Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27
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The Forest City rolling mill, ofCleve-
land has shut down indefinitely.
The Cleveland rolling mill, OF Cleve'
land, o., Is only on partially.
The Union rolling mill, Of Newburg,
O.. which was recently destroyed ny
fire, is rapidly being rebuilt.
Iron is stiffening In New York, ana
the demand IL active. Steel rails nave
advanced 81 per ton, selling at $50 ana
$3.50.
The rolling mill at Juliet, ILL.,, is be-
inc RAPIDLY got into shape for resump-
ton. The capacity of the mill will be
much greater when the Improvements
are all made.
The Wayne iron works, Tenth and
Duauesne Way, Pittsburgh, Is on dou-
bic turn this week in the puddle de-
partment. Prospects are not very
bright at present, but all are hopeful.
There has been q general reorganiza-
ton of the Indianapolis rail mill,
Thirteen pudding furnaces, the nail
mill and nail factory of the Etna iron
works, of New Castle, Pa, Messrs. Kim
berly & Co., proprietors, started up last
Monday morning. 1t is said that the
mill and furnaces will run double turn.
The pudding department of the
Goshen mill, at New Philadelphia, u,
has been running full for several days,
and the puddlers are happy. The
sheet department is not working, as II
is undergoing some necessary repairs.
After six months idleness on account
of financial troubles the Greenwood
rolling mill, OF Tamaqua, Pa, has re.
sumed operations. Fifty men will be
given employment at once, but the
humber will be increased shortly.
The Kittaning, Pa, rolling mill has
started double turn with twenty-four
furnaces, and will put fire in the re.
naming twelve as soon as they can get
the necessary men to run them. They
have orders enough to run them several
months. The blast furnace run their
first iron for six months, and will run
for year at least.
The South Chicago rolling mill has
orders in for 2S0, 900 tons of steel rails.
The new cupola will be blown in Oh
Monday. When the three shifts are
put on in the rail mill as they are in the
converting department, the company
hope to average 600 tons q day. The
men feel confident Of a pleasant year
and matters look very encouraging
South Chicago Post.
The iron and nail works at Berkeley,
California, are such a success that the
seventy machines with which the fac
tory has been fitted are kept going day
and night, the extensive works being
lit I'D by electric lights. The company
now disburse from $4,000 to $4,000 a
month in wages, and expect to raise
this salary list to $4,000 as soon as adj.
ditional machinery shall have been put
in place.
The puddlers Of Reading, Pa, held a
meeting a few days ago for the purpose
of hearing the report Of q committee
sent by them to Lancaster, Pa, to in
vestigate the difficulty at the Penn iron
works. An agent had been endeavor-
ing TO get them to 90 there to work.
They unanimously refused to go after
he airing the report of the committee,
who stated that the Lancaster men
were simply standing out against re-
duction of wages to figure less than
that paid elsewhere.
The aggregate productions of the
mills of lronton, o., were heavier last
year than the year before. They were
IN operation more days. BelfOnt ran
2l3 days and made lis, SD kegs Of nails.
In 1852 she ran only 1872 days, against
$50 in the year before. Lawrence was
in operation 21O days, of which 23S
were double turn, and in that time turn
ed out 10, 300 tons OF finished iron. In
1882 she beat this time six days, and
exceeded the product by 500 tons. AT
the Iron and Steel, the guide mill ran
2S3 days, of which 1lS were double
turn. The sheet mill was on 233 days
and the bar mill 272 days. The total
production was S,5l5 tons. In 1882 she
ran OBS days and made 1925 tons, and
the year before 2Sl days and made
S,S25 tons. The Kelly mai. works start.
ed November % and ran every day
since except Christmas. They have
60 machines, all working full. The
Whitman Stove Company was in oper-
alton 240 days, during which time they
melted $50 tons and paid out in wages
S25, S34 40. Kahn Bros foundry, at
Hanging Rock, was engaged nearly all
the year. Lambert Bros foundry and
machine shop ran every day in the
year and melted 1G0 tons of metal
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