The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-23
Happenings OF Interest to the Stapel
Trades and Particularly to the Trade
in Iron. Steel und Anthracite Coal.

The Beaver Falls Steel works have
enough orders ahead q keep them run
ming day and night for seven months.
Two new boilers are being placed In
the North Cornwall QPa) furnaces. pre-
paratory To putting the furnace In
blast.
The new eight-inch mill which the
Lebanon Iron company is erecting will
begin operations about the last of No
vember.
The New Castle Wire Nail company
is again to enlarge its main building.
The new addition will be of brick, and
triangular.
The New Castle Tube company. of
New Castle. Pa, which has large build
inSs under erection, has decided To
double its intended capacity.
The Alice furnace of the Wheeler
Furnace company, at 'Sharpsville, Pa,
is filling large Bessemer order for
the Joliet Steel Casting company.
Important additions are being made
to the Lochiel Rolling mill. at Harris
burg. Five pudding furnaces are COM
pleted, and these and other improve
mcnts VIII add 100 men to the pay roll
The Durham furnace, at Riegelsville
which has been idle "a long time. will
so into blast soon. II will produce
Bessemer and gray forge pig iron. and
has Il capacity of about 10000 gross
tons IA year.
The Pennsylvania Tube company, of
Pittsburg. has secured the lease of
the lapweld furnace of the Pittsburg
Tube company. The capacity of the
plant amounts to 100000 tons annually,
from is-inch tn "a inches.
TIL Norfolk and Western has received
an order for 100 ears of coke day
from the Illinois Steel company, and
the cars are now moving. Three thou
sand ovens along the line are now in
full blast and 1000 more will start up
shortly.
Il. C. Neal & Co. of Harrisburg.
managers of the Holidaysburg Iron
works. announce the early resumption
of operation in the nail department of
the plant. This department, which has
been idle since 1887, will be run to its
full capacity.
The employees of the T.. & G.. Brooke
Iron company have been notified of an
advance of 10 per cent. In wages. The
raise takes effect on Sept. Is. AS 1t
was a voluntary raise on the part of
this firm it is the more pleasantly re-
ceived. Two hundred men receive the
benefit of the increase.
The sewing machine factories of the
country. which are large consumers of
iron and steel are said to be busy to
the full extent of their capacity in
order to meet the increasing business
which has developed within a month or
two. The outlook for continued pros
perity is considered bright.
The Pope Manufacturing company,
makers of the Columbia wheels. is at
present giving employment to 200 men
at its factory. 1t has Just placed an
order with the Garford company for
10000 saddles for next seasons delv-
cry. thus in measure Indicating its
probable output for the year.
The Davis & Thomas company, of
Catasauqua has contract for the
yoke castings of a l4-mile extension of
the Metropolitan Electric railway. of
Washington. ID. c. The contract calls
for the castings of about 5000 tons
Of underground yokes. requiring sev-
eral months work to fill the order
The American Tinplate company. of
Elwood Ind, has increased its capital
stock to Sl,20O.OOO. The company's
large works, comprising sixteen hot
mills. fourteen cold rolls. and twenty
two timing stacks. are now in full Ope-
ration, placing the concern among the
largest producers of tinplates in the
for the fifth time since its first con-
struction, and vii also build, in addi-
ton. a steel plant for the manufacture
of all kinds of steel goods for the trade
and factory use, which Will require at
least 800 more hands.
At no period within fifteen years has
the iron trade of the country been In
such booming condition as at pres
cnt. The chief trouble seems to be In
getting material. either crude or fin
ished. with which to- fill orders. Fur
naces and mills in all sections of the
country are declining to take business
for delivery in the near future, and
some companies are even refusing or
ders requiring delivery for the early
part of next year. Although the pro-
duction of pig iron has now reached
the enormous figure of l95, 900 tons.
weekly stocks are still being drawn
upon. showing that consumption is still
ahead of production. Prices for iron
ore are advancing.