The sun., 1898-03-06
TIE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK
Shipyard Companies and Manu-
facturers Very Busy.
CONTRACTS RECEIVED DAILY
Machine Shops and Other Industrit s
Working Full Time-.-1mprove-
ments Contemplated by
Number Of Large Firms.

That business is on tie boom in this
city is quite evident from the large
amount OF work turned out by the large
ship building firms and other manufac-
turers during the past two months, and
the IT ceiving Of addiliona! 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 "a inches in diameter and two
of a like pattern 60 inches in diameter
for the Baldwin locomotive works OF
Philadelphia, and Il lG loot mill for the
West.
The company is engaged in the build
ing OF special machine for the turning
Of tires 66 inches in diameter
Jackson Il Sharp Company, on Thurs
day, delivered four large barges to
Hughes Bros Il Bangs.
The house boat, built for the same
firm, for the use of its men at Lewes, who
are building breakwater there, was
taken to 1H 6es yesterday afternoon. The
boat has comfortable quarters for "a
men.
AT the ship yards Of the pusey & Jones
Company the riggcrs are preparing TO
place the boiler in the hold OF tansfer
tug No. II, for the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad.
The flnoi ing is now being laid on the
vessel and the joiner work is going on.
The work Of plating on transfer tug No.
2, 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 shipyards of the Har-
Ian 4 Hollingsworth Company, a new
set of bilge keel4 OF 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 strngham to the Midvale
steel works, whore steel casting will be
made. The keel plates OF the vessel are
now at these works, where they are be-
ing galvanized.
They have also commenced work in
the new steel steamer for the Virginia
Chemical Company.
contract has been Closed by the
Edge Moor Bridge Works, whereby they
furnish the steel eye bars required in the
Brook yn anchorage Of the new East
River brldg. between New York City and
Brook vn.
This order embraces over l,SOO eye
bars OF the largest size. with weight ag-
gregatng nearly 2,M0,0 pounds.
They also have secured the contract
for furnishing and erecting the metal
frame work f'r tic History building OF
the Real Estate Tr'st Company, about to
be t.ect,d at liw corilcI vi Broad and
Chcstn"t streets, rl.iIaIe.pl,ia The
weight of melai is about 300, 600
pounds
The Delaware Electric and Supply Co.,
has con- rlcted to furnish boiler Of 100
horse power 10. ti,c T. ,bdrIi CAr Wte.i
Company. The frin is also getting "ut
the plumbing supplies for number OF
houses in North Carolina.
The plant Of the Diamond Mattel, Conn
pany wIi:. has been lhir Tor svInc
months was Yesterday purchased hl
William EealrnAppi, a prominent lA',-
rocco manula:tu',, II dis city.
The price paid VA, S2o, 900 and it is an,
derstood thai the place Which is located
atthe intersection II Fourteenth and Wal
nut streets, will be lit.ed up for morocco
purposes.
Extensive improvements arc soon TO be
made to the plant Of the Riverside Brick
Company below this city.