Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-20
MARTINS FERRY MANUFACTURES.

The Union Flint Glass works reports orr
ders moderately plentiful and prospects
| fair. Eight shops are now running on a
general line OF blown ware and more will
! be put on the coming week. The ware
| turned out at the Union is good, the styles
as we'll as the quality. and the managers
speak encouragingly. In short, this factory
| is doing as we'll as any one hereabouts.
Spence, Bags & Co.'S foundry Is making
good time, with an increased demand for
stoves, etc.
The Elson glass works is again on full.
Orders are fair and the outlook Is moder.
erately good. Some new goods are being
made, among them water set OF five pieces
and several lines of lamps. These are nice
designs and will take. Thirteen shops are
on, three OF which are on blown goods and
the balance pressed. Mr.. NJ. Sheets is in
Baltimore on business. Mr.. A. J. Smith
leaves next Tuesday for the West, not sell
ing goods, but on matrimonial trip.
Charles Snively Is at present working the
West with first rate success.
Wood Brothers brick yard is turning
ont 5000 brick per day, and makes splen-
did time. These folks have been buying
much outside brick in order to supply
the demand here thereby preventing a
stop in the building boom. McCord x
Bros. are making good time and turn out
from 5000 to 10000 per day.
At the Laughlin mill good time is being
made in every department and everything
works along smoothly. There is large
demand for and 10 penny nails, and on
this account a large number OF machines
are working on these sizes. On the former
Is machines are working and % on the
latter. In the entire factory, on all sizes,
III machines are in operation with recent
addition of one self.feeder. The shipments
during the past two weeks were extra
large, almost clearing out the entire ware.
houses. Next Thursday is pay day.
More labor hands are wanted at the
Standard r.ill. This mill is making fnll
time, and selling all the iron manutac-
tured.
Spence's agricultural and machine works
has about all the work on hand they can
do. Mr.. Spence has just returned from
ST ccessful Southern trip and Mr.. Alec.
Davidson Is engaged In working the West
with good success.
At the Buckeye glass works seven shops
are on table ware, five on lamps o. differ
ent styles and colors, such as old gold,
blue and white, five on punch ware, and
five on lanterns. The lamps are oil good
styles, especially one called "The Peg.
Hanging Lamp" fer which there is large
demand. Forty-iiye pots OF ware were
made during the week. and Monday was
lost on account of the show. The qualities
are all good with the slightest variations.
Trade is not good but fair and much better
than at many other factories. Mr.. John +.
Miller, the secretary, is back from an
Eastern trip, and reports pretty good sue
Gees but says trade is very dull.
NOrW GODS tool factory is making full
time on a reasonable amount OF orders on
hand and a tolerable good outlook. The
same can be said of Heatcn & Grayson's
works.
The Etna mill is making some very
heavy shipments by river and rail, and 81
in active operation working double turn in
every department.
Hoyle's are busy on threshing machine
work. Lucier Nelson is the latest addition
to the painting force.
Msnn's foundry on tomorrow begins o
large order for hot blast pipes. Wesley
Wright, a moulder here, has resigned and
will work in Wheeling.