The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-01
MILL M..cEL,.aS,,,


&suttr ttNtu INV uhu
Workshops of the Vicinity.
Considerable. building mud repairing Is 80.
Ing on "atound the 'lill." Sf
The glass workers arc all preparing for
long fish this summer when the works shut
down.
The side tracks for the new Standard iron
works over the river, are being laid By the
c. n 7. railroad.
The Belmont blast furnace started IN
Saturday and Is now running all right. The
men went back ut old wages.
Tho growth Of the brewing bnslncs, in
Wheeling IN the last few Years Is often point.
cd to MS Que Of the most remarkable instances
OF ,,e kind TO bcscen. Z .7rFF7".T3
Atthe l.augl,lin mill ak new nail machines
Will he started today. The gas boiling fur.
nAce IL expected to De ready for business this
week, and the stack for the new heating fur.
mace Is now being erected.
The W hceling Pottery has been the means
Of bringing some thirty families to this city
since its organization, muny OF them coming
direct iroul the Old Country md all being of il
very desirable class Of citizens.
Mr.. Albert Groats, for long time foreman
o. tho mould shops of the Belmont Glass
Works, Will sever his connection with TIM,
! establishment TO accept similar position ut
the new glass works ut Rochester, Ia.
Saturday evening Frank Decchan, for n
long time glassblowcr ut the South Wheel.
INF, Glass Works, died after an Illness OF sdv-
eral weeks l!e was workman we'll known
| ami liked by his companions and his genial
and pleasant smile viii be missed.
The newly organized naifcrs lodge OF the
Amalgaination ut Dclaire was named "IIer.
Sey Lodge" for the late Charles Jersey, who
died IN Florida Inst winter, and was buried
i'll this city. Tho name was IN appropriate
one, ny Mr.. llcrSey was Il mailer IN tic mill II
long time, and general favoritc with his icl.
low workmen.
company OF gentlemen in Stcubcnyille,
are thinking seriously OF establishing In thai
city large flour sack factory, with capital
! OF fifty thousand Iollnrs. They propose ~
manufacture. their own paper, make the
sacks and print them. To accomplish this
the most modern machinery Is to he procur.
ed capable Of turning onta superior quality
Of -four sack. = s-.Er-i =
Bodlcy & Bro. are turning out, ut their
wagon factory in East Wheeling, large mum.
bcrs OF wheels for cotton wagons. The hind
| wheels are about six feet In diameter, and OF
extra heavy make In NIL parts The uxles
are thick as n mans body, the tires four or
| five incheswide, and the hubs about the size
OF beer kegs. They are shipped south via.
the u. 4 0. road.
Armstrong, Cocn & Co., report business
good ut their plaining mill. The building
season, they say, bus not fairly commenced,
being somewhat delayed by the late unsca.
sonable weather, though they have already
taken the contracts Tor four or five houses.
They think the prospects this year not so
tlatterlns MS ut this season in Isl, but still OK.
pect about rs good trade this summer rs
last
The Central Glass Works has employed a
new otcher, who lately arrived in this coun.
| Try from France, where he had ut experience
in the art Of many years. This establish.
J mcnt proposes to go into etching more cx.
tensivcly in the future. The hands in the
packing room at the Central worked every
night last week, and those in the cutting de.
partment also made considerable extra time
during the same period.
AT Il meeting Of the Board OF Directors Of
the In Belle Iron Works, held on Saturday,
William II. Harden, Esq, Of Steubenvillc,
Ohio, was elected President OF the company
vice Jos. II. Woodward, Esq, resigned. The
directors placed the heating department un-
der the management OF William Lynch, Esq,
as heretofore. The outgoing President goes lo
Alabama 10 jain his brother, Joseph IL.
Woodward, i'll iron manufacturing enter.
prises.
At the Hinge Factory the manufacture OF
Harden rakes is about done for this season,
though they arc still filling few orders.
Their rakes are in demand down the river
and through Kentucky and Tennessee prin.
cipal!y. They exnect to manufacture steel
rake hext season, OF lighter make than the
wrought iron one they now turn out exclu.
sirclr. This week the factory will coni-
mence on fire shovels and polsers, the season
for which is now about opening.
One OF the busiest places an lyrEll1c EScs!.
reporter has visited in some time is the plan
ing mill OF Bc!z and Flading in East Wheel.
ing. The mill has been run TO its full capa.
city night and day since March !, and is still
behind on orders Mr.. Beltz says he looks
for Il continuance OF the same state OF affairs
throughout the ycarif the farmers ere blessed
with good crops. Since January they have
furnished the lumber and fittings for build
ing twenty-five new houses and remodeling
eighteen old ones. The bills OF lumber pur.
chased by them this year show m increase of
fifty per cent over the same period last year
1t is not possible to learu anything Of in
terest concerning the business transacted at
the district meeting Of the Amalgama:ed As
ISOLATION in this city Saturday. The lodges
Of the city and vicinity, including Stcuben-
vile, We're represented. The Vice President
for this dis'ris. I'd. Rodgers, presided, and
Mr.. James O'Ncill, of this city, acted rs Sec
Rotary. The meeting passed off very har-
monously, all the business being transacted
by an almos, unanimous vote. The scale was
materially altered, but in some particulars
VAS not touched, us this district will be
governed to some extent by the action in the
first ,}iA}r;st