The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-09-08
For CougrosI--Tirst District,
aENERAL NATHAN GoEF,
Of Harrison.
Tho Cenuipetal Power Company

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tentlon Of Wheeling mechanics attracted
more attention and investigation than did
the frst exhibition Of what 10 known o.
the oentripetAl Power Machine. For
weeks 1t was 0 constant theme Of CONVEX
Sation among mechanics, and occupied
not little space in the columns Of the
city preaS, -r.
No ono doubted itS novelty as On inven'
ton, but there was q wide difference oil
opinion % to the actual advantages to be
gained from its practical application.
When finally number OF our citizens
concluded 10 invest In 1t, and company
was formed for the manufacture Of ma
chinsry 10 be driven by the new power,
as II was called, there were not q few
who shook their heads in doubt, AZ"
rather considered the investment % =. sns
deep sea category, from whSn no'ning
would ever again sec 'Ae light oil DAY.
For nearly ysar the
uRNTRnETGL POWER COMPANY
have been engaged quietly but persist
emily in what might properly be called
preparatory work, and although once in
a while newspaper men have piled the
iuquisitive dredge, they have been able 10
bring up little OF interest TO the public.
The company managers, while exhibit
ing the Highest degree Of courtesy TO the
inquilitive itemizsr, have been Os mum as
General Grant on the third term. s-
Their operations, to the eye Of the un-
initiated, have partaken more Of the ma
tureOtphiloSophical experiments than The
reaching after practical results.
Latterty, however, in our rsmblingE
about the city and in our visits to neigh
boring towns We have observed numbers
Of these machines at work. Now and
then, too, there have appeared in the pa
pers certificates from those who have pur
chased the machines condltionally, attest
ing their merits and expressing the high
eat degree Of satisfaction with their work
ings. We have been at some pains TO dis
cover whether these certificates came from
mechanics who have always been pre-
possessed in It's favor, and have uniformly
found them TO have been given by gen
tlemen who not only had little or no faitt
in the labor and time saving merits oil thu
machine, but took the mschines on triA
with the distinct understanding that Il
they were NOT satisfied with them
they could return them. The machines
are not being returned. On Saturday las
we paid the factory visit and found thl
managers ready and willing to lead u
into the mysteries Of their seemingly lonl
delay in getting their manufactures on TIL
markets.
THE FACTORY
ls what Is known as the Phillips Machine
Shop, located in North Wheeling, on thC
bank OF the river, quiet cosy nook a
can be found in the city, away from TIT
public gaze, and just the place for all tht
world eminently fitted for the quiet, un,
disturbed development Of new and unIIiet
machinery. When the Cenhipetal Com
psny purchased these shops they hal
about rs tumbled down an appearance a
can well be imagined. Our visit showe(
US that in the renovation Of the works III,
hand Of q master was visible. In il
pAlmiest days as an Engine Shop it neveI
was the well ordered and convenient es
Enlistment that it has become under the
new management.
THE MACHINERY.
Internally it is an entirely new estab'
llshment. II is filled up with the finest
and latest improved machinery, much o.
which has been peculiarly adapted to the
use of the company by changes, modified
or invented by the Superintendent, Mr.
Davis, assisted by Mr.. Dewey.
IN THESE TWO GENTLEMEN
we might say are combined as much
mechanical genius, both practical and sci
enti6e, Is falls to the lot Of any one es
tAblishment in tho United States. Boil
OF these gentlemen believing the centn.
petal principal TO DO most completl
utillzer of all the power applied 10 tn,
driving Of machinery, set about thei
work with the determination Of adapting
considerable variety of machinery to ii
application. q. Ok slsg ~ rir
Realizing that the usefulness as well q
the sale Of their machinery depended
upon simplicity Of construction in con
junction with unerring accuracy in TIT
adjustment Of all the parts, so that TIT
most inexperienced would find no diff
Guilty in setting up the machines or re,
placing any Of the parts, they invented O
perfected system Of GIGS in which eacl
particular piece Is placed and securely
fastened in position, so that there is nj
possibility of varying even q hair
breadth in drilling the holes for thI
screws. In consequence Of this nicely O
precision al boxes and caps OF the SAINT
number may be thrown promiscuously
into heap and any two Of them will q
together as accurately as the parts Of
HALIrAAM WATCH. Indeed, all Their
GtaSgemens are based upon the famous
auphca'N system Of that celebrated watch
rrRrR 0SNBINED MACHINES
T ro VIC . ,S"S o. p'rsonal investigation
The managers Neye sought ont smono
many inventions tht.a noss,. oG' among
doubted merit, and wh~e hS1, Of IN
patents have bought them. S,b.uun l
chimes requiring heavy poWer, they "a
remodeled and simplihsd and improve
to suit the known wants Of difIeren
branches Of industry, so that tn
mechanic and the farmer can flnd va,
riety Of machines, either single or com
bIned, exactly suited 70 his wants or an,
a.