New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-15

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peared in Glasgow in the last year of The seven
teenth century, who has been rather ungrateiully
forgotten. His name was Wilson; he was born In
Flakefeld, and in so far as ne is re-
membered at all il is by the name
of his birthplace He had been weaver
before he served as soldier in the Continental
wars; and while so serving in Germany his eye was
one day attracted by woven blue and white
che1uered handkerchief. II WIS lucky moment
for Glasgow when Flakefeld bought this article.
He slowed il away among Ills treasures ana ne re-
solved "some day." to weave one Ike H. In tue
wear above named he and the priced handkerchief
with Flakeields father and brother, setted 'n
Glasgow AID Here tho ex-sOldier, returning 10 MS
old calling. attempted TO produce woven Diue anu
" hIte checkered handkerchief. After some uhsuc-
cessfnI essays, Elake6eld succeeded, and inc piuo
and white checks were soon familiar all over the
country Fresh set-up looms could hardly produce
these articles last enough, and them the extern
give linen manufacture of GLASGOW was founded.
Probably the best early description of the Glas-
cow mauuf icturo was that written by the author
of Robinson Crusoe" who early in the eighteenth
cen ury made "a tour of the whole Island OF
Great Britain" / have seen one OF the original
copies of the work containing the account OF
ths remarkable journey and while IL has Deeh
claimed by some that Deioe did not visit more than
half the places described, his descriptions ara ever
TO this DAY good. In this account Defoe speaks OF
the fifty sail of ships sent every year to VIrGin a.
New-England and other English Colonies
in America of the excellent manner IN
which they cured behring's, of the hand
some sugar-baking houses carr ed on by skill
ful persons" how they were freed from English
dutesD by "Gistillng spirits from molasses."
Aglin Defoe says: q" Here is manufacture OF
,laidIpp stnff ripped with yellow. red and
other mixtures, for the plaids or wells worn by
the women of Scotland. Here IS q
! manufacture Of muslms, which thew make
80 good and fine that great quantities OF
them are sent 10 England" The Scots
| Inc said "have wonllcn manufactures of their own
such as Stirling sergrs Musselburgh sutfs. Aberdeen
stockens, Edinburgh shalloons, blankets, etc. The
| trade with England beng open. tn have now all
| tbn Manchester Sheffield, and BIRMINGHAM wares
and ikewl>e the cloths kerseys hallh"ks dileis,
stockens and coarse manufactures OF me n0rtn OF
England. brought ~ cheap or cheaper to them by
borse-packs n they carried 10 London II being
! a less distance. They have linens OF most kinds;
" ' - not tno,Tn i, = ngien / n nd chcaucr
| than there" Defoe also speaks of the fact
tha the poor Scotch servants were willing TO eni;
crate 10 Virginia and become thrifty planters. ana
| not like the English. 20 turn thieves and DC sent
| ther, to save them from the galio"s:
This brief quotation from Deioe 2ives the or gin OF
Glasgow's commrrcial and manufacturing greatness.
| fl Is evident from the tone of the English writer
| that Glasgow was the becoming place OF manu-
| facture. It's people were inspired Dy the spiilt oi
commerce and trade. aud they stood ready 10 enter
upon Whatever exhibited any prospect OF success.
II clear therefore That lis people were rom He
bpinuing busy i'm the cndpaVor to extend the local
| inopgtrics and to engage III the augmented traihc
| with foreign coLutrics for which tney have since
| become So famous. ,u c,.
| OF tr-,ayIs n fine. handsome, sqnarey butt city,
which III II were not Tor gloou ana IT'S uniformly
SQUARE brown stone buildings, would femiDd one OF
| d H.
| LOT, ol gi-ahcaditiyeucss" lots OF mauutactning
! and lots of business. In some particulars let me
| say at once, the two cities are not comparable.
Gia,gow Is Of the best paved cites Oh IT'S slIo III
! the world, while Chicago IS probably the worst.
