Pittsburgh and Allegheny in the Centennial Year (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...sashes and flooring. They use 52,500,606 feet of lumber; and their products amount to $2,000,000. There is $894,703 capital in the buildings and machinery of the 38 establishment), which occupy an area of 49 acres. The statistics of the two foregoing branches of the lumber trade strictly, are awigned in their aggregates as nearly as possible to the branch to which they properly belong. In some cases the same firm carry on all the branches, and a farther sub-division could not be arrived at, although it would perhaps be sa.tistory to ascertain what were the statistics of each class of manufactures. It will be seen, however, that the direct lumber trade of the city is an important one; comprising 72 establishments, whose aggregate business is nearly three and a half millions of dollars, employing over eleven hundred men, and paying out over $600,000 of wages, and occupying 112 acres of ground in their works. Carriage And Wagon Manufaotubino Is another branch of Pittsburgh products that properly comes under the classification of Lumber. Of this branch there is Style of Firm. F. W. Sawert k Co. J. G. Wier k Bros.. J. W. Moore k Co.. Wm. McCallen... H. Lange k Bro. Henry Schafer... Chas. Blank.... Jas. Miller.... Jno. Krebs.... Jacob Rush & Bro; J. Albert k Bro. Sam'l Blanck... Wier k Shuman.. W: H. Cullers... Pitts. Wagon Works. Gass & Walter... Frederick Bechner, West k Vogler, .. F. k W. Beckert, . R. W. Hare.... H. R. Davis.... L. Gleisencamp k Co. Sander, Lowden k Co G. A. Schnabel... D. Gum C. West & Co... C. Coleman k Son. Knoch k Lang... Gabriel Manf'g Co. A. Kruts Location. Penn av. and Eleanor. Wash'gton k Poplar. 857 Liberty av.. 250 Fifth ave... 77 Diamond st.. 79 Diamond st.. 1210 Bingham st. 11th k Washington Smallman st... 304 Fifth av...