The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-28
MANUFACTURING pROSpECTs.

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business IN general tneFe lsa mafAeu ln'
provement. Not so much in the retail
mercantile business as in manufacturing.
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OF energy and confidence pervades all
branches OF industry here, and business in
,e,oroi baa rpv;ved N a y,e.t a%tert
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nH"4nsvo" Is A'se'y d manufacturing
town, and when the interests OF her work
shops are impaired, it rebounds to the
,rea. detr;nsnt NJ hps;ress A. presert
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tL;rc IL brsy Ths Isr,a SS;n 10 ~ or5
car SorLs II Tho HarI.T Z HnIi;nrSr,ortS
COMPANY have NOT been busier for years,
aud keep over 100 hands in steady work.
Last spring they were almost idle. This
sLate o. analss RteSals a. tne car WORKS Of
and shin Yards Of jaeEson ( snarp' and at
the great works Of Pusey, Jones ( Co., a
well as at all the smaller places. Much
tSa u gVI9R Um on. IN me factories IN
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'no "SV !oAt' 0"' Hna"Ataur'us i"teF'
ests are quite prosperous; The Potterles,
OF which there are ~, including three dec
Grating establishments, are working full
handed and on full time, and have q. large
number OF orders ahead. The iron works
and machine shops-New Jersey Steel and
Iron Company, Trenton Iron Company,
Phoenix Iron Works, Roebling's Sons,
Mills, Mackenzie & Wilkes-are working
night n day. The rubber mills are do
ing the same, and cannot fill orders fast
enough Tor the trade. Building Is good, a
large number oil new houses being built
this year. In fact, everything looks good.
MANSFIELD, o., MAY 2S.-From every
0parter comes tho cheering nsws ~ n 10
s-,SI T,
HiNa' u business INC recent increase IN
Ilie price oil wheat encourages our farmers.
n AultInan d Taylor Company, makers
Of thrashers and farm engines work their
5V0 men Il hours a day. They have Just
completed a large brick and iron shop,
ana nav nnlshed n Of the finest offices
in Ohio. The Mansfield Machine Works,
long struggling against A heavy load of real
estate, are running to their fullest capac.
ity. Our wooden mills ahont two waeEs
aGo. after being idle FIVE years. heoon hnSi.
ness with forty odd hands. Or naner
mill. idle since the narir ia ngs;n ennIoy.
ipv 20 hands. All The mann5arioriss e!.
cept one, are again in operation. New en-
terprises are being started every few DAYS.
Mansfield to-day has a larger population
than she had in her palmiest DAYS, All
our business rooms are occupied and this
spring the modest class of dwelIinCs we're
~unobtainable. S~eyeralnew business blocks
are going up, and perhaps 50 dwellings
are being erected. 10 large or eynansiSs
enterprises are being nSsbed int tSe
growth OF the city Il steady and snTe II
IS safe to cav that this renoIt frna
field, is true Of our neiS6SoT;no towns
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"a, Ma! .4'-business Is
gooo n tAls city and vicinity at this time,
and all the indications Justify the hope
that the present activity will cort;nra ond
he or,,nortoI a..
0"f te'ai' ueaieFs are 90
ing good business, and all branches OF
trade are IN q gratifying condition. Those
VINO depend upon their daily labor are
gradually finding employment, which
yves then me means TO buy, and those
MGo nav money are loosenlng their purse
extent, o9t the merchants engaged in it do
not complain. Although the centre OF a
rich agricultural region, Harrisburg de.
Pends in q great measure for prosperity
on ner INDUSTRIES which are con.
tlneed almost exclusively to the iron
business. Furnaces, rolling mills,
steel works, nail mills, car factories,
loundr1es, and the like are her chief
sources OF revenue, outside Of the opera.
lions Of her merchants and traders.
These establishments, which in the flush
times during the wal employed thousands
o. woTEmen, and in the sad days since
the collapse Of 1873 stood silent and de.
serted have nearly all resumed their
wonteG activity. Among them are four
iatge furnaces, seven toundries, several
H %nse. FIsi.ng MUS. q boiler and tank
~ sEWS' VA Gsse nalt mills, the Harrisburg
con,s mS'k ~ Tnicl Is now busy on a large
NJ. Isos. W Feisnt Ears ana last, though
s,ee, rores III liGe o. business, the
now peIag made with a view to the in.
e!eoSe Of ls capacity. Besides these,
ale eou9n mill, several brick,
SSrIS; and numerous smaller
esApIisnihenI where workmen are
etnPloyeu IN manufacturing. AT many OF