Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-24
SEEN on A JOURNEY.

Travelling about the State ono con-
stantly sees tokens of the 'business re-
vival." In villages that have not pros
pered under old forms of industry new
methods OF making money are being
tried with success. -Four years ago, for
instance, the business life Of Warsaw,
IN Wyoming county, seemed TO have de-
parted. One of the leading merchants
said to another: If we don't do some
thing soon we shall all be in the poor
house. Some one thought that pos
slbly the great oil field of PENNSYLVANIA
might extend into New York State even
rs far as Warsaw. Down went an oil
drill 100 feet. 500 feet, 1000 feet, 1900
teet-and then up gushcd salt brine.
There was no oil there. but there was
rock-salt of the finest kinda bed eighty
feet in thickness and 10000 acres Of il.
Ninety per cent. of the brine was salt,
while that pumped from the wells ut
Syracuse yields only 60 per cent. War
saw at once employed its capital in the
manufacture of salt. In three years the
industry has amazingly changed the ap-
pearance of the place. From stagnant
town 1t has become one of the most ac-
tive in New York State. The village
rests in the bottom of the great Wyom-
ing valley like thimble in bowl.
Clustered about on the hillsides arc gi-
gantic salt works belching forth smoke
and flame day and night. Two rail-
roads run on the hillsides on either side
of the valley whose tracks have been
connected with the salt works. Their
services are needed, for 5000 barrels of
a sr II dowv al Y~~
salt manufacturing firm alone expends
$4,000 yearly in buying bagging for the
salt it manufactures.
One discovers another new industry at
Friendship, little out-of-the-way town
i'll Allegany county. Alighting from
railway train at that place traveller
must notice at once an amazing waste
of gas. Opposite the depot there is n
tall iron gas pipe with branches blazing
with gas night and day. In all the
stores and houses in the village, too. al
though it may be bright, sunny day.
the gas is kept burning. The gas used
Is the natural product of the wells in
Allcgany county, and it is SO cheap
that there is no need of economy in its
use. Not only is it used for lighting
the stores and dwellings but also for
heating all the stoves. No coal cellars
arc needed, and there are no ash heaps
in the back yards. The cost for heating
and lighting building is about $5 a
month. Not alone at Friendship is the
natural gas used. Along the Pennsyl-
vania border village after village in
New York is putting in natural gas
works. Wellsvillc has adopted the sys-
tenn, and the streets of jamestown at
the present time are being torn up by q
gas company that intends to run the
natural gas through its mains. The
jamestown gas viii come from PENN
sylvania. Not only will it be used in
stores and dwellings, but also in manu-
factories and cheapcning of manu-
factured products may be expected
In Corning one sees near the Erie
Railway depot glass manufacturing
works of large size. In that retired cor
ncr of the State the finest cut glass is
manufactured. Going through a sales
room there is like visiting the glassware
department of fashionable iewelrv
and china store. A set of cut glassware
for the White House was made i'm the
summer, with the initials ~. S." cut
upon each piece.
There is beautiful village some
twelve miles from Syracuse where a
large proportion of the tobacco raised in
this State is bought. 1t has name that
Artemus Ward loved. "BaldwinsviIle,"
although it is not in "Inieanny" From
the railway depot looking ut the quiet
streets of the place no one would sus-
pect that they were bordcrcd by score
of large tobacco warehouses; Going
along the streets and looking at these
warehouses, one is every now and then
by seeing the name of some
great New York t0bacco-dealing firm
upon sign hung out from the ware
house. Nearly all the large tobacco
dealers of New York have agencies in
the village. Stretched about Baldwins-
vile are the tobacco fields Of the State,
1900 acres in all The soil seems
specially adapted to tobacco culture.
But Baldwinsyille is troubled. It's sleep |
Is disturbed by s.fhe Sumatra leaf" 1t |
insists upon the duty upon the leaf being
increased. Business is lively, good |
prices are anticipated for the 10000, 900 |
pounds of tobacco stored in the tobacco |
barns, but still ..tlm Snmatra leaf must |
go: its competition with the domestic |
leaf is too keen. Congress will receive |
a petition from the Baldwinsville farm
ers praying for an increase of the duty |
on the Sumatra leaf-N T. Tribune