Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-28
IMPROVEMENTS
Noted In the City's World OF In
dustry.
The New Glass Works at the North End
The Elm Grove Stables-Changes
and Improvements at the
Mills.

NORTH WHEELING GLASS WORKS,
in the North End. These works are used
exclusively for making bottles, and are SIT.
uate on the river bank between Second and
Third streets, Immediately south of the
CITY hospital, and occupy about two-thirds
of an entire block. Mr.. n. {. Hamilton
the contractor of the brick work, very
kindly showed the reporter through the
buildings, and could not say too much as
TO the convenince and immense improve
ments that have been made on the OLD
structure. a frame building which was
burnt down about four month ago by
band of Young fire bugs who are now lying
in iail until the Circuit Court meets Inc
first building entered was the main factory,
which is situate at the northwest cor
ner of the grounds, and Is ioxsl
feet. This building is made entreiy
fire-proOf, being composed % VIiGk
and iron throughout The main walls
are eighteen feet high and the gable ENDS
twenty-six feet high. 1t is built around the
old furnace. which was not materially In
iured by the fire. and is the only furnace
this company will use at present, being a
ten foot furnace; and when run to its full
est capacity will turn out about twenty-six
tons of glass q week. They have about
completed two improved hot air glory
holes, which are claimed TO be great I'M
movement on the ones now generally In
use, as il is q great fuel saver, can easily be
regulated 10 any heat wanted, and makes
much clearer fire. The three lehr turna-
ces and pot arch are also in this building,
but are so situated that there is an abund-
ance of room around the furnace for the
men to work without being crowded or re-
ceiving the great heat from them.
The Lehr building proper lies just south
of the factory, and is 36x6O feet and 10 feet
high. and is filled with all the modern con-
yenienees known toglass men. This build
ing and the factory have large ventilator
running the entire length of both build
ipgs, which is furnished with air from an
improved Sturtevant No. 8 fan, which IS
situated about thirty feet west, on top OF
the pot house ard is run by twenty-four
horse power steam engine.
The coal vault was then visited, which is
Immediately under the factory, and Is l3x
30 feet. and is six feet high. The firing is
all done here and there is no coal or dirt
enters the factory, as it is all kept In this
vault. The reporter was then shown the
longest building ON the grounds, which is
l7Ox25 feet, and is IA feet high; i'll this
building are the boilers. engine, lime, pot
and mixing rooms, which are strung out
from Second street to within about thirty
feet of Third street. The boilers for
this engine are being built by Swcc-
ney Il Son. and are twenty-fOur feet
long BY fOrty-four inches in diameter and
contain two fourteen-inch seamless tiueS,
and will be completed by MeSsrs. Sweeny N
Son in about twenty days. The stack for
the engine is being built and is to BE- forty
feet high. This will also take nearly twenty
days TO be completed. The last structure
is situated on Third street and l. two
story and basement and measures 45x9O
feet. All of the stories have q mean
height OF ten feet The basement is built
of Stone and is intended for a warehouse.
The first floor is used by the three offices i'll
the front public, private and business
offiCes) which are about l5Nl5 feet. The
packing room lies back of these offices and
has very handy elevator in it that runs to
the upper and lower stories, so that the
ware will not have to BE- handled as often
as elsewhere. The second story is 10 he
used only as a straw room and all other
necessary things used for the purpose OF
the safe packing OF the ware.
Another great improvement was noted
after We left the buildings. ana that was
large retaining stone wall, which has been
built Just east of the railroad track and at
the foot of the bank. This wall measures
about 100 feet long and j. IL feet high. At
the bottom it is feet thick, at the top 2H
feet A treStle is also going 10 be built in
connection with this wall 50 that all the
dirt, ashes and refuse matter can berun out
on telegraph" or single track railroad 10
the river bank, and at the extremity OF this
railroad will he placed an automatic
bumper. There have been working steadily
at these works about 30 men, since the fire,
~ rnaHV
service The pots were set in the furnace
last week and the contractors expect to
be ready so that the factory can commence
work on September 4th. This company
have left room between their buildings for
q siXteen-f foot private alley, so that their
wagons Fan pass through t. any part OF the
building. The building east OF the alley
will all be covered with the patent self
supporting tress roof and covered with cor
rugated iron. The plan for these buildings
was gotten up by Mr.. G. p. Hamilton, the
architect, who is also supervising its con-
structiOn. The roof work is benin done by
d. W. Carroll Il Co., of Pittsburgh, and is
superintendent by Mr.. Alex, Bruce, of their
shops. The Company have built very
common stable. 1t is entirely of wood and
is really only intended to be used temper
arily. The following officers control the
glass works: President, William Alexan-
der; Secretary. +. :. Parks, and William
T. otto is General Manager.
MENDEL & co.'s FURNITURE FACTORY
was next visited. Here the reporter found
the building and machinery all about COM
plcted and ready to move. The cabinet
makers were at work, also the inisherS and
varnisherS. This building is brick, three
stories high and a basement, and is builded
on the south side of the county JAIL. its
northern wall forming the sonth wall OF
the Jail yard. The boiler and engine room
is just back OF the basement, and this addi
tiOn is about a two story. The second
story is made for a drying house, with
lattice flooring directly over the boiler,
which makes it very cheap drying estab-
lishmCnt
The basement and first floor ESPECIALLY a
front room about 30x20 feet on the street,
is used as the machine rooms. Here our
tourist was shown some of the finest and
most modern machinery that has ever been
brought to this city: among numerous 9th.
ers the new patent planer and joInting
machine attracted the reporters attention,
il being combined in one iron frame and
only one set OF bits doing the work at the
pleasure of the operator. 1t is so regulated
that every board from onc-fourth to six
inches in thickness and not over two feet
wide can be planed and lointed. The bits
of this magnificent piece of machinery are
all twenty-four inches long. This, and
great many other pieces, are situated in the
basement, which is S0x65 feet long. The
front room of the first story is TO be used
as the undertaker's department, and here
a large show case will be put up covering
one side of the room in which the samples
of their fine work will be PLACED. The sec.
ond story is occupied by the cabinet max
ers, whose department, like the raSt of the
building, is comfortably filled with all the
most modern and labor saving machines
used in their line of business.
The third or upper story is where the
work done below is vanished and finished.
This is the most important department in
the building, and here everything is placed
to the best advantage so that the workmen
can do their work nicely. There is also
very large steam elevator, whichruns from
the basement 20 the upper story, which is
a great improvement on the former build
ing, when everything was done by hand and
the men hardly had room to move around
in. This structure is quite an ornament to
the street
The reporter next visited the new build