Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-12-08
BUSINESS BREvITrEs.

Il New York has over 800 labor organ
sations.
" The government controls Swiss tel
phones.
The highest railroad bridge is the Ga
= abit viaduct in France.
Nearly leo different machines ha,
been invented for boring rock.
The crop OF cotton seed OF the Sout
will bring s30, ,000, 900 this year.
A quarter of million OF commerci,
n travellers are abroad in the land.
The process OF carbonizing wool is gel
ting special attention in Germany.
There are now thirteen co-operatiy
quarries in the New England States.
There are 120 government bnilding
= under way, which will cost sSS,2)5.73l
Coffee was brought into England il
l64l. In 1885 the crop was 7ls, 600 tons
a The most extensive mines are those o
Saxony. The galleries are 1873 mile,
long.
In Germany nearly 5000, 600 people
are insured by compulsory State insur-
ance.
4 In making shoe 100 steps are taken,
and only experts at each step are EN-
ployed.
i Alcohol has never been reduced to the
solid state, but becomes viscd at very
low temperature.
There are eighty-fve women in Great
Britain engaged in the occupation of
chimney sweeping.
The largest creamery in the world is
SAID to be at st. Albans, Vt. Capacity,
22O00 pounds daily.
| The steamers between Europe and
North America carry on an average about
70,0O0 passengers month.
The Carnegie Steel Company has cut
| the prices on steel rails, and asking 1924
TO $25 ton instead OF $40.
More than 81, ,000, 900 is invested in
clubhouses and duck-shooting facilities
along the Chesapeake Bay.
The agricultural capital of Europe has
doubled since 1S40; that Of the United
States has increased skiold.
Previous to 1910 nails were made by
hand. 1t cost 81 ,000. 900 to perfect ma
chine that came into use that year.
New York hotel is said to use a ma
chine that washes and dries 900 dishes
an hour. Two persons attend to it.
In August, 1892. 270, 1886, $3.50 cigarettes
were manufactured in this country. The |
figures for August, 1893, are 357 $40, 800 |
The average annual production OF the |
precious metals in the world from 1879
TO 1880 was; Gold, $l19,0 ,075, 900; silver,
sll2,500,000.
The coinage OF gold in the Philadel- !
nhIQ mint H,trtnv
than for any other month since the mint
was established.
The Canadians bought last year S3l.
O48 tons of soft coal mined in the United
States. and they sold in the United States
6SO, 1888 tons mined in Canada.
Alta Kansas City packing house n few
days ago in eleven hours 3,2l8 cattle
were killed and prepared for the beef
market, an average OF about five a min
ute.
The new East river bridge, as project
ad, IL to take six or seven wears 10 com
plete, The span will be 1870 feet; the
.oial length from anchor to anchor s. 200
eet.
The Bank OF Venice conducted its deal
ngs Tor 600 years with such honor that
n all that time no hostile criticism or ,
OF its methods has been
ound. ,
w. Waldorf Astor has about 80 900 600
vested IN his two great hotels on Fifth ,
venue. His hill Tor furniture was some.
hing over II 900, 900. aud it all came i
rom Grand Rapids, Mich.
No one country of Europe produces 80 I
much wool as the United States does n
'ut the combined production OF the Eu-
opean countries is about two and one
'alt times as much as our production. ,
Statistics just issued by the geological h
urvey show that the total coal output {
i the United States during last wear
vas l79 O01,000 tons. valued Mt the mines
! s207 ,566,3Sl. More than half, or 90 =
oO,so0 tons, was mined in PENNSYLVANIA. .
Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania
nd the islands produce nearly twice as !,
luch wool as the United States does: u
hen comes Argentina, with 10000, 600 y
ounds more than we produce. The s'
lnited States comes fourth in the list of =
DOL producers. O