The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-06
OUR BUSY MEN.
Here and There Among Our Hives Of
Industry.

promptly.
The cabinet-makcrs have about all re-
sumed work in their respective shops,
there being a compromise effected between
the employers and employees.
Several of our large buildings are ready
u be plastered. and the contractors are
hurryng up the necessary preparations
for the commencement of the work.
Mr.. George s. Blaney, the stove dealer,
has removed from his old stand into the
large building belonging to G. NJ. Murcb,
on Sixth street, near Central avenue.
Victor Bnrnham & Co. have, in connec-
tion with the painting business, opened
store for the sale of paper hangings. They
are established on Sixth street, near Race.
Mr.. Joseph We'll, formerly of the firm of
Simon & We'll, will occupy the large build
ing on Sixth street near John, which has
lately been remodeled, as a bakery and con-
fecIionary.
oinc water pipes crossing Millcreek Bridge
on Front street. are receiving a boxing OF
thick plank, and are being covered and
packed around with cinder to keep them
from freezing this winter.
The Robinson Wagon Company are again
building an addition Ito their extensive es-
tabishment. There is plenty room to
spread in that locality, so the company can
spread out as fast as their wants demand
it.
Workmen are busily engaged laying a
new board sidewalk on Gest street, near
the Southern Railroad This is a much
| needed improvement at this end of the
street, as tits the avenue by which the de-
pot is reached.
The foundation walls for large three
| story brick building, to be erected at the
! terminus of Richmond street, are already
up There was no need of eXcavating at
this point for cellar, as the fill in tie
street forms deep cellar
The Cincinnati Coffin Company have es
tablished their works at the corner of Law
renee and Front streets and are now fully
under way and duing good business. 1t
is connected with the Cincinnati Stove Co.,
whose works are adjoining
The brick-makers in the Mllcreek bot
toms have ceased to make brick, and are
now burning large kilns. They appear
very cozy as they sit around the numerous
openings where large fire is seen, each
with a clay pipe in his mouth.
Stone masons are engaged building an ex-
tension to the abutments of the Eighth
street Railroad Bridge, the fill on either
side of the bridge having commenced to
slide. Ihe foundations for this work have
to be laid at very great depth.
Messrs. J. A. Fay & Co. are very busy
manufacturing woodworking machinery,
some of which thev ship to Australia and
South America. They did not compete for
the medal at our last Exposition on account
of the small space assigned them.
Davis. Gould & Co., carriage makers, on
Flint street, near Freeman avenue, have in
reased their facilities for the manufacture
of carriages and buggies, and are employ
ing an extra set of hands. They have a
frst-class northern and western trade.
Messrs Still & Duhlmeier, whose furni.
ture factory is situated near the Southern
Railroad, between Eighth and Gest streets,
are receiving large orders for their goods,
and since enlarging their factory have all
the facilities necessary for filling them.
Our tanneries are all doing large bust
ness and their watts are said to be full to
overflowing. The employees are all
around and the ease with which they han
uIC UllOoC hCuNs 10
The proprietors of the Globe Rolling Mill
have very nearly completed the arranging
of the machinery aud rolls in the old mill
recently leased by them, on Eighth street.
west of Millcreek, and will soon be able to
begin operations for the manufacturing of
iron.
| A visit to the vicinity of our hills told
| how brisk the stone trade is Strong, sturdy
! men were welding the crowbar and pick,
while others were putting the large, heavy
stone into wagons to be hauled to the nu.
merous points in the city where new build
ings are in progress
All the molders employed in tie stove
foundres of Cincinnati and Coyington
have resumed work. and everv thing in
the stove line is booming The agents
lave taken the road, and are sending in fresh
orders. The recent troubles have been
satisfactorily adjusted for term of six
months
Messrs Tempest, Brockmann e. Co., man.
ufacturers of pottery, on Richmond street
west OF Harriet, are now making some very
fine specimens of chinaware, both deco
rated and plain. This is an old established
firm, and their ware is we'll known and
| tiliOuEAoub thC OlIltCu lOI
it's clearness.
The Mosler Safe and Lock Company, since
moving into their new building on Elm
street Opposites Pearl, have fitted up fine
exhibition room, where their safes, of all
sizes and"designs. can be examined by pur.
chasers. They are now filling large orders
and business is growing larger every month
Their safes are well known throughout the
country.
Messrs. Macke & Busching, dealers in
Furniture, on Fifth street. between Main
and Walnut, have been occupying one OF
the large new stores, recently built by Mr.
Heinrichsdorf but their business having in
creased, and l.. F. Wehrman, who occupied
the adjoining store, having moved into his
new building, the former have leased both
stures and thrown them into one large
stand by removing portion of the wall at
either end. They are we'll stocked with
handsome furniture of all descriptions.
Walter Robinson has, after many years
experimenting, invented neat device for
the propulsion of canal boats. There has
been large number of inventions for this
purpose, but none of them have as yet been
put to practical use The washing of the
banks is the toughest point to overcome,
and no boat will be allowed to run with
steam power unless this can be avoided.