The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-12-04


The decrease this year in the exports OF
iron and steel from Great Britain has been
very great. The total exports for the first
ten months OF 1891 aggregated 2,79G,7ll
tons, against 3,433543 tons in the same
period of 1890. and 3,a9S,lS5 tons in the
same period of 1899.
The immense freight traffic has greatly
increased the demand for power. Every
locomotive works in the country ia now
busy, and these which had in the dull times
constructed number of engines have dis
posed Of them at good prices.
1t is stated that Carnegie, Phipps g. Co
arc putting down u plant at their Thirty
third street works at Pittsburgh for the
manufacture Of gas for fuc:. Tho Nation
al Heat and Power Company, of which Gen
d. t. Hastings is president, has the con-
tract. The Rose process will be used.
The plant will be completed in one month.
The Illinois Steel Company las put into
| the coke carrying trade ten stool oars, tho
property Of tho Calumet and Blue Island
Railway Company, OF Illinois. They were
| built in this country as an experiment.
| The cars arc 1000 or 5000 pounds heavier
! than the corresponding oacS of wood.
The next great field lying ready to be
cultivated b. electrical! engineers" said
u thoughtful man, is that of oquipping
large mills and manufactures With cleo
trio power. It's bound TO como. Just
consider the possibilities in such line Of
work"
The check upon railroad building in
some OF the Northwestern States ia at
trbuted to the hostility of tho Farmers
Alliance to railroad interests. Tho Vest
crn farmers arc fast finding out. however,
that they have hcen iniuring themselves
more than Other people by their opposition
to railroads and to ether great American
interests whch have as just claims to rec
ognition and encouragement as agricul-
tnrc itself.
Contracts have been let for building q
railroad from Puget Sound 10 tho summit
of the Cascade Mountains eighty miles in
length.
The Norfolk & Western have placed or
dc:s for r., 900 tons Of steel rails ut $50,
besides which large orders for cars are
being distributed. said to DC over l0, 900
IN ALL. Orders from the shipyards are also
coming in, so that the outlook is mnch
better.
The Alabama Rolling Mill Company Of
Birmingham, Ala, Announce that they
have rebuilt that portion of their rolling
mill recently destroyed by fire, and COM
plcted improvements and additions that
will increase :hcir production TO- y tons
per day. The entire plant is now in ope-
ration.
Early estimates OF the increased wheat
Weld are borne out by actual results. In
Minnesota thc wheat acreage in 1870 was
2N7S.797 Welding 40 293, l42 bushels OF
grain but this year The acreage is :5,'i33,-
9c3, which at 20 bushels per acre, 4 fair
average for this year, will yield 67,l93,CG0
bushels CT wheat.
The Queen L Crescent line has placed
AN order with .hc Ohio Falls Car-works at
.Jeffrrsonvii!c for 400 box cars Of G0,C00
mounds cayacilr. All OF the freight cars
iate:y built at thc Ohio Falls Company's
works are Of G9,0N0 pounds capacity. In
former wears The average capacity OF ears
was 10000 pounds Tie Pennsylvania
company has recently placed orders for
the building Of 5000 cars, all OF the capac-
It's oi Is, $3.50 pounds.
Tie red hcmat;tc ore beds near Chis-
tiansDurg, Va. have been sold to ayndI-
este composed OF Virginia and Northern
ca";:a!isls for the sum Of $1,000 cash:
railway will he Immediately built to the
mines, which are now being opened ana
force OF $50 mcn pu: to work to develop
them.
N.p.C. Sandcr3on, division supeflntcn-
dcrt motive poser, western division, Nor-
folk < Western railroad, has returned from
BROOKLYN, where lie supcrintended very
successful test Of Pocahcntas coal on the
fas. trail. of the New York Central rail-
road
The plart established BY the owners OF
fine sljchieanme mine for tue separation
Of iron ore by electricity, has proved a
success. The works have so far turned
out 20 800 tons Of high grade Bessemcr
ore. ~ the Improvements bong MADE
low Grade ores urc refined into the best OF
| Desscmer.
During October past 54,lS2 cmigfants
arrived in the United States, against 46,-
PSI in October, 1890. Of the arrivals last
month Germany furnished 1922, Russia.
7 G5G. England and Wales, 5,Ss2; Ireland,
$3.50: sweden and Norway, a.529. and It
lily, 4,i4l.
One day last week the l.. & N. gave the
X. i ". at Norton, l%y loaded cars, aaa
on another day, ll2.
The statement comes Oh good authority
tha, $50 steamships are bound to Baiti'
more TO take cargocs Of grain for Europe
! Southern railroads arc osertaxed. Inc
West is al last realizing that through
Southern ports they will find shortest ant
cheapest rates to deep water THENCE Il
Europe ~
Newport News reports great rush o
grain TO that place. 10 such an extent
tbis true that the Chesapeake and Ohi'
cannot handle all that is offered 1900 ca
loads Of grain have been engaged for ship
ment to Europe via this port.
Can't. L. O. Petit, with corps Of engi
neers is surveying Gov. Campbeli's tsac
of land recently purchased by Col. Has
/, ~. g. u frI,a nn,nnn,.r ic IL very Wealth