The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-11-28
OUTSIDE THE STATE.
4 General Advance I'm business All
Along the Line.

Along the Line.
remarkable movement from Ashland,
Duluth and West Superior occurred dur
ing October, especially from the PAGES at
the head of the lake. Shipments through
the St Mary's canal for the year, up TO
Nov. 1. exceeded those Of a like period
Of last year 1370OO,O0o feet, which truly
was a remarkable result, showing that,
while the eastern markets We're slow TAX
ers of lumber cary in the season, they
have absorbed freely within recent months.
Chicago has also been a free purchaser Of
ern Lumberman.
The Latrobe 90 steel works are run
ming double turn in all departments.
The Round Mountain (A.a) furnace viii
be blown in during the next week or ten
days.
The Spring Lake iron company. Fruit
port, Mich. are about to put their blast
furnace in operation again.
The Reading Pa) iron company placed
their anthracite blast furnace No. 1 in
operation on the Sth inst.
Preliminary work has been begun on the
blast furnaces to be erected by the Car
negie company at Duquesne, Pa.
An advance Of 10 per cent. was made
on the 18th inst. i'm the wages Of the $50
employees Of Tyson's Chrome works, Balti-
more Md.
The rate for pudding at the Wayne
iron works, P.ttsburg, will be advanced
10 per cent on the 18th inst. This will
make the rate $40 per ton.
The L3ynon smelling company are to
erect 4 smelter al South Waukegan, Ill,
for the manufacture Of spelter. 1t viii
have capacity of about $4,000 pounds
d8y. This s5ep was made necessary by
reason of the Company's increasing bust
ness.
j.. z. Myers & Bro, Ashland, O., have
just completed a brick addition 10 their
already extensive factory. The new build
ing Is 50Xli5 feet and three stories high.
II VIII be completely equipped with the
best machinery ON the market. This new
building. with otaer Improvements in
their plant viii Increase their capacity
about onc-third.
TIE Henry McShane manufacturing
company of Baltimore, Md, have secured
seventy acres Of land just beyond the
eastern city limits about two miles from
ias Maryland steel cQmp1uy's works, at
snrrJws Point. and will erect A new
plant. The buildings contemplated in
clude a pipe foundry, A pattern shop. a
brass foundry. bell foundry, finishing shop
and power house. The comp3ny's pro-
duct Includes iron pips.I brass fittings for
plumbers and 0the4 7lscs, 7ad bells. Con-
sJruou)n work viz begin early in 1895.
About S1,0G0.00O VIII be exp ndcd.
The rope ana Irvine factory of J. Renek's
Sons, Elston. Pa. has resumed operations
The new wooden mills which have been
built by Shuler & bennington. at Hamil-
ton. O.. are completed and operations arc
to be commenced at once.
The weaving department Of the West
brook manufacturing comp1ny's mills,
WCS,brOOk, Me, was started last week.
Work on the new cotton waste mill at
New Bedford, Mass, is being pushed and
the mill VIII soon be rooted in and will
be ready for the machinery Dec. l.
The Walker wooden mill, East Wilton.
Ne, is being run to its fullest capacity
and is working extra hours two or three
nights a week until S o'clock.
a bObbin mill, to employ about forty
men, will probably be established at VIII
ton. Me.
The carpet eompany's mill, Lowell,
Mass, is rushed TO fill orders for for car
pets. The daily output IS 5000 yards of
Brussels and Wiltons and 10000 yards of
lngrains.
Work was resumed Monday In the No. l
wOrs-ed mill of the Hartford carpet COM
pany, ThompsOnvilie, Conn. This gives
employment to about two hundred people
who have been idle two months.
The Russell mills. Pittsfield. Mass. have
two months orders ahead. The Collins
knitting mills is on full time and has in
creased its working force.
An Investigation Of conflicting rumors
regarding coal prices establishes the fact
nat while the companies which ship an
Jhracite coal have not put out a new cir
cuar for the cline trade" a number Of
hem have reduced their prices on that
class of business about 70 cents a ton, or
20 the basis Of tide-Water prices. The
various shipping interests who at first
were very much inclined to ignore the
stand taken by Independent operators now
admit that the situation has grown much
more serious because of the cut. and that
some immediate action must be taken to
prevent CONGRATULATIONS Of Com
merca and Commercial Bulletin
Machinery has been bought for a small
cotton mil at Houston lights, Tex, TO
manufacture print Goth.
The Long Shoal manufacturing company
Of Lincolnton. y. c.. IS running $500 spin
dies on full time and viii soon double its
capacity.
Baltimore parties are interested IN the
organization Of a concern to build a wooden
mill at Powhatan, Nd.
Springvale, Ne, is to have a new in
dustry Wills +. Sanborn and Charles II.
ogden VIII manufacture hosiery in the
rooms formerly occupied by the Springvale
shirt company. The machinery has been
purchased and will be Placed in position
uDon Its arrival and business started as
soon as possible.
There is a rumor that a new cotton mill
viii be erected in New Bedford at Nash's
Point. A company to be capitalized at
$3.50. 900 may be organized.
The G.ennOn wOO,en mill, Dalton, Mass,
is building a picker house.
The Bath knitting nils, Bath, Pa, and
WOodcock, Hall & Co, Germantown, Pa,
are adding knitting machinery.
William Pynes he's leased the building
owned by the engine works company. Wa
terford, n. Y, and viii equip the same for
the manufacture of ribbed underwear
During the past week or SO there has
been. and Is at the present writing, a de-
cided upward tendency in the line Of dry
goods trade. In many instances the mer-
chants attributes this good feeling in the
market to the recent election. Mills are
starting up with a good deal of confidence
and there is little doubt that every line
Of industry wiz soon show most substan-
tial proofs of increased activity. 1t is re-
ported on good authority that the Fall
river manufactures during the week just
passed have been upwards Of 1S5, 900 pieces
with a gratifying percentum of actual
sales. This reaches well up to high water
mark and Is certainly one Of the most en-
couraging evidences which we have Of
returning business prosperity. The ap-
preaching severe weather is one potent
reason why the trade in Eannels, blankets
etc. is picking up so briskly. Yet even
here we are forced to look to other in
huences to account for the sudden and
quite satisfactory gain in the volume Of
goods now changing hands For even in
spring goods Tiers is quite a noticeable