Better Times at Marion, No. 3 factory at Fairmount to close for repairs

BETTER TIMES AT MARION.

Belmont Gives a Most Interesting and

Encouraging Report.

ALL THE FACTORIES ARE BUSY.

The Alexandria Chimney Conditions are

Much Improved.

MARION, IND., Dec. 6. - Compared with conditions as we found them last year, matters are in elegant shape in Marion at present. All the factories are operating and the men are getting steady work while the volume of business as reported by the different manufacturers is on the whole very satisfactory.

At the Marion Flint Jar and Bottle Co.'s works Prest. and Treas. J. L. McCullough stated that business on oil cans was rather brisk. Concerning fruit jars it was, of course, impossible to hazard an opinion as to future prospects, as the product depends entirely on the bounty of Dame Nature. If fruit crops are good, jars will move handsomely; if not, the manufacturer takes a long chance on carrying a heavy stock. The cap machinery department was closed a few days in order to allow the firm to put in a larger boiler and engine and a large amount of new machinery. A new continuous tank of six rings is being built in the white liner department and will be put on in a week or two which will then make 32 shops in that department - just doubling the present capacity. The capacity of the cap factory is also being doubled and the company will soon be in shape to produce 1500 gross of caps per day.

The firm stated to us that they expected to have the following force blowing fruit jars by the middle of December: No. 1 factory, Marion, 16 shops; No. 2, Fairmount, 18 shops; No. 3, Fairmount, 8 shops. Last week we reported the last named plant closed indefinitely but are glad to state the stop will be only temporary, the firm informing us that necessary repairs are being made. The factory managers are as follows: Marion fruit jar plant, Thos. O'Brien; white liner department, Edward. Hayes; Fairmount, Martin Burke. J. Wood Wilson is still the efficient general superintendent and secretary.

At the Canton Glass Works Secy. Bockius reported plenty of orders; so many in fact that the company is finding it a difficult matter to fill them and the [spell:same, some] of the late buyers may meet with disappointment. Both furnaces are being operated in full and the indications point to a continued good trade. From 25 to 27 shops find employment here and good time has been the rule.

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