Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12

for more than thirty sets OF machlnes
for firms in Virginia alone.
1000 Chair Seats a Day
Chair seats used by hundreds OF
residents of Harrisburg and Central
Pennsylvania in general are made in
this busy borough In the plant of the
Halifax Chair Seat Company, owned
by ]. II. klingman and Arthur ]. Fas-
nacht, 1000 seats are turned out
daily. These are sold to the vari-
Gus chains of five-and-ten cent stores
in the East and also to many de-
partment and hardware stores in many
towns and cities. During last year
PSI, $50 seats were manufactured, and
this year Mr.. Klingman, the senior
member of the firm, hopes to pro-
duce a total of 300,0 900. The seats
which have a covering of imitation
leather, have a cotton and seagrass
fitting and a metal bottom. They
find ready sale but there are not many
persons who know they are made
here. The plant, which employees five
men, was originally located at Halifax
and it was because of its location
that it came to be known as the Hall
fax Chair Seat Co. When Mr.. King
man decided to move to Millersburg
he permitted the original name to
stand.
Taps, Dyes and Reamers
At the plant of w. i. Brubaker &
Brothers, near the depot, taps, dyes
and reamerS are manufactured by
the hundred. The majority of them
at the present time are being fur
nished jobbers in New York and a
great many are being forwarded to
the allies, where they are put to their
respective uses. Some of them are
hainU aar rria6 arrfn frnnkS which
are doing duty on the battlefields of
Europe. The Brubaker shops employ
75 men and when hundreds of in
dustries all over the country more
than q year ago were forced to close
down, this was one of the plants which
continued to work as though the
country had been enjoying great pros
perity. The company is so rushed
with orders now that recently a num-
ber of new ones were turned down.
There are enough orders on hand now
to keep the 75 men busily engaged for
the next six months. Besides supply
ing many concerns in this country,
the Brubaker products are shipped
direct to Italy, Japan, England, Aus
tralia and Russia.
There are two other concerns In
Millersburg which manufacture taps,
dyes and reamers and they are the
word Reamer Company. The former
shops are at the present time sup
plying taps and dyes for the allies.
They are being used to make up sets
of tools which are in use on the bat
tlehelds. Reamers are supplied, too,
to an American plant making muni-
tions for the allies. The reamers made
in the Polk shops are used in the
manufacture of shrapnel cases. This
rN1o oil dnaG unrl for the Amer
lean government and at present has
orders on hand for some of its pro-
ducts which are to be shipped to the
Panama Canal Zone. Twenty-Five men
are employed at the shops.
Will Put on Night Shift
At the Alvord Reamer Company
plant 3S men are employed and with
in the next few days an additional
force of fifteen men will be put on to
make a night shift. The concern
manufactures reamerS and mill cut
ters of various sizes and ships them
al over the world. For the past sew
eral months the company has been
so rushed with work that it was
necessary to make plans for a night
force. This shop is one of the most
prosperous in the borough. Adjoin-
ing it is the Millersburg Fifth Wheel
Works where parts for wagons are
made, in addition to welded rings
which are put to various uses. Among
the most noteworthy are those which
are manufactured for certain ship
building company on the Atlantic
coast The company at present is en-
gagged in building submarines for the
American government and the rings
which are used to encircle the tor
pedo tubes are being produced at the
Fifth Wheel plant. This concern en-
ployes fifteen men.
Another Shoe Factory
At the extreme upper end of Mil
lersburg is shoe factory where in
fants' and children's shoes are made.
Eleven years ago this factory, owned
by the NIillersburg Shoe Company,
was a barn. 1t was remodeled and
eight or ten persons were employed.
The business adventure was a success
and the concern has been running
steadily ever since. There are 85
persons employed now and this force
is capable of producing from $50 to
1000 pairs of shoes daily. The out.