Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-20
STEEL RAIL TRADE
s Promises Better Things Than for a
Number Of Years Past,
IMMENSE OUTPUT AT BRADDOCK.
A Projected American College for Educating
the Tanners.
STATISTICS OF THE COFFEE MARKET
OFFICE OF THE DISPATCH,


PIrrsBuRG, TUESDAY. January l9.
At the Edgar Thomson Works the largest
yield OF steel rails for any one day OF last
wear was !, 900 tons The price of rails is
about 81 80 per ton greater than year ago.
Improved machinery has been added to the
plant in the past year which has reduced
the running expenses about 5000 per day.
All the nine furnaces are in full blast, with
the exception of fumsea A, which has been
rebuilt and will be ready to start in the
next 10 DAYS.
Orders are now on the books sufficient to
take the entire yield Of the works for sew
eral months 10 come. With the improved
machinery, and ali the furnaces pushed to
their utmost capacity, there is now no
doubt that the steel rail product of the
Edgar Thomson for the year 1892 will far
exceed that of last or any previous year.
1t is expected that the daily output of rails
will be over i 1,500 tons for the year ahead,
and there will be no difficulty in
placing the entire yield at the advance
of 81 80 per ion on last winters prices.
Education for Tanners
An American school for the education of
tanners is likely 20 take shape in the near
future. A the head of the movement is
r. G. Solomon, of Newark, \. J. That the
movement is feasible is evident from the
success OF a similar institution in England,
concerning which late issue of the London
BOO, and Shoc Iiodes Journal has this to say:
The progress made, and the future pros
pect- of the leather industries department
Of toe Yorkshire College, which, through the
assioance of the Skinners' ComDany. of the
city OF London, and the Leeds Leather
TrRdes Association Was only started at the
beginning of the present term. are such that
the council of the college are already setting
about preparing for its extension. The
course. which extends over "a period of
three years, is su;table for all who intend to
become technical chemists in the leather in
Uu>tty, or managers of important works and
is provided for the sons OF tanners or those
WHO are interested in the industry. and can
afford the time for thorough education,
Only 4 limited accommodation was made in
the first instance, as il was not expected
that the number o. students would be large,
at all events at first. The places for which
provision has been made have. however, all
been filled, and as fresh accession OF stu
dents is constantly anticipated next session,
the council of tine college have decided TO
the laboratory, OF which Mr.. II. r. Proctor
the lecturer has charge, as viii double the
number OF school places, and afford addi-
uorai facilities for carrying on experiments
and researches.
The AfoIasses Crop.
1t VIII be seen by reference to the market
columns that high-grade New Orleans mo-
lasses is steadily advancing TO higher level.
From sources OF supply comes the report OF
greatly diminished supplies as compared
with last season. The amount of open ket-
tie niolasses is slight: as compared with last
year it is not more than one-balf. Along
with the light supply stands the fact that
prices were &c per gallon higher a year ago
than now. Holders are very firm in their
views OF values, and there Is n general eX-
Dectation among dealers that markets will
soon find a higher level
The Visible supply cf Coffee.
Following are some facts OF interest as to
the situation and outlook OF tie coffee trade
as given by the Boston Herald:
"The daily Rio cable cives the market
steady, with receiprsof L, 900 bags at Rio and
IS ono bags at Santos. The total stock is
230.GU0 bags: same time last year l6, 600
bags. The weekly Rio cable quotes the mar
daily average of receipts for the week was
1880 bags. The shipments to Europe were
10000 bags: to the United States $1,000 bags.
"The total vlstele supply of coffee at New
bags: same ilme last year, 3I6, All bags; same
time in $780, 433,045 bags. The total receipts
on the crop at RIO up to January IA were
1855, ,000 bags; same time last year, ], ,467, 600
bags: same time In iSaa, ,2G5, $50 bags
Spot coffees are very firm, with an advance
Of &c to &c for the week. Very poor aSsort-
ments on desirable cofees are Offering,
while there is an active business all over tile
country. Maracaibos and Central American
coffees are stiff under the threatening
duties. The receipts at New York of
Maracaibo and Central American for the
year 1881 We're 7l2,6a6 bags. The average
of receipts of the same for the past 10 years
has been 6063l0 hags. The total stock On
December 81, 1921. was but 1915 ilaEs: same
time last year. y 707 bags; same time in lSS9,
80, 269 bags. withstandinC free receipts
for the year, the demand has kept the stocks