The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-03


It is not quite year since this impor-
tsnt Nail Mill was entirely destroyed by
fire. Its destruction was Il great blow
to the village Of Benwood, and especially
to the operatives OF the mill, aud fell
heavily upon many stockholders. Fortn-
nately, the company had an amount OF
insurance that was so we'll placed on the
property az TO make nearly all Of it re.
Goverable, and thus gave them salvage
Of an important character around which
to rally and rebuild. The loas however
was still heavy, owing to the 10000 kegs
Ot nails consumed in the mill and ware.
house; but heavy as it was the company
determined to rebuild on large and ex-
pensive scale. They resolved To build u
mill that would never be destroyed by
fire, and to this end invited proposals for
an iron mill
1t was we'll into summer when the
company got fairly under way rebuild
I0g. Its no small matter to put up such
mill as is now 10 be seen at Benwood.
Contracts had TO be made with various
parties for various parts OF the extensive
work necessary to be done. The iron
part Of the building, covering such an
innarsa are, oF roofp, wos ,r i,,ro.
tSnt mart of the nav establishment and
next TO IL wa, the machinery Tb,s mn.
chiperv included new and nowerfu
engine for the Forge depar,ment new
trsins of nuck aud sboo, ro,Is uoohi,o
shon n lar,e runbsr of nav nail ma,
chimes u naw ws,er worL, and o,har IA.
tails too pumerous n mapt;on
SLOWLY bu. srrelv IN. work of rehr;,d.
inc on the large and imurovsd .c.,o laid
ont bv the companv has proyrcs.ad uD,;I
now thav NAV Ls ssid N b,v. ,rs;yoJ a,
The communication Of their labors and
TO have compleled the finest nail mill in
the United States. 1t ia entirely con.
.tructed nj iron atone and brick Thars
ia nothinp about il ,ba, can b,rp ma,
even the floor. in the nail factory which
ara laid throuvhou. with fire brick nm
end The pail machine. re.t nm bs,vv
iron laid upou a bed nj rnck a. soliJ ss
sdamaut
Within the limit, of orr available
space we cannot hope'to do iu.,ies IN the
many points about the new mill worthy Of
mention. Almost ull our people who ars
e,vecially Interested IN iron l,ay. visited
il during the cour.e of il. e,ec,ion and
IN. universal verdict !. that II "a. modal
concern in every respect Its co., when
all the finishing touche. ar. nut nm will
bs about slGO OOO-au amount of nopev
that several years spo would no, have
vone mnch more than half ma i,ra !, b,s
yo,e in nuttinvun TN. n.w BenwooI Nan
The company maid cash for every,b;r,
and consequently oot haitian ,ric.. i"
tb.ir'contracts. Wha,i,mor. and better
they pot frat elias, ,n.t.ri.laoI fra, Gins.
work In mi, respecl thew h.v. studied
true ecouomv
The new IeuwooJ bs. L..u buiIt upou
IN. late., and mo., imnrovsI ,1,ns fnr
saving apv waste of e,nepse Ith,. M
arranged the boiliuy and heating fnr.
mace, with ,s.n.c, 10 u,o ,o,,, ."J ,ho
nail factory with rs.nsct IN nilinn nnI
shipping Of nail. and III. who,e nil viii
respect to the reeein, of or. on1 nir
metal by river and rail, ouJ ,bs rorein, in
and distribntiou Of coal On m oIo.a,aJ
railway,a.to reduc. distance I,hor and
expense to the lowest possible MAXIMUM