The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-06-17
wHRELING MANUFACTURERS


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Tbs following notices Of leading man
utactorIes In iris city are taken from. q
Cleveland manufacturing paper; which
We have mIshid and iorgottenth the name Of:
Boiley Brothers, Wheeling, West Va,
manufacture every description Of wagons,
carts, drAys, &C.. Have been in operation
forty years Occupy thrBe;stOrY build.
Ing 9jOx50 feet, and employ fifty hands,
tue business amounting TO 5000 600 per
year They manufacture their own hubs,
spokes and lClloes. Ship mostly 10 Lousl.
ana and Texas.
Joseph Bell & Co., Wheeling. proprie,
tors of the Arlington Stove Work., man
ulsclure. from 5000 10 5000 stoves per
year, using 800 tons OF pig iron. They
make specially Of the Arlington Cook
Stove, a soft coal stove. Fifty hands are
employed in the works. Goods are ship'
ped TO all parts Of the country. rs-.a-
Sweeney, McCluney s. Co. are mapufac'
lureIs Of pressed and cut flint and French
hlnt glassware, office at Wheeling, ".
Va, mill at Martins Ferry. The works
cover nearly two acres Of ground. The
company run three furnaces, using from
400 TO 900 bushels Of coal per day. The
sales amount 10 $1,000 per day. They
have a cooling apparatus Of their own
patent, by which they secure % per cent
more product than by the old method.
J. A. Holiday s. Son, Wheeling, man
utacture sash, doors, blinds, and every
description Of building material. They
have been IN operation 20 years. 'Occu.
py two story building 90x75 feet, and
employ 40 hands. They have a.lun1beI
yard In connection with their works, and
handle 1000 900 feet per year, which Z
thoroughly seasoned before being made
up.
The Wheeling Hinge Company Is one
Of the three In the United States which
make a full line OF goods such as is ior
sale in hardware stores. They hav6 been
IN operation some 8 years, and are now
cutting into hinges over 1000 tons oil
IRON. Their product for 1872 was 10O,-
$40 dozen pair otstray and T. hinges and
butts, besides washers and wrought goods
very largely. In the season fire lshovelE
and pokers arc made. They employ 100
bands the year r6nnd, paying tor the
same about S96 900 per year. The buslT
ness is constantly increasing, and they
contemplate building new factory nexI
season Of the same capacity as the ONE
now In use. Mr.. A. G. Robinson Is Pres
dent, with L. E. Hanson, Vice President
aud managing man. The capital stock
Is 100000.
The Benwuod Iron Works, located at
Benwood, four miles below Wheeling W
Va, 10 an extensive establishment. When
running iull II turns out 5 $50 kegs Of naili
per week, running 101 machines. Makes
eco tons Of muck bar per week, having q
boiling and 4 heating furnaces. Employ
1875 hands, The cooper chop attached to
the works makes 1000 kegs per day. Tht
capital stock is 100000. A blast furnace
IS owned by the same company, OF Mar
tins Ferry, Ohio, just opposite the upper
part Of Wheeling. 1t Is AZ feet high, Il
feet bosh, and has turned out as high o.
40 tons Of pig iron in week, Uses most
" Lake Superior ores, and burns mix.
ture Of Stenbenville coke with that from
ConnellsVille. Is now in the last hall 0
the third year since blown In, and Is slil
doipg well. About 40 men are employees
ut the furnace.
The Superior Machine Company, man
u(acturers Of Superior Mowers and Reap
rEG, has been In operation three yeart
They make about {, $50 Of these machine
year The machines are very simple Il
construction. There Is not . cog Zee
or single extra RhRtt or unnecessary piec
about them, and only eight boltaand nut
arc used 10 o machine. II Is easily ant
conveniently handled, and II Is clstmet
that It does the work Of six or eigh
wheels and their eXtrn shafts or bearings
with one wheel and no extra shafts o
bearings. II Is unsurpassed as TO durabil
,ty. only the very best material being useI
10 lis manufacture, and tho most capable
men employed in making Il. Every ma
chine Is set up and fully tested before be
ing shipped. The works are located o.
Wheeling, ". Va. .a.
The Wheeling Iron and Nail Company
@aEe on an average 5000 kegs OF nail
yer week Of 81 days. Tho company la
Iq machines and employ 40 men ant
0oyStn the establishment. win use 26
IONS Of pig iron and $4,000 bushels Q
coal per week. The pig iron % obtainet
rom The AIAhOniug and Shelsngo Val
ieys The company owns large Goa
OanE near by the works, md the Goa
used costs 4ic per bu. This Is probabI.
Iae most complete mill in the country
u Turns out cut. nails and spikes OF o.
sizes, from IN SinCh spike to q incl
barrel nail. The company Is erecting
oIaSt furnace which will be In operation
oy January, 1874, and will make 800 ton
VI pig iron per week
The Norway Tack Company, Wheel
i9g, W, Va, manufacture everything I
me line Of lacks and ANAL nails. Com
usnced operations In May, 1869. tn