Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-13
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Dismantling of the parts or the
plant of the Chesapeake Nail Works,
which has been going on this Fall,
calls to mind that this is the second
of the famous iron manufacturing -
establishments in the South Harris
burg district to pass into the hands Of
the scrap iron dealer. OF the Lochiel
Rolling mills only some stone pillars
end heaps of rubble remain. Parts of
the historic nail works are disappear
ing. Paxton Furnaces and Lochiel
furnace, the only remaining furnaces
in the city. are idle in the midst -
a period when everything that caW
smelt or fabricate iron or steel is in
demand and the chances are that they
will go the same way before long -
that the Central Iron and Steel COM
pany's plant and the Elliott-Fisher
company's big works will be all that
will be left in district which was
once one OF the most important sec
tions in the premier iron State of the
Union. In years gone by there were
half dozen blast furnaces in this city
! and several rolling mills. Porter fur
mace at State street and the old Penn
sylvania canal Wister furnace along
the canal below Mulberry street and
an older furnace located near the
| Paxton plant, with the three now
remaining. Harrisburg's prominence
smoke from Steelton, although the
| development of the Central, Harris
burg Pipe and Pipe Bending, Lalance
and -Grosjean- -and-other- works has
more than counterbalanced the loss Of
the old establishments.
The Chesapeake Nail works was for
long time one of the chief industries
OF Harrisburg and there are many
families in this city whose fathers,
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or the nail factory. It's whistles
used to wake up South Harrisburg and
the 400 men who worked in the plant
were considerable element down
town. The Chesapeake works was es-
tablished, and what is more, main
tanned in the face of disasters by the
late Charles L. Bailey. The works
was built in 1867 and soon be-
came famous for it's cut nails while
1t had wide demand for bar iron.
In 1878 and 1882 explosions and fires
caused great damage, but each time
the works was rebuilt on larger
scale. The Chesapeake nails were so
well known that they were able to
hold their business in the face of the
competition from the wire nails.
plant was built. Harrisburg nails
were shipped to Cuba, Brazil and
even to China and went all over the
country. For years the products of
It's 103 Gathering, busy machines en-
1oyed a high repute. The works has
peen operated very irregularly in the
last half dozen years.
The Lochiel plant of the Harris
burg Rolling Mill is said to have been
the first rolling mill built in Harris
burg if not in the country. 1t was
built in 1865, the idea of the men
who built it being to roll rails, which
were then a subject of thought by
American investors and iron men and
which few years later were develop
ed. The works underwent many
changes and the usual chapter of ac-
cidents. 1t was abandoned some years
ago and the plant sold Robert C.
Neal, q member of O noted iron FAM
lily of the upper Susquehanna valley,
was the last owner, having operated
IL 1or over quarter of a century.
In its day Lochiel had fine trade
and some of it's bars were sold in
England. 1t was the central point OF
, quite settlement of iron workers and
the last company store in Harrisburg
was operated there.
II see a good bit of attention IL
being given to some reports of dol
lar eggs / do not thing that is SO
unusual" remarked man who fol-
lows the food markets. "You can al
ways get people who have a lot of
stand how hard it is to get it to paw
. fancy prices. 1 have heard of some
men in Philadelphia who paw sew
enty-five cents for eggs strictly fresh
and rushed to their houses from,
poultry yards, and fancy eggs, laid bv
pedigreed fowls, always command q
nigh price. Then, too, If some of the
people who have been indulging fads
Tor poultry will sit down and figure
1t out they will probably find that thew
nave been paying around a dollar a
dozen for eggs. What is Worrying
men more Is that ordinary eggs are
round half a dollar q dozen"
The fine afternoons of last week
especially Saturday, made the vicinity
OF the river dam very popular for SAL
mon hshermen. There were half a
dozen boats moored near the dam I'm
the afternoon and further down the
stream several more The dam has
been running very close to the Rock
vile falls" and the Dauphin ''rapids,,
Tor popularity as a salmon fishing
place.
Opening of the school libraries bv
the Harrisburg Public Library the last
rev days has resulted in requests for
the establishment of more such
branches. The library now has six
branches, which are in charge of the
principals of the schools and some
splendid work has been done. Re-
quests for an equal number are on
hand. but in the present state of the
Ilnances 1T will be impossible to do
more this winter