Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-01

for shingles. The price is now s1.15 pc,
loo.
Last month the locomotive works a.
Schenectady announced the receipt of III
order for twelve narrow gauge locomotives
from japan.
1t is stated that in six months of the yea,
american manufacturers can make enough
SHOES 10 supply the 10000, 600 people Of The
United States.
The production Of pig iron in the United
Stalef during the first six months of 1897
was 4,40S,476 tons. an increase of 572. DO(
Ions over the second half Of 1896.
Three years ago the announcement that
1000 tons Of pig iron had been sold by ann
american mill Tor export TO Germany or am
other European point would have been re.
ceived with Incredibly. Yet the announce.
ment that q Milwaukee mill has just booked
such an order Is MADE and scarcely excitef
ommen
As q result of EXPERIMENTATION cpttnn I,
SO scarce IN the south that d majority of tht
southern mills are short of q supply. an6
some OF them viii have TO reduce their mt III
u! shortening hours Of work until the ueV
crop comes il. The stock OIL hand in The
Ihlteo States Is less than 206, 900 bales OF
which about half is in the south. and some
OF the New England mills are short. while
southern mills are already beginning 10 buy
IN the New York market aud bring cottuu
back TO the south.
American firms now send from three II
iouf steamers q month TO South Africa. Large
quAhlIlles ~ bicycles, patent medicines. fur
nlture and farm Implements hRve been SEM
out there lately, and as regards farm imple-
Inents, some OF the older patterns. which had
become difhcult TO sell in the home market
10 consequence Of recent inventions. are said
TO have found q ready market. There is
also q large export Of hardware. doors.
sashes, blinds, castings. etc. II takes on IN
average thirty days for d steamer 10 reach
South Africa.
All the woDleo mills al Madison, Ne. are
running on full time, and with fun compile
ment of help. A silk factory is tc
De established at Middleton, Conn,
The LockhHrt Is. CO mills last week
Increased their capital stock from S5O0. 600
10 $3.50 900, the increase TO be in preferred
stock. A new cotton mill is projected for
Elizabethton, Tenn, on which work will com
mence al once. The new mill of the Taccua
Cotton Mill company Of TRccuR, Ga, haf been
started w, running all the Gardins. one
third OF the looms and most Of ths Rpinners.
The Rome Cotton mill, Rome, Ga, has almost
completed the addition 10 its new cotton mil
The Merrimac mill Of Lawrence is running
fun blast, and viii not shut down this sum-
mer. The WeBtvllls Wooden mills at Spencer,
Mass, owned by Dutton Bros, viii be started
up al once. RE they have enough orde for
goods 10 keep the mill running to its fullest
capacity during the present season. To
new machines have been ordered by the Chat.
tsuOuga knitting mills al Chattanooga. Tenn.
Thomas Burbank. ". S. Klutzz, S. H. Wiley
and others have incorporated the Salisbury
Hosiery mills al Salisbury, s. c. This add
tion TO the Lowell MassD MANUFACTURING
compRnyie plant. for which the fouDta u L
IL laid, viii be fifty by sixty feet, four
stories. II IL reported that H. T. HayE ard'e
wooden mill al Franklin, Mass. is 10 start
W soon, The Faulkner Manufacturing com
pAny. North BillericR, Mass, expec 10
start up about August !.