Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-08-05
CRY INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

Justly CIup1Oycu uIccoihS hAoSiJ'
The Central glass works have nearly
completed all their needed repairs, and
will be ready to start up promptly on
the 18th inst. ,."
Beltz & Fladings planning mill Is do
ing big business.
Bodley Bros wagon factory are
working full folce and are turning out
large number Of wagons.
The building Of the new addition to
Bodley Bro. g wagon factory is progress.
ing very rapidly. The foundation and
stone work was completed this week,
and the brickmasOns will start to work
tomorrow on their portion OF the
structure. When completed, this
building will be quite an ornament to
the eastern portion OF the city. The
firm experienced great trouble in find
ing suitable bottom to build their foun-
dation on, but they finally succeeded,
after several weeks hard work. They
were but q very short time in getting
the foundation built.
The tack factory is running as usual
four days a week, and apparently have
plenty of work on hand.
Haines & Wilson's planning mill, in
North Wheeling, is doing big bust
ness. This firm, in fact, have had all
season plenty of work on hand to keep
their men employed.
Bells foundry is working portion
of their journeymen mOlder5 and full
crew ofcubs. They will not at present
put on full force of molders, as the
trade does not justify it.
The North End glass works will pro-
baby be idle fully thirty days. Trade
in their especial line is very dull at
present, as also is the prices paid for the
ware.
Wilson & Dunlevy's cooper shops
will probably resume operation next
week. This establishment furnishes
kegs for two of the mills, and of course,
will have to start up in time to supply
them with kegs.
The Top mill blast furnace will start
up on the lst of October.
The plate mill and boilers will COM
menced work again, at the Top mill to-
morrow.
The Top mill nail factory will start
up Monday week.
Engines No. 344 and 1913, of the B. &
". !llle ICpai1Cu GU
the shops in the 9th ward,
The Top mill yard engine which is
being overhauled and repaired at the
Is. * o. railroad shops will be sent to
the mill next week. This engine will
be as good as new, when repaired, as
all work done at these shops is ofthe
very best.
The work Of turning out new freight
cars at the b. X o. shops is progressing
quite rapidly. The men are turningout
new car every day.
The wOrkmen at the B. & o. railroad
shops are waiting very patiently for the
new buildings to be erected. Several
civil engineers have been at work max
inc surveys around and through the
property for some time, yet the mate
rial for the new buildings has not ar
rived.
A new grind stone was placed in the
machine shop building at the La Belle
mill, yesterday.
Sixteen new nail machines have been
put up at the La Belle mill, and eight
more will be put up just as soon as they
can be made. This will make all in
crease of twenty-four nail machines to
their factory.
Friday notice was tackled up at the
La Belle mill notifying the nailers that
the factory engine would be running
next Friday aud Saturday for the pur-
pose of allowing the nailers to make
necessary repairs, and further that the
factory would be started up Monday,
| the 18th inst.
The heaters at the La Belle mill so
on full force tomorrow on nail plate.
This week two furnaces were running,
making tool iron.
Holidays planning mill is doing q
very large business.
The Riverside furniture factory is run.
ming, as usual, a full force of wOrkmen.
Huback, Benike x Co.'S furniture fac
tory is running along smoothly, moth
| ing of special mention having taken
| place this week.
Cox Il Morrison are busily engaged
repairing the boilers at the Top mill.
| This finn is doing an 4 No. business,
having plenty of repair work on hand.
Yesterday Sweeney d Son received
the contract from Capt. Armstrong for
the building of the machinery for his
new boat. The dimensions of the cy-
| finders is twelve inches by four feet
stroke. This job will be completed as
quickly as possible, as the hull is now
at the wharf, almost ready for the ma
chinery.
Sweeney & Sons foundry is very
busily engaged. Yesterday the men
were engaged casting the iron front for
Speidel & Co.'s new building, on Main
street, and also on q large kettle for
Hobbs, Brockunier Il Co.'s glass house.
| Three large columns for MesSrs. klieves
! Il Kraft will be east next week, as also
| fourteen nail machines for new mill
in Pennsylvania.
The foundry boss at Sweeney & Sons
| works has hired several additional
| mOlders this week, owing 10 the large
quantity of work on hand.
The work of digging the foundation
for the two new glass kilns, at the pot
terry, was completed yesterday, aud the
work of construction will be commenced
next week.
The pottery is running TO its full ca
| pacity this week, and is turning out
some very fine ware under the super
vision of its able managers.
Centre foundry is busily engaged on
several large contracts. The managers
| of these works are noted for their atten'
ton TO all orders received, hence their
popularity.
At Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.'S glass
works the work of repairs are being
rapidly completed. This week the
furnaces were being dried out. The
digging OF the foundation for the new
engine which is to run the mold shop
and fan will be completed during the
early part of next week. The old en-
CINE was found to be too small for the
amount of work to be done at these
works, and yesterday it was removed;
The new engine will arrive the nrst OF
next week, and will be Immediately
put up.
The work of placing few new tim
bers in the wagon scale frame at the
Belmont mill was completed yesterday.
Tho boiIers and heaters at the Bel