Evening star., 1896-11-06

ders were issued for the Lehigh Valley rail-
road shops. employing 600 hands. to work
nine hours day every day. They have
been working eight hours.
The Lehigh cotton mills, in South Easton.
employing several hundred hands, idle for
months. will start up Immediately. Chip
mans hosiery works, employing 100 hands,
will run full time until spring. filling orders
placed in the early fall contingent upon
McKinley's election.
The Nazareth knitting mills will run full
time all day and a few hours at night
rushing orders worth $4,000, which were
pendent upan the success of the republican
ticket.
Tippett & Wood, the boiler manufacturers
Of Phllipsburg. N. j., have orders that will
the election.
The Paxton Rolling Mill Company at
Harrisburg yesterday began the erection of
Hanging plant, which will give employ
ment at the outstart to quite a number Of
men in addition to those employed in the
other departments Of the companys works.
This is q new plant which was dependent
for1existence on the election of the repub-
hcan ticket. AS soon the question Of
the next President was settled the St. Louis
firm which Is to supply machinery for the
new plant was wired to send on its repre-
sentative.
Boil Brothers Manufacturing Company
gave a contract few days ago for large
annex to the company's big plant in Har-
risburg, with the provision that 1t should
be null and void in the event Of Bryan's
election. 1t will be erected.
A large number Of manufacturers at
Reading yesterday expressed their belief
in an immediate Industrial revival. Among
them are the Reading braid works, Alex
andria & Co.'S hat factory. the Reading
hardware works, the Keystone wagon
works. the Natioral bolt and nut works,
plate mills and large number of others.
Many OF them say they had orders on
hand conditional on McKinley's election.
Dutt's colen mills at Milltown resumed
operation yesterday morning, after an idle
ness of six months.
The good effect of Mckinley's election is
being felt at Mechanicsburg. The Star Shoe
Company has received an order for 1900
pairs of shoes.
In the Middle West.
The Whitaker Iron Company at Wheel
ing, w. Va, yesterday started four sheet
mills and one tin mill, which have been
closed The pudding ard bar mills also
resumed The remainder of the plant will
be put into operation at once.
The Bellaire steel works and the Belle
fonte forge and nail works went on yes
full Monday.
The LaBelle plate mill went on yesterday.
The Riverside has arranged to start two
furnaces. The Aetna Standard put on four
departments yesterday.
Special dispatches indicate a revival in
business throughout the Ohio valley. as well
as at Cincinnati Big Four, Chesapeake
and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio railways
all ordered their shops opened yesterday
and enlarged forces at those already rum
ning The Ensign car works at Hunting
ton. w. Va, resumed. The car works at
Mount Vernon, ILL.,, got an order for 800
cars from the Louisville and Nashville road
and resumed work. The Niles tool works
and other shops at Hamilton announced
increased forces.
Furnaces at Ironton, Ashland and other
river towns announce that they will go
in blast soon, but no dates are given. The
Griffith wood works and the Powell brass
works. both large concerns, employing
many men. announced that they would re-
sumo at once. Others report that they
have conditional orders on which they will
enlarge their forces Immediately.
An order promulgated at Chillicothe, Ohio.
yesterday by President E. r. Bacon of the
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railway
instructs the master mechanic to at once
increase the working time at the shops
Of the company to nine hours and to in
crease the force at the shops as much
as possible, so that the rolling stock of
the road can be gotten in shape.
The Marion wagon works will reopen at
Chillicothe at once. and all manufacturing
Industries of the city are making prepara-
tions for increased business.
The furnaces at Hubbard and Lowell
Vile, Ohio, were lighted yesterday morn
ing The large steel plant resumed opera
tions and several other mills resumed yes
terday.
1t is claimed by manufacturers Of Cleve-
land that the election Of Mckinley has
already had a favorable effect upon their
business. The Britton Rolling Mill Com
pany, manufacturers Of tin plate, whose
plant has been idle for some time past. an
nounce that they have just closed a large
contract and will resume shortly with 15O
men.
The Lake Shore Foundry Company state
they have received orders from a number
Of their customers to begin shipping on
contracts and that many letters of in
quiry are coming in.
]. H. Vandorn Of the big Vandorn iron
works stated that they had started up
on nine hours yesterday instead of five
hours, on which they had been running for
some time past ,as a result Of contracts
about to be signed.
The Cleveland Rolling Mill Company are
now running full time.
At the big Mulhauser mill yesterday 1t
was stated that large orders had been re-
ceived, and about 1b0 hands would be add
ed to help at once Quite a number of
other manufacturers in various lines re-
port having received numerous inquiries,
which they believe indicate a revival of
business.