The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-24
OUR BUSY MEN.
Here and There Among Our Hives Of
Industry.

Here and There Among Our Hives Of
Industry.
5 The elevator in the new Eighth-street
School-house was built by Messrs. II. J.
Reedy & Co. 1t Is operated by hand power.
There is factory in Covington for the
manufacture of baseball clubs and bats
where over sixty female operatives are em-
ployed.
Charles r. williams & Co. have built an
extra edition to their already large mill
in the northwestern part of the city, and
contemplate doing a driving business this
winter.
Messrs. Theodore ]. MCGOWAN & Bliss,
141 and 143 West Second street, are very
busy, having Just received very large con-
tract for their celebrated hydraulic tobacco
machinery.
Mr.. Alexis Brown, one of our wealthiest
Mt Healthy farmers, is the possessor OF al
apparatus for the purpose of Matching
chickens. 1t turns them out at the rate OF
one per hour.
Messrs. Kreiger, Burkhardt & Co. did the
repairing on the engine at ?. ]. Marqna
Sons establishment which sustained the
loss of crank wheel~and necessitated a
delay of few days.
qua's Sons establishment has been repaired,
and every thing is now IN good running or
der. The Messrs. Marqua have employed a
new, competent engineer.
Steam heating apparatus is being placed in
all the largest buildings that have been
erected this season, and our apparatus man.
ufacturers all have quite as much as they
are able to do In that line.
Our colored vendors OF the luscious bi
valves. whose stentorian voices are heard
on every street, are doing quite nice little
business in their line, some OF them hav
ing good regular customers
The iron trade is better this season thar
1t has been for many years past at the same
time of the year. and all our manufacture
ers think that this state of trade bids tail
to exist for some time 10 come.
Messrs. I. and E. Greenwald q Co. are
doing fine business in the line OF station
ary engines, and will soon complete large
one to be placed in the Dueber Watch-cass
Manufactory, at Newport Kentucky.
the new steel works, built by the firm o.
Mitchell, Tranter Il Co.. at Covington, KY.
| is now in full blast and turning ont fine
Equality of steel. The works are quite large
and large number ofhands are employed
Mr.. Dimmick is still experimenting thu
casting department at the Cincinnati anC
Newport Iron and Pipe Company. and has
| Just now got all he can do to hold he
level, with all those big contracts on hi
hands,
Mr.. Thomas Hargis, formerly Presiden
Of the Paper Hangers Union insthis city. il
now farming with his half brother, Mr.
| Albert Morton, in the State of Kansas
They have a very large farm and are ex
| tensively raising stock.
James Harris Yesterday started for Omaha
where he intends to embark in the hard
ware business. James is one OF our mos
prominent mechanics, and, being stove
molder, will deal extensively in stoves, il
which article he is we'll versed.
Business is brisker at the present time a
the Blymyer Manufacturing Company
| Works than 1t has been during the sam'
season for great many years. Mr.. Alfort
deserves great credit for the large trade il
portable engines he has worked up.
The two fine stone edifices, recently
erected on Richmond street, have received
their finishing touches and will be read,
for occupancy in few davs. They are tht
handsomest houses on the square, and ar
really an ornament to the neighborhood.
Mr.. Geo. w. Elstun, our enterprisin
fruitcanning merchant is very busy get
ting ready his blooded chickens for tn
Poultry and Pet Stock Exhibition whic
opened to-day. George raises some YER
fine chickens at his place on Walnut Hills
Messrs. Atkins and Betty, who recent
established coal office on Court street
near Plum, are doing pretty fair busnes
in that line, having succeeded in obtainin
some god orders from prominent manu-
facturers, as also the custom of larg
number of families.
Harry Lockwood, having become tired (
"wasting his life away" in Cincinna
machine shop tas he says) is maxim
preparations to take Horace Greeley's az
vice, 'Go West, and grow up with tn
country" He starts after the 1st of Jan,
ary for Pueblo, Col.
Messrs. c. 8. Rankin & Co., Of Pea
street. are selling quite number of graft
and mantels this season, and are cofApelle
to turn them out lin the foundry at
l lively rate. They did the iron work fl
the new Eighth-street School-house, an
, several other large jobs, recently.
The Boston Courier SAYS Rand, Aver
g. Company, the State Printers of Mass
! chusetts, are now printing twenty thousan
copies of Kings Pocket Book of Cinci
natl for John Shillito Il Company. the gre,
Cincinnati dry goods firm, who bought IL
copyright and plates Of Moses King in ord
to distribute gratuitous copies OF the bool
3 Messrs. Gilbert Brothers. No. 1870 We
+, Fourth street, are selling the popular, We
t fitting shirt, known as Keeps shirt ar
l thev are establishing trade fully equal
! any in that line in our city. They sell q
8 unt nished shirt that is cut to fit any nee
/ which can be finished by any woman wi
3 knows how to operate sewing nlachin
and made to fit as well as those made
' order in our large shirt manufactures.
: The Cincinnati and Newport Iron ar
Pipe Works, situated ON the south bank
! of the Ohio River, just north of the ra
. road bridge. is now in full blast and doll
! one of the best trades in that line in ii
;. country. They have contracts for the Ne
port Water Works; CovingtOn Gas Coz
!, pany and several water works and gas col
| a. nkkar r,rspto fVhav alan mn