Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-10-25
Our Industries.
THE nELLEroSrE NAIL WORKS, LIMIT

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por.snt industries. Accordingly, last Mon
day saw us looking nj the ground, which
but two years ago WAS marshy waste, but
now built up with house, tcnements,
boarding house and the nail works them
selves On entering tho office we were
most politely received by Mr.. Achenbach
and 5 NJ. Buck, the book-keeper Our old
friend Buck kindly showed us tho plant
and made us acquainted with some of tho
leading workmcn.
HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION.
These works were established November
10th, 1881, the company consisting OF Cen
eral james 4. Beaver, OF Bcllefonte,
Messrs VIM. Y. Emery aud s. Achenbach,
of Williamsport Gen Beaver is chair
man, Mr.. Emery secretary and treasurer,
and Mr.. Achenbach, who Ia thorough
mechanic Of long and varied experience
is general superintendent. Their works
are located on Spring creek, thrce-fOurths
oE milo below the Bcllefonte station,
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running into the works, atlording excellent
facilities for shipping. The works were
erected in the most approved manner. The
rolling mill is l2j by l25 feet; the nail
fsctury IS by 30 feet and the warehouse
l25 by 10 feet, tho whole covered with
slate roof. Each department Is provided
with all the most approved appliances for
successful and rapid work. The rolling
mill is supplied with eleven furnaces, and
ell the iron Tor the nail mill is made here,
together with comfortable merchant bar
iron. The present capacity Of the works
Is 0 to 10 tons Of bar iron snd II to II toh'
of nails. They are shipping 1000 kegs Of
nails per month. They arc all packed un-
der the ego OF james IL. Stntt.
MOTIVE POWER
Is supplied by lvo separate engines Geo.
Rogers is the trustworthy engineer that
runs them. One Of them has = capacity Of
500 horse- power. John SIott, formerly OF
Reading, 10 the foreman Of the factory.
He is q thorough mailer and moot com
pctent mechanic.
THE EoLLISG WILL
is supplied with = muck train, nail plate
train, and iiteon-nch bar train. ChAs.
Kuse, Of Crescent, i foremsn here, and
Geo. Kase, Likewise Of Crescent, is the
roller. Isaac Wyand aud John McG.n-
ley are respectively the roller and catcher
on the muck train, and 5, B. WylAnd
catcher on the plsse train The bealers in
this department are Geo. Rowan and Adam
Ginger. John Feas.er runs the nail plate
sitter. When we entered
TUE SAIL DEPARTMENT
proper = frtghtful CHATTER a'saiIed our ears.
Here were thirty boys, each at hts machine,
making nails Of ell sizes, from a three
penny ane, TO a siH.inch sp'ko. ItwAs all
very curious, and 40 screamed to Buck for
/ information, and ko held his mouth close
/ TO our ears and screamed something back.
| We knew what he said must be all right,
and didni dispute tt. The nAilers are,
| Il. Caine, Albert SIott, l.. II Gumpert
James Stolt, John Bsir, John O'Connsr,
j. Longacer, james Holston and A. Tsy.
lor. These gentlemen arc competent, and
prove 1t by tho growing popularity Of the
| Bellefonte nail. Geo. Lambert is the fore
man. Cspt. W. T. Fitzgerald, late Of Crcs.
cent, il now the foreman Of tho blacksmith
shop.
To pack away this enormous and incrca'-
ing pile OF nails requires thoroughly
equipped
cOoPER sHor,
/ Mr.. o. Atwood has under him three a1-
sistants. 1. isa sight long to be remem.
bered, watching Atwood def angers play
ing like lightning. A couple of minutes
ago here we're a fe~ sticks, but prtsto, and
10, stand. forth the full made ksg.
REMARKS
Tho works employ 40 men, all told.
They are contemplating vast improvements
in the future and having Centre county
ore at their di'possl. are rapidly attaining
uAHuuAi TepubANout hs NueA arc sniPpihk
TO every section of the United States =,
present
They have been grest addition to Belle
fonte, as they have introduced pushing
business gentlemen like Achenbach, En-
cry and Buck into our business circles and
society sdded thirty to forty pleasant
families caused a new iron bridge 10 be
built over the creek, and given 3 great
impulse to building.
PHILrPsBuga MEErISo.-we hope our