New-York tribune., 1874-01-01
JNDUSTRIdL PROGRESS.

The Hon Thomas Lambert Commissioner OF In,
Ikternai Resources in Alabama has prepared report
on the mineral wealth of that state, when contaiis
valuable information Tor All dlSPoseu W o"s"s0 ~
1 Southern enterprises.
| That workmen can establish and manage iron ron
works successfully has been nr nc6dh%crsd on coope
| ffv@ basis has already paid WELL and Is likely to
Weld stll larger profits
| The small manufacturers OF cutlery in Sheffield
England, are gradually giving up 6nSSS @ pea Ina aai,n II,
| feliaL ID is deemed probable that many OF them
will come to this country.
The organ of the French paper trade says that the
cver-incTpaslng consumption of rags having raised
the price to an exorbitant rate, manufacturers
have ceased to Them and have substituted the
fiber of straw, esparto and wood.
Ten barrels OF Canadian oysters were recently I'M
ported at Liverpool with the view of creating per
manent demand for such in the English market, but
the experiment did not pay rs the people would not
buy them although much cheaper than Engllsh
oysters.
a company, of which Adolphus Meier of ST. Louis
is president are erecting extensive works in st.
Clair County. Mo-. the line of the East St Louis
and Carondelet Railway. They have stock capital
of 81, ,OO0O00 aud intend making pix iron and Bes-
scmcr steel.
A model village intended to be the home Of
clerks artisans. and laborcts has recently been
completed al Clapham Junction, near London. Lord
Shaftcsbury WAS one OF the principal promoters Ol
the scheme. which has met with SUCCESS, all the
houses being occupied.
The attempt to send frozen fresh meat from Aus
tralia to England in tanks surrounded by ice has
failed, the waste of the having been greatly in
excess Of the calculations. Ii ~ asserted, however
tnat the detects IN the proposed plan were purely
mechanical and a. Such can certainly bc ODNlated.
Topeka Kansas Will soon have extensive rolling
mills al work A local paper halls this as prOInlSo
Of future greatness, and hospitality observes; We
are the busiest city in the West, our population Is
increasing rapidly and if any sojourner III tins bleak
world Is looking for place where his LIE viii be
happy and pleasant and where he will Oe handy 60
heaven when he dies, we invite him TO come TO 10
peka."
Prof Leone Levi stated some facts of curreutin-
terest ill "A recent address delivered IN London
The average wages Of coaminers have advanced,
he said 62 per cent since 1871, hut the proiits OF
British coal owners show increase of nearly 800
per cent. He also stated that, while the dcarness
of coal added IS 10 Sl5 per ton TO the cost of ron
and checked the foreign demand for that metal, II
did not seriously affect some manufacturers. II
COAL for instance, doubled in price. ii would cause
only rise of one-half per cent III the cost ot
wOTstcd About IS per cent of the coal raised III
Great Britain il consumed there i'll manufactures
10 per cent is used for domestic purposes, and the
remaining 10 per cent is exported.
1t is m her singular that diamonds the most valu
able of all mineral products are bought and sold by
measure based solely on usage Carat weight is
employed for the purpose hut mas never been legal
lied i'll England this country, neither is III gov
erned BY any standard. Ii 49, however, generally
recognised that l5ll diamond carats are equal Ia a
troy The fourth part OF the diamond carat IS
called the carat grain and is fOund tn be as nearly
rs possible equal to the average weight OF dry
wheat grain taken from the middle of the ear which,
again, is Identical with the Alexandrian grain OF
the Ptoemies four of which Were equal to the Alex
andran carat.
British steamship line is about to trade between
San Francisco and Ncw-SOuth Wales and NewIea
land. The vessels are to 20 alternately direct to
New South Wales and New-Ze9laud. and rice rcTsd.
the mails to and from the other colony las the
may bel being transhpped at khandavau III the Fiji
Islands. into another malt vessel The temporary
service between San Francisco and Auckland is TO be
performed i'll about % days and at similar rate of
speed to aud from Port Chalmers. The permanent
service is to be performed between san Francisco
end Auckland within 224 days and to and from Port
Chalmers at similar rate of speed The vessels
viii, en- route deliver and receive mails at Hawkes.
Bay for Napier. Wellington and Lyttelton.