The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-08
BRIsKER TIMES IN SIGHT,
l Mot Encouraging Outlook for the Autumn
Trade.

Tho most careless observer cannot but have
noticed in the past few days IN UNUSUAL NUM-.
Der o! strange faces in the streets. Long lines
lot pedestrians with carpct-bag, have served as
'uncrrn@ guides to the railroad dcppt> the
Steamboat landings, and the ferry slips. In
the daytime the wholesale business Aou-cs
have been bcSiegcd; and in the evening tac
hOielcn'lanCc, have presented an uncommon
~ Busy appearance, while the Hobbies have
been crowded with restless ,hrong. "f -trGn-
gers.
Tbs inroad O! people from abroad Is the ir,t
evidence Of the return Of better times. Itmcan,
that business j. reyiying; that the atrr,ng
prospect Of sucA crops in the South and West
a. h~c not been known for many year, has
cmbodcncd Southern ard Western merchant,
to venture again into the mGrts Of trade 30 long
dcScrcd.
Tlr best proof Of the change that seems to be
approaching is the increased patronage of the
hotel, As rule, The downtown carayan,ar
ics ar crowded to their utmost capacity. The
AStol House, FrenchS, Lcggets, SWccny's,
Earl's the Belmont, the United States, the
Ntcyms House, and the hotels on COrlandt
stree are in most cases fairly Ovcrrun with
guess. The same is true of the Cosmopolitan,
the Occidental, and number Of smaller and
less widely known houses somewhat removed
from the business centre. The -. Nicholas,
the Grand Central the Metropolitan, and the
Fiji Avenue have received large numbers of
gucts every day for week, and these are, for
the most part, retail merchants from the South
andWcst
Sch hotels as the New York, the ST. Denis,
the Gilscy, the Windsor, the Sturtcyant, the
Goldman, and the Everett are filling up main
~ With people returning from their summers
pleasure taking at the seaside while the Brc-
yoOt, the Clarendon, the Buckingham, the
ltosmore and other hotels little patronizcd by
TRANSIENT guests show hut the ordinary increase
Of custom.
The trade outlook in Newark, which is the
thih manufacturing city in America, is cncour-
aging. Customers from the South are sending
in hrgc orders for all kinds of goods, and the
are confident that Newark will
,ool have more extensive Southern trade
than she had before the war. The Western
ana Eastern dealers are also ordering largely, |
the latter, The principal call is |
Tor ow'prlCed goods. The Clark thread works !
lay 1900 hands on full time, and some Of the
emile operatives make from IS to 81 awecll !
htSaddlery, harness, &c, is better than il has |
)ccl for four years. The Peters & Calhoun
-Onpany are running extra men on full time,
tndhayc orders ahead for several weeks. The
700 and sho firms have all put on extra hands
n CIDER to meet the Southern and Western de
nald for goods. Dealers purchase in small
Quantities, but they order frequently The
ruil manufacturers say their business is pick.
ngup. The hating business looks more ia.
orblc, Dealers are able to supply hats sell
ngtrom 81 to 50 each at least 33ls per cent.
heper than before. Watts, Campbell & Co.,
PROTECTORS of the Passaic machine works. are
lalng machinery for Cuba, South America,
newest Indies, some Of the Pacific islands,
ndother countries which have heretofore pur,
h@ed from England and Scotland. The low
rl@ OF labor and machinery in America is the
aBe OF this. Halves IL Phillips are casting I
lglt and half tons of iron daily, are employ.
~ l40 hands, double the number they have
ac in I've years, and are still adding to the
)rc. They are building Il $50 horsepower p
ngne, with an ice machine, for Senator Jones '
lcvada, to be used by him in the manufac.
lreof ice in New Orleans. 1t is the largest .
e machine ever made They are making two
Do horsepower engines for Il factory in Troy
, bt used in rolling steel rails They are also
lakng boilers and engines for steel works in
le South of France, Cuba, Ohio, PcnnSyl-l /.
ani:, and South America, and are making .
laclineS FOR the manufacture OF rubbercombs
mTican bar and pig iron is used entirely, as
) better than imported iron. The price of
or has never been so low rs now. In the {
orocco and other leather business, as well as
tie jewery, silver plating clothing, and 9th.
trades, there is an indication Of busy times
is fall.-N Y. Sun. =