The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-16
OUR BUSY MEN.
Here and There Among Our Hives Of
Industry.

Our stove manufacturers have raised the
price of stove plates from to 10 cents per
pound within very short time.
The Globe Rolling Mill Company have
elected the following officers 10 serve dur
ing the year; Jacob Faber, President; John
Boyer, Vice President, and Jacob Walter,
Secretary.
Mr.. James Welsh, General Agent Of the
Kansas Pacific Railroads, is about to take
up his residence at one of our beautiful
suburban towns. He has been looking
around for some time, and will probably
settle at Delhi. ~, D.
Our contractors for brick masonry will
be compelled this. season to bid higher on
contracts, in consequence of the raise 1T
brick-layers and hod-carriers' wages The
brick-layers have asked for $3 80 per day
and the carriers for So rs per day.
Mr.!McClements, the contractor, is wind
ing up oil his old contracts and is now get
ting ready for the commencement of new
ones Mr.. Clements did the iron work for
the Wiggins building 'The Albany" and
the large building on the corner Of Sixth
and Mound streets.
Mr. Fred. Klimper, Ex-Representative of
the last Legislature, and formerly an en-
ploye at the large clothing establishment of
Heidelbach, SeasOngoOd & CO., has been en-
gagged bv the wholesale clothing house of
Fechheimer & Co. lon Third street, between
Vine and Race streets.
Messrs. Fritsch & Blettner's reputation
for fine engines is becoming very extern
sivelv known through Mt the country, and
several large orders are received every week
from business firms at distance for large
driving engines Their brewery engines
a'e first class, both in strength and work
manship. 3. ..,--.
Since Thomas Gilpin 4 Co. moved to their
new yard thev have abyndantly stocked 1t
with all the different qualities of lumber
that is shipped to this market. Their office
is supplied with telephone, and their
yard is larger than the one they recently
lite and gentlemanly clerk.
The large brick building recently erected
on the southwest corner of Sixth and
Mound streets, opposite the Carlisle House,
is nearing completion, and will probably be
ready for occG pancy in few DAYS The
house is in two wings the one fronting on
Sixth street for store purposes, and the
one fronting on Mound street to be occu
pied as dwellings.
Mr.. A. F. Gronwaldt is opening ont in
the retail drug business at the corner OF
Court and Baymiller streets, in the building
formerly occupied by Mr.. Thomas X. Fraser
as st,ve store and tin shop. Mr. Gron
waldt is an experienced druggist and will
no doubt. establish good trade in this To-
caity, as 1T is first-class neighborhood
and not an excess of C 'mretition.
The stockholders of the Safe Manufactur
ing Company. known as Mosler, Bahmanr
h Co., ut their annual election, elected The
following Board of Direct RS: Henr,
NJ eser. Fred, Bahmann. Fred. Naeher
Otto Bahmann, and Lewis Buse; and tn,
following officers: President. Henry Moe
ser; Vice President, Fred. Bahmann: Sec
retary, Otto Bahmann; Treasurer. Lewi
Buse Superintendent John Schmid. -
The numerous ice ponds, situated in the
West End in the Millcreek bottoms. p eupol
which considerable expenditure Ofmoney
has been made by enterprising bnsines
men. who contemplated handsome re
ward, and even went SO far as to make con
tracts with packing firms for a supply o
ice, have not been profitable invest ment
up to the present time. and may possibl!
prove to be "elephants' in the hands o
the lessee's.