Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-06
IHDUsTRIAL ITEMS.


Fifteen iron steamers are now under con-
struetion on the Delaware.
The Warren, Ohio, mill continues run
ming steadily, with plenty of orders.
Mr.. John hickman, mailer at the La
Belle mill, is very i'll with typhoid fever.
Two new double pudding furnaces are to
be erected at the Etua Iron Works,
sharpsburg, Pa.
The new Howard, Illinois, Locomotive
Works, which are TO be erected on section
IL, at Pullman, will cost 81 10000.
The Bouton Foundry Works, which are
soon to be erected at Putnam, Illinois,
will occupy about four acres oil grouud-
The fifty new pudding furnaces in Oil
yer Bros. & Phillips Fifteenth street mill,
Pittsburgh, have been completed and put to
work.
A large boiler has been put in at Hobbs,
Brockunier Il Co.. glass house for heating
purposes.
The SUSPENSION Car Truck Manufacturing
Company, capital SIC, OO0, 900, has recently
been organized. The business is to be car
ried on in New York.
Reports from the Cleveland rolling mill
are 10 the effect that everything is boom
ing. All the works are in full operation
and no trouble or strikes are reported.
The Enterprise Manufacturing Company,
Sandwich, Illinois, have increased their
capacity, and will manufacture from 5000
TO 1000 cultiyators this coming season.
From Youngstown, Ohio, the old story is
repeated. Everything on to full capacity
and new additions making in many de-
partments OF the various industrial estab-
lishments.
The lake shipments of iron ore from the
Lake Superior region this year up to and
including November ninth aggregate
2llO.3lT tons Last year the shipments for
the same period amounted to 2,oO1, on
tons.
A double force of uorkmen are on at the
rolling mill at Moundsyille, West Virginia,
and the mill has been running dOule turn
in order 10 keep up with orders for
muck iron, The shipments are being made
to Pittsburgh.
The last day OF November was celebrated
in Ashland, Kentucky, by the connection
of the rails of the Elizabeth, Lexington
and Big Sandy road, making continuous
line by the Chesapeake and Ohio from
Newport News toLexington, Louisville and
Cincinnati,
The worlds production OF pig iron i'll
1881 will exceed 100000 gross tons. and
the worlds production of steel i'll the same
wear will undoubtedly reach 5000, 900 gross
tons. We arrive at these conclusions after
q thorough examination of all available sta
tistiCs.
A large body of men are engaged in ex-
Cavating the foundation of the new pud-
ding department to be added to Painters
mill, south side, Pittsburgh. Fifteen new
furnaces are to be erected, which, when fin
ished, will give these works a total OF sew
enty.
The mill OF Kaufman & Co, at Apollo,
Pa, is now in full blast, turning out large
quantity of their splendid sheet iron, for
which they have abundance OF orders; The
prospects are the mill will continue in the
future. as in the past, to make a steady
run, employing a large number OF men.
Owing to frost in the mortar the south
wall of The Nail City Brewing COmpanys
new building began to bulge out on Sun
day, and it became necessary to prop 1t
with heavy timbers. 1t is believed that as
the mortar dries out the wall will become
set, and that no trouble will ensUe. In
the meantime work on the roof is progress
ing.
The Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette had O
paragraph last Friday morning that the
Jennie Campbell was at Cincinnati, and
stating that she was one of Pittsburghs
best boats and did credit to the builders of
that city We should think that Pitts
burgh had enough fine boats without try
ing to steal the credit for building boat
with which no Pittsburgh builder had any
connection.
The Beacon says: The Akron Iron Com
panv has entered into a contract with the
CuyahOga Works. OF Cleveland, for MAN.
moth engine, which will be the largest in
the city. The cylinder of the new engine
will be 80 inches in diameter, with a 81
inch stroke. The engine will be 5OO-horse
power. The fly wheel will weigh 50 tons.
The engine is to be ready in three months,
and will cost, together with the foundation,
$4,000.
The production OF iron ore in the United
States during the year ended June 80 1880,
was S,022, sos tons, compared with 2,DJ, us
in the year ended June 80, lSIo-an in
crease for 1880 upon 1870 OF 4,626,6S1 tons,
iron during the calendar year 1880 was
t. 95, Ala net tons, against 1,S6j,OOO net
tons in lSI0-an increase for 1850 upon 1870
of / ,430, Ala tons or 1872 per cent. If the
same per cent increase in the production
of ore and pig iron is maintained during
the next ten years the output of the form
er in 1890 will be Is, 032, $50 tons and OF the
latter 10,O0S,Sl4 tons.
The Hubbard, Ohio, rolling mill, owned
by Jesse Hall & Sons, but lately leased and
operated by the Mahoning Valley Iron
Company, of Youngstown, is now in full
blast, double turn in all departments, max.
ing the best record both as to quality OF
iron and production, made since the mill
was built. She is turning out 200 tons
muck bar and from Is to % tons of finished
iron per day. The mill is under the gen
eral management of Mr. Richard Bradley,
we'll known iron worker, who has every
thing in first-claSs order. and has surprised
many with the fine grade of iron the mill
is producing. The mill contains twelve
pudding furnaces, one l2-inch bar mill
and one S-inch guide mill. From 100 to 100
men are steadily employed about the mill.
The Steubenyille, O., Gazette says: The
pottery made by the Steubenville pottery
has the reputation of being the best ware
made in America. Ground will be broken
Monday:fd blown glass works, at the
corner Of Slack street and the Panhandle
railroad. The plans call for q building i0N
20 feet, but will be enlarged somewhat over
these dimensions, which do not include
sheds The stack will be 80 feet high, with
enough shops TO employ 40 hands. Fine
blown glass ware will be made. especially
fine goblets. William Fox & Co. are
the proprietors, and Ed Nicholson and
Robert Hyde have the contrat for build
ing. Toronto, this county, has the largest
fire clay establishment in America. 1t is
operated by the Great Western Fire Clay
Company. According to the Tribune, the
new building being erected by the enter
priSing managers will be finished by Satur-
day. They will have three buildings, size
5Ox2O0 feet; 9Oxl5O feet; 5Ox20O two and
three stories each. covering a gfound area
of nearly 5000 square yards, or about $4,000
square feet Daniels. Francy & Co. know
how to push things.