Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-01
TRADE INTERESTS.

| Inc imports or wool were S2, SOO, 600,
mostly from London.
| The cotton factories in and around
Augusta, Ga, use ST. 100000 worth of
raw cotton per annum.
| Georgia. new venture--the Atlanta
rolling mill-now employs 500 men who
work upon double turn.
| SUCH cotton factories as have been
established in Mississippi are yielding 20
per cent. on investment
| "CoNFIDENCE, the very keystone of
the arch, has returned" says the RaiJ-
ap0y World of the 9th inst.
| The Baldwin Locomotive Works at
Philadelphia expect to turn out this year
800 locomotives.
| AT Meriden, Conn.,, the manufactures
are running day and evening, and some
of them far into the night.
The pay of nailers and puddlers at
the iron works at East Taun ton has been
voluntarily raised 10 percent.
In Eastern Tennessee the iron mills
recently started On the double turn
that is, night and day work.
In the manufacture Of iron alone over
ESQ, 900 tons of coal are consumed in the
mills Of Pottsville every year.
| New YORK State reports the mum Der
of workmen increased one-half in most
factories during the last six months.
Four Of the principal trades unions in
England have spent ESQ, 900 in reliev-
ing the wants of members the past year.
OVER 100000 gallons of petroleum
or earth oil are brought to the surface
every day in the oil regions of Pennsyl-
vania alone.
| NEVER before were there so MANY
orders for locomotives IS are reported
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 revival of bust
ness, the numerous potteries in Trenton,
n. j., are driving stirring trade, and
the iron mills and other manufactures
are running full handed.
The Wilmington IN. CO. Review
knows turpentine man who has farms
in North Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia, who made $10,O last year on
turpentine, and in one year since the
close Of the war he made 1900 in this
business.
The Ottawa lumber market continues
very active; nearly all the Canadian
barges and American boats in port are
loading 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 a large
factory, II by 20 feet, five stories in
height, which will be ready for occu-
pancy about November 1st. From 500
to 900 hands will be employed.
The employers at the Kensington
(Pa.) Iron mills have decided to give
their hands % per ton for puddlers,
and the wages of othor worknoe1 have
been correspondingly increased. Previ-
Gus to this advance 81 a ton was being
paid by the different establishments in
Kensington.
THE i'm provement 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 $12,
pig iron $3.50 to So, and iron ore fifty
cents per ton, all within the present
wear. The relling 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. It will be
steel truss structure of one span, with
both railroad and highway track. The
river at the point to be crossed is 600
feet wide. The work will be begun i'm
mediately.
THE merchants in Chicago engaged in
the shipping of grain and provisions are
negotiating 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 fresh
meats and dairy products are conveyed
across the Atlantic.
NEW YORK is the greatest butter
making state in the union, about one
fourth of all the butter in the country
being produced by New York-Chau-
tauqua, Delaware, Chenargo, Jefferson,
St. Lawrence, Orange and Otsego ex-
| coeO1nS jill OtueI cOuHtleS. IoOmcIn1nS
like 100000 pounds are said to be
made in the entire country, and its value
is estimated at some $50, 100000.
1T is believed that fully a thousand
silk operatives have arrived at Pater-
son, n. j., this year from England,
French, German and italian cities, at
tracted by reports of the industry in
that city. Thirty silk spinners arrived
in one party from an English town, and
they said great many more are coming
soon.
a Farmers Ten Thousand Dollars.
A farmer a few days ago wished all
his property in government bonds. In
reply to my inquiry, he said its value
was ten thousand dollars. He has a
small family, lives just outside of the
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