The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-03-31
BUSINESS NOTES.

Chicago is rejoicing in an immense spring trade.
The oat crop in Mississippi is said to be excellent
Amesbury Mass. is filling large carriage orders for
California.
Nearly all Plttsburgs glass furnaces are again in
operation.
wolcetvilles Conn., needle factory is now running
full time
Ticonderoga is to have two new cotton factories
and paper mill.
Jacksonville, Fla is thinking of starting rice
cleaning factory.
Straw hat making is one of the Hourishing indus
tries of Newark. Nj
The iron works at Syracuse report good orders anc
a better prospect for fair prices.
The Memphis (Tenn) woollen mills lately de-
stroyed by fire. to be rebuilt
Tho first shipment of canned meats and vegetables
from this country to India made few days ago.
Birmingham, England. is importing hay forks.
clocks, apple parers and clothes pins from Philadel
phia.
The different manufacturing interests in Geddes.
in this State give evidence of marked improvement
in trade.
One of the ST. Paul (aIinn.) papers says the OPEN
ing season promises to be one of unusual activity in
that section.
There are 240 acres of Strawberries in and around
Charleston S. C. The Yield it is estimated. will be
100000 quarts.
The Canadian lumbermen say the past winter has
been one OF the favorable record for getting
out timber and saw logs.
In Troy. N. Y, the business outlook is exceedingly
bright. All the mills running on full time and
every branch of Industry is picking up.
In st. Louis all branches Of business reported
as in excellent condition. large number of new
buildings are in course of construction.
The Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company have
doubled their steel mill force at Scranton Pa. to
meet the increased demand for that article
Texas cattle the move northward The
yield of the Southwestern part of the State this year
will it is estimated. be upward of one hundred
thousand
A Philadelphia paper says:-'Looking at the SUBJ
urbs find that new rows of houses in various
stages of progress. showing that the building
has been active in starting business all through
the autumn
According to the Portland (Mel Advertiser the farm
that State taking good deal of interest in
the beet sugar question The total amount manufac-
tured during the past year was nearly two hundred
thousand pounds.
In the opinion Of the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle the
trouble with the New England cotton mills is not
much "overproduction dishonest management
and expensive running"
Rafting on the Delaware this shows signs of
considerable improvement Old raftsmen say there
were never many logs the banks Of the upper
Delaware ut one time before. There is also q largo
quantity sawed lumber, and railroad ties piled
all along the banks OF the ready for rafting to
market as soon the first frcshet comes.
The paper box industry is reviving. According to
the Hartford Conn., Post 1.-THE Superintendent Of
the Industrial school reports that he is receiving
large orders the paper boxes manufactured by the
girls These boxes used exclusively by manrfac-
turers for putting up their goods. and the demand
for them shows that manufacturers increasing
their business. Our local business partic ularly
manufacturing. is for the most part Improving
Our trade with Italy is the increase The Record
of Philadelphia says :-"Foregn merchants be.
ginning to make their appearance in America before
spring has fairly opened Sefor Marco Saler. .
prominent merchant Of Naples, has been in Phiadel
phia for several days past making extensive pur-
chases of rosin. petroleum. grain and manufactured
goods. He left the city last evening route for
Baltimore, Chicago and New Orleans In converse
convinced that large trade will be carried be-
Philadelphia and the Mediterranean ports dur
ing the coming summer.
Tho manufacturing situation in and around Nor.
walk Conn., is described by the Gazette of that city.
1t ys:-"we reioiced to learn that there is .
thorough and most encouraging revival Of our manu-
featuring industries in and about Norwalk. Tho
wiunipauk Mills crowded with profitable
orders and have not been remuneratively en-
ployed for several years past at the present
ment This thrill Of revived business prosperity will
soon be felt all the various local industries Of
town and we trust the threadbare cry and croak of
hard times is soon to cease byword among u.s.