The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-03-18
What Some Of the Boys, Old and
Young, Have to Say About 1t.
The Wheat Crop.

nave ABOUT nnlShed the W0lkli
house on Second street and a
now putting g slate root on Cha
Schwenke's residence, out {
Walnut street. We are work,r
twenty.eieht men. II is pretl
hard to forecast the situation s.
months hence, but just now, "
have good work, thank you"
At the Woolen Mills Mr.. ].
Tritsch the genial proprietor, ",
found in his Office, assigning pl'
ces to workmen aud giving ordel
in general, the mill having ju,
started.
Mr.. Tritsch, what is the ou
look in your branch OF trade.
"Weli, we expect to have a goo
years work. We can work fror
fifteen to twenty persons in th
mills. We do not, however, eS
pect to work to our full capacity
at this time, but to give stead
employment to our usual force.
Will there be any advance il
prices over that paid for the WOO
clip of last years
"The indications are that ther,
will. The price Of wool has ad
vanced some since last June, bu
| can not say that present price
will be maintained until the new
1clip is put on the market"
How do you account for an,
advance in the price of wool a
this time. The business depres
sion is general throughout the
country and there does not seem
to be any especial demand 70,
wool.
mo, but there might be in this
way: Take for instance, a GER
tain line of dress goods that has
proved a good seller in the mar.
ket. 1t is manufactured from a
certain grade of wool and as the
demand for the goods increases.
there is an advance in wool. This
rule could, of course, be applied
to other class OF goods. and as
there is advance IN one grade, it
naturally tends to pull the price
of wool up with it,"
Will McClintock. Superinfend.
ent of the Hooking Valley Fire
Brick Company, was found at the
works south of the canal. A
number of employees were loung.
ing about the office, and smiled
good humoredly when the man
of the pencil was informed that
the works would surely start next
week. Mack, how is the brick
trade any howl
"Fair."
Is there any prospect of a
boom this year?
"That is a had question to an
swer. We expect to start one
pan next week. and anticipate
doing as much work, if not more
than we did last year."
What is the capacity of your
works.
I'VE have two pans. three kilns
and can turn out eight thousand
first class brick day. We can
give employment 10 from thirty
five to forty men. We ship some
brick every week, the greater
part going to Chicago, III. That
car the men are loading now
goes to Haydenville.'
At the railroad shops it was
learned from John Covan, the
foreman, that from twenty five
to thirty men were at work about
the shops and On he yard.
Mr.. E. B. Comfy was inter-
viewed regarding the prospect of
work at the MotLerwell Iron &
Steel Co., shops he coming year.
He SAID, ''Compared with this
time last year it is much more
promising. We do not, howev-
er. ascribe it so much to the inn
provement of business generally,
as we dolO the pers efforts we
have put forth TO increase our
trade. We are inclined to feel
hopeful, though you are probably
aware that the pig iron mark ket is
much less firm than it was ninety
days ago 1ron,you know is King
The newspaper man was temp
ted to suggest that as long as the
price of Iron remained dowr
about zero, the cod wave would
continue to chill the financial
world.
Chas Schwenke the agent at
the depot was the next man tack
led. He said. "that about three
and thirty cars of coal
were being sent out of the Valley
per day. Local freights Oh the
main line and also on the river
division was good. Passenger
Iraffic, local, is good. | do not
expect the travel west will be as
heavy as it was last year. There
will very likely be good many
to different parts Of this |
state. The agents along the RVS
II are having a boom in selling