The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-09-10
light available offerings. Prices are firm,
$4,000 y and XX and above selling at S7!a
39ic, and one sale Of 5000 Xxx and above
fleece being reported at Sc.
uNrINGroS.
The Ensign nauufaciuring Co.-Ih
Growth of the Town.

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HUNTINGTON, IVA, September s.-Th
chief glory, pride and business interests 0
Huntington are in The Ensign Manufaci
uring Co. Thirteen years ago when tn
town started 1t was the intention Of it
founders TO make 1t the chief town onth,
@. & o. R. W., II not in the State. Tn,
company, in which G. P. Huntington ant
Senator Barnun, Of Connecticut are large
ly interested, located these works here and
to them the town, in a large measure
owes its growth. These works, though
large now, are to be spread out more in the
future. While in the corporation yet they
are some distance from the business por.
ton, and hack ride is enjoyable. Mr..
Fitzgerald, OF the Superintendent office,
kindly showed me through the works and
l saw cars in all degrees Of construction.
Freight, hand and running cars, hammered
car and locomotive axles, car and bridge
castings and car brasses, in fact all car
specialties are manufactured. One 2Sx36
in. engine furnishes the motive power, and
at night all the buildings are lighted by
electricity, the machine being furnished
by the U. S. Electric Light Co. Large fans
convey all the shavings from the planning
shop 10 the boiler room where they are 30
utilized that but little coal is used.
THE coMrANY's SHOPS.
The planning shop itself is substantial
brick building 100 by 20S feet and is filed
with the latest machinery used in this class
Of work. Rotary mortising machines,
band saws, self.grinders and selt-sharpen-
ers are amoES them, and one is surprised
to see them working. In this shop all the
wood work Is prepared, and from there
sent to the erecting shop. In the machine
shop all is activity; here axles from the
axle forge, wheels and castings from the
foundry are smoothed up, and also pre-
pared for the erecting shop. The foundry
Is putting out 50 wheels per day, with q
capacity Of l75, and l5 tons Of soft castings.
In the erecting shop everything Is different;
you are away lTom the noise Of the whirring
Of the machine and planning shops. All
parts are ready aud fifteen freight cars
are readily put out each day. They
have Just finished q 400 car order from the
New York, Pennsylvania Ohio II. R. and
are now at work on large orders from the
L., N, o. & T., and Q. & o. R. r. The
iron is brought from all directions; some
day they will make their own. Five
hundred men are employed, six foremen
and eight clerks. rhe offices OF the COM
pany sle large and airy. Ely Ensign, Sec.
retary and Treasurer, has charge Of the
works. In all there are five shops, three
large dry kilns and lumber yard. Sixteen
acres are embraced in the grounds. When
all the contemplated improvements are
made the Eusign will be one Of the largest
car shops in the country. Huntington has
now a population Of a little over g. 900, and
thinks that is doing pretty well for thir.
teen year old town. ''-'
TOWN IMPROVEMENTS.
The shoddinees OF a new town is leaving
It. All the buildings going up now are Of
. substantial and handsome order. The
schools, too, have improved with her
growth, and something may be expected in
that line. It is q city Of newspapers-only
i've, and the sixth in the shape OF q daily
i soon to appear. There are two good
hotels here, the Merchants and Continen-
al. Both know how to take care Of the
.raveler. S. a. Hawk, Of the Continental,
q about to leave, going over into Kentucky
where he can make more money. Mr..
Hawk, lisa most pleasantgentleman and will
Oe missed by more than few. Churches
abound. The Episcopalians are building
fine house. which they E hope Pc TO @ occupy N
Is being laid, and soon his Honor
will have fine office In which to admins
er justice. At present there are only two
Wholesale houses in the city, but with
plenty OF faith they hope for more some Of
.hese daya And some Of these days
will fulfill the hopes Of its
ounders, and be the largest city in the
State. I.L-A