Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-06-26
sogDay MoaNIge,. JUNE g. .Lgsa.
Creaoent IRON .Worlss

man aheS9Sspnslls' OF ms city now engaged in
The manufacture of Railroad Iron boiler iron and,
sheet IRON of all kinds. These works have been,
erected within the last two Seors at cost of be-
tween two aud three hundred thousand dollars, and
ate IN all their parts the most complete works of
the kind in the United States .sThe main build.
lng is fourhundred feetin length and one hundred
iesl On width. There are in theworks Sc pudding
furnaces, IA heating furnaces for sheet and fail
mills, three trims Of muck rolls, two of Burdens
patent coffee mill squeezers, one train of sheet
rolls, one train of boiler iron rolls one set Of rolls
ortons and bottoms OF rail piles and one full set
ofsrai rolls, with saws, punches and all the neces-
sary fixtures of a complete mill for making rails
on tte most improved plans. There are Two large
steam engines of superior power, very large ham
tI and shears. nealng tntnaces and otLet fixtures
adapted to the manufacture Of Ii, 900, tons of iron
& per Gnnslaa.t y = q g.
The hammer weighs about six tons and the a
vii about seven tons. The facilities for manu-
featuring are unsnrpassedwe presume in the coun-
try In the bare matter of fuel if is enabled to save
annually what would constitutes fair dividend up-
oniiscapita ThecoaI is brought from bank in the
hill few rods froInthe works bymeans of railway
and is emptied from the cars direct into the fur
naces by means of always passing Though every
part of the building. This eoalis delivered in the
- f4sf- r, : 4. 4-
furnaces by the miner at contact price of q cents
per bushel; and he keeps the mines and railway in
thorough repair. The works aredirectly on Wheel
ing Creek, and when there are six feet of water IN
the Ohio, the rails, &c from the mill are put into
a fiat and foated 10 the river, distant q few hun
dred yards, thus saving the expense of drayage,
&C., which is SO costly for such heavy products
There is another leading element of cheapness
connected with these works. moi usually found in
conjunction. In quarrying out The stone for build
ing space, vein of fre-brick clay of the fines.
quality was discovered from 15 to % feet in thick
ness, Immediately adjacent 10 the works. so that
the heavy outlay for these bricks may be very ma
terially lessened by making then on the spot, aud
suchishe power of the machinery of the mill TINT
brick mandatory could, at trlfing expense,
be added to the works and fire brick could mt on
~ be made for home use and for other establish
ments in Wheeling, but would also form leading
element insthe exports of Wheeling. The water
is brought Immediately up from the creek below,
and everything is fitted the most Profitable use
of tRessorks. q
There IRE .fne non lands in the county of Mo-
mongolia belonging to Mr. HaFdman, one of the pro-
pretotsof the. Crescent, and yiedingore of such
superior quality that it is used exclusively for
boiler anlssheet iron. ees
The boiler iTon is now manufactured by these
works by hammerfng the metal once less than
usual which one Of the proniietoIs informs us adds
TO the tenacity ofihe product We witnessed the
process of making railroad iron Saturday.. The
piles are first formed aud then heated together,
and taken from the furnace and put Immediately
through the rolls, then sawed as theypa off
then straightforward, then pu Eched and passed off
finished. We timed The process, and from etime i,
the pile reached the rolls until il was railroad
mopS was space of allttle more than a minute,
while the bars were finished up and passed off as
fast as they came from the rolls. About five Of !,
these make ton, so that ton Of railroad iron is
rolled in atout six minutes.
The company have obtained liberal charter
from the Legislature, exemptng Stockholders from ]
Individual liability and they propose TO organ re
with much larger capital, and develop their work
in all its Branches With the present prospects of
the iron trade, the heavy and increasing demand
for railroad iron in the West, the great saving at
this point in the cost of production, and then the
immense saving in the cost of transportation over
all Eastern works, the demand being principally
West, this enterprise presents attractions for bu-
siuess menrarely met with. Such cannot do bet
Ter than examine for themselves, a nd should that
be.done, the immediate organization of this COM
pany with the maximum capital of 81, 0O0, 900
must be the result. a65 81
uThe last number of the Washington Union
contains an elaborate opinion of Attorney General
Gushing in relation 10 the defraying of expenses
incurred in the executiono the fugitive slave law
It appears that on the I'd OF June, 1851, awar-
rautissued from the Commissioner of the United
States in the city of Chicago 10 Illinois, for the
arrest of fngive from labor, the application of
Crawford E. Smith of Missouri. The waIrant.was
directed 10 The Marshal Of the United States for
the district Of Illinois, who arrested the fugitive in
the city of Chicago TRsrsupon, rescue being
threatened, the Commissioner aand5the Marshal
deemed it necessary and proper to call to the as
sistance of the Marshal police force OF twelve
men, and also party of militia, who were in at
tendance for five days during the examination be-
fore the CORNERSTONE. For the subsistence OF
this guard the Marshal provided; and for such sub
sstence, and for their per diem compensation, he
claims payment from the United States. Here
upon the question for the Attorney General opin-
ion was thus stated: ssAssuming that the expenses
in the case under consideration were incurred phi
or to the issuing by the Commissioner of the GER
tifcate sirrendsring the slave tothe claimant tile
question arises. they chargable to The United
States. the same if incurred after the issuing of
the certi6catei'
Nj. Cushing argues the question with character.
istic ability and Genes 10 this conclusion:
AS such expenses incurred by the officer in per-
forming his duty, lon the affidavit of the claim
ant, ssthat he had fSason 10 apprehendt that such
fugitive will be recued by force from his or her
possession are TO be paid ont of the Treasury of
The United States, toftiori, such expenses are To
be paid out of,the Treasury of the United States,
when incurred blythe Marshal. upon his own judg-
ment and thatof The Commissioner als, of the
Lecessiiy 10 ga- nd against threatened rescue. 49,