The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-17
OUR BUSY MEN.
Here and There Among Our Hives Of
Industry.

Messrs. Simpson & Gault are extensively
manufacturing new laundry machine.
The Paper FABRIC Company are getting
Mess s. Loughhead & Porter are again on
their legs and doing good business In
| their mill.
| Quite a brisk business is done by Buschle
& Scheifel. who prepare all kinds of hard
wood for engravers' use.
Some handsome new safes are to he seen
in tie new warerooms of the.Mosler Safe
and Lock Company. recently built on Elm
street. opposite Plum.
B. McGregor, of McGregor 4 Co., has in
vented new paddock that Is claimed to be
very difficult to open unless well acquainted
with the modus operandi.
Messrs Walton & Hemler, proprietors of
the Star Iron Works. are In conjunction
with the architectural iron business, manu-
featuring very good burglar and fire proof
safe.
The sand dealers are receiving several
cana boat loads daily, and the bank of he
Canal in the vicinity of Fourteenth and
Twelfth streets is In reality perfect sand
bank.
Some of the finest saws made In the
Western country are made by Woodrorgh
& McParlin, who occupy the old Cameron
bnilding, on the corner of Sixth and
Hoadly streets.
Some OF the finest kid, buck and sheep
gloves sold in our retail stores are manu-
factured in this city by Mir. Paul Herr
mann He also manufacturers very exten-
sively large gauntlets
The busy season of the Butchers Smelt-
ing Association is at hand. and the Asso-
ciation are putting their kettles aud other
apparatus in orier. They expect to do a
good business this winter
The new steel works of Messrs. Mitchell,
| Tranter 4 Co., connected with their rolling
mill is in lively operation, and turning ont
large quantities of that article, which is
said to he of good quality and close grain.
w. w. Winder & Son. the painters, have
contracts for painting some very elaborate
signs. Mr.. Winder's son is quite a Young
man, but has given evidence of his quail
ties as sign writer, and will no doubt some
dav be numbered among the best In the
city.
Some very nice pottery has Just been
taken from the kilns of Mr.. Geo. Peter
Bihn's Western Pottery, which speaks well
for the manner in which it was made as
also for its clearness and quality. Mr..
Bihn is very successful in that line of
goods.
Richard Woolley & Sons have received
some OF the largest and best hides that have
been shipped to this city for some time.
Their business is quite brisk at present ard
leather is selling a good prices. This iso
of the oldest established leather houses in
the city.
The old Corrugated Elbow Company, that
was established Just after the invention o1
the wonderful elbow machine by an em.
ploye of Sellew, manufacture more elbows
than any two or three firms in the city.
This machine approached as near to perfec-
tion as it was possible.
Post & Co. 8 works are running full time
and the men are kept very busy filling the
orders that are fast coming in. Mr.. Jack
lnnis has charge of the shipping depart
ment, department he fully understands
how to operate, having served his time in
the same at the Greenwood Iron Works.
Messrs. T. J. Nottingham & Co.. of Wes
Second street, are bidding on some very
large jobs IF steam heating. This firm ha!
gone extensively into this line of busnes.
and are gaining good reputation. They
furnished the Shillito Building with ap
paratus, as agents for the Walworth Manu-
featuring Company.
Mr.. Henry Biggs, the plumber, is doins
! quite a good business, considering tn,
weather. He has contracts for furnishin,
several houses with bathrooms and water
, closets but he is anxious for the cole
weather to set in, as then is when tn
plumber gets his work in-also his bills.
Mr.. J. H. Sanning's large factory, which
has raised up PhGnix-lke from the ruins Q
. three fires, is alive with busy men. turnin
. out sash, blinds, doors and flooring for sew
eral large contracts that are unfinished, AM
! f"r the trade, as all the hand.shops pnrchas
these articles ready-made, much cheape
, than they can make them.
t The salaniander Felting Company manu-
+ factnre durable composition for coverin
. roofs and are daily receiving such larg
S orders from the local trade and from othe
s cities that they are 'ntemplatins the eret
, tion Of an addition to their factor
il for the purpose of manufacturing NOR
d largely this patent felting.
| WcS6Ies ncu"uy " DUTG)u lhIu III u larg
n supply OF pig iron a short time ago, som
e Of which as left on the sidewalk, ther
t being no room for it in the yard. BY tn
Y way that pile is dwindling down one woul
J. suppose they had machine in thei
e foundry that was eating it up. The secrt
e is tis: 1t is made into early Break fast
o stoves and scattered broadcast over tn
!, country, returning to them in the shape
e greenbacks.
!. Among the largest manufacturing con
= panies is the firm of Crane, Breed & Co, {
t. West Eighth street. Besides the mani
d facture of coffin trimmings burial cas-,
f and steam heating apparatus, they max
J. some of the finest and largest hearses mao
. in the West. Their trade is enormous, an
l. their works extensive. Mr.. Breed is
Il prominent member Of the Seventh Sire,
70 Congregational Church, also OF the Your
Al Mems Christian Ass citation.
'e Messrs. Morris & Ruth of West secor
street are heavy man ndfactarers of files, q
article not largely manufactured in tn
country, as 1t has generally been the We
,e dict that English files we're far superior
al the American article; but the Americs
Il file, we are glad to say, is rapidly comir
" into prominence with our iron manufa
g. turers and securing the credit riphtful