The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-11-13
BUSINESS REVIVAL.
KNOCKING AT OUR
DOORS AGAIN.
The Good TidIngs OF "a Revival of Trade
and Manufacturing Coming From all
Parts of the Country Bringing Good
Cheer to Every Class of People.


nearly every section of the eastern,
southern and Mississippi valley states
showing that the countrys business,
which have been at standstill for
many months and especially pending
the presidential election, is opening
upon period of general prosperity.
From Chicago it is announced that
travelling men from the commercial
houses are starting out by the hun
dreds, and the railroads of that city
say that they checked more CONNER
cial baggage the week following the
election than in any week in 1896.
The industries about Hammond, Ind,
will resume operations with at least
l,5O0 worllmen. The United States
Rolling Stock Co. s plant has advertised
for roo men at Ilegewisch, near Chi
cago. At West Hammond the West
ern Starch association announces an
increase of 10 per cent in wages and
will increase the force with 200 more
employees.
At Cleveland, O., the Britton Rolling
Mill Co., manufacturers of tin plate,
whose plant has been idle for some
time, will resume shortly with $50
men. The Lake Shore Foundry Co.
have received orders from a number of
their customers to begin shipping on
contracts. The big Vandorn Iron
works have started up on nine hour
time instead of five hours. The Cleve-
land Rolling Mill Co. are now running
full time. The Muhlhauser wooden
l., l.,
about $50 hands will be added To the
/ help at once A number of other man
ufacturers in various lines report hav-
ing received numerous inquiries which
, indicate n revival of business. At Col
um5us, the King, Gilbert & Warner
steel plant has partly resumed, having
stopped July /. The A. X. Rarrig
machine works had orders contingent
on election and is again running. At
Dayton, number of the manu- acto-
ries have already resumed work with a
full force of workmen. All will be
actively engaged for long time in
! filing conditional orders. The Barney
& Smith car works will begin opera
| tions at once with force of 1000 men.
In Toledo the Smell bicycle works have
added 400 men and are now running
full time. The Lozier bicycle works,
which opened up with partial force
some time ago, have doubled their
hands. The Milburn wagon works
have largely increased their force of
employees.
Many evidences of Improvement in
business have been announced through
out Connecticut, notably at New Haven,
Meriden, Bridgeport and New Britain.
Several Massachusetts cities report
hundreds more of men going to work,
particularly at Ipswich, Springfield
and Worcester.
President-elect Mckinley touched an
electric button at Canton which lighted
a fire in the furnace at the Tonawanda
IN. " iron and steel works. This
means work for $50 men.
A Chicago firm which makes a spec
ialty of recording car construction esti-
mates that orders for from 10000 to
10000 freight cars will be placed
within the next 60 days.
The Big Four, the Chesapeake &
Ohio, and the Baltimore e Ohio rail
roads have ordered all of their shops
in Ohio opened with full forces. The
Ensign car works at Huntington. w.
Va, have resumed. The car works at
Mt Vernon, ILL.,, got an order for 300
cars from the Louisville & Nashville
road and resumed work. The Niles
tool works and other shops at Hamil-
ton, o., announce increased forces.
Furnaces at Ironton, Ashland and other
Ohio river towns will go into blast
The Griffith wood works and the Pow
ell brass works at Cincinnati have re-
sumed and several others will increase
their forces.
In Peoria, H., the Peoria cordage
works put on a night force; the Cutter
q Proctor stove works will resume OPP
erations; the Peoria Rubber e Manu-
featuring Co., will resume opera
tons on the 18th with 400 men; Selby,
| Starr & Co., manufacturers of agricul-
tural implements, have resumed; Rouse,
Hazard & Co., manufacturers of bcy-
cles, will have a force of 400 men by
Dec /; the Peoria Grape Sugar Co. will
resume by Nov. Is with several hun
dred men; the Avery Planter works
and other manufacturing concerns an
nounce increased forces.
Syracuse, n. Y. has several large
manufacturers who will place 5000
more men at work by Nov. 3. Several
Buffalo firms will help prosperity along
in the same way. Over 200 men are
returning to work in factories resum-
ing at indianapolis. Hundreds of De-
troit and Michigan workingmen are
rejoicing in returning prosperity.
These reports are duplicated in dis
patches from many other cities and
states.
Warren Il. Mason. n commercial trav-
eler. died at Chicago from the effects