The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-07
BUSINESS BREvITIEs.

From a table of prices covering many years
kept by Dun it appears that since a year ago
there has been an average advance OF AS per cent.
This, Duns Review explains, is mainly due to the
advance Of q per cent. in breadstufs and nearly
| IL per cent. in meats. In corn alone there has
| been an advance of IS cents bushel, and in oats
the change is almost as striking. while all pro-
| visions are now at a greatly advanced level. In
| dairy products there is little change, although
eggs still 1h cents dozen higher than
they were Il year ago. Butter, cheese and APP
Piles are also somewhat higher. Miscellaneous
food products are fractionally lower than they
were year ego; coffee having fallen a cent a
! pound and sugar considerable fraction. Cloth
ing shows small gain. cotton being higher as
well as footwear and silk. But wool is easier,
and rubber 13 cents lower Notwithstanding the
recent advances in iron and steel products, metals
as whole exhibit a decline, the widest change
being cents pound in copper, with smaller
losses in lead and petroleum. In the mscellau.
cous division the most conspicuous change dur
ing the year is the rise Of l2 cents in turpentine,
while hemp and linseed oil also gained. MI
merous small declines neutralizcd the effect of the
few largcs advances, however.
Earnings are larger than last year on all
classes OF roads, but the gain is especially
marked on the Northern and Canadian Pacific.
Traffic on trans.contincntal roads has been very
heavy for many months, and earnings show cor.
responding increase. Shipments OF wheat have
been large and the return movement the great.
est ever known.
The Link.Bclt Machinery company, OF Chicago,
is figuring large coal handling plant for the
Calcutta docks, India. Two of the company s
| engineering experts are now on their way to
that part OF the world. The contract will in
clude the construction OF warehouses, etc., and
will mean the purchase OF over 1000 tons Of
structural steel.
A contract has Just been closed by the Marine
Iron works. OF Chicago, for machinery for the
Tabasco-Chiapas Trading and Transportation COM
pany, one OF the great commercial companies do.
ing business in the tropics. Among other notable
pieces of work is the complete equipment OF
| river steamer for the Zaragoza Mining company,
| OF Colombia.
The Wellman.Seaver Engineering company, Of
Cleveland, o., has changed its name to that of
tho Wellman'Seaver.Morga Engineering COM
rpny. The company will manufacture a general
line of machinery for iron and steel manuiactur.
ing plants.
Pittsburg syndicate has purchased TO- 900 acres
Of coal land in Indiana county, Pa. for $3.50, ,0oO
Contracts have been left for the erection Of min.
ing plants and 250 coking plants, making the
combined value OF the property over Sl.ooo,Ooo
Charles L. Warren. recently resigned vice.
president Of the Central Railroad of New Jersey,
| has accepted an offer from the Rock Island to
be assistant to the president of that road, hav-
ing charge Of operation and traffic.
Montgomery, o., will receive sealed bids until
| April % at noon for $4,000 8 per cent. road
| improvement bonds dated April /, 1902, due
| $1,000 March and September J., 1906, l0ll, 1916,
1921, 1926
The new British naval barracks at Portsmouth,
| 1t is reported, are to be equipped with electric
light machinery, manufactured by the Bullock
| Electric Manufacturing company, OF Cincinnati.
Imports Of dry goods and general merchandise
at the port OF New York last week were $l2,.
l2,7G7 against Sl2, ,523. .4l0 the preceding week,
and ~, s28, $50 the same week one year ago.
The Cincinnati Milling Machine company, OF
| Cincinnati, o., is about to make large ship.
ments Of machine tool specialties to Sydney, New
| South Wales
The Stillwell. .Bierce & Smithyaile company, of
Dayton, o., has large contracts on hand for
| turbine and pumping outfits for shipment to
England.
1t is reported that Proctor g. Gamble, Of Gin.
cinnati, will erect a $4,000 cottonseed oil mill
at Augusta, Ga. Construction will begin at
once.
e. Pusey Passmore. recently elected assistant
cashier OF the Franklin National bank. of Phil.
sdelphis. assumed his new duties Saturday morn.
ing.
The Tabor manufacturing company, Of Phila.
delphia, has recently taken several orders for
molding machines for shipment to England.
The Standard Sanitary Manufacturing COM
psny, Of Pittsburg, has contract for bath tubs
etc., for shipment to st. Petersburg.