Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-12
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
Natural Gas, Reaping Machines. and Other
Product. of the Champion City.


All of the frame work Of the machinery
produced in Springfield was formerly made
of east iron. Especially has this been true
of cog wheels, which. when made of cast
iron. could be broken with a light blow
from hammer. William Y. Whitley gave
a cog wheel in new binder. the other day.
several hard hits with a Sletge. in the pres
ence Of GLORE- -REruBIIC representative.
and only succeeded in pounding a little Of
the surface of that the bright metal
within could be- ~erI. The wheel was Of
malltahr iron. and nearly the entire frame
work WAS uf the malieablc iron or steel.
l. i believed that the Springfield binder
Will be- ION top this year.
Mr. Whitclcy took the GLOBE -RErUBIIC
man Ia the top Of the central tower uf the
East Street shops and showed him the entire
city. with the ranges of hills beyond. in all
directions. 1t WAS such a sight a. only can
be seen from the top of the Stand-pipe. and
a sight indeed worth seeing.
Inquiry Stems Ia indicate that there are
but few wurknglnrn now out of employ
ment. During the summer m.lIIy have gone
elsewhere either /" Texas. Kansas uT other
portions of the country. and pains have been
taken in starting new concerns or in enlar.inE
operations in old ones. Ia give employment 10
Springfield men. rather than bring men herr.
from abroad Manufacturing i> now much
/ lveier than has been usual here at this SEA
son OF the year. and one. 10y putting that
this and several other things together can
safely predict better times iocally-nnt
flush times. nor a boom, but a real. solid
improvement a good deal better
than nothing. This fact once known. vii!
have a good effect om trade: iS already doing
il. The area of custom will be enlarged
Worklngnen will have money with which
10 buy goods. and farmers. too, will feel that
il is safe 10 launch out a little.
4 significant fact j, that the population of
the city is still Increasing Hundreds nf
houses. and some very good ONES. have been
built the past season. and more are now in
the process of being built. and it seems
likely that by spring all the new ones and
the old ones will be occupied
The natural gas business. if the great tN-
pectat"nS are reached. will produce rrye-
lation here that will give Springfield
stronger and more radical impulse than il
has ever enjoyed. But these expectations
man not he reached. Evidently
there i gas enough in the world.
tiIlside of it, If it could only be
reached. and one can reach il it is Ia he
supposed, if he bore deep enough. But the
gas which now flows must in some way h..
purified before it can De- made available
That is to say. things have that appearance.
A. to the pcrmamcl "f the flow of natural
gas. some pointers are given herein. Some
wells flow for awhile and then stop. entire
ly and forever. far a> heard from. But
the ti"w al Wt~thrld and FTr,l"na ChaI-
tauqla county. New York has been con
! stant and unfailiug for about sixty years This
i a fact personally known tn the writer. If We
supply here-and it should be adequate
gas would supersede coal as fuel in ouI
shops and houses, and the Improvement in
Our manufacturing enterprises and in real
estate would be revolutionary. Such a
thing is possible. Whether it is probable
will be developed within three months.
Fortunately the expense of testing is not
heavy.