Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-22
WEST VIRGINIA,
from The STANDPOINT OF A CORRs-
SP0NOENT.
Glance al the Manufacturing Interests Of
Wbssling-Nail and Glass Factories
Fighting for PrOHis-Ihe
Capital Question.

FILNlINa W A'Ni't~ A"N
Capital Question.
s..., Correspondence Of the Enquircr.
WurEllNG, W. Va, May 10, 1879.
Wheeling is TO West Virginia what
p,-. IS 10 France. 1t is one Of
~, very few important places in the
..,,, which are easily accessible 70 the
.,,ssls world, and more is known OF il
.s,r rsrI the balance OF the State to-
..,,sr Il deserves special credit, for
-, building Of it seems TO have been
:, fsf4nce o, nature. \ man with
r,lsrate powers Of eNpectoration, and
.,,,lieI with a good article OF tobacco,
MI stand on the hill above the city
an almost cOataminlye the limpid
r,,sr, Of the Ohio below it at one squirt.
70 r., great length, but not much
r.sIth. and has found it necessary
,,-rtch its suburbs 10 the island and
I.Obi1 side. From Martins Ferry,
.- rra Ohio side, above, % Be.,aire and
Rs-R1oI below, Is a distance OF seven
--...,1- miles. and for that distance the
-r.r an both mirrors the fires OF line
20 H-,p manufactures Wheeling Is
.-.-.mfDeut.v manufacturing Cltv. II
...lrrrs everything IN the line of iron,
i-ln carpet tack up, and Is claimed TO
De
rHE LARGEST NAIL CENTRE
IN the United states. There are seven
f-r,s nail factories I'm ami about the city
.T-sl,s one no Steubcnville, which Is
rr,-luuou rs belonging to the same
Gu-.y.. and all of them are now run
Nm, but one, which made an UniOrtu-
-5.g iuyrstmentand l. closed up toawait
,l.s mrthe benefit Of the bondholdcrS.
rr., nail factories, with thgiraCCOmpJ-
-y.ag rolling mills, furnaces, mines,
r. gfvr employment to nearly four
thousand people, The stopPaEc OF all
these establishments no once would be
r,.a less than q calamity 20 the COM
u!nity. and their running gives mag
-.f.eut appearance of prosperity. lt Is
-4lI too. In the sense that II gives cm-
ra,mtut 10 wOrkingmen, but as to It's
wl,fng out well mathematiCally on the
rrY,s ut the companies there Is queS-
INN. Citizens generally seem 10 be-
H.g. that there Is not big money IN
H. business, and the manufacturers
generally say they know there is not
Nuur L1riug, OF the BenwoOd Iron
~ -s,. saws nail making is now run in
W.gt..u.ata q IeadlosS. Even before that
oh. business was not highly remuuera-
..a There has been mo- general StoppIge
..ue mills during the tight times, but
'..r have frequently run on short time.
III. failure % realize profits Is aSCrlbed
remotely to ovrrFrOductiOn amt direct
vu Eastern competition. labor being
,uucu cheaper I'M the East than IN the
W.,. Pittsburgh, Nteubenvl.Ie and
W.....u. are i'm the same boat i'm the
ra. business and are alike afflicted
g.sg Eastern manufactures are enab.ct
-al- down the price OF nails through
,l- .HeapueSs of labor, and 10 Is lntI-
-rgi that 10 movement to raise wages
u Pittsburgh succeeds, "a general lock
.A Gown lNr ii'aI VIII 'e"'" ~
mem, .t protection against further loss.
Na. factories with blast furnaces at
a.ui throughout are thought tO be I'M
a..-u better condition t1 resist the
El,eu reduction iu prices than those
.....-.....
GLASS NNN''N, "H
,t.rruxt largest branch of industry,
-. SNOW lu tJ.l blast, though there Is
,....u- u, tue same Doubt about the
s-.'- 'uar make, the mai, interest un-
certain. 4 leading -.I~, man uiJctuTer
SOL. '' ine writer that uis establishment
Ha, gong aHrai but with Such SINAI.
-E-H' ,Ha- 90 could not hr dcltI'H!Iitu
.'A whether there was any Rr'HI 'h ,'
.. .... IArre are many N'i'"''tI "'',,'", I
...- r>.3'.t>ii'htLiN' ht"i'S "l' ID.
A.. arc probably maNluS money, ahR
... .... s.@, nearly al tue "vIN'' '"' -t
... '-..r are Suing-t4"l 'Hete Is '"g
.... IS .' rum 40 a hazdrd -.NPedAa wen
..- ..lE. lI lht su'd tunes arr i'"'
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q. .i'.r ana the long tension OBJ tHr man
'..As.0- nerve relieved
uG C1rrN QUESTION.
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