The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-11
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What Is Going ON in our work shops
All orThem In Full Blast and Boon

What Is Going ON I'm our work shops
All of Them In Pull Blast and Boom.
ing.
We took our usual tour Of the work
shops in this city and vicinity yesterday,
and we found most satisfactory state OF
affairs prevailing in all Of them. All
the mills in this city, as well
as those in our suburban towns are in
active operation and doing their utmost.
Furnaces are being prepared as rapidly as
possible for the winter trade, and stocks
Of coal and coke are being laid in. All
the window glass and glass houses are
now at work, and.their operators predict q
full and paying years work. We give the
results Of our trip:
The Buckeye Glass Works, at Martins
Ferry, are now at work with one furnace,
the largest one, but fires are being lighted
In another one and glass will be made
next week. So by the latter part Of the
week the factory will be In full operation.
The new Nail City Glass Works are
nearly ready for glass making. The fur.
mace has been completed and fires will be
lighted this evening. The furnace is q
six.pot stone one, and Is one OF the most
complete In the West. The buildings are
the factory, ware house and other con-
yenient smaller building, caves, packing
room, sand houses, &C., the whole 'front.'
ing 300 feet on the river and O & P. r. K.
There are fourteen tempering ovens.
Beer bottles will be made a specially and
the works will start up with large mum
Der Of orders. The officers are Hugh
Sterling, President; Alfred PAUL, Score.
tary; Harry w. Mcclure, traveller, and
George w. Robinson, Manager. The
works are complete throughout.
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co. are making
glass in two furnaces, and will have theii
} new ono done by the first Of October.
The Benwood Mill Is running full in al
departments, except the furnace.
} Is on full, and the management repor
/. business reasonably good.
s Anew two-story brick warehouse l6l
!, by 20 feet is being built at the Bellairt
Mill. A part OF this building will be uset
i for Office purposes. This building will b.
!. rooied with iron and slate, and will bt
y Gre proof. A new switch is being put int
. the stock house Of the Bellaire Mill, which
I will conduce very materially 10 the con
4 yenience OF the company, as then the coal
!. coke and iron ore can thus be unloadet
]. readily and only handled one time
New boilers 90 feet by AZ inches hay,
!, Just been put in.
g The Goblet Works at Bellaire are run
8 ningvery full, and have large numbe
: OF orders ahead. IL
|. The Baron Manufacturing Company q
Bellaire is turning out tumblers in larg
quantities.
|. The new Union Window Glass works a
o Bellaire was blown In on Wednesda!
afternoon, and glass Is now being made
a The glass made so far Is most satisfactor.
v and BY next week these works will be a
!. work in earnest. The buildings neces
sary to the operation OF this company ar
i large, convenient and commodlous ant
form quite valuable addition TO tn
o manufacturing interests 9f the "Glas
. City," Mr.. VIM. @. Stewart Is Preslden
II OF this company, S. I. Satterthwait, Vic
i. President, and O. @. Kelley, Secretary.
d The Bsllaire Window Glass Work
Is blew in one furnace Thursday and vii
n blow IN the other furnace next week. Th'
n glass made is very fine.
/ Work on the repairs TO the Benwoo'
d furnace at Martins Ferry is going oil
k rapidly. New hot air pipes are being pu1
d in and the blast is being reconstructed
The repairs to the furnace and stack ar
e progressing finely
1t Rodefer Brothers National Glass Works
r at Bellaire, are turning out large quantitie
n Of lamp chimneys.
1t To-day will BIO pay day at Hobbs, Brock
unier & Co.'s, the Top mill and Belmon
|. mill. :,
IS The Belmont mill is working very ful
d in all departments, as Is also the Riverside
I with the exception OF the furnace.
ct Sagger making has begun in the pottery
and BY the first Of October the whole fat
n tory will be in operation.
IT The planning mills are all running iul
n and lumber Is in brisk demand on accoun
" OF the large amount Of building now &c
Is ing on. -
The lEsna Mill Is running full. The re
pairs TO the roof have been completed.
!. The repairs to the Riverside furnace ar
" going on as rapidly as possible, and tn
furnace will 90 into blast in October.
le The new Tuscarawas railroad is doing
o large nail transportation business fr L
II this city to the West, Notwithstanding II
" Indifferent facilities for handling the bus
70 iness, as many as 2, 900 kegs per day bein
81 shipped over the line. 1t Is understoo
10 that the B. & o. people have "kicked"
J.. good deal against this diversion OF freigh
ID TO the new line, and in consequence hav
y putup the transfer rates on coke delivers
o. TO the Belmont furnace from the r, W
Il & KY. road.
vi Speaking Of the new road, we hear c
d complaints against Its tardy delivery Q
ID freight for houses in the city here.