El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-26
Industrial and
Commercial.

The new roller mill at Monclova,
| Mexico, has been exempted from all
state and municipal taxes for five years
Mexican Herald
The British budget for the coming
| year amounts to 1854 635, 600, an in
crease of $50, coo. 600 over last year.
Albuquerque Citizen.
Wooden mills are encouragingly act
i've. Sales of wool in the three great
markets in the past two weeks amount.
ed to SIG. 1872, 900 compared with 1884,
500 pounds last year.-Albuquerque
Citizen.
| The increase of our manufactured
exports from this year sis put, on the
basis OF what has already been de-
termined and the outlook. at some
of last year.-San Antonio Light.
The United States Worsted compa-
ny, with an authorized capital of $40.
900, 900, and the American Plumbing
| Supply and Lead company, with an
authorized capital of $35, 900, 900, have
been incorporated.-NewM Mexican.
4 The ground is being cleared for the
new oil mill which Is soon to be built
on South Center street Bonham. The
| machinery has been ordered and viii
| be there in the course of a few weeks
1t will start in with the fall trade
Elk.
Bank clearances for all the cities in
the United States for last week ran up
to 50, 1874, 932, 423, more than 800, co.,
600 above the astonishing figures of
the previous week. and 95 per cent
larger than in the corresponding week
in 1898.-Exch.
The railroad from Guerrero to Bato-
pilss is under contract to BatOpilas, q
distance of 26O miles. A connection of
this road will be underway, starting
from Mazatlan within sixty days, to
meet the line projected to Batopilas.-
chihuahua Enterprise.
Pig iron, iron, steel, copper, tin. as
best os, wire, nails, 1um Der, bolts, cop
per, oils and labor have within the
last year advanced from 10 to 1OS per
of trade there has been q decided adj
vance in prices, giving manufacturers
q fair profit and workingmen decent
wages.-New Mexican.
The contract for the material to be
used in the construction of the new
water works at San Juan Bautista, ca
pital of the state of Tsbasco, Mexico
was given to Phillip G. Roeder, of this
city, Representing the American Pipe &
Foundry Co.of Chattanooga, Tenn. This
is the third large contract for water
works that Mr.. Roeder has been sue
cessful in 81 curing for his correspond
ents.-Two Republics.
Every day in the year the govern
ment handles II, 600, 900 pieces of mail.
There are 1850 postoffices, from
which 2S9 $50, 900 money orders were
issued in 1898; the wealth carried
10 Nho~
are 5000, 900 dead letters received an
nually at Washington, half of which
are returned to the writer's. The
mileage of post roads is 174.7 miles,
and in 1898 our postal cars ran q dis
lance of 2s1, $50, 900 miles.-Exch.
The packing house at Fort Worth,
Texas, is to begin operations on Mon
day next, with Homer A. Judd as man
ager. The livestock and packing
house business is to Fort Worth what
the lumber business Ia to Beaumont. |
Its growth and future greatness de-
ponds upon it, and in Mr.. Judd the |
owners of the property have q gentle |
man OF superior business ability and |
An intimate lifelong knowledge of the |
OF packing house manage
Sun.
The most gigantic liquor combina-
ion of the whisky and distillery in
;erests. with a united capital of $780,
)C0,C~0, will be practically completed
% all but the smallest demen now con-
rolling the Kentucky distilleries and
warehouse company finish arrange
nents for the purchase and absorption
# nearly every distillery of rye whis-
icy in the United States. It is said
he new company will acquire by pur-
ha isfi he Int |
d States.-Ex.
One of the biggest sales of sugar ma
hinery that has ever been effected in
lonth. The machinery will be created I
n the haciendas of Cosamoloapan in !
he state of Vera Cruz and it will be
apable of treating from 500 to Geo tons
sugar cane per day. There is no ex- =
sting plant in the republic of that ca
acity. 1t seems that the sugar indus
" bids fair to soon become one Of the
lost important in the country Mex
IAN Trade Review.
The cotton mill movement continues
, move at Corsicana. The plan Of
uilding the mill is as follows: The
apital stock of the company to be
100000, to be made up of shares of 1926
ach. No subscriber allowed to take
lore than forty shares, unless it be to
low some experienced cotton mill
lanage. for Is per cent of the capital
Jock. Subscription to stock to be due
3 follows: Twenty per cent not later !
IAN September Is, 1899, and 20 per
ent every thirty days thereafter until
he full amount is paid.-Fort Worth {
.egister.
The first thorough test of the Mar
mi system of wireless teleRraphy was .
onducted under the supervision of
olonel James Allen and Colonel
Gorge Osquier, of the signal corps ,
st week. Communication was estab-