The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-04
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS.

Southern pig iron is offered In this mar
ltct al 81 at the furnace.
1t costs 1904 cents per bushcl to send
wheat from Chicago to Liverpool.
The world grows 9,cOOOOO.OOO bushels OF
potatoes. Germany being the largest pro-
ducer
Connecticut has passed q law prohibit
ing street cars to cross steam roads at
grade
Two thousand patents have been taken
ont in this country on the manufacture OF
paper alone.
There Is n report In New York that the
Lchigh Valley has placed $3,OOO,O0O one
year gold notes in London.
The supreme court of California has
decided that the holder of through rail-
road ticket has a right to stop-over priv
ileges.
All the shops on the Vandalla system are
busy repairing the passenger and freight
equipment preparatory to the promised
heavy traffic.
The Panhandle shops at Columbus, o.,
are so crowded with work that In some
departments the men are working four
teen hours a day.
Pittsburg Is perturbed over the fact that
the firm of Spang. Chalfant &, Co., which
was the first to use natural gas for fuel.
has gone back TO the use ofcoal.
Through increased postal facilities, a
letter posted In Paris at midday can be de-
livered In London at p. m, by means of
an express messenger" arrangement.
During the third week in March seventy
three railroads increased la per cent. In
gross earnings. During the second week
eighty-two roads increased 1.32 per cent.
In France, a very good gas is made from
the fatty material contained I'm the soap
suds, after washing woods and yarns.
The wash water of Il woolen mill with 20,
900 spindles will annually yield enough Of
this substance to produce 100000 feet of
gas.
A new imitation of gold Is made Of 81
parts of copper and six of antimony, with
little magnesium and carbonate of lime
added while 1t is melted. 1t is said that 1t
preserves its color, Is an almost exact
imitation of gold and that 1t costs only a
shilling pound to make it.
One of the surest signs of returning
prosperity is the increase in number of
orders for locomotives, and more es-
pecially for cars. 1t is stated that over
100 roads are in the market for cars,
ranging in orders from 100 to 400 cars, be.
sides the large contracts already let.
Mexico produces anything that can he
raised in any other country. SO varied Is
the climate that in the same state can be
raised any product of the tropics and OF
the polar regions. Cotton, wheat, rye, sill.
ver silk, cocoanuts, bananas, rice, cocoa,
vanilla, logwood, mahogany, hides and
wine are the principal products.
The Massachusetts board Of conciliation
and arbitration reports that the strikes in
that state last year were numerous, but
generally unsuccessful, and that those
called successful entailed more loss than
gain to the workmen. The results Of arbi-
tration We're favorable to all concerned,
but 1t seems that both parties to labor
controversy will seldom agree to SO calm
and reasonable method of settling dis
pute.
Speed without smoke or clnders Is what
master mechanics are seeking to accom-
plish with locomotives. The experiment
on the Baltimore and Ohio in burning coke
in the engines hauling the fast express
trains overt the trans Ohio division has been
a success thus far The trains have made
the time, and the annoying smoke and
cinders were conspicuous by their alb
sence. Should the tests continue satisfac-
tory the passenger engines on the Balti-
more and Ohio will be equipped to burn
coke.
A scheme has been projected by w. II.
Andrews to transport coal in large guam
titles by piping. His project is to convey
coal from the Connellsville region to New
Castle, Youngstown, Sharon and other
towns and cities throughout the Shenango
and Wheeling valleys through giant pipe
line, and wherever 1t pays to transfer the
the coal into coke, there to build coke
ovens. In order to drive the coal through
the pipes and pumps 1t is to be crushed
and diluted with water. Pumping stations
and reservoirs will be built at intervals
along the line.