The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-29
T.E Isos AND NAIL TRADE.

raE IRON AND NAIL TRADE.
raur of the vine. ling Mflls-I"for-
usrsou m 20 the Present Csndiiieh
or the business ard Future Pros
meets OF the lndnstrtal Essa0nsn'
ments OF that Ctty. Ss'3
rrom the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
A reporter of this city was in Wneei.
NO on Saturday, and made 0 tour OF Inc
ron mills of that thriving city with
view of ascertaining the condition OF the
.,sde and the prospects for the future.
Tbe information derived Is appended:
BELMONT MILL.
The frat establishment visited was the
Belmont Nail works, which is rurning
full in all department 8. A member OF
the arm stated they are piling up stock
in arnectancy of q brisk fall trade, but
have little encouragement for run
during the summer. The proprietors OF
the wheeling mills find it quite d'fncui'
to keep pace with Pittsburgh IN the cut
ting down of prices, and while the latter
Law the blame upon Wheeling, the mill
OWL ers there assert it is the Pittsburgh
.nills which .cut under" The represen-
tatiye of the Belmont works insisted tnat
they have regularly sold their nails az
card rates.
LABELLB MILL.
The Lsbelle mill is in operation, but
the gentlemen connected with the frm
were unwilling to disclose any lnforms
tion rs to the present condition OF the
trade or prospects for the future
TOP MILL.
The Wheeling Iron and Nail Com
parry, or Top Mill as it is generally
known, is running to Its full capacity
This and all the other mills OF wheel
ing were idle ten days short time since
en- account Of the boilers strike I'M
iron prospects at present look very blue
and comparatively speaking, they hav'
no orders ahead. They will run tn
mill till July first, when they will sus
pend operations for the hot months. The
arm Is preparing the blast furnace buli
since 1873, to 60 into operation In tn
fall.
KTNA MILL.
The Etns Iron and Nail .Compan!
has all of its departments In operation
This mill was idle some time ago on &c
count of financial embarrassment, Wnicf
has been overcome.
CREEK OR CRESCENT MILL.
The Creek Mill, or Whitaker 1ror
Company, is not running IN full. Ine
mill employs $50 men at present. Ihs
firm manufacture nothing but sheet iron
The railroad iron and spike mill IN coL'
nection with this establishment is idle
and there is no immediate prospect OF its
starting up. Adjoining the Creek Mil
is a patent sheet iron measure and kee
mill. Measures and kegs of all sizes art
manufactured, and are greatly in de
msnd. The firm is not doing much bus
mess, but anticipate large fall trade
They are stocking what iron they are
now manufacturing.
RIVERSIDE MILL.
The Riverside mill ia running full,
manufacturing nails, railroad spikes and
bar iron, and employing about 700 men
A member OF this finn stated to the re-
porter that prices are very unsatisfactory
but asserted that they had not sold keg
of nails or pound of iron under the
C rrd rates. The firm manufacture their
own pig iron and turn out 900 tons per
week. The Riverside mill is one of the
large est in the country. They have l2S
machines and manufacture sixty-eight
hundred kegs of nails per week.
BENwooD MILL.
The Benwood Nail Works is also run.
ming to its full capacity. One hundred
and twelve nail machines are in opera
ton at present and the firm will shortly
increase the nu nber to l45. The works
give employment to AGO men in tie dit
ferent departments, and with the above
number of machines manufacturing from
$500 to 5000 kegs OF nails per week
TIE Benwood mill is the finest
in the country. 1t is entirely new,
and is freproof throughout. The nail
department is 500 ieet long and l2O iest
wide. Over the grind stones, which
mum Der four sets, twelve in each get, is
erected patent blower for the purpose
of blowing the dust from the stones when
used BY the nailers. This is an inven
ton tor preserving the health Of nallers
The pudding mill is III by 10; the boil
er and heating department l45 by 81;
and the machine shop, which is ior the
finishing and repairing Of all kinds Of
machinery, l02 by SO. One of the own
ers stated that the trade lie 10 no way en-.
couraging at present, that their orders
are light and the prices for nails very
low.
FALLING OFF IN PRODUCTION.
Another prominent manufacturer in.
formed the reporter that Wheeling had
not turned out nearly 30 many nails in
the last six months rs formerly. There
has been falling of of at least 100 OOC
kegs. His mill had manufactured &c..
600 kegs less than usual in six months
time. He also said that nails had been
selling at such reduced rates that the
mills were Just sbou. making expenses
and no more. He insisted that nails had
been sold vt about their cost.
THE COUKTs.
Yesterdays Proceedings In the DIFF
ferent Judiciary BOutes.
CIRCUIT COUKT-JUDGE MELVIN.