The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-09-20

profound.
wllnEIiNe! AND HER MASbs
u .AbE-2 fractures ~ 2" ~ y
From The Augutt Number Of Ms Chicago Bureau.
Wheeling, W. Va. d,
WHEELING, July, 1870. (
To Me Editor Of the Bureau.
This city first assumed the position Of a
village in 1916, or thereabouts, at which
time the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge
Company was incorporated, with Q capt.
tai OF 100000. The purpose Tor Which
the cOn1panyiWas organized, which, pur-
p6s6 Il Is Subsequently carried into execl:
lion, was to erect a bridge across the Ohio
river, connecting Wheeling and Belmont
at Bridgeport, on the dast side Of the
rtyefl [ me structure il bf QUO teet span,
suspended on chains. Three different
times It has succumbed to the power OF
the Storm King, and has often undergone
reconstruction. It Is now permanently
secured. Tho officers and members Of
the bridge company are composed o, the
most prominent citizens oES$Wheel'
ing. The tolls collected, notwith.
standing the treverses - t0'1 which
the enterprise has been subjected by means
Eof the, accidents Before referred to, have
been sufficient to amply renumerate the
stockholders. Wheeling, situated as ishe
was between two fires, suffering much
during the war, and without sharing in
the spoils, experienced all the inconven-
fences and dr9wbacks> incident to o loca-
tiop RitlAg Belligesent terfitorya Meyer
bthsless its PRO- ress for tile past ton yeats
has been very remarkable. In 1860 its
property valuation was 81, 097, 200; in
f8O6 it was $3,470000. Its present val
tuition, it Is computeds cannot fall far
short ofstxI millions.' The Population Is
10000. The manufacturing and mercar-
tile interests Of this city are very large. A
wholesale business was done there last
year 10 the amount OF $5,20000O includ-
Ing almost every variety Of manufacture
and trade. The merchants are wealthy,
and afford cyefy possible facility to lcoun-
ktfy dealers. Tie banking FACILITIES Ore
excellent. Nine banks, With an aggre-
gate nominal capital Of ,40S, 900, furnish
the sinews Of war for the prosecution Of
trade. These are mostly private, conse-
qucntly the above figures by no means
adequately indicate the amount Of capital
actually employed.
Coali mihddti ID ldrge Quantities The
principal coal hunks, Three in number, are
owned by John Nolan, Esq. There are
eight others. The average daily product
of2all these is 1900 bushel Isl II
Someidea may be had Of the impor-
lance of Wheeling rs a wool market, from
the.faetthat. the two. regular houses en-
gagged in the purchase OF this staple, ship
annually 100000 pounds: -Four large
factories, namely, the Riverside" the
"La Belize the "Wheeling," and the
''Belmont4 when at work, give employ
ment to ], re hands, upon monthly pay
roll of $10s,5G manufacturing S31, 767
kegs Of mills each year. The incorpora-
ted capital Of these works Is 81 800, 600.
EAt6sts Of then employ q, largo surplus.
tdsS 4 lbaE ROE dahS 81 their 1olling
mills, adjoining the nail factory. The su-
perintendent Of the works is Mr.. James
Dudley, also one Of the proprietors, man
Of work, that Is, She'wears Working clothes,
and knows hpw,tp work when occasion
rcuuifes'i It. His duties, however, At pres:
ent are confined toseelng that every one
is at his proper place, and does his work
right. The pt0hfiet0n Of the IN Belief
are interested In the furnaces and nail.
works at SteIbenvillG The Wheeling
owns and works 100 acres Of coal lands.
All Of the works present similarity Of
appearance and are: Of very nearly equal
The Norway Iron Works; located atthe
south end Of the city, give employment g
1895 men, with q pay!sheetE $f5y16C
monthly, Here are manufactured all
FelASes d heavy iron work fof railroads
The company have recently erected the
large iron bridge at st. Charles, Mo-, In
seven spans, reaching 2,172i feet, The
Quincy Foundry, John Hamilton & Co..
proprietors, manufactures heavy machine
castings. Tho firm are the patentces and
pSnefSbl the61' tHatniIt ton eplgGSiz9S 4
very general use In tic furnaces and at the
diggings of the Far West. With Sweeney
& Cos Steam Engine Works, conformity,
they give employment to 296 men, paying
$15,500 month wages. Is-rEYZl
The stoye.wprks Of Gulbctts y Fisher
and Joseph Bell & Co., employ 80 men
and pay fS6, 0e0 monthly { rhelat'
ter firm also manufacture tire.places
4mantelsf arches and-oth classesUfsorna
inental, work. Thew0Fhspf the tirat firm
| IA ElnhyvHi nsS eth 3fnEEtfd 1ndfpN aid
tc6Sef SE2iare6P area ground. SsATht
firm arc large dealers in mill and foundry
pig. iron. The second -mPmber Of tho
iirin Is a largo real estate owner in Chi
cage, and paid q yerYhigh mplime9t f
our real estate dealers. Three glas:
works give employment y tslx hm!FeE
men, with a monthly pay Sheet Of $s4;S
ca TSrRss f HTSoI EzselsicS l%nt
Wheeling Glass Works" 4 and "pTh'
South Wheeling Glass Works" The
propriotoB Of the last named establish
,melt are ]. E, Hobbs, IBrockuner q Go
They make d speciality Of tho manutac
ture sof ! porcelain. This product they
turn Out Ii large quantities, and otqualitJ
equal 10 4he best Chinese, Cryolite, I'm
lporIed from Greenland, enters largely
into the process Of manufacture. The
lar, the Owners Of the roccssnnd dcSlenl
t6f Tie conversion fof this ematprialt Unit
table ware. They have N6lso purchased
tho right lor Belmont Go. and IVES
Vlrgintato use DR.. Wurtl's patent pro
cess for refining soda ash, by means Q
which The plrest crystals are obtained
and all impurities got rid Of, 1nthis con
nectlpu ought tostate that Mr.. Sweeney
/ Of tho Excelsior and Wheeling Glas
Works, claims the right 70 use yollted y
the manufacture Of table ware.
Wheeling s1rathet strangely shaped
extending as It does, six or seven mile
I n6ft II and South between the river and
1 Fa6FB inns s6me 100 feet high: It !
= H.tH1.i SHsnN Rl,a Nant nIJGAFN1O In