Daily Republican., 1880-03-04
DELAwARE,s BUSINESS ROOM
Intssesting Industrial Items
Cleaned by the Republican -
From Various state Sources,


From Various state Sources.
Among many other Milford improve.
msnts the Silver Lake Woolen Compa-
ny, Messrs. Carpenter & Hollingsworth,
are putting in a rs horsepower engine,
several looms, two jacks and other new
machinery. With this, and their usual
force Of sixty hands, they will turn out
about %, 900 yards Of excellent cloths q
month.
The iron boom Is being felt around
this city. All the fouDdries will run
to full capacity this year, and about
April, the mill near the mouth Of the
Christiana will commence operations.
The iron mill Of the Edgmoor Iron
Company will soon start up work.
At Paul Knsbbs, are eastern suburb
Of Milford. Isaac Simpson is quadrup-
ling the power and capacity of his
phosphate factory. A large new build
ing is going up, and new machinery
will be put in, capable of making four
tons day.
The Mccullough Iron Company's
hands at North East are now paid as
much as the Wilmington men, their
wages having been advanoed-those Of
forgemen from "a to "a rs rer ton, and
those of puddlers. from 1915 to $4.75
per ton.
Every day about fifteen car loads of
oysters are shipped over the Northern
railroad, and go to Philadelphia and
Nsw-York markets. They are now
bringing better prices than at any pre-
vious time this season.
A Dover correspondent says "Most
Of the houses in our town which were
without tenants at the beginning of
the year are now occupied, and dwell
ing houses, especially small ones, are
now in demand"
The Sussex Journal" says that the
corn crop is found 10 longer profitable
by down State farmers, as substitute
it thinks sugar beet raising will bs en-.
tered into. Many Sussex farmers will
try it this Spring.
Many country people now are hav-
ing employment within the past two
weeks. No less than ten people from
our neighborhood in Cecil county have
found work at Jackson x Sharps.
With the exception of the shell trade
oyster business in Seaford is rather
dull. IL. G Shaffer & Co. are shipping
great quantities Of shells to Liverpool,
Eng, and other places.
The present indications for building
this Spring, in Dover, are better than
for many years. Some tasty buildings
are now under contract.
The Houston canning establishment
will commence to enlarge its factory by
adding a new portion for storage and
labelling 60x30 feet.
In Harrington the mills are running
on full time, and the merchants are
busy. In fact things are booming brisk
ly there.
At Barber's saw mills, Milford they
are forced to run night and day to keep
up with work crowding them constant
ly.
W. L. Cleaver, of Delaware City has
made handsome profit on canned goods
held over for rise in price.
Morrow, Brown & Co., of seaford
shipped two gallons Of oysters to Cali
fornia; the freight was $l5.l5.
1t is probable that sugar beats will
be quite extensively planted in New
Castle county next season.
Milford has four vessels building
one 1000 tons, one of 900, one of 800
and one of 80 tons.
The business boom has reached Rising
Sun, work is more plentiful than for
years back.
| The Kiamansi rolling mill at New
port will build six workmer's cottages
this Spring.
The laborers' wages at Edgemoor
have been increased from q to 81 2j
per day.
The wages of farm hands will be
somewhat higher this year than last.
Dean Brothers, ,woollen manufacturers
at Stanton, are very busy at present.
All Of Wilmingiln's cotton mills are
on full time.
Milton will have a canning factory
this season.
A phosphate factory istslked of near
Lswes.