The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-04
I%NDUsTRIAL ITEMS.
VIVA, /. Doing In our various Eaelorie.
and Work sbops-Business Brisk .
aooa I,dIeation. for the Future.

what IL Doing In Our Various Faeieries
and Work sbops-Business Brisk
Good Indications for Future.
Among our workshops there would bea
general buzz Of activity were It not for the
Intensity Of the heat which renders pro-
tractedl labor impracticable andimpossible.
All OF the nall mills, the forge depart
ments, and the glSsS houses have been
or less embarrassed by this draw.
back, and in all Of them only partial time
has been made for the last fortnight, A
reporter OF this paper made a tour of
nearly all the principal places Of industry
Yesterday in this city, Bellaire,
bridgeport, Etnayille, Benwood and
Martln's Ferry and found the con-
dition Of things described above
prevailing in all. This state Of things has
been rather annoying TO allmanuiacturers,
as orders are plentiful, some Of them ur-
gent, and after the protracted idleness. or
rather unsatisfactory run in the summer
months, q steady run vas desirable. All
OF the manufacturers We have met are
very cheerful over the prospects, and
think the coming fall and winter will be
seasons Of prosperity and steady work for
them. This Is true OF all departments OF
industry in our midst, and we hope within
the next week or ten days to see mills and
factories working TO their utmost capacity.
At the Benwood furnace at Martins
Ferry extensive repairs are going on: The
engines and machinery are undergoing a
Thorough o%yerhanling; the stock house
has been improved and repaired, and
other necessary repairs made to the build
Iings. The furnace Is also undergoing
general repairs, such as new lining back
and front; q new hearth; new stacks for
the boilers; q anew sheet iron roof for the
casting house, and q new hot blast oven
out aud out. The furnace is being remod-
eled by raising the tuyeres higher, thus
Improving the blowing properties. This
furnace Is a foot larger all over. The lin
ing will be completed Monday, and the
furnace blown In by the middle oil 0cto.
Der.
The Buckeye Glass Works will start up
one furnace Monday and another one as
soon as the repairs to 1t are completed.
There is q general stock OF tablet ware,
lamps, lantern globes and lamp chimneys
on hand with which 10 fill orders. The
work Of filling in the furnace began Thurs
day.
The New Etna Glass Works, OF Bell.
ARE, have started out very auspiciously,
and are getting all the orders they can
handle. The foundry and machine shops
connected with these works are all work
ing very full.
The Bellaire and Southwestern Railroad
Company have laid a third rail between
the Etna Glass Works and B. 4 o. tracks,
thus giving the Glass Company easy COM
munication east and west.
The National Works, Rodeger Bros, al
at Bellalre, are working on chimneys,
lantern globes, founts and TASKS.
The Belmont Glass Works, at Bellaire,
areruuningt to their utmost!capacity. Theil
elevator broke down a few days ago, injur.
ing two employees rather seriously.
The Goblet works, at Bellaire, Monday
will be on full. The new furnace will be 10
operation at that time. These works have
a capacity Of 20 pots or $50 barrelsa week
being the largest in Bellaire.
The fires have been lighted In the FUR
mace OF the New Union Window Glass
Works at Bellaire, and glass will be made
next week.
The Bellaire Nail Works and blast fur
nace are working full, with . prospective
steady run.
Yesterday was pay day at the Bellaire
nail mill. aI
The forge department and nail mill al
the Benwood Mill have only been making
partial tims during the last week on &C.
count Of the intense heat. 1t is expected
that all departments e1ts?s the furnace,
will be on full next Monday.
Those pupils who had remained ct Mt,
De Chantal during the vacation, visited
the Benwood Mill Thursday, and through
the kindness OF Manager Jake Altmyeri
were shown through Il. Jake says he at
tempted to teach some OF them TO cul
nails, but he didn't think he succeeded
very well.
The Bellaire Window Glass Works will
blow in one OF their furnaces next week
and the other one q week later. When
both are in operation this company will
have increased their producing capacity
about 60 per cent.
The Bellaire Window Glass company
\ have erected an elegant new office on
lUnion street, which Is the handsomest
one in this neighborhood.
The Buckeye Lantern company have
sold during the present year 20 per CEN
moro goods than they did last year, and
look for an Increased trade for the remain
ing part Of Ii.
The Wheeling Bottle Works have near:
" finished the repairs to their furnace ano
will soon be in operation.
All the fire brick and sewer pipe factor
les in the yicinityo Of New Cumberland, or
both the Virginia and Ohio side OF the
river, are in operation, doinga good bust.
ness with fine prospects, Of q good fall
trade. The fire brick business, especially
is exceedingly good.
The nail mills in the city are running on
as full time as the intense heat will per.
nit
The glass houses in this city report 9
good trade end are running full time.
The repairs TO the Riverside Furnace OF
Benwood, are progressing rapidly and this
furnace will also be blown in in October,
The furnace Is being refined, and q new
stack Is being built near 1t for other pur'
poses.
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co., are pushing
their new furnace as rapidly as possible.
The Belmont, Riverside and Top Mills
are running as full as the heat will allow.
The North Wheeling Glass Works are
making TASKS exclusively.
The Nail City Glass Works at Bridge
port, will be making glass within the nexl
fort night.
The paper mills at Fulton and west
Wheeling are both running full.
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L1DsLEY ISsrlrurE.-This popular school
for boys will open next week for the fall
term, and the indications are that It will
enjoy a prosperous year, The building,