The record-union., 1896-11-10
Great Improvement in Trade in All
Parts of the Country.
Manufacturers Increasing Both the
Hours of Labor and the NumbersOf
Employes-Goid Which Had Been
Withdrawn for HOarding Rapidly
Flowing Back Into the Banks.

DES MONIES Qa.), Nov. 9.-The Des
Moines Packing Company opened it's
packing house to-day after a long peri
od, during which it was shut down on
account of hard times 1t employs $50
lnen.
The Des Moines Knitting Works has
put on day and night forces, doubling
it's capacity and employing seventy five
1nen.
The Des Moines WooIen Mill has also
doubled its force, and will employ 80
hands.
The Rock Island road has ordered
nine hours work daily in all it's shops in
Iowa, the first time in year.
q. Van Gynkel to-day entered into a
contract to erect a four-story block as
warehouse for the William Deering
Harvester Machine Company, which
Will open a general agency here.
The Keokuk and Western Railroad on
Saturday closed deal for placing the
bonds to raise money to extend it's line
from Gainesville, Mo, into Kansas City.
Banks of the city are receiving i'm
rnense amounts of gold, and paying it
out freely.
GREAT BOOM IN PENNSYLVANIA.
trial boom following the election has
manifested itself here in a substantial
manner The York Card and Paper
Company has increased it's working
hours and employed more men.
The York Carriage Company Works
have started UP full time and sent out
ten new men on the road.
Morgan Smiths foundry has COM
n1enced working night and day.
Hench & Dromgold have increased
their force.
MEANWHILE (Pa.), Nov. 9.-The Erie
Railroad car shops in this city started
running on full time to-day. The road
expects a big increase in freight traffic
on account of the revival of business.
ERIE (Pa), Nov. 9.-An order has been
issued by the Erie road increasing the
working hours and number of men en-
ployed.
RUNNING OVERTIME.
LYONS On. ", Nov. 9.-The Man
haitian Silver Plate Company, which
during the past summer has been run
ming on irregular time, commenced to-
day running overtime. President
Thomas says orders were received con-
and since then letters and kilograms
have been received renewing the orders.
Statesmen report a great picking up in
trade, and the company's branch agen-
cies in New York, Chicago, ST. Louis,
New Orleans and San Francisco are
rushing telegraphic orders for more
goods.
WORKING FULL CAPACITY.
ROCKVILLE Comm, Nov. 9.-Che-
ney Brothers big mills at South Man
chester, employing $500 persons when
working at their full capacity, began
running on full time to-day.
Talcott Brothers Manufacturing
Company, manufacturers of woolens at
Talcottville, will increase their running
time this week.
The Vernon Woolen Company of Yer
non is now running it's mills on full
time
The Fitch Stockinet Company of this
city has started it's mills on full time,
and are also running evenings until
O'clock.
TEN HOURS A DAY.
HUNTINGTON CIV. Va), Nov. O.
The car shops Of the Chesapeake and
ohio Railway in this city, employing
S'o men, began this morning hour
day. The shops have been on eight
hour time for year past.
GOLD FLOWING BACK INTO THE,
BANKS
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9.-For sew
eral days past heavy deposits of gold
have been made in this city, the total
! amount received by banks trust COM
panies and savings funds being placed
at SoOo,UD. OF this sum, $4,000 was
| deposited to-day. One bank this after
noon received 100000 in gold from a
| single customer, who purchased the
money in New York and this city at n
| premium OF quarter to one per cent. a
week prior to the election. The gold
was generally withdrawn and boarded
TO await the outcome of the election.