The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-07

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/! American merchants are standing of to ses how
& shall turn out. AS . general thing the lattei
| ridlcule the idea Thu programmes Is to buy uT
| 400, 900 boxes.
A new building material called stone brick is
made by tine grinding together of lime and sand
in dry State. Ii is then heated by .steam and
transformed into burned hydraulic cement.
The people of Cleveland. O.. have decided to
invest 5000 900 in tunnel. to be built out into
the lake. one and half miles long, which will
be seventy feet below tho surface and seven
feet in diameter
A large lathe has just bean turned out from
the Pennsylvania foundry that VIII turn
Never before was much heavy machinery
made as at this time.
One hundred thousand acres of valuable coal
Eastern CAPITALISTS for immediate develope-
ment. Hard timber, splint, camel and bitumiu-
GUS coal are abundant
The Massachusetts labor commissioners are
extreme care. The public school system has
suffered by factory industry, aud it is now pro-
posed to correct this evil.
Wonderful progress is being made by the
manufacturers of textile machinery. in the New
England States particularly, and predictions
have been made by good judges of machinery
that some of it will soon be wanted abroad
Several syndicates are now laying their plans
most desirable sort, none being wanted but
those having money to buy and pay for land.
and who will live on it until it shall be product
i've.
An invention has been introduced in English
mills by which plate and sheetiron be
rolled perfectly level and save rerolline for that
purpose It is very valuable for sheet-iron,
which rolls crooked despite the best workman
ship
The activity in the industries all over the
East Mississippi region has retarded the outflow
lation, and hence there is an unsatisfied demand
Tor skilled LABOR In q good many new sections of
country.
Experts in textile production have loLe been
trying to produce artificial fibre. This has
been at last accomplished. and it looks like silk.
1t is, however, not destined to be serious rival
to silk either in cost in beauty. 1t is simply
a curiosity.
The American calfskin tanners are approach
ing more closely every year the quality of
French goods. and ii 10 only question of time
when French importations will be largely re-
duced: good many tanners are working in
this direction.
The Chinese want to know why the sale of
their tea is falling off throughout the world as
against the teas of India India tea is planted
grown. picked and fired by the latest and most
improved processes. Chinese teas are prepared
as they were centuries ago.
Ter or twelve Western cities Of small popu-
1asion are becoming important distributing
centres for dry goods, boots and shoes. hard
ware, lumber, iron and steel and other staple
products. The idea is to have an abundance of
such products at points in the West where the
requirements OF consumers can Dc promptly
met. This largely accounts for tho increased
building activity and real estate speculation.
Cuba promises to be great Bessemer
producer. Plans contemplating outlay OF
from $1,000 to 81. 500, 600 are under consider
alton by Eastern capitalists to develop those
mines. It will cost from 81 Is to 81 so to deliver
this ore at North Atlantic ports Mining COM
twenty years. Labor in Cuba il paid 80 cents
day. The projected railroad will be twenty
two miles long. The distance from the shipping
port to New York 10 ], $40 miles,
Steel tanks have been made and filled at
natural-gaS wells and transported to the shops
OF railroad companies where by the use of regc-
lators for reducing pressure they have been
economically used for steam, light and heating
purposes. The pressure at the wells L. $50
pounds to the square inch. The pressure for
economic consumption is an ounce and half.
The experiment has been successful that
large number of steel tanks have been ordered.
One railroad company has been we'll pleased
practical use the heating and lighting OF its
and the firing Of its locomotives with natural
gas.
y More abundant opportunities will be opened
up for workingmen throughout the far West
this season. A great many shops, foundries and
mills will be built Builders have largely con-
tracted for lumber for these purposes. as well
siderable building and industrial activity. not
only all along the lines of the new railroads but
also far into the interior, where at present land
10 being offered at a very low price, It is the
intention OF the managers of some of the exist
ing lines TO build small feeders from the main
fly. Several Western towns and cities have
committees organized to attract the attention of
Eastern mechanics and moneyed men to DOS
eibilities beyond the Mississippi.