Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-01

that its remarkable qualities ought to hsve
obtained for II; that obstacle has been van.
quished by long years of research and per-
severance.
THERE is said 10 be 8 project afoot to
establish large plauiug-mills at Houston.
Tex, OF sufficient capacity to handle the
greater portion o! the lumber manufsc ured
in SouthHestera Texas. The company which
proposes to carry out this scheme is TO have
a capital of 100000.
Col. ED RICHARDSON shows the right
spirit. He recently instructed that the right
Of way through all FIVE of his plantations
be given 10 the New Orleans, Baton Rouge,
Vicksburg and Memphis rsilroad. The
branch line, TIA Greenville, will meet with
no trouble from such men in securing the
right of way.
The Georgia Car Works, located al Cor
linSille, have now on hand large order,
calling for twenty-five refrigerator cars, at a
cost of $1,000 each. These will be of mann
moth size and will be fitted up on the most
modern plans. When completed, these cars
will BE- put on 10 run from various points in
Florida and Georgia TO Chicago, Cincinnati,
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washing
ton and Baltimore.
Dr.. W. L. BEooKs, Of Johns Hopkins Z mi
versity, says the Baltimore Sun, is having the
apparatus invented by him for rearing oys-
ters from the eggs prepared on working
scale, and expects 10 put 1t In active opera
tion as soon as the spawning season begins.
This season commences early IN May, though
in the Chesapeake and its tributsries q few
oysters may be found at all times during the
year spawning. The point 10 be selected for
operating the apparatus will be somewhere in
the lower part of the Chesapeake. DR..
Brooks will go down himself and take charge
OF the work.
A NEW enterprise, probably the fret of its
kind in the United States, was started in
Batesviile, Miss., about November l, 1882
A company styled the Batesville Manufsc-
turing Company, has been formed to manu-
factUre decorticated coiton-seed under a pat
| ent for process 10 preserve cotton-seed ker-
nels. The process is to lint and hull the
| cotton-seed, thereby reducing the bulk to
Une-half, making saving of freight OF fifty
per cent, besides the profit of the lint and
using the hulls for fuel for the engine. The
kernels are then crushed and packed II
| square boxes by the use OF steam cylinder
| The pstentee has been to England with the
product on a small.scai with success. The
| company il making from eight to ten tons o.
this product, besides giuning cotton anC
grinding corn and wheat. They intend tC
ship to Europe.
| A CORRESPONDENT Of the New Orlean
Picayune writes: III basket willow could b,
sold at paying prices, and if there were NJ
danger of Cutting the market, all Southern
Louisiana would in time be converted int
willow plantations. Willows grow here, il
the water and out of the water, in overflow
and in drouths. Willows were used il
thousands of tons in constructing the Fad
jetties, and are now found growing in thou
sands OF acres near the mouth Of the river
1t is here in superabundance on the Morga
railroad, for many miles below and abov,
Boutte Station, sad on Bayou des Allemsndt
and in numerous other places. The loves
and wettest Of these lands, that are fit onl
for rice culture, abound in willows. / sup
pose the basket willow would thrive in tn
same kind OF soil. Here willow charcoa
could be made in quantities sufficient TO sup
ply all the powder-mills OF Europe an
America"
| A WASHINGTON, d. c., company ia quit
extensively engaged in manufacturing pape
from palmetto fiber. Its president has re
Gently visited Florida for the purpose OF ez
ploring the extent of the palmetto growth c
the State, and for the selection of site for a
immense pulp mill which it is the purpos
of the company 10 erect in that State.
conversation concerning this industry, h
said: ave are making at our mills in Phi
delphia papers of various kinds. These ar
made wholly from the fiber of the palmett
leaf and stem. Hsre are samples OF the fnei
MANILA paper ever made, OF white wrappin
paper, or plate paper for fine work, and her
is our bonanza, what is known as transfer
paper. This transier-paper has heretofoI
been made only in India. 1t is used fc
only the fner grades OF steel plate prin6n
| and sells in the market from sixty to eigh,
cents per pound. We can manufacture
for eight or ten cents per pound, and comp
tent judges declare ii to be finer and bstt,
than the imported" "You have works
Fernandna, have you not" asked the int
viewer. eyes, we bale our material there"