. History of Huntingdon and Blair counties, Pennsylvania . been doubled, and theyare now producing four hundred and fifty tons ofBessemer pig-iron per week, and furuishing employ-ment to one hundred and forty men. The Blair Iron and Coal Company also lease andoperate the large rollins-milP in mill was Imilt by tlie Juniata Iron Manufac-tining (onipaiiy, and cost alioiit live hundreii thou-sand dollars. SidisLquently it camu into the posses-sion of the Hollidaysburg and Gap Iron B. M. Johnston became its lessee, who operatedit in connection with the Gap Furnace s
. History of Huntingdon and Blair counties, Pennsylvania . been doubled, and theyare now producing four hundred and fifty tons ofBessemer pig-iron per week, and furuishing employ-ment to one hundred and forty men. The Blair Iron and Coal Company also lease andoperate the large rollins-milP in mill was Imilt by tlie Juniata Iron Manufac-tining (onipaiiy, and cost alioiit live hundreii thou-sand dollars. SidisLquently it camu into the posses-sion of the Hollidaysburg and Gap Iron B. M. Johnston became its lessee, who operatedit in connection with the Gap Furnace some fiveyears. It then stood id!, Ironi 1S75 to July, 1879,when the Iron and (o;il Company leased it,and have managed it since. Al)out one hundred menare employed at the rolling-mill, and the productconsists of one hundred and sixty tons of muck-iroa 2 Besiiies tin- two liiriiiiL-es in ;i,vsbiirg and Gaysport, tliis ropany owns the Frankstown ami Bennington Fnrnaces, and controls tthrough J. K. McLaimlii STheorigii i built by Thomas McNai. BOROUGH OF HOLLIDAYSBURG. 75 per week. The company store at Gaysport, con-trolled by Messrs. Wood, Morrell & Co., is anotherimportant feature among the many connected withthe operations of the Blair Iron and Coal is carried a stock of general merchandise ofthe value of thirty thousand dollars, and the em-ploytjs of the company at other points are equally aswell supplied with stores. Mr. William E. Babcook,the gentlemanly and efficient superintendent of theBlair Iron and Coal Companys works at HoUidays-burg, has been connected with the company for anumber of years. The present IhiUiihujxIiiirii Iron and Nail Companijis controlled by the Hemphill and Johnston rolling-mill was built in 18S0 by B. M. Johnston,liobert B. Johnston, John L. Hemphill, and HughMcNeal, who operated under the firm-name of B. until September, 1866, when a change wasmade to that of the Hollidaysburg Iron and NailCompany,
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