Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-01-24

over Steetaee caolh, connecting with the ladies'
portion of the saloon, provided with bathing rooms,
and every convenience for ease and comfort. Her
machinery is of the most superior character, and
her lght draft of water must give:her great speed.
She Is expected to make the trip from Wheeling to
C:nclnnau IN not over twenty four hours, q dis
lance OF 800 miles, and to Louisville frow Wheel
ing in 80 hours. The time required by the ordina-
ny river boats is SO hours to Cincinnati and 4s to
Louisville. She will be finished and readyt to make
her trial trip in about two weeks. Much regrst
was expressed by Captain McClure and her owners,
that they were not able to finish her in time TO con-
vey their Baltimore friends TO Louisville.
me Thomas Swami is one of six boats now
building by the Union Line. all of them the same
model and finish. The 'Virginia'' and calvin
Adams are being fitted out at Pittsburg, the
erals City, at Louisville, the "Thomas Swami"
anu "City OF Baltimore at Wheeling, and the
"David White" at Madison, Indiana. They will
form n daily line, leaving Wheeling on the arrival
OF Inc mail tain from Baltimore. The fare will be,
Tor through passengers from Baltimore to Cincin-
natl, by railroad and boat, $40, and to Louisville
ola, ana ltany one desires cheaper travelling than
this they will certainly not find it by any other
loute. The whole distance travelled from Balti-
more will be nearly 500 miles, the rate being about
"a cents per mile.
FORK PACKING ESTABLISHMENT.
One of the most attractive establishments in
Wheellngt to the visiter, is the extensive pork pack
ing establishment of MeSSrS. Warren, Dunlap & Co.
situate near the mouth of Wheeling Creek, built
and constructed on the model of the most approved
STA % CINCINNATI. me process oil Kill
ing, %scalding, cleaning AMI hanging up was going
on with a rapidity that wa -tuy astonishing. The
hogs were driven into the killing pen one at q time,
Knocked down with q blow from Il hammer on the
head, and by the time they were fairly OF their
ieet, the knife OF the Skillnl operator had severed
Their wlndpipeS, and III another instant they wer,:
IN the scalding vat, on n frame work, by which
they are passed through the boiling water without
handllng; even before life was extinct, their en-
trails were removed, and in less than it takes me
10 describe the process, the animal, cleaned. and
ready to be cut and quartered, was hanging in tie
cooling room.< Steam is used most successfully in
this establishment, not only as n labor-saving pow
er in hosting and in grinding corn for the vast pens
OF hogs, covering eight acres of ground, attached
to the establishment. but in so extracting the fat
from the heads and ofal of the animal in immense
watts, that even the bones and teeth are changed in
the process TO a crumbling powder. The whole
hog IS sometimes thrown into thes. watts, and is
drawn out below, and by other process made into
lard Oil and stearine. Thus the whole hog, briS-
ties and all, is rendered of value, and even the
cracklins and sediments of the watts are, when mix
ed with corn, again turned into pork, being used for
feeding and fatteninS the droves O" hogs in the
pens.
The whole number of hogs killed and packed nj
this establishment thus far in the season has been
$4,000, and about 4 900 more will be killed, maxim.
25,oOO IN all-which, considering the fact that this
IS the flrSt season any establishment Of the kind
has Teen in operation in Wheeling, shows a good
commencement. 1t is almost exclusively intended
Tor Baltimore business. MeSSIS. Lewis Il George
Cassard have been here. sailing and packing. ready
Tor transportation to Baltimore by the raiiroad,
nearly half a million OF pounds whilst other Bal.
thnore houses Lave also considerable quantities
preparing Tor market. In the packing rooms, which
are very extensive, the meat is piled like cord
WOOD laying in salt, in such vast quantities that
We could scarcely make our way through them.
