The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-16

=, SIyESS AND PRODUCTION.

III nAsN A@'FF
The aggregate rolled iron product il
nj wa i,7S9,j6O tons
,,,e amounts Of California wool ar
now coming into market
Tn, exportation Of live cattle to Eng
l,njha. proved success
La. than oneiourth OF the lands o
louisiana are under cultivation
Cation i,now arriving at Augusta, Ga,
,,lbe rate Of 700 bales per day
rnb, in single year exported bceswa'
and honey to the amount Of s65O,OOO.
The Pittsburgh bolt works which en- cos
s1o0oo, have been sold for $4,000.
rb. rlpip Watch Company has an or
J.' far 5000 watches for the English mar
krt, .,.. -,
l.bmcn,., giving work to about l,SOO,OOC
men,
,bout two thousand shuckers % en-
nloyrd in the oyster packing trade in Bal
limOrc,
ha"j in the mountains on the Snake
river, Idaho
The hon crop in Central New York il
An heavy that large amount Of hops yet
remain unpickcd.
THE Minnesota log cut, which last year
amounted to lijOOOOOO, promises to 50
to 9OO,OOOOOO this year
The stamp duty on patent medicines
manufactured in Great Britain last year,
amounted to over So $40.
The trade in New York oysters is ex-
rer,rd to reach 100000 bushels this
Tear, The biyaIycs are OF superior quail
lily,
THE aggregate imports Of silk last year
hll of SjO0OO,OOO, but the imports Of
lhc silE, cIassed ~ broad goods increased
S3,ODOOOO.
In to the present time one million
tons lcs, OF coal have been sold in New
York this season than last year or sew
eral previous years.
The Louisiana sugar crop for lSIl-6
isr.limateda at 1867 hogshcads, against
sDIgs last season. The mOlasscs crop is
estimated at ll,GlG,S2S gallons.
Some idea Of the depression in the iron
trade may be gathered from the fact that
iron rails which in 1872 were sold at $50
per ton scarcely at present find buyers
at 50,
A very considerable impetus has been
given to the trade in firearms by the late
rifle matches in Ireland and England,
and trade in this branch Of American
manufacture isbetter than ever,
The Paterson, Nj, Guardian says that
the outlook for the locomotive works Of
that city was never darker than at
present, There is scarcely any prospect
Of work for the coming winter.
The Kccly motor produced by recent
tc.l in Philadelphia n pressure Of 1850
pounds per square inch, The pressure,
however, was not continuous, and de.
clinel 800 pounds within half an hour.
As an evidence Of the overstOcked oil
market it is stated that II not one drop Of
petroleum were hereafter produced, there
Is sufficient oil stored and in the market
to supply the world for n year to come,
Near Egg IIarbor, n. j., about 1900
acres are devoted to the culture OF the
vine. A large amount Of wine Is manu-
featured, one OF the largest growers hay
Ing now ten thousand gallons stored in
his cellars.
lngranl totals Of all kinds of iron and
steel manufactures last year, PcnnsyIYa.
MIA takes the lead, with 7OS, 100 tons.
Next comes Ohio with 290,37O tons; third
Illinois, with 1909 tons, and fourth
New York, with l33,jlS tons,
Missouri has all the materials for the
production Of plate glass, and It's manu-.
lacture il now being carried on at Crystal
City, at the debOuChurc Of Platin creek
into the Mississippi. Half ia million dol.
lars has been invested in this enterprise.
Chicago, the largest grain market in
The world, handles about 0O,OOO,O00 bush.
ella annually, and has now in operation
eighteen steam elevators, with n capacity
Of 10, $4,000 bushels, or more than the
average product Of 100000 acres.
The amount Of business done in the
glass trade annually in this country Is
about Sgj,OOO,OOO. The capital employ
eddy the manufacturers and merchants
is Sl2,OOOOOO. The production Of the
entire United States in set down at $22,-
100000.
The Lake Huron and Lake Erie Tow.
ing association, which controls fOrty.twO
tug.bOatl, has eighteen Of them laid up.
VI the remainder six are towing RATS and
baFge', and eighteen tow vessels. The
Iowage rates from lake to lake are thirty
per cent under those Of last year
notwithstanding the coal mines on the
Pacific coast, and the frequent reports Of
ueW discoveries, lmportations OF coal to
that section from the Gust are on the in.
crease. There have been imported this
year 20j6OO tons Of coal, against 1856, 800
tons during the same period last year.
Gold is valued at $40 per cubic inch.
MihIs rate cubic foot Of the precious
metal, which contains l,72S cubic inches,
will be worth about $2j2,2SS. The entire
quantity Of gold now known to he in ex.
e'cncC !, valued at about $3,OOO,OOOOOO
80 That il it were welded into one mass II
could be contained in II cube the side Of
when would not measure over twenty.