The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-01-07
INDUSTRIAL sREvrrIEs.


There are 673 newspapers In India.
| The electric snov pillow 10 promised.
Germany has A.OO0-ton forging press
st. Louis will have . u. 900 pound bslt
Japan mines have $50, 00O. 900 tons d
coal.
The Chesapeake oyster crop will b
light.
The Central Pacific has lss. 900 pound
locomotives.A
1t takes twelve tea plants to grow q
pound Of tea.
There are A6e electric railroads in the
United States.
Manufacturers Of school furniture have
formed trust
Kanaas 10 the only State in the Union
that produces reeled silk.
The Congressional library building will
contain 5000. 100 bricks.
| Bridgeport, Conn.,, 10 to have electric
power furnished BY water.
/ Minneapolis 10 making 81, COZ barrels
OF dour on an average day.
| This country has Il, no lawyers, IL 900
OF whom arc in New York city.
Very good clothing for South Sea Isl.
andeEs 10 made from palm trees.
The electric sleigh 10 announced for
use In the snowy Northern States.
Restaurants will BE- provided in the
Worid's Fair to seat Il. 900 persons.
A New York bridge company 10 to il
sue bonds that are to run for 2, $50 year.
The smoky taste in Scotch whisky IL
que 70 the use Of peat in the manuiact-
ure.
In 1850 our product OF hard ware was
valued at 10000; in 1888 At $97O, OOO, :
Scandinavian sailors arc said to pre-
dominate on vessels Of nearlv all nation
alities.
The profits from the sale of the work.
OF Charles Dickens still amount 70 $40.
90 year.
Aman in Maine has bu 1t an immense
lobster pond. and will put into it about
A mixture Of rye flour and peanuts
has been recently used BY the German
health authorities in bread making.
About 90 1000 kids are slaughtered
IN Europe annually to supply the one
town IN France where gloves are made.
The last census places the number OF
miles OF railroad in the world at 37J,2s9.
OF which AIS per cent are in the United
States.
Thirteen million tons Of coal are
burned in London yearly. About (. ON.
900 tons are utilized by the gas manu-
'acturing companies.
The report of the Michigan State Salt
inspector shows that last year 3,Sl2, O64
barrels OF salt were inspected, 1857
barrels less than in 1891.
One OF the most extensive concerns in
Maine has been experimenting on an
ingenious process OF burning lime with
oil instead Of with wood.
The largest telephone center in the
World u that in the exchange in Berlin,
Germanv, whore 1000 wires are con.
nected With the main office.
There are 5000 locomotives in the
world; $500 OF them run in Europe-
100 in America, 8, 800 in Asia, 2, zoo in
Australia and 700 in Africa.
Probably the heaviest rudder on rec
ord 10 that made for the torpedo boat
vulcan: 1t was forged in single pieces,
and weighs twenty-five tons.
Somebody has said that il Pastepr
we're paid q royalty on all the money he
nas saved to the commercial world he |
would Be the richest man on earth.
Business operations in the South con-
'inue to feel the spur growing out of the |
'ise in cotton. Coal, iron, steel and |
um Der industries are particularly active. |
The aluminium works in Switzerland.
ne largest in the world, use . water
'ower OF l,50O-horse power, and turn
,ut about 1870 pounds of the metal
laily.