Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-08
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ARE BOOMING
Great Prosperity at Emigsville
and Mount Wolf; Factory
Wheels Humming

Mount Wolf, Pa, April S.-York
county is not trailing along on the
wave of prosperity which is sweeping
over the country at the present time.
She is among the leaders, and is one of
the busiest sections in the State.
Goldsboro and York Haven are rushed
with work, the result of the big war
in Europe, and now come the reports
from Cmigsville and Mount Wolf
which show that those towns are in
very f1ourishing conditions.
Both OF these towns are attractive
to the visitor and their residents give
every indication that they are working
for the welfare of the community in
which they live. Granolithic sidewalks
run for thousands of feet in Emigsville
and Mount Wolf. and then, too, the
men are put to work on the streets
scraping and getting them in good
condition for the summer travel. In
Mount Wolf at the present time drag
is being used and it will help in re-
pairing every street in the town.
OF the two towns, Mount Wolf is the
largest and has four industrial plants
10 its credit. Emigsville has only one
industry, a wagon works, where two
score of Acme wagons are manufac-
tured daily.
Making Wire Fabrics
The American Wire Fabrics Com
pany is the largest industry in Mount
Wolf and employment is given to about
zoo men. Wire cloth and screen Is
made by the thousand yards and in
turning out the product almost three
hundred looms are in operation. The
plant was established here about
twelve years ago and at that time only
few men were employed. The bust
ness grew and during the past few
years several new buildings have been
erected and the output greatly in
creased. The main office of the fabric
company is in Chicago and branch fac
tories are located in Clinton, Iowa, and
Niles. Mich.
Another important plant in the town
is operated by the Mount Wolf Furni-
ture Company, of which Henry Wolf is
president and !. Park Wogan is man
ager. In this large plant dining-room
furniture of all descriptions is manu-
factured and many pieces are sold by
furniture dealers in Harrisburg. Tables,
chairs buffets and china closets are
included in the factory's output. At
the present time 125 men are en-
ployed in the furniture factory and
when other skilled men apply they
Will be given positions. Sixteen years
ago, when the company first began op-
erations, only forty persons were em-
ployed.
The keystone Table Company's plant
is the baby industry of the town and
has only been in operation since last
October. However. the business is
growing and the eleven men employed
there now are working every day fill
ing orders The company makes tables
only and turns out from twenty to
twenty-five each week. They are
shipped to various sections of Penn
sylvania and quite number of them
are sent to dealers in Harrisburg. The
company's output is library tables and
they are finished in mahogany, quar-
tered oak and all other finishes.
Mount VOLTS fourth industry is a
Mount Wolf Manufacturing Company.
Cotton and wool shirts are made for a
New York jobbing house and about
225 dozens are made each week. At
the present time twenty-four girls are
employed in the factory and many
others would be employed if they
would apply. The shirts are sent to
the factory already cut out and at the
Mount Wolf plant they are sewed to-
gether and finished. The industry is
one of the most successful in the town.
Wagon Works
In Emigsville the only industry is
wagon making, and at the plant of
the Acme Wagon Company. The plant
has been in operation for thirty years
and was started by +. X. Emig, who
still conducts the business. In the be-
ginning about a half-dozen men were
employed and now the payroll con-
tains the names of 125 men. At the
entrance to the plant is displayed a