The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-09
THE LABOR WORLD.

AN Alviso (CaL) box factory 1s hlllnS ar
order for 200, 900 fruit boxes.
THE maple sugar crop Of New York fos
this season will be larger than usual
SIxTY-Two wholesale sugar dealers, OF
Toxic, Japan, have formed a Z" Trust. !"
TIE production Of the gold mines Of Nova
Scotia In 1887 was worth about $500, 900. %
THE production of minerals in the United
States Is twice the output of Great Britain.
THE output Of the 103 salmon canneries on
the Pacific coast last season was 991, ,0OC
cases.
SPRINGFIELD (Mass.) switchmen can tell
the different locomotives by the sound OF
their bells ..-.
A Sr. CHARLES (Mo.) firm is filling con.
tract for 800 cars for the Mexican National
Railway.
PIrTsBURaERs are shipping natural gas In
steel cylinders to other cities for illuminating
purposes. ~
A NEWARK Conn., mill Is making 1T.
foot belt that is to be AZ inches wide and Will
weigh half ton.
THE cow catcher was first introduced
about the year 1853 on the Columbus and
Xenia Ohio Railroad.
In Massachusetts, alone between PSI, 900
and 800, 900 women are earning livelihood
In industrial occupations.
THE largest milk condensing factory In the
world Is at Cham, Switzerland. Its output
is %, 900, 900 cans per annum.
oTEEL rolls being made by Pittsburg
firm will weigh twelve tons each. These are
said to be the largest ever cast in this
country.
THERE are flfty.eight cheese factories and
twenty-five creamerieS in Chautuaqua coun-
ty, N. Y. Last years production brought
THE national convention of the millers OF
the United States will be held in Buffalo, n.
Y, in June. A European delegation Is to
be present.
CoAL-M1NKRs in the Hooking Valley, Ohio,
are paid 70 cents per ton from September
to May l, and IS cents between May l and
September 1.
KrsTUcKY's whisky industry produces
&60O0,00 a year and gives employment to
sol, 900 persons. Fifteen million gallons are
produced every year.
THE glass works just establish ed at Athens,
Ca, are so successful in producing the finest
quality of plate, that a large plant from
Pittsburg is to be Immediately moved
thither.
A COOPERATIVE glass factory Is being
er0CCeQ 6G SUOueUOIO, liz
donated a site and loaned the operators Sl2,-
00). This is said to be the first co-opera-
tive glass works.
A NORTHERN textile manufacturer says
that Eastern Tennessee is to be the greatest
cotton manufacturing section. Coal IS Slo
ton. Some woolen mills there have made
81 per cent. Labor is cheap and abundant.
THE mineral development in Great Britain
during 1881 was 173, ,O49, 795 tons Over 5O),-
90 people were employed, neariy $500 of
whom were women, and Of the latter 100 were
under Ii years of age. Nearly 1000 persons
were killed during the year while at work.
A LARGE number of English railway com.
panies frequently employ engineers and fire,
men for eighteen hours and upward: Signal
men are also frequently employed for eight.
cen hours. II, through the negligence OF
such signalmen, an accident should happen,
the companies employing them ought to be
held responsible.
THERE are forty.two cruciblc steel plants
in this country, half Of which are located in
Pennsylvania, thirteen being at Pittsburg.
Pennsylvania has fifteen Of the thirty eight
Bessemer steel plants, seven OF which are In
Pittsburg. There are are also nine Clap
Grifriths steel works in this country, all but
two, those at West Wareham, Mass, and
Balleville. ILL.,, being in Pennsylvania.