The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-20
AN ACTIVE TRADE IN IRON.
The indianapolis Manufacturers Have
All the Work They Can Do.
An Increase in Business Which Will Necessi-
tate the Employment of Larger Num-
Der of Workmen at Haughville.

When asked, yesterday, how his establish
ment, the Haugh iron works, was meeting the
demands made upon it for work, Superintendent
Haugh said that all winter and summer they
had as much as they could do "We are run
ming" he remarked. "a full force of workmen
now, and as the outlook could not be better, the
so-called depression in industries does not and
will not affect u.s."
AS the reporter passed through the establish
ment, on every side were seen evidences of a
very prosperous condition. Here were huge
iron Orders in the process of completion, there
ornamental work, further on iron fencing. and
in another place the odds and ends of iron and
steel products, for which the works have consid-
cradle demand. The superintendent SAID: I'VE
have just put up in Charlottesville one of our
rotary jails, and have shipped portion of one
we have under contract for Council Bluffs, Ia
That car over there is being loaded with the
cell flooring for another Jail in Marysvlle, Mo-
Here you can see other parts of it.
This rotary Jail is an invention of
ours, and is built around a huge
iron caterpillar which also answers for smoke
stack. The cell tiers are circular in form and
The cell department we are building for Council
Bluffs will weigh about 10000 pounds, and the
whole can be rotated by a crank, the maximum
pressure on which at the outset is only twenty
four pounds. In motion the pressure can be
lessened to fifteen or twelve pounds. A prisoner
passes from the jaier's Office into small apart
ment and the outer door is locked upon him.
he steps then into cell and the jailer or turn
key turns the crank, sending the cell perhaps to
the other side of the circle An occupant of one
of these cells may be on one side Of the Jail one
minute and on another the next He is always
uncertain as to where his cell will be- thus TAX
ing away from him any inducement to attempt
to cut through the floors for his calculations as
to the fitness of one place for attempt to es-
cape will hold good no longer than the
time the cell rests in that place.
steel grating of heavy bars, through which it is
impossible for any one to cut his way. A pris
oner orce inside is away from all connection
with the jail officials or others. If he is wanted,
it is only necessary to turn the crank to bring
his cell around to the entrance door,"
you see this?" asked Mr.. Haugh, picking up
a corrugated piece of sheet-iron, about two and
half feet long 1T is an iron lath. We are
making them sfor the new State-house. We
have just completed contract for these laths
for the government buildings at Toledo, o., and
Topeka, Kan. By the way, we have done
great deal of all classes of iron work for govern
ment buildings. Those in Boston, Albany, Kan
sas City and Des Moines have been largely sup
piled by US. We have even filed contracts on
the buildings in Washington City. These Orders
you see are for the new State-house. For the
same building we have a contract
for iron stairways. Over there are
the parts for $50 cells for the Frankfort peniten
tiary. That ornamental work you outdoors
in bases and capitals is for the Pensacola, Fla,
customhouse. We filed a large contract of
that kind for tie government building in Balti
more. In Oskaloosa, Ia, we have other work to
do. and so on. There is enough here for US to
do for year to come. But while the prices are
low orders are plenty. We see nothing of dull
times in this establishment 1t is not unfreQuent
for us to run night as well az day."
The Malleable iron works, not far from the
Haugh plant are being enlarged by building
thirty feet wide and 800 feet long 1t is under
stood that this increase of capacity is to meet
extensive contracts lately made with a Chicago
firm for over 81, 600, 600 worth of the works prod
ucts. Manager Thornton refused to give any
particulars as to this contract or any other, say
ing: 1--WE think the public will know we are
getting on we'll enough by yon stating that our
additional building is to be thirty feet wide and
500 feet long; that implies are to increase our
force" Beyond this Manager Thornton was
mum.