Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-02-11

NORMAN & Lakewood, of Coventry,
England, who are said to be the largest
bicycle makers in that country, with
so 900 pounds paid up capital, are to
erect a big factory in Philadelphia for the
manu' acture of bicycles for their Ameri-
can trade. England is said to have $50
bicycle factories to America 8 ~.
A company from Bradford England, is
making arrangements to esta blish a
worsted dress goods factory 10 Phiadel-
phla.
VolIath & Wadinger, also Of that city.
have recently begun the manufacture Of
Brussels lace curtuins. This is the first
attempt to make these curtains in this
country.
John Bromley & Sons are already oper-
ating an immtnse plant making lace cur
tains, and George Brooks & Sons have re-
Gently imported machinery for another
plant. The hands IN the Bromley factory
are under the instruction OF skilled work
men from Nottingham, the center of Eng
lands lace industry. Horner Brothers,
likewise of the Quaker city, are building
lace making plant.
Among the new industries transferred
to this country is that of making cotton
ties. They are iron or steel bands with
which cotton bales are held compressed
England has hitherto had a practical
monopoly o. their manufacture, and )ne
quite large town grew up there whose In
nabitants have been dependent on the cot
ton tie industry. As there was no mani
fest reason In the nature of things why
this country, the greatest iron and steel
producer, as we'll as the greatest cotton
grower, in the world, should depend upon
mills three thousand miles away for it's
cotton ties, the Mckinley tariff changed
the duty on them from IS per cent. ed va
loren to $40 cents pound constituting
a material increase. Results: American
mills began making them, and the imports
of 80, OLA Ala pounds of ''hoops or ties for
baling purposes" etc., during the first
nine months Of 1890 fell to nothing for
the corresponding months Of this year,
and instead Of over II 600 600 pounds Of
''noop, band or scroll irCn or STEEL for
nine months of last year, we imported less
than one million this year,
MADISON, Wis, Feb. 8.-Dr. Freder-
lex P. Power, professor of pharmacy and
materia mediea at the state university, has
rendered hi: resignation, to take effect at
the end of the pres ent school year, 10 June
This action was taken by Professor Power
preliminary to accepting the position of
scientific director in what will, when COM
pleted, be the largest chemical manufac
tory in the United States, located at Pas
sale, N. J. The projectors of this enter
prise are Fritzche Bros, successors to
Schimmel & Co, of L ei1 zig, Germany,
manufacturers of essential oils and pro
meters of synthetic products, This com
pany has long had branch Office in New
I York, but the passage OF TIE NJ, Kinley bill
placing duty upon chemicals IN which
this house largely deals prompted
the men to establish Laboratory In Amer
lea, and about si,500,0O0 has been invest
ed in the enterprise. The plant will cov,r
several acres, and the plans have been sub
united to DR.. Power for his approval The
buildings will be situated on the banks OF
tie Passaic river and have direct railway
connections with New York and possibly
water CONVEYANCE as well.