Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-18

to purchase more looms. Now there
are 224 looms in use ana 1SO men and
women on the payroll. The building
is crowded and although officials of
the company would not say positively,
they intimated that the time is not far
distant when larger structure will
be erected. Each day the mills turn
out from 5000 to $500 yards of plain
and fancy silks, according to the trade
orders. The entire output is sent to
commission houses in New York and
from there Is distributed to many parts
of the world
Big Iron Mills
Iron products of Chambersburg are
not unknown in Harrisburg, for much
of the shafting, pulleys, gears
clutches and power transmitting ma
chinery used in equipping new shrap-
mel departments in the plant of the
Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending
company in the Capitol City, has been
supplied by the T. b. Woods Sons
company. The output of this concern
finds sale in every part of the United
States. The plant was founded in
1857 and at that time about 25 men
were given employment. The original
shops were located near the old Cum
berland Valley station and from time
to time additions were built. Absence
of available ground for more building
caused the company to erect an entire
new plant a short distance from the
original buildings about four years
ago. With the 25 men as the nucleus
In 1857, good business made an in
crease in the force necessary and now
there are $50 men employed in the
plant. But even this number is less
than what the company would really
like to have. Officials are ever ready
to employ skilled workmen and when
these can be secured the working
force Will be considerably enlarged.
Aside from the pipe bending works, in
Harrisburg, the company furnishes It's
products and has helped equip the
plant of the Harrisburg Boot and Shoe
Manufacturing company, Hickok
Manufacturing company, Pennsylvania
steel company, Paxton Flour and
Feed company and many other plants
in Harrisburg and adjacent territory.
| The company'S business is without
limits and shipments have been made
to every part of the world. The pow
er transmitting machinery is used in
mills and factories of every descrip-
ton.
War Helps Mills
The Wolf company is another local
organization which manufactures a
product used in equipping mills ana
factories and its output in recent
months has been put to various uses.
ed in plants where munitions of war
are manufactured but the company
does not specialize in this alone. The
manufacture of flour milling machin-
cry is one of the company's big assets
and shipments of this kind of goods
are made in all directions. The war
has proven u handicap because of the
! companys inability to make ship
ments to certain foreign ports. Every
particle of machinery which leaves the
local plant is turned out here from the
raw materials. Three hundred men
are given steady employment and with
the declaration of peace in Europe
! this present force will likely be in
creased. Business is very good just
now. but officials of the company
know that as soon as peace is reached
the foreign trade will be greatly in
creased so that the outlook for the
future is considered exceptionally
| bright.
The Chambersburg Engineering
Company controls the Queen Citys
other pig iron industry and at this
plant men are working both night and
day. More than 400 men are on the
company's payroll and this plant, too,
is willing to employ more skilled
! labor. The engineering company
makes steam drop hammers hydrau-
| lie machinery, cranes, riveters and
many other kinds of machinery and
. p
used for making drop forgings, are es-
pecially well known over the country
and it is noted with authority that at
least so per cent. of the drop forgings
used on automobiles made in the |
United States are, produced under
hammers manufacturer by the Cham
bersburg company. Then, too. the |
company's hammers and other pro- |
ducts are used in turning out parts of |
shrapnel shells so that the concern has
secured some benefits as a result of
the war. The first building for the
engineering company was constructed
in 1897 and when completed 25 men
were given employment. The force
has increased to 400. A year ago it |
was necessary to add a night shift to
take care of the large number of or
ders and the plant has been running
night and day since. The company
has supplied equipment to the Penn
sylvania Steel company. Middletown
Car company, Harrisburg Foundry and
Machine Works, Pennsylvania railroad
shops at Harrisburg, Jackson Manu-
featuring company, Harrisburg, Cen
trail Iron and Steel company, Harris
burg; Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe
Bending company, ID. Wilcox Manu-
featuring company, Mechanicsburg,
and other plants in Central Pennsyl-
vania.
Railroad Big Factor
Valley Railroad company, 500 men are
given employment and they make the
heavy repairs to all of the cars and
locomotives owned by the company.
Then, too, cars and engines are re-
built in the shops. The company has
roundhouses at Hagerstown and
White Hill and light repairs can be
made there, but all of the heavy work
is done in the shops here. During
January there was an average of 81
engines repaired daily. Heavier ship
ment over the road this month means
the average will be somewhat larger
for February. The shops here are
equipped for all kinds of work on en-
gines and cars so that they can be
turned out here with the appearance
of being new. No new engines or cars
are made here, but until about 1908
the shopmen did build street cars for
the Valley Railways company. Cham-
bersburg also houses the main offices
OF the Cumberland Valley Railroad
company and in addition to the 200
men in the shops and the many en-
ployes on trains, a big force of men is
given employment in the office build
ing.
OvercOats For Soldiers
The Melville Woolen company con-