The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-24
oUpMANUFACrURING INTERESTS
ReIIaire's Claim 10 Prominence as
Manufacturing TOWn-Her
Mills and FactOries-1Iass-
uare and Nails.

n anufactur1ns IO"H
Mills and FaetOries-GIass-
ware and Nails.
There are few places in this country
that have grown in wealth and Populs-
ton as has the young and thriving city
If Rellaire. There are still fewer places
that have increased their msnutactur-
irg facilities as this city. With her river
and three railroads she affords better OPP
portunities for shipping manufactured
products to all parts OF the world thsn
many other places similarly To-
Gated And another advantage
that she has, is that coal Is rlght At 'her
very door. and can be mined ind delivered
at the various factories at so small cost
that the advantage is lar greater thSn
one could imagine. Men OF eher sy anu
unbounded business capacities saio, wnen
the town was first laid out, that with her
advantages, she would at some DAY IN
the near future, become promlueLt
manufacturing place. These men have
already realized their expectation,
and now see numerous msnutsc-
turing establishments that have
been erected within the past
ten wears. The first manufacturing e.
Enlistment Of any Importance erected IN
the then village OF few hundred lnhso-
itants, was the
BELMONT GLASS WORKS,
started in 1865 by Barnes, Fsuple & Co,
of Wheeling, W. Va, as operatives,
with a cash capital of $4,000. This hrm
owned and operated the factory until
1868. when it changed hands and was
ipcorporated rs tue Belmont Glass
Works. The works are la"ge and com
mooiuus. There are two large "ten pot
furnaces used by these works, ana
over one hundred and fifty men
are employed in manufacturing
all kinds of glass table ware,
lamp goods and bar ware. Business WIN
these works has been frst-class from 1he
day they began to operate. The capital
stock has run up to $4,000 and yields an
income of nearly $3.50, 900 per year. The
pay roll, when one furnace Is run,
amounts to $1,000 per week. From TINS.
factory sprang other works CT like nature,
until there have been erected five other
factories for the manufacture OF glass ana
glass wares.
NATIONAL GLASS WORKS.
These works were built about ten years
ago and were incorporated as the National
Glass Works, and run by that company
until last July, when the works were
sold and purchased by Rodeter Bros-
for $l5,50O. The works are IN full op-
GRAFTON and have only one "ten pot Iur-
mace, and employ l2O hands IN making
chimneys, lantern-globes and lamp.
fonts. This class OF goods are made d
specially, ana great pains are taken ID
getting the glassware perfect.
WINDOW GLASS WORKS.
These works are located south o. the
creek, and were established in 1872, anc
Incorporated in the same year. The
works have one "ten pot" furnace, and
employ 60 bands, who turn out 81 900
fifty-f0ot boxes of window glass per
week. Window glass is made exclusive
ly here. The company is presided over
by S. NJ. Sheets, with j. w. Sanders as
secretary.
OHIO GLASS WORKS.
These works, started in 1872, are q
branch of from the Belmont, and are
located nearly opposite the Window
Glass works. This factory has one "ten-
pot" furnace, and when running, makes
flint glass lamp chmneys and globes
specia ity. This factory has been shut
down some time, with no likelihood OF
resuming operations soon.
BARoN MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
This establishment was incorporated
in 1870 as lantern factory only, but
since then the propretors.have gradually
branched out in their enterprise, until
now they make all kinds OF French
pressed tlnware speciality. Lanterns
are still made by this company,
for the Buckeye Lantern Company.
They make the new kerosene lantern,
that has had such a run during the past
season. This factory employs over one
hundred hands at present, and finds that
it has more work than can be done by
the present number of workmen.
GOBLET WORKS.
These works are the youngest of the
kind in the city, as they were the last
erected. They were built IN the fall of
last year, and went into operation on the
10Th of last January. The works has
one "eight-pot' furnace in operation and
will have "ten-pot" furnace built this
winter or next spring. Seventy hands
are engaged at this factory making COB
lets, exclusive of any other glassware
This is the only factory in the United
States where goblets alone are made.
BELLAIRE NAIL WORKS.
Thus is the only factory of the kind in
the city, and including the blast furnace,
the whole extends over four acres OF
ground. The establishment was built in
1867 and burned down shortly after it
was erected. The new mill was built on
the site of the former one. The factory
has ninety machines, eight of which
have the automatic feeders and
turn out nine hundred kegs OF
nails per day. The boiling depart
ment has twenty-one boiling furnaces
and three heating furnaces. The blast
furnace has q stack GO feet high, with
IL foot bosh, and Is capable of turning
out forty tons OF iron per day. There are
about 400 employees attached to this
establishment. The proprietors have no
claims 20 make in regard to an sdvan-
tage in making nails here, more than
that they make superior quality,
THE COURTS.