Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-20
Industries that Have Boon Stimu-
lated by the Mckinley
Bill
From Every Quarter Comes the
Hum Of Mills that Signifies
Prosperity
Great Activity in the Industrial
Centers-Raise of Prices in
Some Places.

notes, but one will suffice:
Kilbarn, Lincoln & Co., Fall River, re-
mort several large orders and an increased
inouiry from manufactur within three
weeks. Two hundred looms for the
Granite mills, Fall River, will be made,
additional help is being hired.
The new Ray Print works, North Bel
linrham. were started and did the first
printing last week The plant is valued at
100000
The manufacturers at New Bedford are
oyerrun with business. Every mill in the
city is running to its full capacity and
and orders are ahead. The agents report
an unprecedented demand for mill supplies,
and every manufacturing concern in the
CITY is engaged in filing the large orders.
il is reported that a stock company is
being organized to erect a factory at
Laurinburg, n. 4.
The Balligomingo wooden mills at Con-
shohocken Pa, recently purchased by a
syndicate, are to be put into operation
soon, giving employment to LOCO hands,
and it is rumored that John Wood is nego-
tiating for the purpose Of lighting the
fires in the long-idle furnaces after the
necessary repairs are made.
The several hundred employees of the
Berkshire weaving mills, Frankfort, Pa,
have. been agitating for some time the
question of an advance in wages, which
resulted in committee being formed to
wait on the owners and, if possible, secure
an increase without causing any trouble
The committee has been informed that their
request mas been favorabiy received, and
that they would receive an advance of 2
cents on each cut-about As per cent.
The Weavers' union and the Knights of
Labor were united in this movement for
the FIRST time in Frankford. General
satisfaction is felt over the course taken by
the employers and the employees.
Charles Barrez, the senior member of the
firm of Charles Barrez & Co., New York,
is at the head of a corporation of Ameri-
cans and Frenchmen who intend doing a
gigantic wooden manufacturing business
in his country. The plans of the corpora
ton are to build 100000 mill within
davis Journey to New York. Mr.. Bar
rez, together with several Chicago gentle
men. has travelled over the entire country
during the past few months in search of a
suitable site Two of the sites are in
Philadelphia, one in Providence and the
other in Pawtucket. R. |. OF the four
sites to be submitted, one of those in
Philadelphia is almo It certain to be chosen.
The mill will give employment to not less
than 5000 people.
The Brooklyn Saw-Mil company EN-
ploys union men, This raises wages from
81 50 and 81 a day to $3.50.
Furnace No. | of the Carrie Furnace
company, at R lnkin Station, Pa, which
has been out of blast since the month of
July, repairing and adding new stoves,
will probably be put in blast the coming
week
The Milvale Iron company. operating
the Graft, Bennett & Co. plant at Ben
nett Station, Pa, have now the bar and
universal mills steadily aG work, and
are turning out large product Some
further additions and improvements are
contemplated.
There was an increased demand for steel
at the works OF the Pennsylvania Steel
company this week, and every department
is pushed on hurried orders. The furnaces
are all in blast and doing good work. No.
2 on Thursday made 2l0 tons Of Bessemer
iron, being the largest tonnage ever made
by that furnace. No. 3 furnace, which has
been making spiege for several months,
commenced the manufacture OF iron again
Yesterday. There were 1902 on the Sep
TENDER pay roll.-steelton Reporter, Octo-
Der %.
The Cambria pa Iron company s
blast furnace No &c, the Centennial"
made the biggest run of pig metal week
before last in the history of the company s
works. The product was l ,7l6 tons.
The jefferson Iron works have notified
their nailers that from now on will they
work till seven o'clock each evening, and
three o clock on Saturdays. This order is
due to an active demand for nails which
exists in the Ohio Valley just now. All
the mills are having good run.
All departments of the plant of the New
Philadelphia Iron and Steel company, at
New Philadelphia, are being operated to
their full capacity. There are IA single
and one double pudding furnaces in oper-
alton in the pudding department and
four trains of rolls in the finishing depart
ment. The product is sheets and plates.
The industries of Fitchburg, Mass, are
quite we'll employed, to judge from the
activity of the representative firms given
below: The Simonds Mill company en-
ploys 100 men. using 20 tons of steel per
week. Tie Fitchburg Steam Enginecom-
pany is working overtime three nights
per week. The Fitchburg Machine Com
pany has begun on extra time, with great
ly increased business.
Z. H. Watts, of London, Eng, presi-
dent of the Watts Steel and from company
now building an iron and steel plant IN
marlborough, XIV. contempl'tes, it is
said, removing to Middlesborough from
England a structural iron works plant
with a capital of 5000, 900.
The A. Busch glass works is the name OF
new glass making concern to be started
up at st. Louis, Mo. abont December l.
They will have a tank furnace and make
green bottles This enterprise is control
led by the Anhauser Busch Brewing com
pany, which also owns and operates the
the Streator Bottle and Glass Works, OF
Streator, Ill.
Philadelphia parties will probably move
several carpet factories to kensington,
Ga.
The City Manufacturing Co., of New
Bedford, Mass. is considering building a
new 10000 spindle mill, $50 IL feet,
four stories. also new boiler and engine
house. Id all about III $50 square feet