The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-31

ton. He was coroner. John McCollocl
was County Clerk, Robt. @. Woods, Count!
Surveyor, Zachariah Jacob, Escheator o
Estates, and Solomon King and Hiram D
Brown, Notaries Public.
Lawyers were not SO plenty in our midS
in those days as they are now. Thei
names were saml. Atkinson, Moses W
Chapline, james A. Clarke, Noses c
Good, VIM. Mcconnell, Morgan Nelson
Sam'l. sprigg, Lewis steenrod. Alex. VII
son, jeremiah G. Armstrong, Francis G
Campbell, James s. Wheat, Zachariah Ja
cob, John McFerran, John L. Gewby, Jas
S. Stevenson, Win. B. Donaldson.
There were three banks in Wheeling Ii
1896, viz: the Northwestern Bank Of vir
ginia, the Merchants and Mechanics
Bank, and the Wheeling Savings Institu
ton. Archibald Woods, was President Of
the first named, John List, Cashier, H.
D. Brown. teller, and John S. Browne,
clerk. Redick Mckee, was President oi
the N. NJ, Geo. A. Clark Cashier, John
Morgan, first teller, and VIM. B. Quarter,
first book.keeper. Thomas Hughes was
President OF the Savings Institution, and
Daniel Lamb, Treasurer. II
There was but one insurance company
in Wheeling at that time, viz: the Fire 4
Marine, capital 100000. John Faucet,
was President, and Danial Lamb Secretary.
Among the business houses noticed in
the Directory were the following: The
Wheeling Rolling Mill. During the year
previous 1--WE are told) It had turned out
500 tons OF nails OF oil sizes, from I'd up to
cod, and 1900 tons Of bar, bolt, sheet and
boiler iron. Aggregate value about $685.
O0O." Next came the Wheeling Paper
Mill. 1t worked mp 1000 pounds OF rags
per day into about 40 reams Of paper." "
Next, the Fulton Paper Mill. 1t manu-.
iactured annually "about 1l0 tons Of rags
into paper worth about $4,000, and con-
sumed about 5000 bushels Of coal" J"
Next, the Virginia Paper Mill. Itworked
up "about 100 pounds OF rags every "a
hours into about 60 reams OF paper" Next,
and the last, came ''Thc Point Paper Mill" :"
It worked up "about ITO tons OF rags per
annum into about SOS, 900 worth Of paper" I"
There were numbero Glass factories in
Wheeling in those days, viz: tho Franklin,
manufacturingabout4, 500 boxes Of window
glass; the Wheeling Glass Works, turning
out "about AGO boxes Of glass per month";"
the Clinton manufacturing "about 5000
boxes annually; the "yial Glass Works"
making "about SIS, 900 worth Of vials and
bottles;" the "Flint Glass Works." manu-
featuring about the same, and the Grown
Glass Works" not then completed.
Lewis Stifel carried on "Calico printing
and dycing" on tho "West side of Main
and north OF Jefferson street." where he
was prepared "for printing from 800 to
100 yards per day, his daily average being
from 100 to 200 per day..
John Eckert carried on Stocking Weay.
ing on the East side Of Main eastof Jeffer-
son, where he kept three and sometimes
four looms in motion and manufactured
from 10 to is pairs OF stockings per day,
according to size"
John Knote, on the west side Of Main
street, north OF Union street, "manuiac.
tured from the first Of March, 1885 to Feb
ruary Goth, 1896, o,126 saddles, a large pro-
portion OF brides, besides harness, trunks,
and other articles OF saddlery to great
amount.
Samuel McClallan, carried on the same
line OF business on the west side Of Main
street, opposite the Court House.
Jacob Hornbrook, had Chemical
Works" on the corner OF Centre and Fifth
streets, where he manufactured. acids and
yitriols, ink and ink powders, ammonia,
and the various chemical salts, carbontc
charcoal powder, and charcoal for rectity.
ing liquors"
There was one steam planning mill In
Wheeling ut that day, owned by George
vennum, "where boards were ripped into
breadths OF from three to eight inches for
flooring, and then run through the PLAN
ing machine, one side planed, one edge
tongued, and the other grooved, all at the
same time" ..
Thomas Sweeney carried on the Foun'
drv business, and used in the course Of a
year from 1000 to 5000 tons Of pig metal,
out Of which he cast "all kinds Of steam
engine and machine castings, all kinds OF
coal and wood stoves" Nearly all the
pipes for the Water Works in this place
says the Directory were cast by him,
and he is at present engaged in casting
the pines for tho Steubcnville, Ohio, Water
Works"
And so We might 50 on through several
columns OF business cards and announce
ments in the Directory, did our space per-
nit Those were the days Of small things
in Wheeling, but they were days not to be
despised by any means, even in compare
son with present times. Wheeling was q
live town as far back as 1886.
A SrEuBEsvrLLE man who visited some
Of the potterics at East Liverpool on Tues
day, was agrecably disappointed at find
Ing tho proprictors communicative and
genial. lie concludes an account OF his
visit as follows;
az have been under the impression
heretofore that East Liverpool manuiac
turers were opposed to works at steubon,,
vile or other places along the river, but
was agreeably disappointed yesterday, FOL
they took sensible view Of the matter
saying that the business was small yot y
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