Gl iSgow is nOied for ITS Sabbath-keeplng' chicago
| for il = DISREGARD 4 the Lorfs DN. Glasgow has
| Antiquities. | was about To say chicago has not
but the last time | was rummagng over
| an old book store IN Chicago !
came across a work emitted Chicago Antiquities
| and then It must be borne in mind that blocks OF
| stores twelve mOntha old are not considered new
~ Chicago. IL is really surprising TO note how few
| really poor miserable bu dngs there are III ulas-
| gov. To br sure. one Is rcmn'cd OF the Woo"en
siantcs of Randolph OF tie way oui 10 l. ders
| ship-yard ong the Paisley road; but they are
merely small shops. Inc worst part OF GlnsgO" IL,
,trlng enough IN the centre, ten ing eastward
10 the Cathedral ard wit the Ciydc Tor thc sonlh
en- boundary. In the southeast part OF the Guy the
| cotton aud non actonrs ale mostly IOca e.. IN
| Ell II i, the great manulac turing quaIiGT. / lie
palaces abo nd on ali hands. have been through
much worse neigh 'orhoods IN large
VS. end is the finest residence part
of the city, and on the south OF the clyde, two or
three miles from the centre. are the great ship ards.
| The ChII Constable old me That tne most tiouOle-
| simr part of the city was the centre. Here IN 4
small area 800 Of his O70 policemen are stationed
The i've O.nrr divisions of the ctty snare tie re-
| matnder ho total number OF crimes IN the city
| Tor 1851 was O4J2; oi that numOor o'Oot
were petty thefts. in which property stolen was
| valued ~ und five Shilngs The Chief Constants
| informs me thai, TAXI twenty-tuTee years OF the
| criminal history of Glasgow, crime IN the cay
| reached maximum IN 1861 and receded to VI. :
| nlmum IN 1871, the number oi cases being lo'S'o
| ana 1911 respectively Only one man was charged
| with murder durng he year, ana hts sentence was
| commut,d. " bat would the state Attorney OF
| hcago think of tins, as the n"mDer IN that city
| reaches twenty IN some yearsf
| The close proximity OF Glasgow Ia the iron fields
| has made the iron aud steel inLustry one OF the
sta Die Industries of the city Ihc GLASGOW exchange
| is the scene o. the SAFE oi tnis nahuidctnrc For
| twcnt, years the average PRODUCTION has been over
| .OOO, 900 tons annually, and III 1851 II reached
| I176UOU tons. IL will be about 10000 tons loss
| this ;ear. Hut ibis industry ~ well as the ship
building and textile industries Will each be npoT-
fant enough for special letter after nave visited
| AL the manu- aCturllg towns WITHIN the
| rcctanQlc Described in he preceding letter.
| The Glasgow BoTaid ON tuesday published YER
| baum such of schedules OF the farm Conmls-
| sion report rs affected the Glasgow interests. VI
course II included chemicals metals. sugar, cotton,
| fix iudors, woollens, and Two items III the sunury
| schedule. Sugar-retnlng rs an Important industry
here aud at GreenOck. Almost all varieties OF tex lie
| manufacture are now carried on. ne estimated
| value OF the SHIPS ahu rhipP"s m9'h'"o'S may 10
| sad to be SiO.OOO,000. The total number OF men
| employed IN tie thiry-seyen yards on the
| Clyde aud its Tributaries Is estl-
mated at 10000. One yaId which | visited
| YESTERDAY employs 1000 hands. From these yards
IN 1881 were launched the Servla 1882 tons, the
| ALASKA ii, 932 tons, the Austral $500 tOsl, the
Missouri %, I46 IONS, the Delgrayla JO75 tons. the
!, Rome 10. Ol3 tons and the Carthage 5.0l3 tons I;
| twelve iron ships of from 900 To 4,0lI IONS thir
teen of from 1900 to 307Z tons. and thirty of from
| 1000 TO 2,0SO IONS. the year when Is drawing to
"A cOso has been one OF unusual activity on me
| CLYDE. Tho builders have SURPASSED all their
previous efforts. From 30, 700 tons III 1903 iney
have increased TO 39l 1854 tons for 1882. Ibis e1-
| ceeds 1881 Oy nearly 81 900 tons, while II Is Ieary
1870 coo IONS Ill of S74, which was ior some
lime sldered the greatest year IN the history OF
| Z Ly.le sh phnlldng IL sad Ihat Wages III The