The Morning herald., 1875-11-02
Industrial.

he The big mill Of the Allentown, p
I'd Rolling Mill Company is expected to
- into eperatisa next week. y
y The chemical works in Conneautvill
'e Pa, are increasing their facilities by Il
!. addition Of fSur pew retort., r0,yy
= A new railroad depot, long elamored +
!" is to be built at Boonton, N. J., by Il
Delaware and LackawannA Company.
= During the slosing days Of this mon,
y the North Cornwall Furnace and the Bi,
+ Coleman Furnace will resume operation
i The Cleveland Iron Company is rul
' ming on an order for four thousand tens ,
$ iron rails for the Scotia Valley R.ilroat
r The Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Con
: pany have in their employment about a.
600 persons, making monthly payroll {
nearly 100000.
The Canton Wrought Iron Bridge Com
pany have contracts ahead aggregatin,
100000. Their works are being run four
teen hours per day.
A reduction running from to 20 pc
cent, it is rumored, will take place at tn,
Pennsylvania Steel Works, Harrisburg, q
the beginning of next month.
The remarkable feat of making 1,01C
steel rails in twenty hours was last week
accomplished in the steel-rail mill of the
North Chicago Rolling Mill Company.
On the lat of November the Michigan
Central Railroad will discontinue running
Pullman coaches, and will use those of the
Wagner pattern for all through business
10 tho East.
The Lebanon, Pa, Rolling Mills have
at present one hundred and ffy-thrse
men employed, and the mills are running
day and night. There was more iron
turned out last week than at any other
time previous.
Stack No. 2 Of the furnace Of the Allen.
town Rolling Mill Company mad. 24o
tons (2,270 pounds to ton) of iron last
week. This is the best yield this stack
ever made by twenty-five tons, and all Of
the hest iron.
The necessary arrangements for tho
opening of the new trunk line to the East
over the Erie and Baltimore and Ohio
roads, have been completed. and tho new
route will be thrown open to the public
on November /.
Springfield, w., has cooperative fac
tory: The forty-6vs people live all to-
gethsr in one house. Men are required to
save ene-fourth their wages and wome.
The capital increases $4,000
year.
The manufacture of plate glass in Mis-.
souri, has been attended with such success
since its commencement that the industry,
though only some three years old, is now
one OF the most important of the State.
The car, machine and other workshops
II the Northwestern Railroad COMPANY.
on the line Of the Galena division
II its road, just outside of the city limits,
ire approaching completion, and it is ex-
'ected will be finished by the 18th of No.
1embsr. Il
Nos. l and furnaces of the Lehigh
Valley Iron Works, at Csplay, Pa, hav.
ust undergone thorough course of r.
airing. Business at Alburtis, great {
Inning centre, continues dull. Only few t
lines are in operation, but it is hoped that t
peradons will soon enlarge, now that many {
1rnaces are again being set in blast The ,
rice paid for ore is So to S3.25, and some {
even sold for s2.75 per ton, delivered at +
le wharf.
The Pittsburs Commercial gives the ol- c
wing summary of the iron business in
'at neishborhood: "The Ormby furnace .
lew in last Thursday and is doing coed =
1siness. The Valley furnace, at Sharon, {.
making about thirty tons day of good
esssmer iron. The Keel Ridge furnace,
Sharon, is also making good yield of :
'od iron. The rolling mill connected is o
'ing along steadily and working up to the
'erage. Wheatlaud is perfectly dead. In ;
'e't Aiddlesex the furnaces are being re- a
aired, but there is no sign Of the mill diff \
,ulties being settled. The Greenville 9
'lling mill has commenced running o.
'ubls turn. The company intend to build a
lree or four additional furnaces to their q
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