American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-08
INDUSTRIAL.

THE Albany Argus says several hop
| growers in the Mohawk Valley, having
held back their hops as long as they were
able, have been obliged to sell at clever
cents, when earlier in the season they
might have got from thirteen to fifteen
cents.
In review of the iron trade for 1874
Hupfeld remarks that in Improvements in
I the manufacture of iron and steel, guam
titstive progress only has been made fol
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-f1ve charges is made every twenty
four hours, two converters producing
close on ,O00, 900 cwt. year.
In regard to the reported sale of Fall
River print cloths in England the follow
ing, we understand, are the facts: The
Fall River mills have not sold any goods
to go to. Manchester, England. Their
agent, who went there, reported what he
th9ught they could net for some goods
should they make the experiment, and
the mills decided to make about %, 600
pieces and send them out on their own
account. The goods are to be twenty six
inches wide. Good judges say there is
no prospect of any outlet for print cloths
in Manchester unless at much lower
pIlccS.-6OStOn duCeTttSeF.
THE ship building interest of Oregon is
making rapid strides forward, and prom
Uses soon to grow into extensive proper
tions 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 1876.
The timber is now being cut and seasoned
and is carefully selected from the best
yellow fir. The fastenings are purchased
at the lowest cash prices in the East and
sent round the Horn, by which method
they 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 furore 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 a 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 800, 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
odlcS VI Sklu dmOuQllug 10 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
always to have their bowls
right side up when it rains.-N. Y. Sun.
By a 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 a
of which the part not i'm
mersed partakes and thus undergoes a
molecular retraction, resulting in reduc-
lion of the diameter The same effect is
produced in the other half during the sec
ond operation. In this way, it is said,
lire has been reduced seven units in 1896,
and four dimensions will double the
By the method here indicated
q ring of Bessemer steel, which had been
greatly enlarged under the hammer, was
given the desired diameter by heating and
thirteen successive times-frst
he side which was contracted and after
ward that which had become enlarged
The correction amounted to nearly four
inches.