The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-20
STEEL NAIL MAKING.
A NEW INDUSTRY TO Be STARTED
In Whssllsv, Which promiies TO Rs,olutioai,e
the Nall rrsde-DstAlls Of The scheme IL.
4, lated to aa "Iht.iilgtnter' corrsspoa.
deat-Slte or the works Chosen. by.
Special Dl.pa,ch..to the In,elllscncer.

']' w nh e"''y uu'c' lour correspondent,
to-day, met one Of the most prominent
mill managers OF the Nail City, WHO'S here
Tor lhe purpose oi arranging tho prellml-
narles for putting the plan into operation,
and interviewed him at length OH the sub.
ject. lie said: Tho method to be pursued
Is to USE n low grade OF open hearth or
soft Bessemer steel in making tho nails.
The movement has been started by the nail
manufacturers OF Wheeling, and my objec,
in being in the city is to further the plan.
have had numerous blooms OF steel made
ut the Bessemer Steel Works, at Br.ddocks,
and each bloom accurately Analysed.
SATISFACTORY EXPERIMENTS
This soft steel has been made into nail
plates, and nails cut from them in Wheel.
ing mills with satisfactory results.
We are now satisfied that We can make
nails out Of soft steel cheaper, and Of IL
better quality for their weight than il was
possible 10 do with tho best puddlcd iron.
We calculate in Wheeling that VIZ can
make about three.sevenths Of the
nails made in tho United States. T nm
now placing contracts where they may be
ut any time most suitable to
Wheeling manufacturers, for the necessary
TO be found in II lirst.class
Bessemer works.
DETAILS OF THE SCHEME, ,fgf
This is no small affair. The manuiact.
urcrs have un unlimited command OF
money and will b, ,ak ground in January
f)r the new works. 1t will havea capacity
to start with OF five hundred thousand tons
per year Of low carbon steel. This output
the syndicate will divide up into consign.
ments according to the capacity OF the
different nail mills represented in the syn.
dieate, and each will set its allotment Of so
many car loads Of steel null plate per day
from the Bessemer mill.
FIRMS IN THE SYNDICATE.
The principal mills in the Wheeling
District connected with the new enterprise
are such firms us the Wheeling Iron and
Nail Company; Laughlin Iron 4 Nail
Works, Martins Ferry, Ohio; Riverside
Iron Company; Belmont; LaBclle; Bellaire;
Benwood, also the Standard and 4l:tna
Works.
EQUIPMENT Of TIE WORKS.
The equipment OF the hew Bessemcr
works will be three ten ton converters and
twenty-five. ten ton Sienens heating fur.
naccs. These will give Us at the start Il
standing among the producers OF Besselner
steel in this country almost, il not equal to
the Edgar Thompson works OF this city. l
have carefully inspected The arran gemenls
In the Edgar Thompson works and think
that We can improve upon them 10 some
extent.
IMPROVED METHODS.
Hike the crane system OF the Pittsburgh
steel casting company better. They handle
their ingots and ingot molLs better, and
heat their ingots OIL end, IN advantage not
to lie overlooked.
"Alticles, too, are about TO be signed in
this city for four blooming mills and
twenty-five nail plate mills, which will be
needed by us in the new works. Then we
need cranes, blowers, converters and Il
great variety Of other things which we
must necessarily get from Pittsburgh.
SITE OF TIE STEEL WORKS.
The site chosen for the works is near the
Benwood mills Oh the side next to the
Riverside furnace. That point is conven-
lent 10 the works Of the firms which have
already named to you, and is only about
two miles from the centre OF Wheeling.
The shipping facilities ut that, point arc
uncxcelled byany location in the vicinity.
ADVANTAGES OF THE LOCATION.
The Benwood mills are ut the terminus
OF the Baltimore 4 Ohio; the Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati 4 st. Louis railroad runs close
to them, and the Wheeling, parkersburg &
Charleston, from Charleston, Inns the right
OF way 10 the Riverside furnace.
Besides all these facilities two other
roads, one n branch Of the Baltimore &
Ohio, from the centre OF Ohio and II newly
proposed road from Pittsburgh; can reach
the spot. These roals MI have branches
to the different mills which will use the
Dessemer products, and cars loaded with
nail plate could be showed into them daly
ALL NAIL MILLS MUST FOLLOW SUIT.
I, When we begin turning out steel nails in
Wheeling all other nail mill in the country
must follow suit or lose their trade, atleast
that is tho way It has been figured out BY
tho best mil experts in Wheeling. The or
ganization Of the company think best 10
keep from the public for a time at least.
a REVELATION rs TIE TRADE.
"All the wire for barbed fences at the
Cambria Iron Works is made by Besse-
mer steel. Horse shoes will eventually be
made Of it, roll shafting, agricultural i'm.
plents and stamped and hollow ware must
follow. / regard .the~move us the most
important one made in years in the iron
business, aud it will revolutionize the
trade Of the country" b
Blown to Atoms In n Powder MIL. t4.'
ALLxSroTs, Pa, November ls.-An ex.
plosion occurred at noon yesterday in the
mira vault ut.the Cold springpogder works,
several miles south Of this city. The e.
Ios;on resulted in the destruction Of prop.
erty anlolstipg to $500 and the blowing 10
atoms OF SupefiHlsadcnt II. G.. Welsh.
piliscnt search has been made for his re.
n,ail5, but only few pieces Of I.es,, and