Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-15

made. One New Hampshire firm has just
| put in one l0O-horse-powcr engine.
The Rochester Tumblcr company. of Penn
! sylvana, offers $1,000 in prizes to its en-
! ploycs for the best work during the coming
! year.
\ glass bottle factory is to be established i'm
| Atlanta, Ga. There is large local demand
| in the south which this enterprise expects to
| supply.
Copper tube manufacturers will be inter
csted to know that there is new process
! just patented in Birmingham, England, Tor
making seamless copper tubes.
a Boston mechanic has just invented ma
chine for cutting leather lacingS by machin-
cry, which have hitherto been cut by hand.
Each machine turns out the work of ten men.
Instead of falling off in the demand for
| labor on account of the approaching close OF
the building season, there is an increasing
demand for it, skilled and unskillcd, in all
industrial branches.
American makers of agricultural implo-
mentS are pushing their business with such
activity in foreign countries that the British
consulS are compelled to write letters of an
alarming character to their government
Paper manufacturers have for years been
casting about them for some new material
for paper making. The use of peat is now
an accomplished fact. \ machine has been
made that can turn out three tons an hour
The leading authority in New York says
that there is u general expectation that tie
revival of trade will be distinctly marked
through the coming autumn and winter. Me
chanicS and worklngmen take great comfort
from these statements, because heretofore
they have used up in winter what they saved
in summer.
New York builders and architects report
unusual activity in real estate throughout the
city. They have a bureau of information,
by, which buyers of property can obtain valn-
able information mt small cost. Building is
very active in Brooklyn. During September
permits were taken out tor 40l buildings,
which Will cost over -, 100000. Building ac-
tivity is reported throughout New York state
and material in consequence is reported firm
in price.
German industries of all kinds are pros
pering out of proportion to comparative
countries. The cloak manufacturers have
placed enormous orders for cloth in Berlin,
and prices for material are 20 per cent higher
than last year. The woOlen goods industries
Of Germany show decided improvement.
W0rsted yarns have advanced 40 per cent,
and German wool sso scarce that Hungarian
and Russian wool has to be used. German
hosiery is giving our Philadelphia manutac-
turers a good deal to worry over, and Ger
man iron, steel and hardware are making
tHcHioclNcS Hcalu ldI DtS OHu llle lllHllS OI tne
empire.
Manufacturers in several states have in
creased their labor force since the first of the
month. Some of the favored branches are
locomotive and car building, coal mining
foundry and machineShop work. and the
textile industries. The building trades are
crowded. and q great deal of new work is
c0ring up. The season will be very late
and the winter will be an active one for both
inside and outside work. The building of
houses and the extension of shop capacity
Will continue actively, not only in the larger
cities, but, according to the testimony of
architects and builders, 1t will continue in
the smaller towns and villages.
The silk manufacturing interests are highly
pleased over the unexpected development of
the home industry. Manufactured silk goods
have declined from S34000000 in 1884 to
S2GoO0OOO during the past fiscal year. Raw
silk imports increased 40 per cent. in the
same time. The decrease in the value of i'm
ported silk goods was IS per cent, in ribbons
81 per cent. and in braids and bindings the
same. SewinGs and twist production has in
creased from l? to u per cent The trim
mings made in home markets suit them
much better than imported goods. Many
new mills have been built and numerous eX-
tensions have been made