New-York tribune., 1886-11-14
GLIMPSEs OF MEN AND THINGS


son. of Kiiderminster. England. who Is representing
In this country the carpet manufacturing hrm OF
John Brint0n & Co. Mr. Brinton's name Il famiiiar
TO followers Of reports OF English affairs as prom
nent member Of Parliament and supporter OF Sr
Gladstone Mr. Thompson was for eight or ten years
the purchasing agent at Manchester for A. T. stewart
4 Co. buying all the carpets and upholstery which
that firm imported from England. Chatting yesterday
about the condition Of his trade and business WIZ
reference to this country, he said There mas Dcon
great change in trade with tbis country SINCE
first came over here in the old days OF my con
necton with Stewart Then what We sent over 10
You amounted TO millions OF dollars Now IL Is 10 De
counted only by the Thousands Things have changed
bS ressOn OF the growth Of your capabilities TOT ,ne
manufacture OF carpets In those days looms IN 'nis
country few and far between; now they arc 10
he counted by the hundreds. Your technical kno"i-
edge OF the business equal to greater than ours
1t was to be expected that you would gradually DO
your own manufacturing in this IN other hnes oe
cause Of the vast extent of your territory and the
enterprise Of your people There seems to De no eu'
TO your enterprise. The trade in carpets whlcn We
still hold in Wiltons and Brussels. is purely Hat'er
OF novelty. There great many people sun III
America who want the foreign stamp on anything
they may buy, whether in the carpet line or Other
wise Our trade with Canada s still very large, put
in my visits to that country recognize the fact that
they are rapidly becoming hmericanized over on
the other side they tried TO tell me that Canada VIII
never give up her allegiance to Queen Nlctorla uuD
it only needs that one should go through the Domln-
ion TO be convinced that Canadian sympathy ana
trade are already tending toward the United states
solid and prosperous looking man who is stopping
Mt the R0ssmore Hotel Is s L. Dows, wealthy re-
tired contractor of Cedar Rapids Iowa. 1t Is forty
years since Mr. Dows went West from Troy and cast
his fortunes in the growing State OF Iowa lie 'opA
with him his bride Miss Safely, OF saratoga lie
went into the railroad construction business anu ha-
built hundreds Of miles of iron track across Iowa.
Wisconsin and minnesota, accumulating a large Ior-
tune from profts He said yesterday ,hat inc
outlook for railroad building in the West Is promising
for season. and that within the next four or hve
years the Increase In the rate Of construction WILL DC
quite large.
So much is heard in all business circles about the
new iron fields at Nashville CHATTANOOGA Birmlhsha"
and South Ptt-burg that facts with reference 10
these newly developed properties are eagerly sought
BIRMINGHAM and South PIttsburg were both started
INTO existence bv the same company. The me thods OF
operation there are somewhat different from those Oh
similar enterprises in the North COMPANIES "crc
formed 10 own the entire city or town W NJ Duh
can. the Na-hville banker. who formed the oouh
rittsburg company, has been for some tlu'e at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel He told yesterday something
about the comrapy's business affairs. The town has
about 100 houses, with hotels. water WORKS store
houses, and four or Eve thousand acres OF and IL
is all owned by a company with capital OIL some
So 100000. which has been organized under charer
from the state of Tennessee. which permits such
towns to be incorporated ia this way 10 encourage
immigration and build up new enterprises. The gen
eral plan OF such movements is to operate the prop
crty and sell or the lots and pay the proceeds
the benefit Of the stockholders. Inc Hcrease
OF value in some of the towns IN the coal and IRON
region Of this district has been remarkable Mr
Duncan said that IN some places the lots advanced
over 100 per cent within few months and some OIL
Tho Iofa fucra al af m
rapid growth of this iron region remarKaOie
BIRMINGHAM s already a large city. South FtUspurG
with 600 inhabitants has two blast furnaces IN opera
ton and two more furnaces in process OF CONSTRUCTION
New YORK. capitalists. Northern manufacturers are
bulIling branch establishments for the manuiactnIe
OF IRON goods at points around there fiPe NUNS i
and iron foundres sprincine up all along tne uue
oil railroad running from N5shVlie anu anu ODa tS1f
everybody that region is deeply interested IN me
tarh question. and that the people are -, ue eso'iNs
| strongly impressed IN favor OF protective tailH
Fx-secretary William E. Chandler of New Hamp-
he & mnEe daTIdoT o tbe Fifth Avenue Hotel where
among others were senator Warner nea, % o Serfh
carolina Of the United states 1s9 @
ae a expresses to his friends the belief that he
Iii lie successful in securing the senatOrship In his
Tcsponded decidedly that he did not know anything
about National politics, as he was deyoanS MS unie
| wholly 10 New-Hampshire. and had nothing 70 say
about the affairs Of his own state
Colonel Canaday in chatting about politics in the
south expressed much elaOn over the result OF the
elections in North Carolina, and sad; IN thc
| Legislature the Democrats have = senators OUT ol
| 50 and only So members of the House out OF 10
making a ne on a JOINT ballOt. OF the members OF
the House not elected a. straignt n
there are seven or eight Independent DemOcrats upon
whose action in party matters VIII deIend the c0n.
| troll Of the Legislature They are opposed 20 "na'
| is known with us as Democratic county control We
gained two Congres-men and lost one IN inc laeIgp
| district John Graham will succeed Mr.. cox Orahan
is considered one OF the ablet lawyers in tho state
Cox was retired account OF his lnlOreneht OF she
AdmnlstTaton on Civil service Inc tarln luesSVh T
! entered alsO largely into the contest IN inc EVn
District Mr.. Brewer, who is tobacco tnanulac,
| was elected principally on the arln question: