Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1876-01-07
INDUSTRIAL.

THE Albany Argus says several hop
growers in the Mohawk Valley, having
held back their hops as long Us they were
able, have been obliged to sell at eleven
cents, when earlier in the season they
might have got from thirteen to fifteen
cents.
In a review of the iron trade for 1874
Hupfeld remarks that in improvements in
the manufacture of iron and steel, guam
-titative progress only has been made for
the most part, the best example of which
is in North America, where, for instance,
at the works of Troy, N. Y. and the Cam
bria iron works, Pa, an average of forty
to forty-fve charges is made every twenty
four hours, two converters producing
close on 1 900, 900 cwt. a year
THE ship building interest of Oregon is
making rapid strides forward, and prom
ises soon to grow into extensive proper
tons and give employment to many
hundreds of men. Several vessels OF
large carrying capacity are to be placed
in course of construction soon so as to be
in readiness for the wheat crop of 1875:
The timber is now being cut and seasoned
and is carefully selected from the best
yellow fir The fastenings are purchased
sent round the Horn, by which method
thew are laid down at the yards at frac-
tional cost only over that paid by Eastern
ship builders.-Pittsburgh Commercial.
If cheapness were the only considera-
ton this ought to be a good year to buy
furs, there having been general decline
of from 10 to 80 per cent. on all classes of
furs at Wholesale. The fufore in skunk
and mink is over, and American manu-
facturers are carrying large stocks OF the
latter, both made-up and raw Skunk
was more favorite in Paris than here,
and the sales of skunk skins by the Hud-
son Bay Company's agent at London arose
from 1877 900 in 1872 to nearly 300, 900 in
1875, far exceeding every other skin ex-
cept the raccoon and muskrat. The house
cat skin seems to be rising in favor, the
sales of this skin amounting to over
| II 800 the past year. The fur trade is
peculiarly subject to the dictates OF fash
| ion and it is difficult for the dealers and
manufacturers always to have their bowls
| right side up when it rains.-N. Y. Sun.
By simple method the inner diane
| ter of tires which have been unduly en-
| larged by the hammer or the rolls is re-
duced with ease. The tire is heated to
redness and then plunged, horizontally
but only to half its breadth, in water,
where it is left till quite cold. This opera
ton is repeated, in the same position, and
afterward the tire is turned over and the
heatings and plungings applied to the
other half. The first cooling produces 9
/ contraction, of which the part not i'm
| mersed partakes and thus undergoes q
molecular retraction, resulting in a reduc
ton of the diameter. The same effect il
produced in the ether half during the sec
ond operation. In this way, it is said,
! tire has been reduced seven units in 895
and four immersions will double TIT
shrinking. BY the method here indicated
ring of Bessemer steel, which had beer
greatly enlarged under the hammer, wa
given the desired diameter by heating anC
immersing thirteen successive tines-firs
| the side which was contracted aud after
ward that which had become enlarged
| The correction amounted to nearly fou
inches.