. Hardware merchandising January-June 1898. or the sleigh is now on the wayhaving been shipped from Chicago on the8th. The motive power of the sleigh willbe furnished by an engine which revolves aheavy iron drum attached to the underpartof the first bob. The drum alone weighs373 pounds and is provided with spikes tocatch on the ice and snow. They state thaton the level ground and a good road themachine will travel 15 miles an hour, soeven if delayed on rough places on the river,they calculate to make up the lost time onreaching level ice such as Great Slave Lakeand the Mackenzie River should o
. Hardware merchandising January-June 1898. or the sleigh is now on the wayhaving been shipped from Chicago on the8th. The motive power of the sleigh willbe furnished by an engine which revolves aheavy iron drum attached to the underpartof the first bob. The drum alone weighs373 pounds and is provided with spikes tocatch on the ice and snow. They state thaton the level ground and a good road themachine will travel 15 miles an hour, soeven if delayed on rough places on the river,they calculate to make up the lost time onreaching level ice such as Great Slave Lakeand the Mackenzie River should offer. Thecontrivance is similar to those used inMichigan lumber camps, where they drawheavy loads, and are found very projectors of the enterprise have rentedDuplessis blacksmith shop and are busymaking special runners of heavy material onwhich the machinery is to be placed on itsarrival. The members of the party arepractical men and are hopeful for the suc-cess of their project.—Bulletin, Edmonton. HARDWARE AND METAL 13. DEALERS ! Do y°u know that the sale ofENAMEL1NE in America is more than Double that ofany other Stove Polish on earth ? Do you know thatthe sale of Fnameline ^heModern STOVE POLISH in Europe is more than the entire output of any otherbrand of Stove Polish in America ? Such is A FACT !Why ? Because Consumers and the Trade demand ENAMELINE. TIN TRADE FOR 1897. THE following review of the tin tradefor 1897 is taken from a circularissued by French & Smith, London,England : Fluctuations in value of foreign keptwithin a very narrow compass, the highestprice touched being £63 12s. 6d. and thelowest ,£58 ios.; average for the year,£61 8s. 7d. At no time was there any extensivespeculation in the article, but throughoutthe year there was a steady demand forconsumption, showing itself chiefly on thecontinent of Europe and in the UnitedStates, where the manufacture of tin platesis being rapidly developed. The mostnoteworthy feature to chronicle is t
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