Year: 1876




although there has been very sensible Improvement
this season and particularly duriag the last thirty
bs among The las. 70 feel the rey,vs of business bc
people will naturally wait to whether II IL
real and not mere spasmodic effort before they invest
In new machinery. When business does begin 10 re-
the machinery houses aud factories expect TO do
very lively business. They say that . rule, nearly
all tho machinery IN use needs replacement and
would be replaced with proper encouragement. Dur
ing the last couple OF everybody and particularly
The railroads. has been patching and repairing and
trying to get along best they could with what they
have revival OF business would Of course create
large demand for new machinery OF all descriptions.
While the domestic demand Is not as active could
be desired, many OF the leading nrms IN tho trade re-
port wonderful Increase in the export line There Is
hardly portion Of the world TO which We do not send
machinery, aud the demand is steadily increasing
Europe is large purchaser South America aud Aus
raliA are sending orders every day. and machinery
say really begins to look II the United states
would become the manufacturing centre OF the world
The Exposition at Philadelphia has done wonders 10
this lne and scarcely firm represented thero that
does not receive order every TWO days The
Vienna Exposition although were not as well repre-
scnied there We should have been, OF material
assistance in attracting attention to American ma
chinery and inventive genius, and IN the future
= very steady and growing trade with nIa
branch OF business. The demand Tor machniss' tools
Is dull but at the same time much better than what
year ago. Those engaged III that line say that
the inquiries IN regard to prices have been more
mcrous this season than for long time. and that
large ot capital Seems be awaiting nve
inert this line n the chance only TO present
itself Stocks said be low There Ia very little
manufacturing except to III actual ORDERS and most OF
the factories have hardly an average stock on hand
If business goes ahead all every machinery establish
mcnt In the country will DO compelled 10 largely in
crease its stock to make anything like q display Of
goods These are the views oil leading men In tho
trade given to representative OF the HERALD yes
terday


Very lntlo has been done in engraving for somo
time past. prominent house IN the business, par
fancy work. says that this promises be bet
ter than Anv ono Tor several years past There Is
greater demand for cards. seals, seal rings &c, now
than there has been for long time, and 1t is growing
better and bclter every day. The season IN engraving
has hardly begun The thousands OF persons who
been away from the city at tie watering places
during the summer have not yet quite settled down in
their winter quarters aud in town houses, aud consc
quently their orders have not yet begun TO
any great extent Those engaged IN ,he business,
however, expect very large trade. and are making
extensive preparations 10 meet H. ane INDICATIONS are
that New York Will witness somc OF It's
old time splcndor in entertainment and hos
pitaty. Tho orders from ne adjacent cities
are beyond the average of recent years, which
would seem Indicate that the capitalists and others
who have boarding their money again disposed
to indulge in OF the luxurIcs which were cut of
so rcmorsccssy soon as the commercial depression
began TO set in.


II is far easer matter TO lasso wild horse on the
prairics-if there any wid horses there-and put
him ha-ness than to catch plumber at the present
time and get from him anything in reference to his
business. Plumbers seem to regard mankind ns their
natural eaem,es aud to think that they arc looked
upon by mankind in the same light Four or five gen.
temcn In this branch OF business wcrc asked by the
HERALD representatives to give some idea OF the con-
dition Of their trade at the present mc and
the question was asked each and every one Of them
fed with apparently as as much. much 'srro, S as II
Mantle mines. Plumbers DO no: like news
papers and newspaper men as rule. FL
nay, however, REPRESENTATIVE man IN .hls iinc was
ness dull To say that the plumbing business 10
dull Is good omen Tor the balance Of the community,
and particularly for that portion that is fortunate
unfortunate enough to own roa property The advent
of one OF them into house is generally regarded with
terror BY owner. for he does not know that any
thing short OF huge mortgage or gift Of the cnro
property will satisfy him anu induce HIM to clear out
Tho particular boss" plumber however, who gave his
ideas yesterday said that during tho last TWO or thrco
weeks business with men OF his class had un-
dergone sensible Improvement Contracts for
ls a good deai oil repairing aud odd jobs in way
the other, and the cold weather sets In
for work and supplies OF all descriptions are down.
which is gofd news, and that the tendency is sill
downward There WILL OF course, be no great revival
in this line until the building era sets In, whenever
that may be.


TIM STONE MEN.


To describe, to give idea OF the stone In
tercs the capital invested It, the number Of mon II
employs, the interests IL touches. the conditions OF
trade and business and labor affects and affect
it, would require larger space than can possibly be
given to II in these columns at the present time In
kind OF stone alone dealing in II. making or losing
yards in the Guy OF New York. They employ nearly
1000 men and represent capital Of about $500, ,0OO





ncighborhood Of tho Catskill Mountains Augustus
Meyers, OF the principal dealers and operators in
this branch OF the business. Ga his views 10 repre-
sentative OF tho HERALD yesterday at the Mechanics
and Labor Exchange on Murray street Said he:-
''rhere II slight improvement this year as compared
with last year. Ten years ago blue stone was very little
used except Tor very coarse work mainly Tor tagging
1, was first introduced in New York In lS40 Since
then the domand for IL has been steady, increasin
every year. Improved machinery has made o
wonderful revolution in the whole business. The trade
has than quadrupled In ten years. and therc
taken Of the quarries at the present tme upward
OF 81 OOO 600 worth stOne each year. They
situated on the limo of the Hudson River from KINGS
ton TO Albany. largo portion OF It comes to New
York. and 1t Ia also sent to Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington and the Southern cities Some Of II goes
as far as Mexico ana the West India islands During
the last decade with the aid Of machinery, the busi
ness has grown into very large proportions Around
used for decorative purposes and IN New York in pri
vatc and public work. The busiest season is in the
spring and the la and this about oncthrd moro
business has been done than In 1S75.''


Chow Is tho building intcrestY'


"weIl is picking up some, but It is not anything
like what il was


s.You arc often asked for estimates?"


Eyes, but not to the same extent as formerly. Let
me tell you what We do now and you may get some
idea of the condition OF our trade When asked
for estimates always figure upon margin
of ten fifteen per cent profit Formerly II was
twenty-five or thirty We are compelled to do this II
We wish to do any work at all Prices very low,
and the iact is IT is not so easy to mako money as
10 be- Now We must be content with small
creased volume Of business. In building 'here is n
slight increase last year. Just at present tnere
s slight revival which 1t is to be hoped will continue
"what class OF buildings arc going ups"


"Privatc Worry few business houses are being
erected, and as to public buildings there almost
none.


POLICE DISCIPLINE.


At meeting of the Board of Police Yesterday ap-