The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-27
BIG ORDERS
ARE COMING IN
NUMEROUS MILLS ARE GETTING
ORDERS FOR MONTHS OF
WORK.

PITTSBuRG. April 27.--Announce.
ment was made Saturday that the
Demmler plant of the. American Sheet
and 2Tinplate Company, at Demmler.
will resume operations in full to-1nor.
row. and for the first time these mills
will be busy since close down last
fall. The National Tube Company has
notified Its force of men at the Re.
public mills on the South Side that
they will all be needed tomorrow. The
tube works at McKeesport Is to .put
on, some additional departments and
the w. Devices Wood plant OF the Am
erican Sheet and Tlnplate Company in
Mckeesports which has been operated
In part only in the past few months,
also will resume In full.
Some additional mills Will be oper-
ate'l by the Jones &: l.aughlin Steel
Company on Monday. and as soon as
repairs are made to the Eliza furnaces
OF that company additional men will
be required there. The Jones & Laugh
lin Steel Company is arranging its ore
yards for the reception OF new ore
stocks from the lake ports. The Soho
furnace Of the company is being over.
hauled. repainted and repaired for the
coming summer operations.
Add IS Per Cent. Capacity.
Most Of the steel mill officials report
gain In production and operations of
about Is per cent. during April, which
has been confined mainly to the small.
or finished lines. with the resumption
of the rail mills this will be much
more noticeable. Ts
Pittsbrg machinery and pipe manu-
facturers are showing greater activity
as result OF new orders coming In.
The Best Manufacturing Company has
Just closed an extensive contract t..
supplying an immense amount of sr4-
cial pipe for the Youngstown Iron
Sheet and Tube Company. for high
pressure piping for the new binst fur
mace OF the steel company. also for It's
power plant. and steam draft boiler
feed and blowout piping. The orde.
also calls for large amount of water
piping and must be delivered In four
months. Tho same plant has number
OF other orders OF large size booke.i
during the past few weeks that are
calling for great activity Mt the plant.
Many Big Orders.
The Macintosh Hemrlill Company,
while shipping the last OF its Immense
order from the Pittsburg Steel COM.
nany plant at Monessen for the new
4s-inch three high blooming mill. ami
which will be all shipped during the
coming two weeks. Is also working on
another great mill for the same COM
pany. and which will be three high
3s-inch finishing mill OF modern type
and with vast amount of equipment.
: Contracts were signed last week by
the Pittsburg.Buffafo Company for j
monster hoistins engine for its new
mines Mt Harianna. which will have a
cylinder capacity 24x4s. and be one of
the largest hoisting engines ever built.
The coal company has also ordered a
2o-foot Lepley ventilating fan with
four-foot valve engine for operating
and which will be built by the Con-
neilsrills Mine Car and Supply Com
panT. Two compound pumps for the
same coal mines have been ordered
from the DAliers Engineering tom
pany OF Philadelphia.
Activity In the mill and mine supply
trade has been more marked during
April than for some months. The new
business Is nearly all for extensions
of existing plants or for entirely new
ones. and in volume Is increasing with
each passing week.