The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-18
NOTES OF INDUSTRY.


France makes 100000 wooden shoes
yearly.
In 1897 1856 vessels passed through the
Suez canal
Mexico has produced $1,000, 900, 900
worth of the precious metals.
A shipyard al Ominato. Japan, still in
| operation, was established over 800 years
ago.
The Union Cotton mills, Union, S. c.,
will qua in 10000 more spindles and S66
looms.
1t is said that the United States takes
1000, 900 dozen handkerchiefs from Belfast
! annually.
The state of North Carolina owns
100000 worth Of stock in the North
| Carolina Railroad.
There is a bill before the South Caro-
| lima legislature which requires drivers Of
| vehicles to go to the right.
The Indians in Mexico, who operate in
a crude way in the gold placers, only work
when in pressing need of money.
Papers incorporating the Dolgeville
Knitting Company, of Dogeville, n. Y,
| have been filed with the secretary of
state
Native car building works in Japan pro-
| duce all the parts of the cars except the
| wheels. These are still imported from for
eign shops.
Chemnitz has just organized a corpora
ton, with a charter, whose work and
raison d'etre is to prosecute Illegal or I'M
fair advertisers.
At Paterson, N J., the Eastwood and
White Conmpay has been Incorporated for
$4,000 to manufacture silk Henry East
wood is interested.
The Dixie hosiery mills, Atlanta, Ga,
recently burned, are to be rebuilt by S.
A. MagiIl. The new factory will be double
the size of the old one.
A pair of gloves passes through about
200 pairs of hands from the time the skin
leaves the dressers till the gloves reach
the hands of the wearer.
The Liberty wooden mills, Bedford City,
Va, have been purchased by H. D. Kent
and James McLaughten who will probably
start them up at once.
The production of emery in the United
States in 1897 was 500 short tons, against
1850 short tons in the previous year. This
was mined chiefly in Massachusetts.
Bernard Fish will manage the new hos
iery factory at Cuero, Texas. Water pow
er, electrically transmitted, will be used
and the product is expected to be about
600 dozen per day.
G.. A. Vosburgh, of jamestown, has
leased a three story brick building at Fort
Plain, n. Y, and will start a knitting mill |
the latter part of February About 60 |
hands will be employed.
The most costly piece of railway line in |
the world is that between the Mansion |
House and Aldgate station, in London.
which required the expenditure Of close
upon $4,000, 900 a mile.
It is reported that Farrell, Allis & Co.,
of Utica, n. Y. may put the knitting mill
at Sherburne in operation, and new mach
inery and improvements may be added.
David Farrell will be superintendent.
A Chinese company that has been work.
ing the placer ground on Moore Creek just
above the Half Way House. between Boise
and Idaho City for ten years past, it is
said, has made in that period $42, 600.
During 1897 the mills of Roubaix and
Tourcoing turned out a diminished produc
ton, not more than one-half the looms at
times having been at work. writes Com
mercial Agent Atwel, at Roubaix,
France.
The iron trade should in time form oue-
Of the great industries of New South
Wales. Scarcely any progress, however,
has been made in iron smelling, and near
ly the whole stock of pig and wrought
iron required for the local manufactures
is imported.
The longest reach of railway without
a curve is claimed by travellers to be that
of the Argentine Pacific railway, from
Buenos Ayres to the foot of the Andes
For I'll miles 1t is without a curve, and
has no cutting or embankment deeper
than two or three feet
There are only two products of the |
Upper Congo. as far as its resources are
known at present, which are valuable |
enough to pay the cost of transport
These are ivory and india-rubber, both OF
them, unfortunately limited in quantity
and slow of growth.
The production of borax in the United
States was 100000 ounds in 1897. against
Is 25S.0l4 pounds in the previous year. As
heretofore this was entirely the produc-
ton of California and Nevada. Consid-
cradle part of the output was converted
into boracic acid.
President Fish of the Illinois Central. ,
has issued an order 10 the officers and en-
ployes Of the road that no officer-and I !
that means in all departments-shau here
after accept any present from employees. {
nor shall they permit their names to be
used in voting contests for articles Of
value. This order Will affect church fairs
baliy Eagle. by carrier. lee per week.