Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-06

pany's new building and began work on IL
several days ago. The front will be OF
pressed brick laid in mortar made OF white
lime and white ssnd.
We yesterday saw some fine punch tum-
blers, made at the Belmont, on which was
etched fine likeness OF the late President
Garfield, surrounded by wreath OF immor-
telles. The likeness is an excellent one,
and reflects great credit upon the designer,
Mr. Joseph Silman.
Mr.. George Beatty, Of Steubenville, was
in the city yesterday, and while here he
informed the REGISTER reporter, that there
would be a meeting Of those interested In
the scheme for getting up glass pot rae
tory, at the Stamm House, IN wheeling,
next Tuesday morning. Mr.. Beatty Is Oh
the opinion that such factory would oe OF
solid benefitto the glass men all over this
section of the country.
The building OF the new bottle works 50
long talked about, to be built and operated
nv practical glass workers, has been post
noned. The company is formed, and the
ground has been leased for five years with
the privilege of ten. The site isjust south
of the Church OF God below town, and 1t
will be kept. Some of the workmen who
are going into this establishment were not
prepared lust at this time to put up the
amount necessary to build the works, and
then they all agreed Is postpone the build
ing rather than take in outsiders. We are
told that the site will be held and the work
of building probably commenced IN the
fall. The furnace, when built is 10 De
Bohemian furnace, and they will make bot
ties of all kinds.
MARTINS FERRY.
A new grinder will soon be placed in the
Buckeye Glass Works.
Thursday was the regular fortnightly pay
day at the Laughlin mill.
The addition to the Etna mill will bring
$50 workmen TO Etnaville.
To-day is paw day at the Buckeye and also
at the Keg Box and Barrel Factory.
A large number of the men at the Laugh
lin mill knocked off for the circus Thurs
day.
The c. & P. Company has nearly com
pleted the work of laying new steel track
in at the Standard works.
Exley's planning mill has been off since
Wednesday, on account OF leaking boilers
and necessary repairs. 1t will start up
next Monday.
The new Standard works will employ.
from $50 to 200 men. This ought to make
property in houses and lots up there boom
in short time.
Only six segments OF the great fy.wheel
have thus far been placed in position at
Spence's works. Four more yet remain.
The wheel will be completed next week.
The season for threshers at Spence's
promises to be very good. Orders have
been received this week for two and yester-
day horse power was shipped to Barnes
vile.
The children OF large number of the
workmen at the Laughlin mill are suffer
ing from the measles, and in some in.
stances the men themselves are suffering
with them.
At the Buckeye Glass Works there is
nothing unusual going on: The full force
is at work, and things under the new man
agcment are progressing to the entire satlS-
faction of those in charge.
Nearly an acre of ground is covered with
the timbers which will be used in con-
struCting the extension to the -Etna mill,
and a number of carpenters are at work get.
ting the timbers ready for building.
The new heating furnace at the Laughlin
mill is finished and will go into operation
next Monday. Its stack is is feet i'll height.
1t has been called the Jim Blaine, while
the gas furnace finished last Tuesday is
known as the Jumbo"
Mr.. Syl. Wetherald, of Bellaire, who has
assumed the managership of the Laughlin
Nail factory under the supervision of his
father, has decided to build for himself
home in Martins Ferry. John {. Mitchell,
of Bellaire, has the contract, and the work
of construction will be commenced at once.
The work of building the foundations
and stack for the new Union Glass Works
has progressed very rapidly during the
past seven days, and under the same ia
voring circumstances it is safe to say that
the new concern win I've on its feet in the
early summer and ready TO make glass.
The stack is more than half way up, and
the remaining part will be put up next
week.
The large shaft contracted for by L.
Spence and cast by the Centre Foundry OF
Wheeling by Sweeney & Son for the ftna
mill, was completed this week and started
to this city, but the Bridge Company would
not allow it to be taken across the bridge,
and the ferry floats in North Wheeling are
not equal to its support. How 10 get it
over is the problem. 1t weighs six and
one.half tons.
The work of laying brick on the founda.
ton for the new building on the L. p.
Church lot. corner of Fourth and Hanover
streets, is going on. The building is so
feet long by 40 feet in width, and the wall
is IL inches in thickness. 1t has not been
finally settled vet whether the building
will be two or three stories in height, in
other words, whether it will be hotel or
business house.
Further contracts on account OF the work
to be done at the Standard mill have been
let this week The REGISTER some time
ago indicated that the Fort Pitt Works at
Pittsburg would likely build the iron frame
work of the mill This contract has been
and the work will be done at
something like $4,000. The contract for
the squeezers. guide mills and other arti-
Giles of machinery to Garrison & Co., OF
Pittsburg, amounts to about S22,5O0. J..
Spenccs contract for the engines, &c, will
aggregate about $1,000. Yesterday the
contract for doing the necessary stonework,
&c, was awarded to Mr. Chas.
of Martins Ferry.
East Liverpool is the paradise OF potteries.
There are ten potteries with fourteen kilns
making white or granite ware; ten with
twenty five kilns making mahogany colored
or Rockingham ware; three with ten kilns
making cream cOlorcd ware, and two with
two kilms making nothing but door knobs
"a total Of twenty-five po;teries with
kilns, not taking into account
ten or fifteen kilns for decorated ware The
white and yellow ware potteries turn out
annually about 50, 900 pieces, while the
product Of the door knob concerns is l60,-
Goo per week. The pottery business has
made Fast Liverpool, originally an insig-
village, the most important place
in the country.
Mr.. w. H. Smith, President of the Buck
eye Globe Company, of this city, has just
from pleasant visit through the
larger eastern manufacturing cities, nOta.
bly, those of New Jersey and Massachusetts,,
and in briet conversation few days
ago with REGISTER reporter, said; These
eastern manufacturers have some points of
superiority over us here in the more west
ern section Of the manufacturing centre Of
the Union. They have their own sand Of
excellent quality and unlimited quantity,
but on the other hand they have no fuel on
hand. Also transportation costs much
money and runs the cost of manufacturing
up TO higher figure than it
costs us here where the coal
and other things are necessary and plenti-
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