MT. Frederick Smith, of Baltimore. formerly in the
employment % the MesSrs. Cassnrd, is the foreman
oil tins Immense eStab liShment, which gives eli
dence OF most superior ability. There is also at.
tnched to the establishment four immense smoke
houses capable of containing one million pounds
of meat.
GLASS WORKS.
The Glass Works, for which Wheeling is so IA
NOUS formed points of great attraction TO the Wis
ltors. and they passed arourd in succession from
oHe eStao'iShInent to another, in constant throngS.
MeSSrS. Quarrler, OFT II Co., in the manufacture of
Vials ana bottles, have an extensive establishment.
and are famed for the superiority of the article they
produce. MesSrs. Stockton, Russell " Co. have be-
come celebrated for the superiority o! their win
dow glass, and MeSSrS. Hobbs, Barnes & Co. have
establishment equally large, and manufacture
uniformly beautiful glass, pressed. cut and color
en- which is greatly admired both in the East and
neSl' me demand always exceeding the possibility
OF Si'pply. The number of boys and men in these
thlee establishments mus: be three to four hun.
dreG.
The greatest point of attraction in the glass work
me, however, IS the Flint Glass Works of MeSsrS.
L. Sweeney q Sons, whose beautiful works can
be surpassed anywhere, and Is said TO he
INFERIOR TO none, either in this country or Euronc.
LII 'he blowing department, when we entered, there
were PROBABLY 3O men and 80 small boys ut work,
cach moving around the numerous furnaces, ner
the duty allotted 10 him in the work thot
was progressing. AT first sight it appeared like A
scenic representation of The Internal regions, with
Dlg ana little devils rushing around the glowing
IrrnaceS with balls of fie OH the ends of their
rods, apparently bent on mischief and destruction
" were all, however, soon most deeply Interested
III lheir movements, and witnessed, as If by magic,
nose glowing balls of fire formed INTO the most
neauI'ul specimens OF pressed glass, plain and
Iu'eu' Such as tumb!erS. decanterS, wine and
;hanpngne glasses, dishes, &C., but The most Gu
louS oil all was the manufacture of molasses de-
where the handles were formed and at
acHeu after the rest of the work was complete, bv
'hoStSNlllul workman. From this department we
passed INTO the oven room, where the sand, which
5 Drought from Missouri, is prepared for the fur
lace, ready to be melted t. glaSs-aud thence IN
ne SASS cutting department., where a large num-
y, :anuS were engaged i'll manufacturing the
most beautiful work.
IRON AND NAIL MANUFACTURE. -
The nail and spike establishments of Me>srs
.ohhson' Sweeney * Co. and that of MeSsrs. Nor
on, AcheSon & Co. were thronged with yisiters.
large masses oil boiling iron from the furnace were
poured on the ground, and after Incoming partially
,ohseaied' were taken up by the workmen, and
passed from one to the other, being pressed, rolled.
ma otherwise operated upon until it " as, before
'ooiing' converted into nails ready TO be packed.
ma the cart that brought the iron to the furnace
vas kept supplied with a Load of nails 10 be car
led away to the warehouse. Then there are 1he
ron works of Messrs. Cooper & Harris; the extern.
I'VE La Belle Iron Works, with u capital of $780,
~; me Crescent Works; the foundcries of Messrs.
taunton " Rogers; Morrison, Williams d Co; OFT,
d Greer; Y. Sweeney, Stewart * Co:
miller, Bnggs q CO.. with others, with The cxIen,
lVe Virginia Iron Works, the buildings for which
IRE now erected AMI machinery heinz put up. The
olescenl o1ks IN the course of erection, are the
coal bank. Tie steel factory of !icssrs. X. II.
iubbell 4 Co, where the fines, steel springs are
manufactured, and the factory of Messrs. Buslw &
1ntle, where about 40 hands are employees. in the
manufacture of carriages, carts, and Other v,.bict.s
. the extent of 100000 TO $4,000 per annum, is
IN evidence as to what may be expected as TO The