The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-03-24
BUSINESS NOTES.

American trunks are in great demand in Ireland.
The sales Of New England cotton goods in China
have increased to very fatering extent during the
past year.
Ageneral revival of business reported in the Ohio
iron regions. and manufacturers overwhelmed
with orders at advanced prices.
Nashville. Tenn. shows signs Of awakening pros
perity According to local journal "S25O.OOO will
not cover the cost of the houses now in course Of
erection and to be erected during the year 1879"
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company are
building. at the Mount Clare shops. twenty-five en-
gines Of the "Mogul" pattern, for the grades
of the Allegheny Mountains, and 200 freight cars.
Newark IN. j. paper says:-"Sash weights are
now manufactured so cheaply from scraps OF tin
obtained from various manufactures-in this city.
that no country can compete with them in cheap
ness"
The consumption Of rubber by manufacturers
continues large ever. the imports uniting to
about twelve thousand pounds per annum chiefly
from South America. The price ranges from twenty
to fifty cents per pound.
The Milwaukee wis., Bee reports that the an
nouncement of buildings for the present season
coming in fast that the papers do not get time
enough to dwell upon the details before their atten-
ton is called to next.
The Cincinnati Gaseae has interviewed number of
the representative business men of that city with
reference to the business outlook for the SPRING 1t
finds universal cheerfulness ana large increase Of
business over that of last year.
Among tho branches Of business which will be
affected by the new Canadian tariff is that of trunks
The Newark a. J.) Journal says 1.-THE new Canadian
tariff operates against the trunk manufacturers in
this city, to that country they have been accus
toned to look for an important market"
Salem. Mass, sends encouraging news in regard to
the shoe trade The Post, of that city. says:-"The
spring trade has everywhere the fullest indications
of being better than it has been for years. and all
there is wanted is for the people to fully realize
the situation and the wheels Of business will Just
hum"
A Lewiston (AIe.) paper reports that business at
the Lewiston Machine Companys works is now
hveler than it has been in years. Every available
space in the works is in and very large force
is employed. The foundry is crowded with work.
Alarge quantity of cotton machinery is being turned
out for the Cabot Company. Brunswick for the Hal
lowell Mill, for the Pontiac, for the York. OF Saco
for two mills in Lawrence and for mill in Atlanta
Ga. very large order is being filled for mill al
Atlanta, chiefly looms and shafting"
The Boston Post prints bright picture, as fol-
lows:-"The factories are generally resuming OF
| making ready to resume work. and if the foreign
market could be still rapidly extended by in
at much more speedy pace But 1t is all certain to
come right in time. Even real estate. which is the
last to rally feels the effect of the reviving trade
impulses and improves its figures and pretensions
together We have reached stage, in fact at which
further movement is possible in but direction
Everything must now go forward The country is
evidently about to enter on career of prosperity
whose spendors have hardly yet been imagined"
The business outlook on the state canals is excel
lent. In the opinion Of the Buffalo Express the pros
pect for the seasons trade looked from all stand
points. is very encouraging both to vessel owners
and the managers of propeller lines. and reasona
BILE carrying rates established in accordance with
the demand for room there is no reason why ship
pers and should not all wear smiling faces
1t is estimated that there present 20O0o 600
bushels Of grain in store at the upper lake ports
that the amount Of lumber which has been cut
during the past winter, and which awaits ship
ment, is larger than before; that miners have
been unusually active. and immense quantities of
copper and iron and pig metal ready to be
transported. These what constitute the down