The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1888-07-05
PsrtsinOuth'S Industries.

Scloto Galley, and lOo mlies east OF
CINCINNATI. Has q street railroad
three miles in length fire alarm
telegraph system, and paid fire de-
parlment is lighted by electricity;
Holly wat,r works system, ID miles
of mains aud pipes; has % church
es and fine public schools, excelled
by none in the State. Has an in
exhaustable supply of iron ore, coal,
Ore clay, freestope and sand stone
in the hills round about. Is a man
uiacturing city of much Importance.
uer industries are varied and give
employment to over 2,400 persons.
Her manufactured products arc
shipped to every pa,t of United
States.
The following is list of her in
dustries and number of hands en-
ployed: T. NJ. Patterson, paper boy
manufactory and book bindery, 40
hands; |. Reitz & Co., steam stone
saw mill and qnarries, 65 employ
es; Burgess Steel and Iron Works,
(rolling milD 500 hands; G. D.
Wait, furniture factory 65 i; Ports
mouth Foundry and Machine Works
G3 Padan Bros Shoe Manufactory
1873; Nichols Furniture Factory,
G7; Veneer Works, 20; Drew Sci
BY &' Co., Shoe Manufac;ory. 1901;
Portsmouth Woolcn Mills, II; Z.
C. Maddox and Kehrer Bros. Knit
ting Works. 90 employees each
Portsmouth FIRE Brick Works, the
largest IN the country, 175; DIN
Steel Spring Works, 81; Spring
Lane Distillery, so; Lehman,
Rhodes & Co, planning mill. IT;
Scioto Ere Brick Co.. 100; Johnson
Hub and Spoke Co., 70; Ohio Stove
Works, 65; Portsmouth Wagon
Stock Co, 60; II. Lcet 6 Co.,
planning mill, &c; Scioto Fro Brick
Works, 72; Green's Star Firo Brick
Works, IS; Black Diamond Fire
Brick Works, So; Geo. Title. tam
merry. IS; Cuppstt &' Webb, saw
mill. IS; John NeiIl, stove foundry,
30; j. l. Marsh. bottiing works, 10;
McMahon & McCloud, steam bak-
cry and cracker mandatory, II;
J. Zottman, soap factory. 10: w.
S. Put,in, sash, doors and blinds. 8;
john Dice. carriage factory, IS; w.
Z. Ripley, carriage factory, 13;
Buckeve FIcuriag Mills, s; Union
Mills and Scioto disiillsry. IS; Gin
cinnati. Washington & Baltimore
railroad repair shops, is; Chic G.
Northwestern railroad repair and
car shops. So; Scloto Valley rail-
road repair and car shops, 125;
Drummer Bros, machInists, 8; EX-
ceIsior shoe factory. chlldren's
shoes exclusively 10 employees;
Russell, Richardson & Titus, shoe
factory. in coursg of construction
to employ 100; J. b. Gibson. sash.
door and blind factory, 16; @. G.
Bode, steam stone saw mil and quar-
ries, 55; Kaps Bros, brick works,
go; Stevens, Bros. brick makers.
30; VIM. Musser brick works, %;
Kelley, Wishon d; Co., freestone
and sandstone quarries. and con-
tractors, Is; ID. NJ. Richardson &
Co. freestone and sandstone quar-
ries, contractors, so, Casparis &
Co., extensive frees:one quarrIes,
212; VIM R. Smith & Sons. steam
stone saw mill, and freestoRe and
sandstone quarries, GO; Portsmouth
steam laundry. 20; Portsmouth
brewery, 25; Union brick works,
"a.
Besides the Ohio River for the
transportation of freight and pas
senners, and the Ohio canal for
freight, Portsmouth has four rail
roads: The Portsmouth Branch
Of The Cincinnati, Washington d
Baltimore, extending from Ports
mouth to Hamden. a distance of
56 miles, the Sciolo Valley, from
Columbus to Ashland, Ky, 140
miles the Ohio & Mort hwes.ern,
from Portsmouth 10 Cincinnati.
106 miles and last but not least.
the great Chesapeake & OHIO
Valley, extending from Cinc;n
nat; TO Newport News, on the
Chesapeake Bay. The passen
ger and freight depots of this
road are located at South Ports
mouth. There are free passen-
ger and freight transfers and fer
RES, giving the city the fulIesr
possible benefits OF the road. The
Ohio & Northwestern is to be eX-
tended TO Gallipolis, all the right
Of way having been secured, the
surveys made, and a part OF The
grading done. The proposed
Portsmouth and Pound Gap Rail
road, extending 10 the rich min
eral and timber regions of East
ern Kentucky andWest Virginia,
is among the probable railroads
in the near future. The Charles
ton, Cincinnati & Chicago Rail-
road, now in course of construct
ion, and TO extend from Charles
ton, South Carolina, to Chicago,
Illinois, via Cincinnati, will pass
through Portsmouth; also The
Ohio Valley Railroad, "a portion
OF which has been consirucie,l),
extending from Bellaire 10 Gin
cinnati.