for tickings. The mar
GIN Of profit is very small and has been through
out the season. Comparatively speaking, prices
are lower than ever before that ia to say, the
prices beyond the cost OF production are less
than at any previous time. This has been
brought about by the increased production in
New England and the operation Of the mills upon
the elcyen hour system in that locality, while
our mills arc run only ton hours daily.