The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-06-07

capacity OF the pipe works will soon be
doubled. Two more woodenware factories
are contemplated.
Russia is developing her oil regions as
well as this country. Not very many years
ago Russia made heavy purchases in
America of machinery to develop her pc
troleum fields, and offered such induce
ments to experienced oil-workers that
hundreds of Americans began operations in
southern Russia. Railroads were built,
improved machinery was used in raising
the oil, and few days ago Russian opera
tors entered the market at Trieste, eager TO
compete with American houses. Ameri-
cans working in. Russia have 80 iar de-
yeloped the Russian oil fields as to bring
their products in competition with Ameri-
can oils.
1t is estimated that the new city hall in
Philadelphia will require nearly million
gallons of water daily for drinking, lavato-
ry, heating and other purposes to supply
the wants of the building and its thous.
ands of employees and occupants when well
under the way.
There is but one nickle mine in the
United States now in operation. 1t is sit
uated in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.
| 1t is two hundred feet deep, and has been
worked seventeen years. The demand Tor
this metal is rapidly increasing. Groupings
of nickle are found also in Madison, Iowa
and Wayne counties. Missouri. The re-
| fined metal is worth So a pound.
| Many thousands of dollars worth of Usage
orange sprouts for hedges have been put
out in Williamson and Maury counties,
Tennessee this year. They are the best
food known for feeding sikworms. For
both purposes the Usage orange is coming
more and more into request, and raising
young shoots and plants will become a
paving business.
most of the fleet have been in harbors,
owing to the storm, and very few fresh or
salt mackerel have been landed. Dealers
are selling new mackerel in small lots at
So so to so per barrel regularly packed. Old
mackerel are all used up except few No.
rs, which dealers keep to fill small orders.
The stock of old Goldfish is also exhausted.
packing, nearly all that was on the market
has been shipped to Nova Scotia to fill
| West India orders. New dry Goldfish are
scarce, and command $5.25 TO So 60 per
quintal for large. New pickle.cured bank
cornish are selling at 81 80 to 81 81 IL for
large and So so for small Georges cod,
fish are selling in outports at So 70 to
S5.S7 IL for large and 81 62 II to 81 10 for
medium. No cargoes have been received
this week and prices are nominally 2s cents
| for medium and % cents for No. l"
The Califor MIA Grocer and Gamer Of a
late date has the following upon the salmon
business: There is an improved feeling
among buyers. Gamers are holding at full
| figures, on account of scarcity and high
price of fish. Small orders are numerous,
and orders for car-lots are on the increase.
Large buyers are showing some indisposi-
ton toward entering the market, appearing
| to feel confident that they can fill ali orders
later in the season. Figures between buy
ers and sellers are not wide apart. Reports
from the Columbia are conflicting as regards
the run of fish,"
California traffic via Cape Horn gradually
but surely diminishes under the opposition
of the overland routes. The tonnage move
ment for April from the Atlantic ports was
the smallest on srecord, comprising only
three vessels, against nine vessels in the
corresponding month last year. Freights
by the water routes are almost entirely OF
the coarser description, such as tin and iron
plates, nails and bulky merchandise, and
are quoted on basis of So per ton.