The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-09-16
FROM pELLA1RE, OHIO.

Further Of tho Geological Formation Of thC
DStriet-ImmenIe Beds Of Limestone and
GRANDDAUGHTER Lutheran Church Etli-
fS-AnOtlsr WIndoU Glass Company
a NoVa Ripr Graft.
Special Correspondence OF tho Pittsburgh Com
mGreiAl.
BELLArRB, o, September 10, 1874.
In our geological formation Is found ar
aggregation oil thirty.fve feet in thickness
Of compact limestone, which consists OIL
two beds, one fifteen feet and the other
twenty feet thick. OF tho first, Professor
Ollie says: "some OF this, in places, will
make a desirable building stone, but
1t will require to DO sawed rather than
hammered, as It s very lriable,
but will polish well, and as It 10 some
times filled with coral FOSSILS and white,
will be esteemed for ornaments" And
Of the second: "a heavy bed OF COM
pact limestone OF twenty feet In thickness,
some ol which Ia magnetism and Others
pure carbonate. This rock does not
quarry well for building material, and jls
chief value will be its use for cement and
manure, which 10 no small item" 1t will
be observed then, by the foregoing, that,
aside from the fifteen feet deposit Of &C.
ment rock spoken Of before, we have also
q quantity Of that valuable material In the
twenty.leet deposit Of limerick. The
limerick from this bed ID being exten.
sively used in the blast furnaces Of our
neighbOrhood, q utilization of that ma
terial that Is not ioreshadowed in the
above report, and which Is a conside
matter OF mineral wealth. This rock will
also make a good lime, and, 10 q CON-
pany with ordinary business energy and
go-ahead-itiVeness TO bring It into the
market In competition with other lines,
II would prove paying investment. Of
this rock lime has 10 some extent been
manufactured and exported, and Wherev.
or used was pronounced OF superior
quality; and We entertain no fear Of the
result should II once be fairly brought be.
lore the dealers In that product. Also, in
our invoice Of mineral resources, we are
constrained 10 mention two beds Of COM
pact sandstone; one forty feet thick and
the other eighty feet thick. The first is
remarkably easy oil access, and is q vslua.
BILE stone Tor purposes Of masonry. The
piers and abutments oil the Wheeling and
Bellaire bridges are constructed OF this
stone, and the latter especially is as dura-
BILE as the eternal hills" The curbstone
Of our city psvements are quarried from
this bed, and we have them eleven feet
long, two feet deep, with six inch face.
We could not append more favorable
comment.
The German Lutheran congregation Of
this city are erecting handsome little
brick church on Fourth street. Success
will attend this effort, because they are
10 earnest. The minister in charge gives
the work his personal supervision, and Is
frequently seen hard at work with the
laborers.
A movement has lately been inaug-
urated to organize another company in
our city, having for their object the man.
uIacture OF window glass. Competing
railroads and river, and consequent
chespness OF freights, coupled with our
uhluIal advantages, hIo uOlER tuelE WOIk.
Our cnterprising townsman, MIR. James
Nicoll, Jr., Of the planning mill firm Of
James Nicholl &c Son, proposes, at some
time not far distant, 10 build novel craft
to ply on the Ohio river, and 10 be used
for purposes Of pleasure exclusively. Said
craft will be proportional go that her
width Of beam will be one.eighth her
length, and her depth Of hold about one.
fourth her width oil beam; She will have
only one deck, with rooms fore and aft
her boiler and engine for the sccommoda.
ton OF her passengers, Speed and eCono.
my in running expenses will constitute
the rule of action In her construction.
Three men are to man her, and her fur.
mace and boiler are to be Of such types as
to make lots OF steam with small guam
tity Of fuel. s. h. L.