The sun., 1898-03-06
THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK
Shipyard Companies and Manu-
facturers Very Busy.
CONTRACTS RECEIVED DAILY
Machine shops and Other indust riss
Working Full Tine-..lmprOve-
lncnts Comtemp plated by
Number Of Large Firms.

That business is on the boom in tli.
city is quite evident from the large
amount Of work turned out by the large
ship building firms and other n,anufac.
turers during the past two months. and
the " ceiving Of additional contracts that
Will give employment for months to
come.
The Belts Machine Company is very
busy with foreign and domestic orders.
Among the contracts are two boring
mills each ~ inches in diameter and two
of a like pattern 60 inches in diameter
for the Baldwin locomotive works of
Philadelphia, and u rs loot mill Tor the
West.
The company is engaged in the build
ing of a special machine for the turning
of tires 66 inches in diameter.
Jackson 4 Sharp Company, ON Thurs
day, delivered four large barges to
Hughes Bros 4 Bangs.
The house boat, built for the same
firm, for the use OF it's men at Lewes, who
are building break water there, was
taken to La xes yesterday afternoon. The
boat has comfortable quarters for "a
men.
At the ship yards Of the l'usey 4 Jones
Company the riggers art preparing to
place the boiler in the hold of t.ansfer
tug No. II, for the New York, New
Haven 4 Hartford Railroad.
The flooring il 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
launch of this tug has not yet been fixed.
While the steam yacht Josephine is
in dry dock at the sl'ipyards Of the Har.
Ian y Holdings worth Company, 4 new
set Of bilge keels or 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
torpedoboat Stringlianl to the Midvale
steel works, where steel casting will be
made. The keel plates Of the vessel are
now at these works, where they are N..
ing galvanized.
They have ais" commenced work in
the new steel steamer for the Virginia
Chemical Company.
A contract has been closed by the
Edge Moor Bridge Works, whereby they
furnish the steel eye bars required in the /
Brooklyn anchorage Of the new East
River bridg' between New York City and
BROOKLYN.
This order embraces over 500 eve I;
bars of the largest size, Will, weigh, az
gregating nearly 2,OOo, 600 pounds.
Ihcy also have secured the contract
tor furnishing ana erecting the metal
frame work fnr tt.c l7stury building Of |
tEe Ral Estate rrusl Company. about to
be r.c,tcd at t.,r corner ul froad and
Chestnut streets, Philadelphia. The
weight "i nniaI is about 3.;AUmO +
pounds.
The l%'a~an' t,r'rir and supply Co.. !.
has conir cted I" iurnsl, a boiler ni 100 .
horse power for IN: /. ,bd.I Car Wheel
company. The fi.ln is also getting nlt
the p.umbiny supplies f,r nullirr ct
houses in Nnrl, taruIna
The plant Of l,r Diamond Match Conn
pahy which has been idle tor some
months was Yesterday purchased hy
William Bealcnk"pf, prominent mo
rocco manufacturer Of this city.
The price paid was S2D. 900 and it i, nu.
de1<t"od that the place which is located
>s''" ''NS's''t vi COllTetItIi ana " al
nut streets. will be fitted up ior morocco
purposes.
T'NletsiVt Improvements are soon to be-
'naue I" the plant nf the Riverside Brick
"mlany bc."w this city.
Any contemplating tie purchase ni II
os wheel z" to the cycle show and pick
t out March It'll to 18th.