The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-11-04

EAGLE FOUNDRY AND STOVE WORKS.
in carrying out our design 10 give a
brief sketch of the various msnufac-
turing establishments of the city, we
propose to write a paragraph or two in
reference to the works whose name
heads this item. About fifteen years
ago, Messrs. W. & ]. Stewart secured
five lots on the corner OF Main and
Bank streets, North Wheeling, and
having purchased quite large area, no
necessity for removal, las was the case
with the Messrs. Miller,) has ever aris-
en-. The Messrs. Stewart carried on u
general foundry business. They were
large contractors under the general
Government at one time, having fur
nished all the iron used in the construc-
ton of the Custom House, and that the
work was well and skillfully DONE the
solid and beautiful columns and wind
ing stafr-ways in the building, attest.
In the year 1868 the property was Pu.-
chased by Messrs. Joseph q David Bell
and by them has been greatly Improved.
Believing that we had all the elements,
such as tine sand, good Iron, and skill
ed work men, to make stoves successful
", they at once went to work to adapt
their works TO that branch of manufac-
turing, and are now making it spe-
cialtY. They supplied themselves
with patterns of all the most approved
cooking and heating stoves, and have
now engaged in their production about
thirty men.
Prominent among the stoves they
make, stand the MONITOR, burning
coal, and the ISDIASoLA, using wood.
or these they manufacture several
sizes, and they are in great favor Wher-
ever they have been introduced. HaT-
ing given this branch their especial
attention, st is not surprising that they
have become thoroughly conYersant
with il, and consequently their stoves
are noted for their excellence of mate
rial and smoothness or casting. They
have closely observed, 100, the wants OF
different localities in this respect, for
we are informed that stove that would
do well in Missouri might not answer
at all in Minnesota. Why this is the
case, we leave for others who are better
posted in such matters than we are, TO
decide. ....-
Besides making stoves, however,
Messrs. Bell q Co. manufacture, to
considerable extent, CRATES, arches and
hollow ware, and are largely engaged
in turning out the celebrated swing lid
tea kettle, so popular among the ladies,
wherever they have been sold. The
right to make this article in our State
is owned by this firm, and they Sc |
immense quantities of them to foun-
dries in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, st.
Louis, Johnstown, and many other
cities, both East and West.
About 2E tons of iron are melted each
day in cupola of the Mckenzie pat
emf. The blast Is furnished by an in
genious blower, patented by the same
party, and is represented az being all
that il claimed for it. Steam is used in
driving it and the machinery about the
works, consisting OF drills, cleaning
drums, screw cutters, Srindstones,
backing mills and all the other accom-
paniments OF such an establishment.
The engine in use is one OF fifteen horse
power. The coke used in smelling the
pig iron is made from Youghiogheny
coal, and is u superior article.
q To meet the demand for their manu-
features Messrs. Bell 81 Co. are re-
qnired to keep their works in constant
operation. They find ready sale for all
they can turn out, receiving orders for
their stoves from Richmond, Va, the
Valley of Virginia, st. Louis and
throughout the entire West and North
west. They, 100, like all the manuiac-
turers in Wheeling, take pride in the
position our productions occupy
throughout the country, and are re-
solved that it shall not be lowered one
jot or title through any fault OF theirs.