Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-10

stsnces can be handled by gravity alone
4 from the mine to the furnace. The soft
| Fossil Vein raises from one TO two feet IN
thickness, separated by only one foot OF
| sandstone. ] contains only trace OF sui
| phur and nearly sufficient lime to lux the
| silica in the ore. These ores, ii mined
properly, would yield 40 per cent in the
furnace and cost S. 50 per ton delivered In
Cumberland.
The ''Big Fossil Vein" also known as the
"Levant or BLACK ORE" crops out near
the city and can be traced for 90 miles along
the PCtomac river and Il. & D. until it a.
sumes the character OF fermginous sand
stone. This will yield 80 per cent. in the
furnace and can be delivered for 81 70 per
ton.
The measures lying immediately south
Of Cumberland yield over AZ per cent Of
iron, is free from silica and can be mined
easily and economically. Ii can be said
that the city occupies position relative to
the three great parallel zones OF fossil,
hematiIe and magnetic iron ores, which
renders ii highly probably that an early
day will witness its development into one
OF the Leading iron localities of America
Iron can be manufactured at SO Der ton
Or 81 cheaper than Pittsburgh.
In ali Industries
requiring the use of higher degree Of
heat. especially in the manufacture Of iron
and glass, the quantity, quality and cost Of
such tire clay as may be necessary are very
important items. The beds of clay con-
Iained in the coal measures of this region
comprise some eight veins, and in the ag-
gregate measure about 80 feet in thickness
Suitable clay for tile, pottery. terra Gotta
and brick can be found in unexhaustable
IN l,..o
bouts. Gifts of limestone so necessary
for working iron ores and slicates. tower
far above the level OF the river, railroads
and canal, in fact the formations are quar-.
ried and worked inside the limits, this ma
terial being the basis of one OF the oldest
and most thriving industries in town. The
cement stards highest in the country.
- Sandstone OF varied formations is found
in endless quantities. The Medevea sand.
stone which is the greatest importance in
the manufacture OF glass, crops out in
every mountaiu gorge, forming walls over
800 leet in height. 1t is stone of fine
grain, breaks easy under the hammer.
snd 5 composed OF angular CRYSTALS
looking more like glass than natural SOIL
Timber is plentiful and cheap. Oak costs
$50 per IN yellow pine, S25; walnut, So:
ash, Sjn' poplar so, and white pine, SI6
This is all the best, inferior lumber costing
less money.
Cumberland has all the transportation
facilities lin the world, as the, old saying
goes. having the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal, the great h. < o., the Pittsburgh
and ConnellSyille road, the wonderous
Pennsylvania railroad, the Cumberland and
Pennsylvania road and the various mining
roads, with prospects OF more.
A. - Manufacturing Centre.
a. stated elsewhere. Cumberland can not
be excelled The high prices charged by
the railroads IS the only drawback. The
largest marufaCtory is the T. & y. rolling
mills, employing, when in full operation.
about seven hundred hands. There
are tOCty-siS furnaces. divided as
follows: : bar furnaces, spike, bolt,
hammer, 10 double pudding, guitars, /
butt, twe!ve'inch mills, , plate and 10
rail furnaces, not used for the manufacture
OF rails, have been abandoned. This mil
ms >" acres OF ground, and distributes
among its employees about $4,000 per
n Onth. AL the old iron OF the road is here,
converted into bran new material, such as
bridge guitars, sheet iron. spikes and
hundred other articles, for which the road
always needs. Vim. Robinson. one of the
oldest iron men IN the country, is general
manager, and is assisted by his SON, ". II.
Robinson.
The b. Il 0. Company also employ about
loo hands about their shops, besides fully
that many more are employed as track
men, transportation men, depot hands,
clerks, ETC., etc, all residing in Cumber-
land.
The other railroads give employment
10 about the same number of men and
boys. Many work on the canal.
The Cumberland Glass Factory. recently
established by Wheeling and Bellaire men,
employs fully fifty men, boys and girls.
The works is exceedingly well arranged, all
on one floor, and covers small space for
such large factory. Still they are not
crowded. There is one le-pot furnace six
large and six small ones. The furnace IS
very high and has an excellent drop.
"Bubblcd ware is the only ware mauu-
tured here. and the designs are all nice,
with fine new additions being made ocCa-
SiOnally. The works is doing well and
will certainly pay the owners. A better and
more competent lot of men cannot be
found anywhere.
The Warren glass factory, an older en-
terprise. which makes lantern globes, bot
ties, Jars and other heavier goods than the
new factory is | an pleased TO note, very
prosperous, finding a ready demand for all
their products. This factory has also one
furnace, a good one too, and gives employ
ment to about the same number OF persons.
This company deserves all the success they
are achieving.
other Industries.
Besides the industries already mention
ed, there are several others here employing
many hands.
The Hydraulic Cement Works employees
fully SO men, and turns out about 800 bar
rels OF superior cement per day, for which
the company always iinds ready demand.
The tannery of Hoyt 4 Co. is a large con-
Germ employing over 100 hands. White S
trannery employees % men.
The steel works, when running full, EN-
ployes in the neighborhood OF 20 hands,
but at present is only employing about
one-fourth that number.
Jones Bros. x Co., pipe factory. Tor the
manufacture OF wooden pipes, manufacture
over l,5Oo per day, and employ about 20
hands.
There are planning mills employing about
~ persons, several furniture factories,
which give employment TO probably as
many hands; small brewerieS, distillerleS,
tour mills, cigar shops and other factories
which each employ several men. Many
boats are built. About 2un men work az
this occupation, and. taking all OF these
enterprises together, Cumberland is some
what of a misunderstanding town, yet not
what il should BE.
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