The sun., 1898-03-06
THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK:
Shipyard Companies and Manu-
facturers Very Busy.
CONTRACTS RECEIVED DAILY
Machine shops and Other Industries S
Working Full Time-.-ImprOye-
ments Contemplated by
Number of Large Firms.
CONTRACTS RECEIVED DAILY

That business is on the 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 receiving 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 "a inches in diameter and two
OF a like pattern 10 inches in diameter
for the Baldwin locomotive works OF
Philadelphia, and 4 IG loot mill for the
West. "
The company is engaged in the buitd-
ing Of a 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 4 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 lie wes yesterday afternoon. The
boat has comfortable quarters for "a
men.
At the ship yards OF the Pusey Il Jones
Company the riggers are preparing to
place the boiler in the hold Of t. ansfer
ting No. II, tor the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad.
Tie tloo ing is now being laid on the
vessel and the joiner work is going on.
The work Of platih, 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 sllipyards OF the Har-
Ian 4 Hollingsworth Company, a 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 (nr the stern Of the
torpedoboat Strinyham to the Midvale
steel works, wlHsc a steel casting will be
made. The keel plates OF the vessel are
now at these works, where they are be.
ing galvanized.
They haze a|s,, commenced work in
the new steel steamer for the Virginia
Chemical Company.
A contract has been closed hy the
Edge Moor Bridge Works whereby they
furnish the steel eye harS required in the
Brooklyn anchorage Of the new East
River br.dga betwecu New York City and
Brook iyn.
This order embraces over 800 eve
bars ot HE largest size with weigh, az.
gregatins nearly 2,W0,O0O pounds.
They also hayc secured the. contract
for furnishing aud erecting the metal
frame work fH' TIC l7-stury building OF
the Real Estate Fr,st Company, about TO
DC r.cttru NJ ,,n' .,tlMf nl l;ru:l,! ana
Chestnut strrnts, p!l:!adc,p!iia IT,.
weight ol metal is abpat 1900 CW
pounds.
The Delaware i.!er.ric aud Supply Co.,
has contracted 70 furnish boiler OF 100
horse power f., ,Iit L ,bdaii Gar WnnvI
Company. The iiru is also getting uu
the plumbing supplies i,r II number OF
houses in NnrI. Carolina.
The plant ut the Diamond Match Com
pany whic, ilu- t"ru Idle lur onn!c
months Wa yesterday pnrrha-ri b.
William Brai''nA,i'j, u ,',u,ninrnL mo.
rocco manufacturer .! his city.
The price paid wa, :2o, 900 and il is un
derst"od that the place whicl. is located
at.thc intcrs irtion II Fourteenth h and Wal
nut streets, will be t'ed up ior IN rocco
purposes.
Extensive improvements are soon 10 Gc
made to the plant of the Riverside l'r!cA
Company below this city.