The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-20
THE REVIVAL or TRADE.

HuStn,~a BeGInnInE to Boom Once MOrc.
The Pittsburgh Commercial! of yesterday
has nearly column OF paragraphs in re.
gard to business at the various mills OF
that city and vicinity that show that the
tide of trade has fully turned for the bet
ter and is rising visibiy from weekto week.
weQuote some OF these paragraphs as fol-
lows;
Jones K Laughlin, otthe American Iron
Works, are about To erect additional pud-
ding furnaces. They have now seventy
two in operation, night and day.
The Standard Oil Works are very busy
at present, shipping about 5000 barrels
per day. The American Works are also
running iulI blast with good prospects
ahead.
Reese, Graft K Woods old mill has been
leased by Graft, Bennett 4 Co., Of Mill
vale, and will be started up about tho mid
Ille Of the week.
Thcshoycl works Of II. NJ. Myers & Co.,
Beaver Falls, are running eleven hours a
day in order to fill orders on time, a7
Nearly all OF the mills OF this city are
connected by telephones. Over 200 miles
OF wire is used in making the connec-
tons. r.-5...1 seas,
The rolling mill OF Everson, Macrum Il
Co, at ScOttdale, are shipping about ten
cars Of sheet iron per week 10 the East.
The Sheffield Steel Works, OF Singer,
Nimick & Co, started up yesterday, after
brief stoppage for the usual annual re;
pairs ,fl.,iF
DiIwoth, Porter & Co., lately started
their spike machines, and are running
tAem double turn, for the first time since
1873
Building Improvements are very brisk
IL Allegheny, and the work going on
may be seen OH almost any OF the princi-
All the West End mills are running
full, double turn. save the Sligo Mill,
which is shut down ior thepurpose Of tax
Corry's Coal Works at Braddock's are
running steady this summer, as are also
their coke ovens, from which large
amount OF coke is turned out.
Within the last week one of our manu-.
featuring establishments recaived an or
der for six hundred tons Of iron, but re.
fused it. II was Mt a price they would
have gladly accepted thirty days ago, but
il was not acceptable now. s NHg
The Edgar Thomson steel works'Rre so
Iwessed with orders that they will not stop
tins summer for much needed repairs.
They are refusing all orders for blooms,
'1illets and slabs Tor rolling, of which they
had quite trade. 1t is also stated that
they have orders sufficient to run their
rail mill until January
Many OF our mills are running double
turn, aud some that are only running sim
gle will 10 on double as soon as the wealth.
er is cooler Notwithstanding this activi'
ty, consumers complain that they cannot
get their orders filled, even those that
have been booked for some time. One oI
the oldest Pittsburgh houses has not had 1
man out soliciting orders for months, and
yettheir capacity is taxed to sll orders re
Ceived. -
The Sharon Eagle says: "Bolh our city
mills are running double turn, full blast
red hot night and day, with sufficient or
ders ahead to insure steady work during
the entire summer" ~ q. ~
Reports Of railroad earnings for thi
past year arc very encouraging. They In
dictate marked increase in passenger ant
freight transportation, which Is only an
other term for growing prosperity. Thi
is an indication that the general aspect g
business the country over is bright, Wit
tendency 70 grow still brighter.
The receipts OF grain at Atlantic port
for the last week in jHly were the larges
ever known, being nearly aight millio
bushels, OF these Baltimore got Rearlyi
fourth, and tho most II ever had, an
Philadelphia little more than sixth.
Disston & Sons big saw gorks In Phil