Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-16
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS.

The Portsmouth, O., Times says addition.
al buildings are being erected at the Bur
CESS Steel and Iron Works.
The Wellston Coal and Iron Company,
WelIston, o., completed their first week on
a lake ore mixture Saturday, 18th, making
148 tons and 2l7 pounds of foundry iron.
This is the best run ever made in Jackson
county on this kind of iron.
1t is currently reported in Mt. Sterling.
Ky., from trustworthy sources, that c. Z.
Huntington. the C. & o. and Big Sandy, has
bought a controlling interest in the Mt.
Sterling Coal Road Company, and that he
will extend II and change il TO broad
gauge for the purpose of making ii first
Class feeder to the Elizabethtewn, Licking
ton and Big Sandy Railroad.
As Mr.. Bcssemer had to divide his honors
with a previous inventor, Mr.. Kelley, so
Messrs. Thomas and Gilchrist must now
share their laurels with an American in
yentor, Mr. Reese. We hope this will not
affect the interests of the syndicate which
purchased the American patents of Mr..
Thomas last spring, if we are correctly in
formed as TO the nature of their arrange
ments with Mr.. Rcese.-lrOn Age.
Advices from Essen, Germany, announce
extraordinary activity in the Westphalla
manufactures on American account The
ders from New York for 10000 tons steel
blooms to be delivered at the rate Of 1000
tons monthly from January, 1sS2. The
Ohprhauser GuttshOffmingshute has also
received orders for 20. 800 tons steel rails
and blooms. TO be delivered i'll 1928. Ow-
ing to the scarcity of coal, some delay was
exnerienced at these works, but this draw
hack will soon be overcome, leaving no
doubt that the order will be executed by
the specified time. 1t is supposed that the
steel rails are chiefly on Gould and Hunt
ingtOn's account.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
COMPANY at the close of 1880, had fifty-four
locomotives burning anthracite slack or
waste. These fifty-four locomotives used
lS. 600 tons during the year 1850. The saw
ing made to the ?. Il r. is upwards OF $780,
COO. The patents for locomotives that do
this are owned by Mr.. Joseph WoOten, the
General Manager of the Company. Their
stationary boiler furnace use coal OF the
same general character, but of lower
grade-that is, finer. This is the first sue
Cessful (that we know of railroad that has
accomplished the burning OF anthracite
waste. A number of locomotives under
Wooten's patent have been built and are
now being built in France.
The Leayenworth Coal Company, of
LcayenwOrth, Kansas, have recently made
extensive improvements and additions to
their equipments. They have sunk a sec
ond coal shaft 100 feet in depth to their coal
vein: have enlarged and rctimbered their
old shaft in the most substantial manner
and have placed in large double-decked
cages fitted for hosting four cars OF coal
each lift. They have also equipped their
mine with double hosting engines of 30
inch bore, and 5l5 feet stroke, having di-
rect connection with n hosting drum Is
feet in diameter, on which they have heavy
steel ropes. They have very large sheaves
with improved filling for the protection of
the ropes They have recently added a
large NOrwalk air compressor and ten of
the Harrison mining machines to their
equipments, and have additional side tracks
connected with the several roads entering
at Leavenworth, and are now fully prepared
for doing a large business.