The sun., 1898-03-06
THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK:
Shipyard Companies AMI Manu-.
facturers Very Busy.
CONTRACTS RECEIVED DAILY
Machine Shops and Other Industri. 9
Working Full Time-.-ImprOve-
ments Contemplated by
Number Of large Firms.

That business is on the boom in thi
city is quite evident from the Iarg.
amount of work turned out BY the large
ship building firms and other nanufac
turers during the past two months, anC
she II ceiving Of additional contracts that
will give employment for months t.
aOIne. .',!.. ..'
The Belts Machine Company is very
busy with foreign and domestic orders.
Among the contracts arr two boring
mills each 81 inches in diameter and two
sf q like pattern GO inches in diameter
Tor the Baldwin, locomotive works OF
Philadelphia and 10 foot mill for the
West. .'..,,. ..I,
The company is. engaged in the build
ing of a special machine for the turning
ef tires 66 inches in diameter.
Jackson 4 Sharp Company, on Thurs
day, delivered four, large bargcs to
Hughes Bros & Bangs.
The house boat, " built for the same
drm,fo the use OF its men at Lewes, who
are building breakwater there, was
taken to Ie wrs yesterday afternoon. The
boat has comfortable quarters for "a
men. .g--.
At the ship yards OF the pusey 4 Jones
Company the riggers are. preparing to
place the boiler in the hold OF t. .ansfer
tug No. IL, for the New York, Ne "
Maven Il Hartford Railroad 40
The flooring ia now being laid on the
Vessel and the joiner work is going on
The work OF platin. on transfer tug No.
:, has been completed. The date for the
!aunch Of this tug has not yet been fixed.
While the steam yacht Josephine is
in dry dock at the shipyards Of the Har-
Ian y Hollings worth Company, 4 new
set Of bilge kecls ur rolling blocks will
be placed in position, which will make
the vessel more seaworthy and prevent
rolling. ...
The same company yesterday morning
shipped the pattern for the stern OF the
Drpedoboat strlngham to the Midvale
asel works, where a steel casting will be
made. The keel plates Of the vessel are
now at these works, where they are be-
ing galvanized. .,...
ibey have ais, commenced work in
ale new steel steamer fur the Virginia
Chemical Company. ...
4 contract has been "iOAM by the
Edge Moor Bridge Works, whereby they
furnish the steel eye bars required in the
Brooklyn anchorage Of the new Fast
Siver bridg mtween New Y mk City and
Brook lyn .E.. ..Et. +.
This order en- braces over 500 eye
bars Of the largest size, with weight ag-
gregating neatly 2,O00. 900 pounds.
They also have secured the contract
br furnishing and erecting the metal
frame work for the History building OF
the Real Estate r,nst Company, about to
De erected at t!' corner of Broad and
Chestnut streets. Philadelphia The,
weight vi 'ncSaI is about 100000
pounds.
The Delaware l,.cs4le and Supply Co., ,
las contracted to furnish a boiler nf 100
h"Fse power for TIC I. ,btell Car Wheel
Company The firm is also getting out |
:he Plumbing supplies Tor a nnmTr of
houses in North Carolina. /
Lhe plant Of tim Diamond Match Conn
panv which ha- 'xvu idle lor some
months was yesterday purchased by
William Nadcnkopf u prominent mo
rocco manufacturer OF ll,is city.
The price paid vas $2O, 900 and it is an
derstood that the place fitch is located
at!the intersection Of Four ennth and Wal
snt streets, will tn fitted up for m,r,cco
purposes.
Extensive improvements are soon ptc |
made to the plant Of the Riverside Brick
Company below this city.