The National tribune., 1883-03-01
Its Industrial, Commercial, Railroad.
and Agricultural Development.
AND TRADE.
Latest Reports from Leading
Business Centres.

q
II noticeable, the number in 1889 being 253. in.
q A different rate OF increase Is shown in the
amount Of capital employed In 1850 il was
S,i32f5,35l, Increasing TO .l,099, ~.55,Gl5 IA
l.iio and doubling again between 1850 aud 1S1o,
20 -, SOS 20. Between $50 aud I--O il in
# creased 90 >. $50 223. 1pG. The shops and manu-
Factories gave employment In 1850 20 95~019
toiiers who had increased In number 10y the
wear ls6o 10 i,3ll ,2ib, and by 1879 TO 2uD39yj
a in the next ten yc,rS the increase. rs i'm the
other eases, was slow. for in 1850 the workers
n numbered only 2.7;'-.1JO, an annual increase
81 for the dccade of less than 90 O00. In this army
q of workers there we're l,9lS children. LOB
= females over ID years and 2 .025.2 males over
s. 10, earning a total of S947,9i9,674. or a weekly
wage for each man. woman, or child of about
81 $500. IN 1880 the wages paid were .5.}G i61,
IN 1860 $40. 81 966 aud in $50 So, ,5-4 ,3l3.
The materials consumed i'm manufacture were
valued in 1880 "a S339L3a0029 The products
Increased from Slol9, l0o,6l6 in 1880 TO $500
q CO. ,706 i'm 1850 In the payment of wages all
the States show an increase excepting Nevada,
n Missouri. and Mississippi Minnesota and Texas
doubled their annual payment of WAGES in the
last census decade, aad California increased
from S2l 0J0,uJ0 20 S;iS,0o0,oG0.
Lieutenant Commander II. II. Gorringc,
Backed by several capitalists, has leased the
shipyard of The Philadelphia and Reading Rail
road at Philadelphia, and will at once enter
& Extensively upon the work Of iron ship-build-
& ing. He has already secured contracts for
F building large iron sailing ship and for two
smaller vessels. Commander Gorrnge has re-
tired from the navy and viii give his personal
attention 10 the business, which is expected 10
assume very large proportions. He states that
Mr.. William II. Vanderbilt, while having no
direct interest in the enterprise, has kindly
arranged tbnSs 50 that Commander G0rringe
can eogtroi 4 large block Of stock. The Phia-
1lz&<t{7-a and peaifuo ward Iar,o ,,,, ,,,J
was fitted out several years ago by the Reading
Road. which At that time had an ocean steam
8ship line IN contemplation. Then the road got
into financial troubles and the receiver locked
up the yard. Commander Carriages attention
3 was FIRST attracted to it by a capitalist who
q desired hiiG tocyaniuc and report upon It,
4 BE did SO, but afterwards learned that the
Spitaiist had broken oil negotiations for the
srd Then he took up the matter himself
Aklry Wizard has been mentioned as one of
pitali's interested with Mr. Gorrimgc,
fays he is not.
snager Of the ST. Louis Freight Bureau
announcement that arrangements
bstSie for the Immediate establish
a regular line of steamships between
Iics'Iis aud Liverpool. Messrs Harrison
verpooi who are 10 put on the steamers,
an assurance tai there would Ice sufii-
>si.pt @ make the line pay which guar
'couid b. given with the cooperation
y roads. ID. B. M0ray, Of the Chicago,
= and New Orleans HljlrOad. has given
:. 1adorsr8e't 10 the sch me. As his line
Tesen;s lHo,. ihe freight business Of the
|csiern haii OF ls0 Ht--i-- 1ri Valley the snc-
cess # tiIc sf-c.,c va, CO.'S. rcd well cuongh
assured 70 ',rias The n.stt-- before the New
=. ag2 5;ea'cr o. Com. re-, which passed
be-. utl7nS t-fayIul Il tE projected line of
te..lisr-I Iis a'3 rEar-f.- confidence that If
tae st't7n'se' 'l's aEe rga..r days o. departure
IRON New tiite4.is. a:d rates Of passage aud
freight equal 20 ia adc rom Eastern ports
the line world iuar.a-. fhe volume of New
[orleans exports and iiorI5ts, and add mate
srialiy TO ifs mppriHeo port. The Freight I
Bureau no. .ei. believe tHat the line viii /
give a s;tls cory aa,cf 20 the Increasing grain
receipts of 81. logis
There is nlU. exeirefle'It in Saratoga Co. y. /
T., over tisc slse9F.rr iu .nc town Of Galway |
'of what considered valuable oil well I
IJeer2t Isabel q iar'.el. res ding in the north /
'erf ps-t 81 ih. l0ar uf OaIvar. last fall dug |
=. wei uesT lls 3at 81 obtain water .or his |
slie e1i sd o drnk ihc water /
saiuaffop 81 toe water showed an oily /
-, isiiict .tl- on i. Ei' CA burned, smrllod, /
aDl i9ore l,e Kerosene. SIMPLE WAS sent /
IT, Safatce - eo test-a i was pronounced 10 |
|be .etTalf'.sG. Z f, -a-tI .e burns readily with
r. 4r .tuIHz rs."a asg tts q faint but de.
cia,a oG'r q .lra-g.l, aat .s nearly coloress.
