The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-09-12
A prIehter PrO,peot for pu,Iu,Va.

A Brighter Proapeet for Business.
A review Of the business prospects
throughout Pennsylvania prepared bY
the Philadelphia Press, and which
appeared In that paper last Monday,
clearly indicates that we are entering
upon an era Of prosperity. We give the
following, as being more Immediately
items of interest TO our readers:
Recommendations prospects are
brighter than for the past six months.
Save In the moulding department, the
large works of the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road Company are working full time.
Business men pronounce the retail trade
as very healthy and steadily growing.
SHENANDoAH-There Is little change
in the condition Of labor and trade. The
miners started In this month on full time,
and If 1t will last throughout the year II
will have healthy effect upon business,
but many business lnen and others think
there will be suspension Of coal mining
before half the month is past. There Is
| little else than mining coal here, and all
business depends on the coal trade. The
half and three quarter time this Summer
little confidence. Most Of them predict
that the sheriff win have plenty Of busi-
ness shortly.
HAzLEToN-The business outlook Is
decidedly encouraging. Trade has in
creased considerably within two months
and retail dealers are looking hopefully
to the Fall. An extensive dealer, whole
sale and retail, in groceries and pro-
IA, a al, 4,
| of August was the largest he ever had.
The head of the leading dry goods firm
says that in the month of July last his
business showed an increase Of $1,000
over the same month last year, and there
was a corresponding increase during
August. The several manufacturing in
dustries are all working full time and
report an increase of orders. The coal
trade is quiet and most of the colllerles
are working little more than hnlf-time,
although there seems to be an inclina-
ton to buy. The coal trade here rules
all other branches, and 1t is this hopeful
outlook that gives tone to retail trade.
W1IKEsBARRE - Manufactures are
fiourishing. The machine shops, such
as the Vulcan Iron Works, the Dickson
Manufacturing Company's works, the
Wyoming Manufacturing Company and
the Pittston Engine and Machine Com
pany, are working on full time with
plenty orders ahead. As they depend
chiefly on the coal trade, so long as the
collieries are running there is always
work in hand.
BETHLEHEM-Every department of
the Bethlehem Iron Companys works Is
running, and there are no such labor
troubles as there were year ago. Shirt
works, Touring mills and knitting mills
are busy with daily increasing orders,
and a silk ribbon factory, with eleven
looms and thirty hands was started OH
Monday last, with prospect of increas-
ing looms and hands. Retail-dealers
expect an improved trade because of
the condition of manufactures. Many
men will be employed until the end of
the year on the new reservoir and water
works.
EAsToN-Iron operators are hopeful
and all the mills are working satisfactor-
lily. The furnaces are excepted. The
reopening of the nail factory at Oxford,
n. j., has added to the good feeling and
there has just been an increase of 10 per
cent in wages at the Phillipsburg Stoye
Company's works across the Delaware.
Stewart & Co., iron workers, of North
Easton, have recently refitted their long
idle mills. Various other concerns, in
cluding newly started organ factory,
are doing well. Retail trade is growing
and wholesale dealers say "Good, I'm
proving" Encouraging"