New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-21
FRESH TRADE DEVELOPHEN1S

>n that direct line OF steamships from New
York to Constantinope has been put Into service
the American Consul at the latter port Is urelns
Americans to improve the chance thus Afforded for
ceiling goods not only in Turkey. but also in Bull
earia Rumania and Southern Russia. leSStH5
importation Of hour IRON @ AZ the time
when the Consul framed his last report OF TINS sup
and other merchandise its way to Turkey
The American Consul at Rotterdam declares that
there Is demand in Holland at present for walnut,
white oak and wildwood logs. Gum boards and
planks are also wanted
A new loom. which is suited only 10 the produo-
ton OF tapes ribbons and other narrow fabrics' Is
attracting much attention In England just now IL
was invented by John Poyser Of Wirkswor'h. II
IS only one-third high as the old loom ana &C
G cup a, "' about i4o pcks' minute and The
one Al 500 The Poyser loom If more easy 10 nianlp-
and principle The shuttle passes behind the reed
and the reed is divided in two for the lns,rlIon o.
the weft. Two important motions ID any toUin en-
the "take-up" and the "let-on, winch 40 not a.
ways operate in unison Bu, lnese ieataIes ~ 'n9
Poyser loom are 50 adJ1steu lnat IN, ne NJ
mechanism automat ically brings me et-oI NJ NJ.
nn,tons and II the warp thread breaks or the
weft runs the loom stops Of It's own accord
..Tbe Toronto Mail and Empire" thinks that the
time has come for legislation defining more pre-
c,sely the powers and privileges Of electric light
heat and power companies in Canada one dihi-
Guilty TO be dealt with IS that some charters are
some OF them by the Dominion Government Again.
81 is asserted that large producers OF le,1mGLg
towns by giving one better rates than another.
No specific suggestions are made on these points
however by "The Mail and Empire"
Some months ago the carpet manufacturers in
rnsladelphia limited TO their customers that prices
might 20 up before long, but buyers were slow TO
act on the suggestion. orders are now pouring In
FASTER than they can he filed And some o. them
are being withdrawn because prompt deliveries
cannot be promised.
For forty or fifty years past there has been
good deal Of prospecting for. copper in the southern
part Of Halifax County. Va. and the eastern pat
~ Person County ~ c.. and during the last three
years several hundred tons OF copper nave been
taken out A good deal OF activity is mouifeSted
there now The district is about l5 miles from
Norfolk and 267 from the cOhius region OF south
necessary 10 import limestone from Maryland 10y
Yers Is ssd to be S % per ION and !, costs 70
cents 10 haul 70 The railroad. a., coHiiouIor TO
in encouraging terms OF the prospect for good
output from these mines
large supply of wood pulp for paper goes to
England and Continental Europe from Scandinavia
but certain mercantile houses which act as middle
men offer pulp to consumers sometimes at lower
rates than the manufacturers DO. This state Of
things has led the pupmakers TO attempt boy
colt on the merchants. Whether II VIII prove sue
cessful or not u unceTtdlh ~ II aIl'seu lhat
burg are able to get reduced freight rates on ac-
count Of the large quantities which they handle
they have better banking facilities and in other
ways have been able 70 manage these sales more
sdvanta geousy than the original producers.
Two tunnels have been driven into the coat de-
posts near Circle City. IN the Upper Yukon region
Something like one hundred tons have been taken
out thus far but operations on much larger scale
are promised FOR the coming season. There 10 talk
OF producing one hundred tons day. and mining
al least three thousand tons this summer. The
coal is said 10 make good steamer fuel