Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-11
TNDTSTRIII NOTES.


ducinG Concerns.
All of our local manufacturing concerns,
large and small. have had good year. and
they have commenced operations for the
new season much sooner than usual and on
larger scale. Experienced men VIII" are
in po>ition 10 speak adNi>edly and intelli-
gently say that the outlook in
this direction is more favorable
than il has been at any previous
time for several Years. These cond-
tionS prevail however prices of machinery.
of the manufactured product. are very low
and wages are low. The prices of farm
products are also at small figures and low
prices still rule for goods of most kinds sold
hv merchants. 80 that there are no large
profits in any branch of business. Yet among
all aSSes-manufacturerS. workingmen.
tradeSmen. &c. there is feeling of relief
over the evident fact that things have
touched bottom and that the general condi-
ton of business is aS favorable a. il is.
Matters present a lively appearance at
the East street Champion shops. When
they were built. in lsS2, il was generally
believed that they We're much too large.
The fact is however. that they are already
too limited in their accommodations for the
present scale of operations. Very sub>tan-
tial additions have been made Ia the build
ingS recently. and run through these I'M
mense shops. made by a GLoBE-RErUBLIC
representative. showed that they We're full
of machinery and alive with w"rkmcn in all
dcpartmentSof production. II could not be-
learned how many men were at work. hut
there were IA great many. Many finished
machines are already in the ware-roomS.
which have capacity for $1,000. and are
likely Ia be filled in a few months. Mr.
Whiteley is evidently working up his SEC
ton of the world for all that there is in it.
Mr.. Whitley is now putting in fifty miles
of gas pipe. 50 that he can light his entire
shops al night by either artificial or natural
gas. and enable his men Ia work a larger
number of hours per day. a. this has been
an absolute necessity.
We doubt whether there is in the world
a. large paint-r"nm A. that i'll the East
street shops II is all in one room. sixty
feet wide and mile long.
+. ". Ross 60.
The large filr-Story building east of the
East street shops. has six floors. including
the attic. which i a large room in itself. in
which i -. 600 square feet "f hn"rng.
This space i all occupied 10y the new firm of
f. W. Ross ~ Co.. who have recently re
moved here from Fulton. New York. and
arr. manufacturing en>ilage and fodder cut
tiers and other machinery. and who are not
now enabled Ia keep up with their orders.
They brought hut three men with them from
the east. and are now employing about 100.
They are putting new machinery in pac"
and are pushing things with all possible
speed
\ NEw BRANCH uF El ~INESS.
What j. known a> the nrm of StearnS
Fitch n Co. which is really the style under
which Nelson Fitch. late Of Albany. " Y.
is now carrying on business. is manufactur-
ing in the Ross building the only portable
kilns used i'll the country or the world for
the firing of china and pottery. This was
invented and patented by the late
Stearns Fitch, son of Mel /.
son Fitch and his name is still retained in
the style of the firm. The concern was re-
moved from Albany, in June fs35. and the .
silns are being shipped daily 10 Cincinnati,
Chicago, New York. and other American
titles and towns and to Edinburgh. Lon
world.