The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-19
Railroad Companies.

@ Car construction # ana 81 enera1 s55S sl! l
work by steam abroad companies WIS MS
fourth In rank N 1905 ana MN IN, e ~
While there was On increase Of pnt ! ~, ~
8.,,e Yn,1rnper OF Establishments, the scaplta4
Increased 81, 0os, 6S9, or $751; per cent the
value Of & products, s., 41576s. Or $50 per
cnnnr,t9. the nyerage8number 81 va se-estl!r1''-
ers, 1928. or 40 2 per cert. and the wages ea
paid. y q, 211, Oh, & OF '494 per cent.
'IThe leather Industry which was s ,s,,
entt IN rank i, 1890 was sixth IN, l ~
y Rntwean 1900 and 1906, the value OF the
PRODUCTS Increased sl,l12ss2. orr 10 per
cent, There was also an In crease OF ~
y 81 1877 per cent, in the average nul1p'es
OF wage -earners, and $44,o22 or - = p' ot
cent. In the wages paid .ts i, {, 4.
&5S Solo leather was the principal proa avg!
Ent the census OF 1890 and 1905 ING ,n
uuantlty increased 154. 74l5t SIDES. OF 5S oo's
per cent and eho value, $7SG ,9os,, or o..
Der cent. The largest actual gam was
1 IN leather sold 10 the rough the lncIea =.
axlng $4,000 sides or le9 =; per cen. i =
quantity, and $l10l, l78, or 2249 per CENT cent
4 instyalue, There was q large decrease
both in the quantity and value OF leath ls'
4 betting. $5yI b s,a
;.Es5a Iron and Steel.
The iron and steel Industry .whlcn
a xpnAed fourth In 1900, fell to siNentl
4 place In 1906. With the exception u
4 MISCELLANEOUS expenses. this Industry
shows d decrease from 1900 to 1872 Inc
d number OF establishments decreased 1ron
X 20 to 10; capital, $r.4is742. or az per cent ;
3Iths ayernge number fof wage car ners, yH
or S2.1 per cent; wages paid. SA2 ~. Or
liz per cent. and the value OF prouucls'
So, 4s2, 602. or All per cont. OF the 20 estap:
4 llshnents reported IN 1900, there were !
that were Idle and that had suspended
\ oItkations at the census OF 1906. IN aon's-
J tion to this loss In number OF establish
\ ments. there was q general decrease re-
ported In tho valuo OF products lor the
Il estab ltshments In operation
Manufacture Of Fertilizers.
Il The manufacture or fertilizers hell
IelEhth rank among tho selected industries
1; in 1906 and In 1900 There was decreasc
4 OF g In the number OF establishments re-
4 ported, and OF 1851, or less than ~.
cent. In capital The average number
A Of wage-earners increased CO. or 5s.s per
cent. the total wages paid. $3.50, 400. or ISL
~, 49,, or 1854 per cent. 5s5
4 Phosphate rock. the principal raw ma
4, ter!al, decreased le727 tons, or 1914 per
,cent., In quantity, but Increased ss0.l6o,
Tor 27.e per cent, In cost Fish ana
Ma!nit, which constituted relatively un-
important materials in 1900, had gained
4 lin Importance by 1905, These two Items
Represented q cost OF sGS.232 In 1900 and
1859, 4so In 1905, an Increase OF s471.e4s.
Tor nearly sevenfold o. the materials
classed as partially manufactured. nj
trate OF coda Increased 5000 tons. or
4 2os5 per cent in quantity and $780,
1905 or 217,s per cent, In cost.
Complete fertilizers. the principal pro-
duct In 1900, decreased 4s04o tons, OF
( is per cent, In quantity. and s7sa,27S. OF
$50 per cent, In value. Superphosphatcs
4 from bones. minerals. etc.. decreased
Cs,4es tons. or 5e.7 per cent. In guam,
tity and s522s77. or 81 per cent, II
value. These decreases In value, how
ever. were more thpn counterhalanced b,
/ thlarg increas In the value Of ummonl'
ated superphosphntes. which constituted
the principal product In 1905. This pro
\ duct Increased losslS tons, OF, twenty,