El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13
Industrial and
Commercial.

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Paris is to have an electric under
ground railway.
1t is proposed to construct q railroad
in French Guinea.-Ex.
For postal cards Uncle Sam uses 49,
600 tons OF paper annually.
Nine-tenths of all the sewing ma
chimes used throughout the world are
made in the United States.
Germany publishes one periodical
per IL, 902 of the population. Austria
has aue paper to every 1890 persons
l-Ex.
Henceforth the navigation of the
British portion of the Yukon will be
reserved for British vessels with Brit
ish officers.-Ex.
Canada is building ten big whea,
ships, of $4,000 bushels capacity, to
traverse her IL foot channels to tide
water.-Exchange.
The expenditures on account of the
war department since July l, 1898, ag-
gregated $21O, 645, 1886: on account OF
the navy department., $55.522, Sock
change.
| ! ne GOL6l 6XpOTGS VI pTONls1Otto lOT
| the nine months ending March 81 1899,
were S121 ,9l8, 513 against 800, 3O1 1924
for the same time Of last year.-Ex-
change.
The great worsted trust begins life
With q New Jersey charter aad an au-
| thorized capital of $40, 0OO, 900. 1t does
not expect to be worsted in any indus
| trial conflict. -Exchange.
The new steel works at Buffalo, New
| York, will cover 800 acres and will rep
resent an Investment of $25, 900, 900. 1t
| is expected to turn out ,OOO, 900 tons of
steel annually.-Exchange.
The immigra alton at the port of New
York since the season began q few
weeks ago has been at the rate of
about 1000 persons q day. which, for
this length of time, beats all the re-
cords ever made at New York.-Ex-
change.
The aggregate bank clearines for
the month of April show q gam of
Sc 5 per cent Over April, 1898; gain
of 1O2 per cent over April, 1897; gain
of 122 per cent over April, 1894, and q
gain of 63 per cent over April 1892
Exchange.
Uncle Sam is building 4S new war
ships, which indicates that he has not
given any ueGo W Vic CEy luz ulSSTu d-
ment. His new ships will cost him
S33, 1886, 900 for bulls and machinery,
and another S17 1000, 600 for equipment.
Exchange.
Motor car competitions are phase
of sporting life in England The
horseless vehicle is making Roadway
against all prejudice. and we note in
the United States great activity
among sthe companies building this
new every mans locomotive.-Ex-
change.
Native linen mills are holding their
own, the imports of linen goods from
Great Britain showing falling off as
compared with last year. In the first
quarter of 1898 the importation was
400, 400 yards; in the first quarter of
this year 1888 200 yards.-Albuquerque
Citizen.
The treasury report of foreign COM
merce, says a City of Mexico dispatch,
shows thati in eight months of this ifs
cal year the exports have increased
nearly SO, 900 900 yearly. The imports
have increased ID per cent and are now
ct the rate of $9S, OO0, OOO In silver an
nually.-Exchange.
Steerage travel from New York to
Europe has fallen off, owing to q sim
gular cause, which is that people now
adays have so much money that they
90 as second cabin passengers when
thew do not travel first class. There
is going to be q rush arross the Big
Pond, this ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Citizen.
In the first quarter of this year, Eng
land shipped to this country only 139
tons of steel rails. worth s975, against, |
in the corresponding period of last
year, 3,O1s tons. worth sl4.66s. This
trade has of late gone to the United |
States which has the worlds market
to a large degree. Galvanized iron
sheet imports from England are falling
off somewhat In the first quarter of
this year they were ,031 tons against
10 the similar period of last year ], 229
tons.-Ex.
The total national bank note circula
ton on April 20, 1899, was S242, ia, 1893,
IN Increase for the year OF SIS, lO1 ,4SS,
and q decrease for the month of $751;
3S4. The circulation based on United
States bonds was $207, 966, 2S7, an in
crease for the year of $11 $40, 1852, and
, decrease for the month OF ST., $50, TOP.
The circulation secured by lawful
money aggregated 1874. 74S, O46, an in
crease for the year of So, POI .136, and
An increase for the month of 81 ,62l, 71S.
Citizen.
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