The Washington bee., 1888-12-29
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
Tariff League Bulletin

INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
Tariff League Bulletin.)
San Francisco tanneries now
turn out an annual product OF over
$1,000, 900 value there are twenty
of them, useing 1000 cords of wood
in tanning 100000 hides. The
value of trunks manufactured in
that city is 100000 yearly, and
the value of the fourteen glove fac.
tories per annum is $3.50, 900.
The projected cotton and wollen
mandatory in Beverly, Nj, is
expected to employ several ht n
dred hands in in it's various de-
partments. The capital invested
is put at some 5000, 900, and the
products of the company will con.
sist of a fine line OF hosiery and dry
goods.
An order for steel rails has been
placed at $25 ton, the lowest price
ever reached in this country. Pro-
lection has done wonders since
steel rails sold at $I66 a ton.
The prosperity of the American
industry at the present time is in
dicated by the fact that another
two-story building, of large area,
is required for the silk mill at New
London, Conn, and at the Murry
mill, Paterson, N. j., an enlarge
ment of the Office building and dye
works has been made necessary.
Maryland has now about 500
canning establishments. with %,
900 employees, who receive wages
aggregating some 10000, 900 an
nually, and IN fast adding to the
list. Baltimore alone contains
nearly one hundred canning estab-
lishments, with, Of course, a large
amount of capital invested.
The Chicago steel works run in
October eclipsed all previous pro-
ducts and November is expected to
do even better.
All the Pittsburg furnaces are in
blast, and the business of iron work
ers is pressing, with wages running
from thirty to fifty dollars per
week. There is to be no increase
of the hours of labor for pud-
dlers.
The first furnace of Cameron Iron
and Coal Company, at Emporium,
Pa, went into blast last month.
Three others are to be built. This
inaugurates a new era in the indus
tries Of that section.
All the departments Of the Bess-
emer steel plant of the Bethlehem
(Pa.) Iron Company went into
operation recently. This will give
employment to many hundreds Of
workmen who have been idle for
several weeks.
The third OF the four big furnaces
at Ensley, Ala, went into blast
November 80, as also the 10O.ton
furnace at Trussville, 9 miles from
Birmingham, Ala. Work at Thorn.
as furnace No. 2 also commenced,
large force of men being put to
| work.
According to the Custom House
report for the year 1887 the manu-.
facture of jewelry in Pforzbeim,
Germany, is carried on by 45S
manufactures and 1858 workmen.
To this are added PAL assisting
businesses (enamelers, engravers,
gold dyers and mechanics) with
1042 workmen, making a total ex-
ceeding that of the previous year
by 900 hands.
The government of Chill have
made contract with an American
syndicate, represented by Messrs.
Connegys and Lewis and the Un.
ion Bridge, Company for the con.
struction of about 7S0 miles of rail-
way in Chill. The price is not stat.
ed, but it is said to exceed $1,000,
600. No English firm competed,
the sole European competitor being
French and Belgian firm, which
probably accounts for the success
Of the Americans. The contract
was the result of a private negotia-
tion, as the tenders sent in far ex.
ceeded the Government estimate,
as was the case with the Ameri-
can contracts.
The Commonwealth Company,
which has a capital of 5000, 900,
will erect a shoe factory at Marlbo.
rough, Mass, $50 K Al feet, four
stories and basement, to employ
500 operatives. 1t is expected to
be in operation in the spring, and
will manufacture heavy boots and
shoes, 1t will probably be a free
shop. This with Rice and Hutch
ingS' new shop will add 1000 work.