Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-30
YEAR BRINGS BIG
IMPROVEMENTS IN
INDUSTRIES HERE
Additional Equipment In
stalled at Nearly All Larger
Mills in City
GOOD PROSPECTS AHEAD
Penna. Steel. Pipe Bending.
Hickok and Central
Iron Enlarged
GOOD PROSPECTS AHEAD

The big boon in business during the
past months in the industrial circles
of the city and vicinity, together with
the rush of orders and excellent pros
poets for 1916 have caused a number
Of the larger plants to make big re-
pairs improvements and additions in
equipment so that the productive ca
pacity in some instances has been al
most doubled.
Some of these improvements and
additions started in 1914 were not hur-
ried because of lack of business in
certain departments of the industry.
according to officials. but the rapidly
increasing dush of orders during the
closing months of this year. has made
the changes necessary in order TO
handle orders.
Big ImproN cments ut Pipe Mill
one of the first plants to begin and
complete additions and improvements
in q short time, was the Harrisburg
Pipe and Pipe Bending works. At
the mills now the men are working
full time on orders for all kinds of sup
plies and the working force has been
doubled.
\ fire in the electrical equipment
shortly before the boom started, made
improvements and repairs necessary
to run the machinery. These were or
dered and completed quickly, after
which the managers started plans for
additional plants and new machinery,
which have taken up all of the avail
able property owned at the present
site OF the plant. Hydraulic presses
for cylinders. and the munitions fac
tory are included according to the
managers. in the most important adj
ditions which have been made. At
present no more changes have been
made or are being contemplated ac-
cording to officials.
At Pennsylvania Steel
During the last year big improve
ments started some time ago at the
PENNSYLVANIA Steel Company plants in
Steelton, were completed. Among
these are the new No. > blast furnace.
with Il capacity of 500 tone a day, new
rolling mills. the ore yard improve
ments and an eye bar plant The ad-
dition of the new blast furnace has in
creased the capacity to an average of
1000 tons.
Improvements now under way will
increase efficiency in many of the de-
partments. \ 14-inch bar mill, sin
tering plant. remodeling of the No. 8
blast furnace and the extensions of the
boiler and power plants are under way
and will be continued during the first
months of 1916.
Central Iron improvements
The Central Iron and Steel company
I is also undergoing big repairs and
additions are being planned for the
new year which will greatly increase
the capacity of the plant.
a new 150-ton ladle will be installed
in January and will be put in place i'm
mediately. The old ladies' OF Go and
I 100 tons will be retained. According
+ to the officials. work will be started on
remodeling the present furnaces. each
one being taken off in order The ca
pacity will be raised from so to 100
/ tons by the repairs and improvements.
| Plenty of orders nthese offices are
! keeping the men working full time, it
was said and the prospects for 1916
| look even better than the record
| breaking work set up during the lat
! ter months of this year.
| At the new plant of the w. o.
/ Hickok Manufacturing Company
which is almost completed, many new
additions have been made which will
add to the producing capacity of this
company. Several new machines are
being patented and will be turned out
/ at the new shops.