The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-17
NEWS OF OUR INDUSTRIES.
Happenings Of Interest to the Staple
Trades and Particularly to the Trado g.
in Iron. Steel and Anthracite Coal.

The Chickies Iron company's furnace.
No. 2, at Chickies, which has been idle
since 1893, has started up and made
Its first cast Sept. /.
Moses ID. Evans, OF the Kingston Coal
company, has been appointed supcrin-
tendent of the Hillside Coai and Iron
company of Forest city.
The extensive plant at Thurlow for
merly operated by the Wollinan Iron
and steel company is expected to he
started up before the close of t.is
moLth.
The production of wire and wire rods
at the plant of the Pittsburg Wire
works. at Biadlcck. during August
was the largest in any one month in the
history OF the company.
The new furnace of the Spearman
1ron company. of Sharpsville. was
blown in on Sept. 5. 1t has an annual
capacity of 10000 gross tons of Bes-
semer and foundry pig iron.
The Durham furnace of Cooper &
Hewitt, at RiegclsvllIe. is being refined.
and will soon be blown in. Employ
ment will be given to 200 men. The fur
mace has been idle a long time.
The Pittsburg Steel Casting COM
pany,of Pt.tsburg. Is erecting a new 90
ton open-health steel furnace. which Is
expected to produce forty tons day.
about double the present output.
The 23-inch and blooming mills of
the Pottsville Iron and Steel company,
of Pcttsville, resumed operations Sept.
after a long idleness. The resump-
ton gave employment to 200 hands
Work on the new plant of the Frank
lin Steel Casting company, at Franklin,
Is progressing rapidly, and the prOjec-
tors expect to have the works In opera
ton gave employment to 200 hands.
One of the two keystone furnaces of
the Reading Iron company, at Read
ing. went into blast Aug. 81. Forge
and mill pig iron will be produced.
Annual capacity, $4,000 gross tons.
The new plant of the Hyde Park
(Pa) Iron and Steel company started
up Sept. with two sheet mills and a
bar mill. The entire plant will be put
In operation this week. A large num-
ber OF men will be given employment
when the plant begins running full.
The Standard Horse Nail company of
New Brighton, manufacturers of hot
Forged morse nails. Is erecting an addi-
ton to Its plant The company has
greatly increased its capacity recently
for the manufacture Of hot forged horse
naNs, but. Notwithstanding this, II is
shipping It's product as fast as made.
Llewellyn Price. who recently put up
such plucky fight for recorder of Lu-
zerne county, has been appointed to
the foremanship of the Henry colliery
OF the Le'high Valley Coal company at
Port Bowkley. MIR. Price has been In
the employ of the Lehigh Valley for tho
past nineteen years. and for the past
ten years has been fire boss.
The Lehigh Valley employees who
have their headquarters at Coxton yard
are now ''On the rack" All of the
trainmen are being examined in the
new rules. which the company issued
some time ago. The engine house has
been fitted up with desks and benches
for the use of the men undergoing ex-
animation, dozen or two being ac-
crmmodate at one time
Wilkes-Barfe Record: The Old
Spring Brook colliery at Moosic. for
merly operated by Messrs. Colburn &
CO.. has been recently leased by the
Florence Coal company (Messrs. Whit
ney. Kemmerer & Coz. They have
opened up the mine and cleaned the old
working, and have opened a new vein
four feet and six inches in thickness
They are completely renovating the
whole plant and are taking down the
old breaker and will build new founda-
tons for the new breaker, which will
be or larger dimensions.