The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-03

dustries, with aggregate products valued
at over Sf0,000,000 The manufacture of
automobiles grew nearly thirtvfold In
four and one-half years. the value OF the
products Of that industry amounting to
s4,256,570 in 1904
The number Of establishments IN the
district and the surrounding places III
1904 was 2.443; the average number Of
wage-earnefs, III 1926; and the value or
products, s250955ll4 In the area sur.
rounding the district the manufacture Of
rubber and elastic goods ranked first.
followed By the iron and steel industry.
Iron and Steel Lead at Buffalo.
The industrial district OF Buffalo has
an area Of POI square miles and its
population IN 1905 was 1913 800 The to-
tai manufactured output 81 the district
IN 1904 was valued at s16S,lll .65s. tt
was produced by 1851 establishments
employing 54,64s salaried persons and
wage earnefs. The leading industry IN
1904 was iron and steel. with estab.
lishments manufacturing products VAL
ued at Sl6986,746 The Strengthening In.
dustry was almost as important. with
q product valued at sl6,620,453. The
power used in the district amounted ID
2l2947 horsepower: OF this sos per
cent. was steam, 272 per cent. electric.
and 2l,8 per cent gas or gasoline. The
iron and steel industry used l36T33
horsepower, or 64.2 per cent. of the total
power.
BIZ the inclusion Of the surrounding
region the area Is brought up to S3l
square miles and the value Of products
to s209024,044, Of which ss,754.37l was
contributed BY the manufacture Of chem
icalsi Of the power ia these surrounding
places 5l.6 per cent. was waterpower,
more than one-half Of which was Oh.
tanned from the falls Of Niagara.
so9,146,o33 from Flour and Crist Mills in
Minneapolis-St. Paul.
The Minneapolis.st. Paul industrial
includes los square miles eentering about
the falls Of st. Anthony, which yield
more than $4,000 horsepower, employed
in manufactures and iii the operation 81
street railways. The value Of the prod
ucts of this district in 1904 amounted to
Sl6l ,s03.453, produced by 1906 establish.
ments employing 1884 persons. The
principal industry was that Of flour and
grist mills. with products valued at $685.
l4d933, The industry next Ia import
anee was lumber, with an output valued
at Sll4S0,7l3, Printing and publishing,
the construction and repair Of cars, and
the manufacture Of the products Of foun.
dries and machlne shops had products
which in the aggregate were valued at
SlS,4l6,S3S. OF the power used Ia the
district 81 per cent, was steam power
and 24.7 per cent water power Flour
and grist mills used a2,28T horsepower,
Or ASH per cent. Of che total power. and
Of this amount 22.887 horsepower, or SAL
per cent, WIS waterpower
In Providence IT'S Per Cent. Of Power
The San Francisco industrial district
had an area Of 203 square miles and a.
population Of 45S.s47 in 1900. the density
Of population being 1926 per square
mile The total value OF the products
manufactured in the district in 1904 was
$3.50, 0S30s0. the number of establish
ments 2,62i. and the number Of persons
employed 5o.sS3 The increase in value
Of products within the city was 2s7 per
cent; outside II was 1870 per cent. The
leading industry was Strengthening and
meat packing, the output being produced
by IS establishments and being valued
at sl5,4s6,2a9 Printing and publishing
came second, with an output valued at
Sl0.IS7 ,664; 3SI establishments engaged
in this work employed BIB wage-earn-
ers. Canning and preserving occupied
the first place among the industries Of
the territory surrounding the district.
In Providence IT'S Per Cent? Of Power
Used BY Textile Factories.
The Providence industrial district GOV.
ers about 1914 square miles and had
population OF 344, 52I in 1908. The gross
value OF products for the district for
1904 was Sl56299,9e Of this amount
5S.S per cent. was reported by tha fac
tories located within the corporate linz
its Of Providence. The increase inside