Hardware merchandising (January-June 1902) . me, antique oak, plateglass and wrought iron play-ing a prominent part in thefixtures. The other floors are givenup to scales of every descrip-tion, trucks and barrows. Thevalves, pipes and fittings oc-cup3 two entire floors. This enlargement gives some-thing over 24,000 square feetof floor space. The large stock of iron pipeis stored in separate sheds,apart from the main buildings. The showrooms are mostcomplete, showing a full selec-tion of the large and variedline carried by this company. We cansafely promise the trade a warm welcome ifthey drop
Hardware merchandising (January-June 1902) . me, antique oak, plateglass and wrought iron play-ing a prominent part in thefixtures. The other floors are givenup to scales of every descrip-tion, trucks and barrows. Thevalves, pipes and fittings oc-cup3 two entire floors. This enlargement gives some-thing over 24,000 square feetof floor space. The large stock of iron pipeis stored in separate sheds,apart from the main buildings. The showrooms are mostcomplete, showing a full selec-tion of the large and variedline carried by this company. We cansafely promise the trade a warm welcome ifthey drop into The Fairbanks new quartersany time they may be in Montreal. according to an United States consular re-port, has entire charge of the sale of theore and buys the crude product from theNaxos miners at 2*4 francs (48 cents) percwt. of 112 lb. The ore is transported tothe neighboring Island of Syra at Govern-ment expense, and is there sold on ) per lb). Twopany attemptedthe industry andGreek Government tofor 10 vears at. annual exports of Smyrna emery stonerange from 17,000 to 20,000 tons, of which10,000 tons go to America and the balanceto Europe. The corundum found in theTurkish emery stone varies from 40 to 57per cent., with the exception of Kulukstone, which is said to contain about 37per cent. Corundum in the Naxos stone isreputed to run as high as 60 per cent. Theprices of Smyrna stone vary with the qual-ity from $14 to $20 per ton f. o. b. SmyrnaI am creditably informed that no emery canbe produced f. o. b. Stroma for less than$ The Kuluk stone is shipped fromthe port of Kuluk, and is brought downfrom the neighboring moun-tains by camels. This stone isquoted f. o. b. Kuluk at $10 to$12 per ton. Turkish stone isnot treated after leavingthe mine, except by hand pick-ing; it is never washed orcrushed. EMERY STONE IN GREECE ANDTURKEY. THE Island of Naxos, embraced in theGreek Archipelago, is situated about100 miles southeast of the inhab
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