The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-02-06
TRADE AND MANUFACTURES.

GOAL DOntS from IltiSDllfB are ON the
why TO New Orleans with 1,70O, 600
bushels.
UPWARD of $500, 600 have been in
vested in tho building of shoe factories
ut Lynn, Mass, during the year.
A STEEL rail mill is to be established
in indianapolis, railroad officials having
promised To give the manufacture their
active support.
Work has been suspended ut the
Franccstown On. Ill., soapstonc qunrries
for the present winter, and will be re-
ncwcd in March.
ADVANCES i'll the iron and steel markets
continue to be recorded. The year 1880
promises to be Il much more profitable
one than 1879 was
4 JUDGE in Ohio has decided that the
organization of trade unions il contrary
to the laws of Ohio and the constitution
Of the United States.
TIE shoe business is prospering mt
Ninclands, New Jersey. All the factO-
rics are running on full time, and the
wages of the wOrllmcn have been in
creased fifteen per cent.
THERE nre twenty-five match factories
in the United States, seven of which are
loacatcd in New York state. OF these
three are in New York City, one ut
Frankfort, one at Utica and two ut SYRIA
cuSr.
EX-SENAToR DoEsEY, of Arkansas, is
using the 81 600, 900 hc made in mining
operations to carry on sheep rails
ing on Il grand scale IN New Mexico. He
WIS nearly bankrupt when hc left the
senate.
On Hers Island, Pittsburg, there is
m immense establishment devoted to
the manufacture of wax from paraiine
This wax is moulded into candles, and is
II component part i'll chewing gum made
in the east.
JOSEPH l.. Yosr, who learned his bust
ness ut the sewing machine shops in
Florence, has gone to Oldham, Eng, to
give Instructions to new company there
who are to engage IN the manufacture of
the Wilson sewing machine.
TIE Administer carpet works at Biz
mingham, Birmingham county, New
York, have been idle for several weeks,
occasioncd by the difficulty experienced
in obtaining iute, or warp, for filing 1t
is expected that work will he resumed ut
once.
GRAM merchants ut Chicago are re-
newing their complaints concerning the
exactions imposed upon them at Buffalo
and New York i'll regard to insurance,
wharfage, elevating, &c. They threaten
to transfer their business to the Canadian
water route next season.
TIE Cornwall estate, Lebanon county,
Pa, noted for it's mountains of iron ore,
comprises, beside the furnaces and ore
hills, 2l,000 acres of land, partly III
Lebanon and partly in Lancaster conn-
ty, stretching away continuously eight
miles towards Lancaster.
OUR imports of rails from Europe for
eleven months ending November 20,
1879, compare with previous years as
follows: Eleven months 1S79-steel
rails, 2O,31i tons iron rails, 1876 tons
total, 81 600 tons. Eleven months 1873
steel rails, sol tons iron rails, 335 tons
total, S3G tons.
The enormous increase in the demand
for iron may be Judged from the require
mcntS for single railroad, which has
been pnt under contract during the past
few weeks-the Texas and Pacific exten-
sion. This contract alone calls for GO, 900
tons of rails, which has yet to be made.
This amount il more than One-fifteenth
of all the iron and steel rails made in the
United States las. year.
KINGAN's pork packing establishment
ut indianapolis has machinery which
will scrape 1000 porkers a day. Nine
Independent scrapers attack every part of
the hog, as it is drawn up IN upright
cylinder, the pressure of the scrapers
being regulated by springs which accom-
modate themselves to the size of the ami
nal. Kingm x Co. estimate that the
devcie will save them $40, 900 annually.
TIE first railroad in Pennsylvania was
constructed in 1896, by Abraham Pott,
from his mines, east of Port Carbon,
nearly mile i'll length. 1t was con-
structcd of wooden ties and wooden
rails: the car wheels were made by John
Strouse, of Pottsville, after model
suggested by Pott, and the pattern made
by Strollse was similar to the car wheels
now in use. The cars were drawn by
mules.
4 BosToN paper says that in August
last dealer i'll that city sold $4,000
yards of cloth TO New York manufac-
turcr If umbrellas. The cloth being
poor, the New Yorker returned it and
the goods We're packed away. Last week,
according to the same authority, the
New Yorker went to Boston for much
needed supplies, which are difficult to
obtain, and actually bought of the Bos-
ton man the same $4,000 yards of cloth
Mt an advance Of 20 per cent. on the
original price.
ST. Louis is becoming prominent in
the manufacture of glass and glass ware.
The glass companies of that city have
been steadily adding new furnaces to
their already extensive works, and the
glass of the west and south are largely
supplied by st. Louis. The manutac-
turc of beer bottles is quite mn important
feature of the trade. They are also
making extensive preparations for the
manufacture Of all kinds of open jars, in
anticipation of full fruit crop, last
years crop having been failure.
TIE Lochiel PENN Rolling Mill
company are making such changes i'll
their machinery as will enable them TO
manufacture steel rails, and they have
made II contract with New York parties
ZOE u WCsl'iH riilIo'''. ~ IN ucsiShtt "
import steel ingots from England, where,
it is said, they can be purchased cheaper
than here, and the cost of carrying them
to this country will he small. Now
housings and rolls will be put in the
mill, strong enough for the work to be
done, ut cost Of about $50, ZOO.
TIM Now Jersey Central Railroad COM
pany keeps record of tho cost of run
ming locomotives. 1t shows that an aver
age days distance travelled by Il locomo-
tive ~ 100 miles. The work for n month
is 1900 miles; but some locomotives ex-
ceed this, as in the case Of No. l2l,
which in the last month made G,080
miles. In doing this 1873 tons of conl
were used and 81 gallons of oil to keep
the machinery in order. The company
says that $l2.SG is the average cost for
100 miles for men, fuel, and repairs. In
the cnso of No. 12l the cost for repairs
for the month was $225S.
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Arsenic In Wallpaper.
Formerly, suspicion fell on green
wallpaper only; but there was n certain
reason for this, because there is really not
the sliphtpst pxcIlse for usiup arsenic i'm