The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-06

under n nieroaeope. bear q resemblance to
dead grubs They seem 70 be sort of para
site. They were rst sI nnuca ~ the Lia ma
aim md Palermo The parasite has not been
scientifically examined and classified, and Is
| s,pposed tO be something new To cntomulD-
| gists III is generally seen On the surface pf
Che fruit, but ii often detected buried IN the
rind. Dealers shy II does not affect the quail
| ity Of the fruit.
The Sicily lemons and oranges attacked by
tho pest lose In value, but whore they are
| found only on the sufacs the dealers brush
them away with u cloth. In many specimens
| the rinds are black with tho grubs.
Mr. Itostwlck, the veteran custom mousse
inspector OF fruit, says that West India or
| anges and lemons hre M yot entirely Tree
| from the pest.IN. Y. Grocer
THE CosT or STEEL RAILS. The figures
NJ which steel rails have been sold recently In
England have cn,sed much surprise, not
Great Britain It seems well established
fact that Messrs. Wilson, Cammell Il o.,
Dronfied. near Sheffield, made tender, which
was accepted. for 25 900 tons of Bessemcr rails
for the Northeastern Railway Mt either "a o.
GIL or GA % say at tho largest figure 1911 AZ
per ton. This r. only n fraction more than d
ton of pig costs In this country, and not as
much MS the pig for q ton OF rails costs ut many
works. Bolckow. Vaughan n Co, OF Mindless
boro'. rendered "a los and lost, OF course The
latter firm are somewhat exercised over the
loss OF tho order, as they believe they can
make steel rails rs cheaply as they Gun be
made In England, and wa have no doubt they
are right: but their Sheffield competitors took
the order.
ITO ~ In this country IL seems well -nlgh i'm
possible that steel rails Gun be made at $21 Az,
unless there nra some economies In their
manufacture which We have not yet learf,d.
The Estnn Works Of Bolckow, Vaughan Il %.
arc admirably and economically managed
The pig II run from the blast furnace TO the
converter, and the converter and spiege fur
naces are SO arranged as TO save waste In
runners Tho arrangements In tho mill are
also productive of great economy; but how
even there the cost OF n ton OF rails can be
brought down to about $22 Is something we
are quite unprepared to explain.
The recent statements of tho French Iron |
masters before the Commission on the Causes |
on the question of cost Of steel rails In Ger
many that are invaluable. nj. Jordan, n d. |
rector Of the blast furnace company ut Mar |
settles. states that IL was possible ut Krupp's |
works 70 turn out 2 ton 81 Bessemer pig Iron
at 65017O francs, and ton of steel rails ut 1870 |
francs, first cost Or at 1919 cents u the frame
$40 90. 1t Ii noteworthy, says tho Allgemeine |
Ieltung, that the representative Of Krupp's
firm before tho German commission declined
to give any Information as TO the cost OF pro-
duction. The other German rail manufacture
ers examined estimated their cost OF produce
ton at 126 marks per ton, exclusive Of Rener-
al expenses. This would BIO $50 IS.
We do not know the cost Of steel rails In
this country, except In Il general way. but $40
seems to be the point below which they can
not DO forced. They have gone to this figure
several times, but we have not heard OF any
sales below 1t. This would Indicate that ut
must be near this point. VI think It would
taken to DO the cost at the bills now lii oper-
alton. Iron Age.