Handbook of European Commerce; What to Buy and Where to Buy It Being a Key to European Manufactures and Industry (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...Sohn. Schmidt Gebriider. L. D. Warbach. A. W. Faber. G. F. Faber. P. Staedler & Sohn. G. M. Gutenacht. Manufacturers of Drugs and Chemicals. Gebriider Gagstetter. Raum & Zirngoebl. Gotz & Neuschafer. Grundherr & Haertel. Decalcomania. J. G. Martin. Theo. Loeder. Martin Weigel. Schimpff & Hofstetter. Georg Brunner. C. A. Pocher. Lithographic stones from the neighbouring quarries are largely dealt in at Nuremberg. The following firms are engaged in the export trade of this produce: --Fischer & Kluge at Pappenheim. Actien Verein Solenhofen. Joh. A. Schindel American Consul. James M. Wilson. Official residence, 10, Further strasse. Route 39. DRESDEN TO CHEMNITZ AND ZWICKAU. To Chemnitz, 52 miles. Fares, 1st class, S'10 marhs; 2nd, 5-40 marhs. To Zwichau, 82 miles. Fares, 1st class, 10'40 marhs; 2nd, 690 marhs. 'HE railway runs through a very picturesque valley, the Weisseritz. Passing the Plauen Grund, the Castle of Begerburg, Potschappel, and the Rabenauer Grund, it reaches Thaeanadt, 9 miles south-west of Dresden (Hotel: Deutsckes Haus). Seat of a Royal Forest Academy. There are bathing establishments and several mills. The next station is Freiberg (27 miles), (Hotels: Saxe, Hirsch, Schwarzes Ross, population 40,000. This is the great centre of miningoperations of the district. The silver mines here produce annually the value of about one million and a half dollars. There is a mining school, the best probably in Germany, much frequented by American students. Leaving Freiberg we pass through magnificent scenery, especially on nearing Oederan (27 miles), (Hotel: Post, Railway, population 8,000. Here are situated several establishments for the manufacture of bed-ticks and other heavy cotton and linen goods, carpets, flannels, and a...