The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-01-24
MANUFACTURING.
some Workers IN Iron.



featuring establishments we take up this week
the shops manufacturing iron or goods compose
largely Of that metal. None of these shops are
"bg" concerns, employing Is, 100 or more mer
} as do the establishments mentioned last week
nevertheless they add to the diversity Of our in
dustrles and being al on substantial footing
are constantly adding to the wealth OF the town
and all may be said to be growing.
i PLow WORKS.
4 The Maierhoiier pillow works are located at the
Junction of the Main canal and Side-cut, the
works getting power from the main canal, which
at this point is considerably above the level Of
the 'cut" The shops are built in two stories
the lower rooms for the iron works and the up
per floor for wood work aud painting. They
now employ IS men, paid about $50 to FOO a
week. The shops were much crippled year age
! by the fire which destroyed nearly all the estab
ment, and has since lacked the capital to do the
work it might have done. Yet the shops since
they were rebuilt have been very busy-having
all the work that could be done in them. AT
present they are running full head, making go
pliers, suky plows, &c. Mr.. Maierhotfer has
just gotten ready a New Riding Sulky pillow,
which combines some new ideas. First, it has
an Independent tongue; it has a new idea for
raising the pillow: by placing the fsot on a
level step, the pillow and wheel are SO clampcd
that the horses do all the work. The i'm
plement is made OF wrought iron and will
be ready for this seasons use. Mr.. NJ,
has just received patent papers fer new
Invention Of his: n Combined Cultivator and Go.
pher on wheels, which will commend itself. Eth
or gopher or cultivator blades can be used; the
frame is on wheels, on the axle of which it can
be shifted as desired; while Il simple apparatus
lifts the frame and blades out Of the ground while
turning around. The metal part Of the imple-
mcnt is made Of Bessemer steel, making it light
err and stronger than if made of wrought iron.--
The shops are making also f. II. Swindlers Car
pusher, simple device working like pump by
which from one to four loaded cars can be pushed
as desired.--These various articles, the Clipper
Sulky plows, and all kinds Of repairing, are the
only product Of the shops Trade looks brisk,
the books containing orders for about 400 gophers
yet to be filed
sTORMONT's
The Stormont Foundry and Machine Shops are
located corner Lafayette and La Sale sts. but
la short distance from the business centre OF town,
and occupy about one-fourth of the block. They
do general jobbing business, making castings
OF all kinds and all sorts of repairs. They
employ 26 or rs men, who are paid upwards
of 500 per week. They use pig-iron and scraps
and have melted during most OF the winter from
three to four tons per day. The shops make cast
ings for the King Il Hamilton Co. shops, have
this season made all the castings and iron work
for the new additions to the Mathiesen i Hege.
Ter Zinc Works, La Sale, as well for other shops
from Streutor to Aurora, towns on the Rock Is.
land road and elsewhere. They manufacture
also the well-known Stornont wind mill and
farm pump. The shops have had all they could
do during the winter, The great piles Of long
bolts in front Of the foundry are fer the new
aqueduct in this city, in which they will place
above 500. This is the largest foundry in the
county,
DUFFY 4 FLlNN.
The foundry and machine shops of Duffy &
Finn had been running us separate concerns for
some years until last spring, when they were
united under the present management, the es-
Enlistment being the Finn foundry and the
REM machine shops, located at the foot of La
Sale ST., near the Illinois river bridge. The
shops are well appointed in the way of the ma.
chinery for small force, and the propretors
now employ eight hands, making 10 operatives,
for both owners are practical, experienced men
and "take hand" at the work themselves, Mr..
Finn overseeing the foundry and Mr.. Duffy the
machine shops. The union has infused new life
into the entire business, and it ia growing. They
do general jobbing business, making castings,
jobbing warehouse and mill work. repairs on az.
ricutural implements, &c.
J.B. HARRIS a co.
During the past few weeks a new shop has been
started, in the building next east Of Weiss &
VOLTS building establishment the shops of J. b
Harris Il Co., where from the raw castings will
be made the completed Eureka Diamond Mill
stone Furrowing Machine" the Improved l. y.
L. Diamond Cracking and Facing Machine"
Diamond Dressers," &c. The new process Of
milling, so different from the old styles, called
for new implements for dressing stones other
than the hand pick. The tools mentioned are
believed to fill the want. The Furrowing Ma.
chine is something new and not many have yeti
been put upon the market; the 81. y. L." is a
machine Of which over 800 were sold in rs and
70, shipped TO all parts OF the world. They fur
nish also the little black diamonds, for the
cutting tool, and make q simple little implement
for sharpening diamonds by rubbing one against
the other. The shops contain new machinery
all through Of the latest designs, and their 'plan
err is the finest machine Of the kind in Ottawa.
The power is received from The planning establish
ment OF Weiss & Wolf.
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