The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-04
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS
Collected In and Around This city.

Collected In and Around This CITY.
We have nothing especially new to
chronicle this week. All the mills are in
operation and are turning out large guam.
titles Of iron and nails, for which there is
fair demand.
The cooper shops, carpenters and wood
workers OF all kinds are doing all they can,
and having all they can do. Wholesale
business has been little slack for the
past ten days, which was attributable to
the freezing Of the river, but now that
this stream Is again unobStructed, there
has been a noticeable Frightening up with.
in the last day or two.
The glass business Is still little dull,
and some OF the manufacturers are little
discontented in consequence, but all the
older manufacturers are Of the opinion
that the dullness will not be OF any dnra'
ton, and in q few days or weeks at far.
thest, ali the furnaces in this community
will again be in operation.
WHEELING.
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co. have been
pushing the erection OF their new factory
and finishing touches to the furnace.
Through an inadvertence this furnace was
termed five pot one, when 1t should have
been q fifteen pot furnace.
Work at the Pottery began Thursday
and In the course OF q few weeks the
whole establishment will be on full.
A new furnace will be built at the
Central Glass Works about the 1st OF
January. The furnace will be Gill gas
furnace, at least twelve pots, and much
larger than any one now In use by the
company.
Orders are comparatively plentiful and
business fairly good.
MARTINS FERRY.
At the Buckeye Glass Works there is q
very good holiday business going on, and
the managers do not feel very apprehen'
siye about the future.
The Benwood furnace Is In full blast and
is turning out good quantity and quality
OF pig iron.
The Laughlin Nail Works are in full op
Grafton.
The Benwood furnace Is now turning
out about 90 tons OF metal perday. Before
It's recent rebuilding 1t averaged about 80
to So.
.ETEAEILLR.
The Etnaville Iron Works are on full,
and are turning out large quantities oil
iron.
The Nail City Glass Works are making
bottles, TASKS and full line OF their spe'
cialties which they are sending to South
ern and Western markets,
BRIDGEPORT.
The La BELL Glass Works.are in full
blast just now, but the fires will be put out
within the next two weeks to allow the
replacing OF the old boilers with new
ones. A tolerableg good business Is reported
from these works.
The West Wheeling Paper mill is rum
ming as usual.
BELLAIRE.
The foundry and machine shop run in
connection with the Etns Glass Works are
in full blast. The glass works are running
full, although trade is little dull. Holi.
day goods are being manufactured and Tor
these things there is fair demand.
The Belmont Glass Company are only
running one Of their furnaces Just now.
The Bellaire Window Glass Works are
on full, and business Is moderately good.
The recent freeze up has caused temper
airy suspension Of orders, but all the win.
dow glass men think the outlook excellent
for brisk trade in few days.
II is likely that the fires in one II not
two OF the furnaces Of the Goblet Works
will be put out in day or two on account
OF dullness in the glass business.
The Riverside blast furnace Is running
satisfactorily, and turning out iron In
abundance.
The Benwood nail factory is on in full.
We noticed large number OF nails from
this mill lying at the Benwood landing
yesterday which went South in the after
noon on the Hudson.