Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-02
TRADE INTEREsrs

In the first two weeks in SentA,,,.
the imports of wool were 40 SNO nos
mostly from London. ''''"o
IKE cotton factories in and s,o,-
Augusta, Ga, use 81, 500, 900 worth I1l =.
raw cotton per annum. VI
GEoRG1A's new venture-tbe A,,,
rolling mlll-now employs 500 men WIZ
work upon double turn. n VINO
SUCH cotton factories az have h..
established in Mississippi are yieldinn e e0
per cent. on investment. ~
"CoNFIDENCE, the yeey keystone -.
the arch, has returned" saws The B.. VI
'cay World of the 9th inst. -'u''
THE Baldwin Locomotive Wo,h. :.
Philadelphia expect to turn out this vos a.
800 locomotives. 'eaf
AT Meriden, Conn.,, the manut,cto.,.
are running day and evening, and snl
OF them far into tie night. ''Ne
The pay Of nailers and puddle,s =.
the iron works at East Taunton has haa a.
voluntarily raised 10 per cent. 'n
In Eastern Tennessee the iron with
recently started on the double turnA
that is, night and day work.
In the manufacture of iron alone or0,
25O, 900 tons of coal are consumed in ~.
mills of Pottsville every year. VIC
NEW YORK State reports the numl,.
OF workmen increased one-half in mos,
factories during the last six months '''
Four of the principal trades unions y
England have spent f2SO,O in reliev.
Ing the wants of members the past yes,
OVER 100000 gallons of petroleum
or earth oil are brought to the surface
every day in the oil regions of Pennsvl.
vania alone.
NEVER before were there so MANY
orders for locomotives IS are renortaa
now at locomotive works in the middle
and eastern states.
ORDERS are being filled in Montreal
for considerable quantities of potatoes
chiefly early rose, for shipment to Liver.
pool and Glasgow.
AS an evidence of a revival Of hu,;.
ness, the numerous potteries in Trenton
n. D., are driving stirring trade. and
the iron mills and other manufactures
are running full handed.
The Wilmington IN. C.) Remnr
knows turpentine man who has farms
in North Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia, who made $4,000 last year on
turpentine, and in one year since the
close OF the war he made $32, 900 in this
business.
The Ottawa lumber market continues
very active; nearly all the Canadian
barges and American boats in port are
leading for the Quebec and American
markets. The prices have advanced
slightly. The prospect has not been as
bright since 1872.
JOSEPH P. MURPHY, of Philadelphia,
manufacturer of cotton, wooden and
worsted goods, is now erecting large
factory, AZ by 20 feet, five stories in
height, which will be ready for occu-
pancy about November LIST. From 500
to 600 hands will be employed.
The employers at the Kensington
(Pa,) Iron mills have decided to give
their hands 1925 per ton for puddlers,
and the wages of o.her workmen have
been correspondingly increased. Previ-
Gus to this advance 81 ton was being
paid by the different establishments in
Kensington.
The hop yield will be from. sixty-fve
to seventy per cent, that of last year
this estimate being the comparative one
per acre; the acreage is rather under
than over that of last year, SO that the
total crop may not exceed sixty to sixty
two per cent. that of last year; it may
possibly reach sixty-tive.
THE improvement in the iron industry
all over the country is very decided.
At New Albany, Ind, merchant iron has
gone up $14, railroad iron $40 to $l2
pig iron $3.50 to SO, and iron ore fifty
cents per ton, all within the present
year. The rolling mills are now arrang'
ing to run night and day.
THE new railroad bridge over the
Niagara river, is to be one of the finest
of the kind in the world. 1t will bea
steel truss structure of one span, with
both railroad and highway track. me
river at the point to be crossed is oVo
feet wide. The work will be begun I'M
mediately.
THE merchants in Chicago engaged In
the shipping of grain and provisions are
for the sale of the Great
Eastern to run from Portland to Eng
land, in the interest of the Grand Trunk
railway. The ship is fitting up in the
new refrigerator process, by which fres1
meats and dairy products are conveyed
across the Atlantic.
NEW YORK is the greatest butter
making state in the union, about one