The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-11
TRADE NOTES.

TRADE NOTES.
Paper bricks are now being made in
Wisconsin.
Belgian railways will use iron sleep
ers in future.
Allegheny County, Pa, is using
about 1000 tohs Of iron a week.
Cork soles have become an important
indu.try in Williamsport. Pa.
The South reised 100 5000 pounds
more of tobacco the present season
than ever before.
The tobacco crop OF the Connecticut
Valley il greater than in any other
year sinre 1864.
A machine for making paper boxes.
just introduced at Cleveland. produces
$4,000 complete boxes in day.
Another large cotton mill is in
course Of erection at Lancaster. Pa.
which will employ about 200 hands.
The lead mines near Pb9nixviIle.
Chester County, Pa. are again to be
put in operation, after having been idle
for twelve years.
Iron ore in tine Ottawa district is b.
ing taken to Ohio tn b- smelted. the
fifty cents Ter ton duty on coal being
fatal to smelling in Canada.
At Millvil'e. N. J, the factories are
hampered for lack of glass blowers.
At the wind Nv glass factories the
demand is loud for more help.
The Franklin Wooden Mills. at Will
mington, Del are very busy. The
employees are working over time to
supply the demands for their warps and
hosiery.
Three million more postal cards were
issued at the Holyokc. Mass agency
in October than were ever sent 10 one
month before. The amount was
thirty.five millions.
Rye straw is a. valuable IS the grain
in Pennsylvania in the manufacture Of
paper With The increased acreage Of
the season Just closed $500. 900 bush.
els) the yield 10 not equal to the de-
mand.
The new beet sugar works at River
side Station. Del. which commenced
operations last week. are now running
day and night. They have not been
as busy as at present in number OF
years.
A company Of citizens Of Allegheny
County. Pa. are arranging for the
erection Of . large hos factory at Mo.
noDgahela City, Pc They will employ
about 1000 hands. and expect to turn
out $4,000 hoes per day.
Over 600 persons sre employed in
the Bloomingdale. N. j.. rubber works.
and fifteen houses nave been erected
and thirty more will soon he necessary
to meet the demand from the extrsor-
binary rush Of business.
AT the recent Dairy Fair in London
an American mixing pail attracted
much notice. 1t has q spout and
strainer for the milk. aud cannot bs
kicked over. ,ecauss the mixer sits on
. scat to which is attached the cover.
Not only silk spinners from Maccles.
field. Coventry, aud oth.r English
towns have EN- grated to Paterson. N.
j.. lately. hut there are large additions
lIVtu tuc VTtuCu Wuu oWt-b 6st0 C0u
tiers. Over l ,0tW operatives have been
added within the year just closing.
TIE hat factories in Ada.nstown. Pa
are buster now than they have been
for years. Whoien goods have ad :
vauc,d IN price. and t"ur factories are
kept running day aud night to fill the
orders IN hand. About 500 operators
are employed in these factories.
The C.rbln Iron Company q: Perry.
vile, Car bon County, Pa. are 70
pushed With work that they have got
to build another foundry. 20 a. 10 turn
out the work tina. is required at short
notice. About 500 hands will be EN-,
ployed when tho foundry is complete.
Paper as O substitute for wood in the
manufacture OF lead pencils is being
attempted in Germany. The paper il
stepped IN an adhesive liquid aud rolled
around the core Of the lead to the re-
Quired thiekn g.. aud is colored after
drying, when l. icsem bles an ordinary
cedar pencil.