The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-09
OUR BUSY MEN.
Here and There Among Our Hives Of
Industry. r.

The firm Of Thomas Sim & Co., are get
ting rather lively in the way Of work.
All our "Busy Men" are using their ut
most exertious to lay IN supply OF goods
for the Christmas holidays
Norris e. Reith are doing some very
heavy bridge work at their blacksmith
shop on Second street. near Plum.
. A great many Of our manufacturing es-
tablishments will close their doors on next
Thursday, the day of General Grants ar
rival. - +.
Work on the Virgins building is being
pushed forward rapidly, so as to complete
/, before the real cold weather makes its ap-
pearance.
C. s. Rankin's workmen are putting UP
the old fence in frent of the Eighth-street
School-house. When painted it will look
like new and is certainly just as good.
James Hobbs & CO., of Third street, are
making extensive additions to their tin
shop, heir business having increased so
much as to demand the improvements.
James McAndrew has packed his tools
and started for Milwaukee, Wis, where he
has engaged to go to work in machine
shop. He is first-class mechanic, but
seldom travels.
Harry Nottingham, formerly Of the firm
of Steptoe, McFarlan & Co., Is now doing a
good business in the secondhand machin-
cry and scrap-iron line, at the corner of
Central avenue and Second street.
Messrs. Stedman, Shaw d Co., lightning
rods, are now occupying the store in the
Springer building, on the cerner Of Fourth
and Central avenue, formerly occupied by
the Farmers Manufacturing Company.
The reservoir on the western hills is
progressing finely, and will when com
pleted, give pressure enough to feed tlfe
mains in the west and northwest portion
Of the city. This reservoir has long been
needed.
| John HI. Mcf1owan & Co., of West Sec.
ond street, have received some large con.
tracts for heating new houses recently
erected in the city. This firm do a large
business in the way of brass goods and pipe
fittings
Mr.. Charley Kahn isfying around pretty
lively, since the pork season opened, and
no doubt sells more hogs than any Other
man in this city. He has Just returned
from Richmond, where he went on a busi
ness trip.
William H. Townsend has invented q
new device for crilnping sheet iron and
will apply for letters patent as soon as his
model is finished. The patent law requires
a model in conformity with certain rule!
governing the size.
I D. w. Miller & Co., corner of st. C1ail
and Gano streets, have manufactured ant
sold some 6,000 buggies within the last year
and they confidently expect to increase TIN
sales to reach 10000 next season, as the,
are now making arrang gements to that effect
Mr.. Jake Effinger, the well-known an,
popular barber, whose establishment is Of
Race street. in the Queen City Hotel, j
indeed one of our busy men. Jake an,
his assistants attend strictly to business
and shaveo haircut at their hands is
genuine luxury, instead of something to b
dreaded.
Mr.. August Weigt, foreman of the wood
: working department of d. W. Miller & Co.
carriage and buggy factory, will soon a.
, sunle charge of the extensive carriage an
buggy gearing establishment of Marcy
Knoblaugh, on Eighth street, near the G
H. Il d. Railroad Mr.. Weigt is q cleve
gentleman ana thorough mechanic, an
deserves success.