Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-28

There has been scattering of surface
men and OF some miners to the woods
for the winter, and the reliable men at
mining Ccnters viii not be more than
adequate to the work that win be done.
stock piles Of Bessemer ores have all
been brought down, and winter work
begins with none of the reserve that
last yenr was OF large proportions.
particularly on the Gogebic range II
the furnaces supplied with Lake SUI
perior Bessemers run through the whit
er at anything like the present pace,
there VIII be very little ore OF that
description on docks or IN furnace yards
when navigation opens. The feeling Is
general, and II Is shared by furnace
men, that another season will see
higher prices for standard Besscmer
ores.
The American Wire Nail company.
Of Anderson, Ind, has added depart
ment for Ealvaniling wire TO Its works.
The wira rod mlll, wire works and wire
nail factory Jf the company are all fully
employed. The gaivanizing department
has q capacity Of 1000 tons of wire
per month
THE lIaugh-Kurtz opeu-hparth steel
plant at Anderson, Ind, is now being
operated by the Gould Steel Works
Tho plant Is busy turning out the Gould
automatic car coupler The company
has all the orders on hand It can take
care OF for the present, and the out
look for the future is all that could be
desired.
'"rhe bolt works OF Fowler e Son. of
Anderson, Ind, are In fun operation,
not having shut down once during the
late business depression. The works
turn ont large quantities OF hrst-class
bolts annually. Orders for the future
are quite numerous"
j, Jones Hudson has applied for n
charter under the name OF Crum Lynne
Iron aud Steel company, with works at
Crum Lynne, near Chester, Pa. Tho
mill IS expected 10 start work shortly
on skelp iron, for which the company
has good-sizcd orders on hand.
The Lima Locomotive and Machine
company, OF Lima, Ohio. manufacturers
OF freight cars and railroad equipment.
has purchased the plant of the Lima
steel Casting company. The plant mas
bcan thoroughly overhauled and re-
built, and was put in operation a short
time ago, II Is equipped with n ten
ton openhearth furnace, and sufficient
/ men are employed to work this furnace
! to lts tull capacity. The plant is so ar
ranBcd that additional furnaces can be
erected at any time IL necessary.
Att.r shutdown extending over two
months, operations have been resumed
at the DuQuesne Tube Works, al
puquesno Pa, Employment viii be
gwen 70 4Vu men, and the pay roll VIII
aggregate $4,000 per week.
The Morris & Bailey steel comnanv
2 AT Wilson station, near pittsburr' has
Just added another annealine furnace
TO It's plant, together with other i'm
{ proVements. The works are running
] nearly nun, and have been i'm cOntln-
uai operation since last December.
Al the celebrated Black Diamond
steel Works OF Park Brothers & ca
I fllsnurg' everything except the ham
mer shop has been running three turns
/ for sopao time past, work being contin.
ued up 10 II o'clock on Saturday night.
1 me galvanizing department OF the
! SHARON Iron Works, OF sharon. pa
VIII be enlarged and new machineTy,
put In Sheet mill No, 3. which mas
/ heen IDLE Tor ahaut Is months, viii
started up double turn.
I The Laughiin Nail Works at Mar.
i TINS Ferry, o., which closed over two
months ago. has been placed In mn
| operation. About 600 men and hovs
are gwen employment. The works
can produce $4,000 kegs OF cut nails
me new open-hearth steel furnace
/ OF The Midland Steel company AZ Mn
/ Gle, Ind, IS about coupletei ana ~
Tore many days the gas will be- turned
on. rms will give employment n iOa
J additional hands. AVS
J lt Is stated that a eompanv ~ pif,.
burg capitalists has about closed a
asal Tor The purchase OF a site hi New
kensington. Pa, on which a lin MAJ
/ plant VIII be erected va p'a'e
The plant Of the New York loeo,no-
u we sIia machine works. at Rome N
~ ~, .' MtitVh we're destroyed by fire last
D's@"'oe'' mas been entirely rebuilt