Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-08
Coal Pit, Furnace and Foundry.

Coal Pit, Furnace and Foundry.
\ hundred years ago and perbaps
within less time than that the suburbs of
Glasgow were famous for their rustic
beauty. the contrasting effects of stream
and rock and wooded scenery the groves
of ancient oaks and the pastures full of
large white cattle, natives of the old Gale
DOMAIN ranges. And they were compared
with the charming valley of the Thames
between London and oxford and rivaled
the environs of Paris, but with the ex-
ception OF a few private parks that have
been saved from desolation by wealthy
owners. the entire city is now surrounded
by IA far extending wilderness or coal pits
and furnaces and foundries. A dense
veil of smoke hangs over the hills. Lofty
chimneys, black, unsightly mounds of
Shale from the coal mines, gloomy rows
of miners cottages. trees whose foliage
has been Scorched with social this has
become characteristic of the suburbs of
Glasgow. and the river Clyde. which was
once the theme of poets, is now the
busiest and the most crowded water thor
oughfare in the world. not excepting the
Thames at London. the Tyne at Newcas
tie or the Mersey at Liverpool. Great
wealth has been created here and wisely
invested TO create more.
The most important station on the line
and only few miles from Glasgow. with
which il is connected by street cars as
town of Paisley, famous for its shaWls
and its thread and for many historic in
CidentS. II is miniature Glasgow and
one of the oldest as well as richest towns
in Scotland.
Paisley's Industries.
The famous Paisley shawls are still
made here and are shipped to every part
of the world We saw the gaunt and bare
footed women in the west of ireland
wearing them but in former generations
the shawls were fashionable and worn by
ladies of high degree. Today Paisley is
more famous for its thread. The two
great manufactures of Coats and Clark.
the LARGEST ever known. employing many
thousands OF operatives, have recently
been combined and the entire thread in
tiuStry of Paisley is now under single
mana cement which produces loo, UUU
SpooIs a day by the most ingenius ma
,tliHcrY. The spOOiS are made at one end
~ great enclosures and. after being filled
with thread, are labeled and packed at
the other. Most OF the wood from which
the spools are mare is imported from New
Hampshire and Maine. 1t is the ordinary
spruce that is also used for making paper
Norway is also u souce Of supply.
There are numerous industries at Pals
ley-linen wooden and other textiles Soap
starch and candles are produced in large
quantities: and there are enormous ma
chine shops in which the engines and ma
chinery for the thread mills are built and
repaired and every sort of motive power
is constructed
Scotlands Sacred Dust.
In the center the town is pictur-
esque old church and connecting monas-
terry. which are still in an excellent state
of preservation although they We're built
as long ago as 1862 by Walter Fitzalen
the first high steward OF Scotland and the
ancestor Of the Stuart dynasty They
were owned by tho Duke of Abercorn until
lately when they were purchased by the
Established Church. His grace Is a Iamil-