~ is much heavier 8i. t.tH NY sold at the
sfo e.. ll,'oa a1t ig E.a., rude Petroleum hut
looks K Teanod s5. sa The well is said
Ito b. ioI!V wo iri depth 4 bucket Of
water foz conan, asJIt thirty-thrcc per
|ceut OF OIL.
There is peculiar lu' highly successful
|rOioDy 0t Immigrants iu aansss. who call
thems,lvos Geratau Ess- 8u farmers. They
|are fsstbabir aar'H''Hr.-i- lrou the border
|couutgE between i.H-..s md Germany o- from
ont II te German -c,f ..1Iat.f- tu Gus, au ..r-
rtorr. Ilr Naa-a. 'ritmaut is called Her
10 ano i 80 .H aa.nt milo From the rail
raad sisf35a Of .is,or'a. 90. the K nsls Pacific
I.nlrisa Iae-e -'ft'r.s ..s rf.a.. sober and
Beu ur4s IN hgh a..l. .nd display
hltaIiiee#c aHd lta-ti,s. -...-- iI thc.r labor
Ilhry -sior t Is paft,rGlaI.t % .hC purchase OF
Fhe best iaii0r--avius uacb ntrv. without re-
eari tocoT Pney adhere. With singular per
Fistenry. - t.,e attirs !o .aich they were ac-
H'ufio;n.,i il i.ar1pc, aud the traycler. pas iug
s.raffs - tsui- On -mrli. 5eLo,,s costumes t.Iat
belonz io li.g pass century.
IT, Eaiffaq Gre .nbii she's q summary ortbe
r-.iiss'is construction ia the United .iaIcs lur
~ ssr i-- ihe summary 90 crs Oulv In. !
pa rsi,k and SHOWS tine construction iu a
pf isr ~fetas aHr ierIirg...s. on 81 lines 10 4
a4e ee.tte l.al5 si l.. gF a5gGt 2,gtJ miles |
more fhaf Iu l--i. wui-H ss,oedyd the con
strarioa Iu sny preyiou, year by 1000 miles
D .Hi-iffiFl i'H tS aEEIlCs a. follows. Ia 1--WE
p 81 Laeia5 States, .3 miles; IN four Middle
r5es, .]Iba %. ies: in five middle Western
af.i 20G - lc.; 30 eleven southern States.
miles lh four States in tIc Missouri 4
iiF,r b. lt ".3- miles; .4 H,e States ia the {
l<s'nsas i3it 2il1' miio-, ia iga Stucs in thc ,
eio,8oQ bel. l,lG2 mi.as. aDJ in six States in :
III Pacific i.et, l,3s0 ul-l s
The secretary of She Slg~lmon'S Association.
-oiai isose3 0f fine 's.tltHeu Of the West who
Has lieep enaiEg rpaF.u .utio1 oi the a,soaia-
ion ~ hustin. Texas. told "a st Louis R,ypbF-
,rssr 4nr.cr Zee 3t.c. Cay u8t the loss oi cat 7
u airi5HH tl" recent D.. ard would Iaaao
-s 10 - q cs..j., which is considered a
= - aA ifs by the .t9ekman. The 81. cp j
i'H,l a l1"r,. especially those Dr0u ht from
i1aH last Gall. a large Huasbcr OF which died
81 e. The stJe,llcn Of Minnesota have ;
3 eou ie ItFats on their ranges, The hard
inter ..Ss ..E h4a very l.ttle effect on the cat
le. tBe los tAr1ugilou, jh- Northwest viii }
BOT. II IS thought, average more than 3 Der :
teat.
A lun has been formed at Pittsburgh. na
'onposed of Andrew Carnegie aud Henry
'hipps- Of the EDGAR Thomson Steel Works;
Il. ~ Eari am formerly el tie Gauiier Wire ;
Work, oi j9au-.oHu: J. L Ellvood. wire ,
ence :t..uisc.urer OF New York: Mr. Stiles
II tsesEa ASA Mr. Sears II Wisconsin. Tres. q
,enfieu.en l4ye pur hIsed about twenty acres /,
II land iH Beaver Falls, wh. r. they viii erect /
solls on q large scale for the manufacture of .
.ffr d D.. -i.