The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-12-08

for the exclusive manufacture OF asrioul'
tural machinery. The bulldogs arc very
commodious and we'll adapted 10 an ex.
tensIvs bns,neas me Company, howey.
eF was ono olllmited capital, and owing
to heavy expenses incident to The market.
log Of It's products The Company failed,
and in 1879 the property passed into the
hands Of q receiver. The present Com
pany acquired possession in June OF the
current year, and consists OF Antony
Sheets, Isaac Booth, Harrison Butte, An.
drew Smith and @. L. Poorman, with the
last named gentleman as general mana
ger. This Company represents o capital
OF some three hundred thousand dollars.
They design continuing the manuiac-
ture Of agricultural implements, and in
addition have turned their attention to
general foundry and machine work, for
which they have ample facilities. The
season having passed for active opera
tons on agricultural machinery when
the company took hold Of the business,
they have nothing TO report in that
branch. They expect, however, after the
first Of January to resume operations in
that line. -....s..r4saJ
THE GAS WORKS.
Our previous remarks upon the indus
tries Of Bellaire are strongly suggestive Of
lights, and we need not wonder that her
people are greatly elated over the recent
completion Of their Gas Works. We are
only surprised that they did not have
regular jubilee and invite US downto see
it turned on. Of course they Justly re-
gard this as their browning effort In home.
enterprise. ,aa.
The contractor for the erection Of these
works Is R. G. Jordan, Esq, Of Wheeling,
who has Of late years been engaged In
similar enterprises, having built the works
in Frostburg, Nd, Clarksburg, W.. Va,
Cadi. and Athens, Ohio, and several other
towns, In all of which he has been eminent:
ly successful. The Bellsire gas buildings
are substantially built Of brick and COW
cred with slate. There are 1900 feet
Of 8, 4 and inch main pipe in the streets,
two benches Of retorts, five retor:s
in each bench, one Mckenzie Ex:
hauster, one shelf washer, one multi.
tubuler condenser oil large capacity
four purifiers, containing $40 feet lime
surface (nearly double that Of the Wheel
ing gas works.; a station meter, capacity
$4,000 feet; one balance valve governor
10 regulate the pressure Of the gas In the
street mains. The holder Is forty by six.
teen teet-nearly $1,000 feet capacity
with supporting frames which are Of
wrought iron throughout. The washer,
condenser, station meter and governor all
have bypass valves, which arrangement
permits either apparatus to be cleaned or
repaired without obstructing the opera
tions Of the works. y,
The construction was commenced by
the contractor in July, and, although de-
layed six weeks in the reception Of his
castings, was completed in November and
the gas turned into the city on the I'd Of
December. 1.-THE people that sat in dark.
ness saw great light" ;r
THEMARKET BOY AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN
THAT BINDS UsTo BELLA1RE. '
Our notice Of trip to Bellaire would
not be complete without few words in
regard to the convenient and accommo-
dating little packet that has helped so
materially to facilitate the intercourse be.
tween Wheeling and Bellalre. The Mar.
ket Boy may now be regarded as q per-
manent institution and as no longer an
experiment She makes. four trips each
way per day, and thus affords business
people ample accommodations for coming
and going at pleasure. We arc glad tc
know that her freight and passenger bust.
ness has been ouch as to encourage her
owners to keep her in the trade.