The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-12

Lawrenceburg for the manufacture Of
edge tools. saws. etc, and are now work
ing full force. They have the exclusive
contract for the manufacture of the Christie
bread knife, and shipped 10000 Of these
knives to London last week. They en-
ploy 200 men. Business Of all kinds is
booming at Lawrenceburg In the last
two weeks four distilleries have resumed
operations. The Bauer cooperage CON-
pany, which resumed work a month ago,
is now running full force-20o hands
with contracts to carry it to next June
1t turns out 1000 barrels per day.
The city Of Cairo, ILL.,, geographically
considered, as well as with reference to
transportation advantages, is a natural dis
tributing center, and has attained to note
worthy importance as a hardwood lumber
market. The lumber exchange, now some
time organized there, is composed Of
capable operators with a due appreciation
Of the advantages incident to intelligent
cooperation. and is receiving the sup
port essential to permanency and good re-
suits. There are a number of plants
operated at Cairo for the manufacture and
manipulation of cottonwood into various
shapes, more particularly boxes and hollow
woodenware. Situated at the confluence
Of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, logs
may be advants geously fOated down
either of those great waterways from the
forests of Kentucky, Missouri. Indiana
and other more remote timber-growing
states for manufacture at Cairo. In fact,
it is matter of remark that more mills
have not been planted than are now there
The outlets for manufactured stuff include
three directions by water, that great COM
mercial artery, the Illinois Central, and
other railways In short, the point is of
a general Importance to attract the atten-
ton Of the hard wood rade trade more or
less at large.-NOrth Western Lumber
man.
READING, Pa, Dec 6.-No. 2 furnace
of the Reading iron company was put in
blast today. The stack has been idle for
nearly three years. This is the second
furnace started up b. the company within
a month.
CONVERSE, Dec. .-Special.-Judge
ConnorS & Sons Of Wabash have closed a
CONT act here for seventy acres of land
upon which work will begin at once for
the erection of a large tin-plate factory
that will employ 800 hands. The negotia-
tons have been pending for some time,
but owing to differences with parties from
Wnom the land was purchased the project
was delayed. The management will be en-
tirely under control Of the Wabash par
ties, who are said to be amply provided
for such an undertaking. Converse is
among the most promising towns Of the
gas belt.
MUNCIE. Dec. -Special.-Receiver f.
G. COleyron today sold the White River
IRON and steel works for $4,000 to T. T.
Rose Of Muncie and the mill will be placed
in operation at once with 800 hands. The
property was established at Anderson by
V. o. Foulke and others from Cleveland,
but moved here two years ago. 1t is
valued at $4,000.
ANDERSON, Dec. g. Special - The
board Of trade of Pendleton located a new
glass plant yesterday and articles of incor-
poration have been filed with c. A. Fink,
p. B. Hartman and Frank p. McElfresh
as directors. The name will be the Pendle-
ton bottle company. One hundred men will
be employed. Work on the building is to
begin at once.
ANDERSON, Nov. S-Special.-After
six weeks wrangling the Rivervew agri-
cultural implement works were located
last night and all deeds for land and other
things closed and transferred, securing
them beyond all possible doubt. The plant
when completed will employ 200 hands
1t will be in full operation by the LIST of
March. The company has also purchased
an acre and a half of properly in the CEN
ter Of the city, on which they will erect
a big warehouse and office.
The Riverside CIV. Va butt weld fur
mace, which fell in last week, has been re-
paired and went on Wednesday morning
CIV Va.) mill went on Friday morning
after an idleness of some time. All the
men employed about the furnaces suffered
a 10 per cent. reduction in all sxelp iron
made. The old scale will be paid in other
work.
Edward Shippey, an Englishman who
has located in Pittsburg, says: 1.-THE
condition of the laboring man here with
his big wages is little, if any, better
than that Of the English workman with
his little wages in England. Reform
must come here and employment for
the unemployed as it is coming in Eng
land to prevent revolution. After
Queen Victoria is dead they will have
a republic over there just as sure as 1
am here. But if the workmen in this
country want any better conditions
they must act together. They must unite"
The Mutual consumers coal company
has been Incorporated under the laws of
West Virginia, with a capital of $780,
600, for the purpose of mining, trans
porting and dealing in coal The COM
plant of the Pittsburg coal company,
located near Bellaire. Mr.. S. ]. Rock
ershausen of Bellaire is the manager of
the company.
The planning mill men all report bust
ness good with them. They say there
is a great deal of building being con-
templated in the early spring and that
they have already been asked 10 bid on
contracts for some business blocks and
misunderstanding (W. Va.) Register.
At Atlanta, Ca, the periodical Dixie is
making efforts to aid American manu-
facturers to extend their trade into foreign
countries, which have been so successful
that a convention of manufacturers twill
be held at Cincinanti to form a national
association to promote the extension Of
foreign trade"
The outlook in the iron. steel and glass
trades in Pittsburg is reported encourag-
ing. New factories are to be built and
old ones reopened.
A Chicago special dispatch says: "a con-
tract has been executed between the Dis
tilling and cattle-feeding company and
the Takamine ferment company for the
operation Of all the high wine distilleries
controlled by the company with the equip
ment of the Takamine process"
The fires were 10 be started in the Zanes-
Vile. o.. green bottle works. A new plant
with the most modern equipments are to
be employed.
The Millville, n J., tank furnace has
been and is running full-handed.
CHICAGO, Dec. THE feature of the
iobbing trade this week is the increased
sa e of holiday goods, orders being de-
cided.y numerous and larger. Gals for
staple dry goods are also liberal for the
season. orders for clothing keep up fairly
and exceed -ast years, but the demand
for shoes and rubbers is not as active as
iobbers and manufacturers would like.
Tanners report Increased sales of calfskins.
and y,ricas have advanced per cent and