The sun., 1898-03-06
THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK
Shipyard Companie, and Manu-.
facturers Very Busy.
CONTRACTS RECEIVED DAILY
Machine Shops aud Other lndust rio s
Working Full Time. Improve
ments Cont en- plated by
Number OF Large Firms.

That business is On the boom in thi,
city is quite evident from the large
amount of work turned out by the large
ship building firms and other lnanuiac,
turers during the past two months. and
the re rtceiving of additional contracts hat
will give employment ior months to
come.
The Belts Machine Company is very
busy with foreign and domestic orders.
Among the contracts are two boring
mills each 81 inches in diameter and two
of a like pattern go inches in diameter
for the Baldwin locomotive works OF
Philadelphia, and III loot mill for the
West.
The company is engaged in the build
ing of Il special machine for the turning
of tires 66 inches in diameter
Jackson n Sharp Company, on Thurs
day, delivered four large bargcS to
Hughes Bros 4 Bangs.
The house boat, built for the same
firm, for the use OF its men at Lewes, who
are building Il bmakwatcr there, was
taken to L. Nes yesterday afternoon rhe
boat has comfortable quarters for "a
men.
At the ship yards OF the rnsey Il Jones
Company the riggers are preparing to
place the boiler in the hold OF t. ansfrr
tug No. II, inr the New York, New
Haven 4 Hartford Railroad.
The flooring is now being laid on the
vessel and the joiner work is going on.
The work OF patn, 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 >hipyards Of the Har-
Ian 4 llollings WORTH Company, "A new
set Of bilge keels or rolling blocks will
be placed in position, which will make
the vessel more scaworthy and prevent
rolling.
The same company Yesterday morning
shipped the pattern for the stern Of the
torpedoboat Sirinshaln to the Midvalc
steel works, where "A steel casting Will be
made. The keel plates pf the vessel are
now at these works, where they are be.
ing galvanized.
Ihey have also commenced work in
the new steel steamer for the Virginia
Chemical Company.
contract has been closed by the
Edge Moor B'idge Works, whereby they
furnish the steel eye bars required in the
Brook yn anchorage OF the new East
River bridg bclwetu New York City and
BROOKLYN.
This order embraces over 500 eye
bars oi the largest size With weight az
gregatng nearly 1000, 600 pounds.
Ihey also have secured the contract
for furnishing and erecting the metal
frame work for the History building Of
the Real Estate Trust Company. about to
be ".r.l"N 1t l,,' conner ul BROAD and
Chestnut streets Philadelphia. The
weight Of niria j. abutll 3..DD,WN
pounds.
The Delaware T. ccun.r and supply Co..
has contracted to iuiIlish a boiler Of 100
hos" ppwyl for lll' + ,Jh II Car Wheel
Company. The firm Is also getting ont
the pun blny .pplic. l,i Il nulntpr of
houses in North Carolina.
I'll" plant oi the Diamond Match Conn.
pany which hn> been ldc Tor some
months was Yesterday purcIa-rl hy
William BcaIrnkrpi, Il prominent mo-
rorc" Manulacl u'rr Of this city.
The price paid was S2D. 900 and it is un
W. 1'''" ''"t t'h' p'att when II lpca''u
ntthc inters 'ctlon Of Fourteenth and Wal
nut streets, will be fitted up ior morocco
purposes.
Extensive Improvements are soon to br
made to the plant oi the kvrr>iIr Brick
s"mpany hr."w tins city,
Any contemplating tie puc!IUsr Of Il
'9S wheel % to the cycle show and pick
il out March 7th to 18th.