New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-16

tube. which flashes mail pouch a distance Of
i've miles IN that number of minutes Is Vastly SUI
peror. and Is bound in time 10 dispace both wagon
and trolley for mail transportation
After the great consolidation OF steel interests
that has just been reported almost any other fresh
organization OF business men must seem a petty
affair Still. II is worth noting that the unplate
men are almost ready to consummate combina-
tlon. and the sver-plating industry has actually
done
A scarcity OF high-grsde help for cotton mills Is
reported from the Carolna. Second hands
most IN demand. while quite number Of mills
have for weeks been unsuccesstully advertising for
bosses assistant Huperint endents for night work
and soremen in various departments. In short. tho
market is short OF expert operatives This is but
the natural result OF the absence OF textile schools
In tho South, and shows up clearly the absolute
necessity Tor IN. establishment OF such schools
are now about 10 begin operations In the Carolinas
and Georgia
A. an Offset the injury which tho cotton In
dvstry OF New England has experienced within the
last few years. THE Boston Transcript" proposes
that the mills Of that section go 70 making SILK
goods II appears from tho annual statement OF
the SILK Association Of America that the decline in
the imports OF SILK goods noted the last few years.
IL quite marked while the raw material is anding
i's way into this market IN steadily increased
In these respects, the imports 81 raw silk
amounting 10 nl6iaI67 against 81 s236s last year
in times pnst a. high as y7s To On worth OF manu-
featured silks but FOR the fiscal year ending June
~ our importntons Of them were bat slightly over
ils ooo00o The Bco bales Of raw SIX imported
this year represent than 100000 600 81 finished
product and there not wanting those believers
in the future OF the industry who sec later on,
profitable export business in manufactures OF this
material.
The electric power plant which In soon 70 supply
Tacoma and Seattle with electricity IL exceptional
in several respects The quantity OF power to be
deyeloped nj Snolunlmle Falls 1000 horse power
IS not extraordinary perhaps, nor are the distances
trav-rsed by the transmission lnes-thirty
miles IN one direction and forty-hve In another
But this will be OF tho frs lines 10 use
aluminium instead Of copper wire on the pole line.
and the voltage OF the current. % oo. is probably
the highest ever used on such lines The current
from Niagara 10 Buffalo was transmitted ~ first NJ
about II go volts. and then at ZOO Until re-
Gently the Insulation material used with transmits
slon systems was adapted to stand only about n
pressure or voltage. Of about 1000 and any In
wh@re and the current would leak badly The
possibility OF using n voltage OF 110 In washing
handling "A current The higher the voltage. II
should be remembered, the less metal may b" used
10 conduct the same amount OF energy Hence II
Is economical to Use hlsh voltage than low
The demand for roller skates this Fall Is said to
be I'm advance Of that OF any previous and
augurs a remarkable trade during the coming
winter.
THE Iron Age" says: Western manufacturers
and merchants are s,renuously endeavoring 10
shorten the terms finished iron and steel Many
OF them have cut the usual sixty days down TO
thirty DAYS At least instance is known In
which a steel manufacturer has notified hls Gus
toners that those who do not pay promptly within
thirty days after the receip, of a shipment Will
ccvc no steel on their contracts until such
arrearages are paid Too many buyers for prompt
cash are now In the market for material 10 permit
the mills 10 indulge those who stave of payments