The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-04-29
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MILL MlSCELLANY.
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The big brewcries are both busy on book.
The Tack factory was shut down yesterday,
taking stock.
The Top mill Is OH III all departments and
running smoothly. OIL,
A biz cog.whecl for the Creek Mill was cast
ntS@eeney's yesterday and doctor engine
sent to the scio,a. .I.4.
Yesterday was pay day Mt tho La Belle
mill ind to-day will be at the Crescent md
tho Central glass works.
Men1cls new furniture factory foundation
Is done, and work has commenced on the
ttfst story OF ttfc Superstructure.
The lantern factories In this CITY nre not
doing much Just now, Us their trade does not
fairly open up till later In the season.
"Buggiu" Francis, No. Q, OF this CITY. IN
rel ling the windows broken oHt OF tho stiops
during tho late fire ut tho Moundsvil!c
| prison!
Alphonsns, Singer, moldcr at JOSEPH.
Bell ~ Co.'S, burned his foot badly Thursday
evening by hot Iron. lie says 1t pa, "a
stineer.' ..h .-.
The North Wheeling Glass works will bc
rebuilt. The debris Is now being cleared
away. The insurance has not ull been ad.
usted yet.
The second installment OF tho subscrip.
lions to the stock OF tho new Standard Iron
| Works has been called for, and will be paya.
bic in May. '
| NJ v. Powderly, the Master Workman OF
| the knights OF Labor organization in the
United States, will deliver q lecture ut the
Academy Of Music next Monday night.
| Work was commenced Oh n temporary
shop, 2CxGo feet Ito be used rs q paint shop
inside tho prison enclosure ut MoundsYille,
Thursday morning, nnd will be occupied BY
Foreman Adams with his force OF peintcrs
to-day.
At Stiles calico print works, on North
Main street, business Is reported very salts.
factory for the season. Tho factory Is now
running largely Oh polkado,s, and printing
indigo blue on extra quality muslin cxclu.
sively. Their product Is very popular in the
west, northwest and southwest. .
The Bcnwood Iron Works COMPANY the
past week received thirty.fve OF the patent
| Mcdonald furnace screens. This screen is IN
ingenious device 10 DO placed Immediately in
front OF the boiling and heating furnaces. 1t
Is Kept cool by constantly flowing stream
OF water and is great convenience aud aid
10 the boiler nud heater. They will be placed
in position carly next week.
The lodges of the Ama'gamatCd Associa.
ton !. Il s. W. In this district, which com.
| rrises all the mills between ,Stcnbeuviiie and
tronton and as far west rs Columbus will
send delegates to the meeting to be held in
this city this afternoon, to consider scale to
be submitted TO the manufacturers OH the
first OF June. Tho scale adopted here for
naller's wages governs ull the mills Of the
west in that respect, just rs the Pittsburgh
boilers scale is the basis OF boilers wages
here and In other districts. n.
new and important manufacturing es-
tablishment in this city Is the works OF the
Chicago Chr Roofing Company, west Of the
Crescent mill. just south Of the creek. The
works are not yet under full head, but still
the manufacture OF corrugated iron roofing
has begun. The company's office is in Office
So.3, Grand Pacific hotel, Chicago but all
their works are now in this city. The manu-.
factory is In charge OF Hiram Aldridge,
patentcc OF n process for gavnnizing
iron in use in the factory. Day before
yesterday the first shipment Of goods was
made, amounting TO $1,000. Next week $, 900
worth additional will be shipped, and wien
the shops arc in full operation they will pro.
luce about $4,000 worth OF finished roofing
plates per month. The process is IN interest.
Ing one. a Il the hands employed are Wheel.
ing men and boys except the foreman, Vim.
J. Cook, young man but an experienced
workman, who is from Chicago.