The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-31
BRlSKER TIMES In SIGHT.
4 MOST ENCOuRiGING OUTLOOK FOR
THE AUTUMN TRIDE.
Western and southern Merchants Again In the
Hotels Where Carpet Bags ARE welcomed
A Revival of Manufactures In Newark.

The most careless observer cannot but
havo noticed in the pnst few days an unusual
number of strange faces in the streets. Long
lines Of pedestrians with carpet bags have served
IA unerring guides to the railroad depots. the
steamboat landings. and the ferry slips. In the
daytime the Wholesale business houses have been
bcscgcd and in the evening the hotel entrances
have presented an uncommonly busy appear
ancr while the lobbics have been crowded with
restless throngs Of strangers.
This inroad Of people from abroad Ia the frat
evidence OF the return OF better times. 1t
means that business s reviving; that the fiat
tcring prospect Of such crops in the South and
West IA have not been known for many years
has cmbodened Southern and Western mcr-
chants to venture again into the marts Of trade
SO long deserted.
The best proof Of the change that seems TO he
approaching Is the increased patronage Of tho
hotels. As a rule. the downtown caravansarics
are crowdedto their utmost capacity. The Astor
House. Frcnch's. LcgEetts. Sweony's. Earlc's,
the Belmont. tho United States. the Stevens
House and tho hotels on Cortlandt street are
in most cascs fairly ovcrrun with guests. Tho
same is true of the Cosmopolitan. the o .cl-
dental. and number Of smaller and less widely
known houses somewhat removed from the
business centre. The st. Nicholas. the Grand
Central. the Metropolitan. and the Fifth Avenue
have received large numbers Of guests every day
for n week. and these are. for the most part, re-
tail merchants from the South and West.
Such hotels ms the New York, the st. Denis.
the Gilsey. the Windsor. the Sturtevant. the
Coleman and the Everett are filling up mainly
with people returning from their summers :
pleasure taking at the seaside while the Bre-
WORT. the Clarendon. the Buckingham, the
Rossmore and Other hotels little patronized by
transient guests show but tho ordinary in
The trade outlook in Newark. which is the
third manufacturing city in America. is en-
couraging. Customers from. the South are
sending in large orders for all kinds OF goods.
and the manufacturers are confident that New
ark Will soon have = more extensive Sputnern
trad. than she had before the war. The West
crn and Eastern dealers are also ordering
largely, particularly TIA" latier. The principal
call is for low,pric"d goods, The Clark thread
works have 300 hands on full time. and some
OF the femnle operatives max" from - 70 I'll a
week. The saddiery, harness. ~, trad. is bet
tor than II has been for four wears. Tho Peters n
calhoun Company ara runninS .A,ra men on
| fun time. and have orders ahead for several
weeks. Tho boot and shoe firms have all put on
| extra hands IN order t. '"et the southern ana
| Western demand for goods Dealers purc chaso
| in small quantities, hut the. order frequently
| The trunk manufacturers say Ia, ir business Is
| picking up. The hating lu-l.",s looks more
| favorable. Dealers ure ahr io supply hats
selling from 81 To .3 each at least 33' per cent
prourietors of the Ptssac ma hnc works. are
| making machinery ior Cuba. South America
and other countries which have here,ofore lur-
chased from England and scotland. The low
pric" OF labor and machinery IN America is the
cause of this. Hawes \ Phillips are casting
eight and u half tons Of iron daily, are employ
| ing lao hands. double the number they hay,
had in FIVE years. and are still adding TO the
force They are building $50 horse power
| engine with an ice machine. for Senator Jone'
Of Nevada, TO be used by him in the manufnc
| ture Of ico in New Orleans II is the largest ic,
machine ever made. They are making two 5Ol
! horsepower engines for "A factory in Troy to b,
used in rolling steel rails. They are also max
ing boilers and engines for steel works in th'
| South OF France. Cuha. ONO. PENNSYLVANIA
and South America. and are making machine
can bar and pig iron j. used entirely. a. it II
| better than imported iron. Tho price of iron
| has never been 50 low ~ now. In the morocco
! ana o'h"r ieath"r, lpS mess. ns well as in th'
| l"wclry, silver plating clotnlng. nnd v,i'''
| this fail.