The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-09
Manufacturing Notes.

All the steel works In the city are
running double turn.
All the rolling mills in Cleveland
are crowded with orders.
The Beliaire blast furnace, after
being idle nearly six months, blew
in last week.
Every rolling mill in Youngstown,
o., except the Valley, is running
double turn.
1t is reported that the rolling mill
at Hubbard, Ohio, is soon to be put
in operation.
The Pennsylvania Steel Works,
near Harrisburg, are working to
their full capacity.
The Kimberly, Carnes & Co. mi Is
at Sharon will start up Monday
Noyember IL.
The Kensington iron workers.
strike is oyer, all the mills are at
work at the reduced wages.
c. II. & L. J. Mccormick, Chicago,
have about $40 hands working full
time, manufacturing reapers and
mowers.
The Steubenville Gazette denies
the report that the Jefft rson Iron
Works, in that city, will close for the
water.
At New Castle, Pa, the Neshan-
mock furnace has blown in. This is
the only furnace in blast out of seven
in that place.
The Arlington Stove Works, at
Wheeling, resumed operations on
the 24th, giving employment to a
number of idle hands.
The Paxton furnaee [M'Cormick's)
near Harrisburg, Pa, Which has
been idle over four years, will be in
full operate n this week.
The Falcon Furnace will soon be
in operation, and then there will not
be an idle furnace in Youngstown,
with the exception Of one of the
Himrod stacks.
The furnace at IrOndale, near Graf
ton, w. ", is being enlarged to 80
tons capacity, and new boilers and
machinery to the amount of So, 600
are being put in.
The Brownsville pa rolling mill,
run by a Co op 4ratiEe Company of
WGrkiAigmen, was stopped last week
on account of an execution of Thomas
Ferguson, who levied on the pig and
manufactured iron on hand.
The rolling mill of P. H. Laufman
& Co, at Apollo, Pa, continues run
ming in all departments, double turn,
with plenty of orders ahead. AL
though there has not been much inn
proved in prices, yet the superior
brand of iron manufactured by this
Erm will always command market.
An IrGnton, Ohio, dispatch says
The indications are that every mill
and fQgalace in this city will be in
opera ioa inside of three months, ex-
cept, probably, the Etna Furnace,
giving employment to every idle
nlan. These prospects being so bright
a good feeling prevails here for the
failure.
The Cleveland Rolling Mill Com
pany are now employing $500 men.
Ninety days ag they had but 8 200
thus having increased their force
300--a cheering indication of return
ing prosperity in the iron business,
or al industrial "straw" showing
which way the wind is blowing in
that locality.
Some Of the rolling mills in this
vicinity are running to their utmost
capacity. Generally viewed, the
trade hereahOus is in better condi-
ton than at this time last year-the
mill all doing some work, and on a
more satisfactory basis.
The revival of the iron business at
Niles, Ohio. has given all branches
of trade in that place more activity
and cheerful outlook than has been
felv for several months past. The
Russia mill is running double turn,
and was obliged to put in an extra
run on Saturday in order to meet the
calls for iron, which are considerable
ahead of the supply. The old Ward
mill, now operated by the Ward
Iron Co., is also running double turn.
The fires are again lighted in the
Andrews Mill, and the manufacture
of iron was commenced last week
AT Carter's foundry it is necessary to
run extra time to fill their orders.
On Saturday several families of la
boring men moved into town.