The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-08-21
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Work is very unsettled at Shawnee, O..
Yesterday was pay day at the La Belle
Mill.
The Church Hill, Ohio, coal works are
doing quite well Just now.
The Davis Big Vein mine, at Blooming
ton, Md, will no doubt runa fall.
The new gas furnace at the Central
Glass Works Is working very satisfactory,
The miners in the vicinity Of Piedmont,
W. Va, are only running about half time
now.
J.J. Gill, Of steubenyille, has taken out
a patent on q machine for finishing open
end glassware.
During the past year 202 persons were
killed In the coal mines Of Pennsylvania,
and OPS injured.
The Baron mandatory and the Buck.
eye Lantern company, at Bellaire, are
running right along.
The Remington coal mines, Maiden,
w. Va, will run as long as the river
keeps up. About 60 men are employed.
The Etna glass works, at Bellaire, Is
doing full share OF business in It's line,
with every prospect Of continued success.
The glass bottle blowers Of the Western
district have decided. to ask an advance Of
ten per cent, and will 30 notify manutac.
turers.
The Jefferson iron works, Steubenville,
o., are in full blast, excepting the mines
and coke oven, the miners still being on q
strike.
The nail works at Bellaire are running
full time, with William Stewart as super
intendent during the temporary absence
OF II. L. Beck.
The "shove.unders" were all at work
yeaterday and the Misunderstanding be.
tween them and the manufacturers will be
adjusted to-day.
Mr.. shannafelt is progressing so rapidly
with the new St Clairsville railroad, that
it Ia believed the cars will be running be.
fore winter sets in.
The Belmont glass works is running its
two furnaces steadily, as usual. 1t is one
Of Bellaire's thriving factories, under Mr..
Elson's management
Steam power IL rapidly taking the place
OF horse power for threshing. About two
bushels Of good coal will thresh one hun.
bred bushels Of wheat.
Hobbs, Brockunier& Co.'s new fifteen
pot Gill furnace is going up as rapidly as
possible, and when completed will be the
largest furnace in the world.
A half dozen Etna Mill men started for
Birmingham, Ala, stnight The follow.
ing are the names Of the parties: Elmer
Moore, Isaac Brace, Window Davis, Thos.
Davis, Henry McInnick, and Thomas
Lewis.
| Work at the Pottery is progressing
satisfactorily and portion Of the build
ings will be occupied within the next ten
!. days or two weeks The machinery is
nearly all in and the new buildings are
. rapidly approaching completion.
The Bellaire nail works blast furnace i
in active operation turning out Its full
quota OF iron. Edward Jones, the mana
ger, Is highly pleased with the start he ha:
made. Everything is working nicely, with
prospect OF very successful run.
, The National glass works, one OF Bell
aires principal manufacturing establish
ments, is not yet running to Its full capa
city, but will be in very short time. The
prospects for successful and profitable
fire are very encouraging to the Rodeiei
Bros.
The new addition to the Bellaire win
dow glass works lie completed and the new
ten-pot furnace ready for operation. The
. old furnace was reduced to eight pots, anC
both are ready for the fires. This success
, full company have this year increased the
capacity OF the works about so per cent
/ The fires will not be started until mex
! month owing to the combination.
} The East Liverpool potters are anxious
J that the Wheeling Steubenville, and
> Wellsyille potteries should not 60 ahead
The Tribune OF last week contained very
: blue article on the subject oil the depress'
> ed market in white ware, stating that pot.
. tiers in "insolated" PLACES like Wheeling
Wellville, and steubenville will feel the
shock to greater extent than it will be
, felt in East Liverpool. .u
The Goblet Works Company have the
old works In active operation, while the
new works in the First ward were fred uI
Yesterday. These works have two fur.
naces, the old Ohio ten-pot furnace, and
the new thirteen.pot gas furnace, built
this summer. twill only require a few
days 10 get in good working order, and
glass will be made next week. The com
pany Is in excellent trim, with orders suf
ficient to put the entire works in active
operation from the start.-Bellaire hide
Ipe,dent.>
The ohio Valley Nes, Martins Ferry,
says: "Perhaps many Of the citizens Of
this county are not aware that we have
$4,000 OF stock in the Central Ohio road,
and but few are aware that q bill Yves
passed two years ago giving the Commits.
another road We are informed that q
move Is on foot TO transfer 1t to the road
, leading from St Clairsville to the 7. v. R.
! We are informed that the heavy tax
payers Of the south end OF the county
favor the move, and one OF the heaviest
taxpayers OF Bellaire has expressed his
willingness to favor 1t.
The new Union Window Glass Works,
at Bellaire, are rapidly assuming shape.
The buildings are about all completed,
save a few openings that are 10 be made,
and few doors to be hung. The furnace
Is drying out finely, and they have two
ovens, or eight aattening stones, already
burnt, and ready ioF use. The brick work
on the aattening oven will be completed
this week, and they will begin 10 heat up
and getth!nRsin shape preparatory for the
manufacture Of glass, next week. They
have pots made for four sets, and enough
material on hands to go right ahead with
the work. The only delay will be that
which is Necessary to properly heat their
furnace and pots.
PULPIT PoINrs.-Rev. DIR. A. J. LYDIA
will occupy the pulpit Of the Fourth Street