The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-03
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
Paragraphs Relating TO Activity In
the world OrTafIcrs

ine lhulana lion Works. at Muncic,
ma, mas resumed IN every department, Civ
ing employment to over 500 men.
A,t the Atlantic furnace, in Newca 6
lie, IA, a new stockhouse Is being erecs-
ed. 1; Is entirely OF iron, and IS 60 feet
by so feet in size.
The Akron, o., Iron and Steel Com
pany has started up its pudding and
nni;hing departments. During an
etght-weeks shutdown repairs and I'M
provements were made
>. RI Seyfert & Brothers rolling mill.
at Seyferts station, Pa. have resumed
work after an idleness OF two months.
The firm put 225 men to work a nd will
Y The Minneapolis Wire and Iron
Works, al Minneapolis, have been In
corporated; capital stock, $25. 900: incor-
porators, f. y. Clarke, l.. Il. Tucke,
and j. d. Caskey. all of Minneapolis.
The Sharon, Pa, Iron Works new by
product coke ovens have been tested
ana found 50 satisfactory that there Is
a possibility that an additional twenty-
tiVe ovens may be erected I'm The nchr
future.
Citico, Tenn. furnace, which gives
employment TO about 500 men, including
furnace handsome miners. colScmen and
urainmen. went into blast again last
week. after having been shut down for
several months.
The Pottstown, Pa. Iron Company
entire works have passed into the hands
of George b. Lessig president OF the
Ellis & Lessig Steel and Iron Company,
the Gas and Motor Company, and the
Citizens National Bank
The Buhl Steel Mil. at Sharon. Pa.
has force of men engaged upon the
construction OF the new MILL for which
pant of the material Is on the ground
The building Will be 9l0 feet long, with
two anneXes each 100 feet long
The Franklin Fl KalbHaiSch Cop,,>o
ny. OF S0-S2 William street. New York
city, the well-known manufacturers of
acids and chemicals, have distributed
among The trade n rather unique but
artistic paper weight in the shape of u
carboy.
The American Stoker Company. of
Dayton. o., has recently perfected a
steam motor which is applied to each
Stoker. thus making each machine in
dependent. This renders the work of
installation very simple. Il also rem
ders the stolxer practicable for use I'M
der marine boilers
The Pennsylvania railroad shops, at
Altoona, Pa, closed down. on October
2Oth on account of the extensive de-
pressiou In business. Seven thousand
men, as consequence are idle, and
every branch of trade in the city is Of
fected. How long the suspension Will
last Is not known.
Charlotte furnace, at Sco.tdale, Pa,
has been blown out. after having been
in blast since July 2lst. The furnace
was started then to work up the stock
OF ore on hand. This object has been
accomplished and ahe plant will remain
Idle until business conditions are great
ly improved.
The Lucy Furnace Company. OF Pitts
burg, has contracted to take the entire
coke output of the Semet-Solvay Com
pany's Dunbar plant Twenty-Five by
product ovens are now in blast, and
twenty-five more will be fred as soon
as built Over 500 idle ovens In the
Connellsville region were put in blast
last week.
The Baron Manufacturing Company
has been Incorporated 10 manufacture
and deal in metals, alloys and COM
pounds Of metals in New York CITY.
Baron, OF Paris, France; Robert A.
Cheseborough, william r. Garrison,
Paul Fuller and Frederic r. Coudert.
Jr.. OF New York city.
The Bethlehem Iron Company has
been notified that the test plates repre-
the turret of the Russian vessel Rostis-
lay have successfully whhstood the
bombardment OF big projectiles in st.
Petersburg, and that the group has been
accepted by Russian Government off,
Gals. The plates are eight inches thick.
The Glauber Brass Goods Manufac-
turing Company, of Cleveland, Ohio will
settle the differences between them
selves and the union brass workers by
arbitration. the union men and the COM
pany having each selected three mem
bers of the board of arbitration, the
arbitrator to choose the seventh. Ten
weeks ago the so union brass workers
employed by the company struck be-
cause the managers refused to discharge
three nQn-union employees, one of whom