Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-08-07
AsorHEa Gas WELL
At tho La Belle Miii-Gsnsrai Iadustriai
Mentions.

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At tho La Belle All-Gensral Iadustrial
Mentions.
Yesterday a REGIssER reporter visited
the La Belle mill for the purpose Of sscer-
tanning whether the company intended Dor
ing for gas The scribe met several OF the
officials of the mill and learned that the
company had contracted for the sinking Of
a well. None of the gentlemen were in
clined to talk on the subject, apparently
not wishing the public to know what was
being undertaken by the mill company.
After nearly an hour had been spent at the
industry the reporter learned the following:
The contract for sinking the well was let
last week and the contractor was to have
started to work this week. As yet this gen.
tlenan nor none of his men have put in
their appearance. The well is to be sunk
Just north of the forge department
The work of putting down the new foun-
dation in the LaBelle mill is not progressing
as rapidly as could be wished. The con-
tractor could have had his contract COM
pleted by the 18th inst if he had had
plenty of stone ON hand, but he has expert
enced great trouble in securing the right
sizes Of stone, and this has caused his work
10 60 along very slowly.
Manager Linch, of the LaBelle mill has
force Of men at work tearing down the
heating furnaces. The reporter accosted
him and wanted to know what was the rea-
son for tearing the heating furnaces down.
He replied, Il do not know. l was ordered
10 have these furnaces torn down, and am
only following out the order"
Does not the company ex-
nect to replace those furnaces
with a new patent furnace that gas can be
used imp as the scribe.
Indeed know nothing about it. What
the company intends doing is something
that manager does not generally find out
until he is ordered to do such and such a
thing, or they ask his advice about it."
The secretary of the company was then
approached by tie scribe, but he would not
divulge anything the firm intended doing,
in fact, he refused point blank to talk on the
subject of gas heating furnaces. From
parties who work about the mill the scribe
learned that the general talk about the mill
was that the company were very confident
of striking gas and were going to put up
furnaces that could be used in case they
struck gas.
The Riverside nail factory is on in full
force and is daily turning out large guam
titles of steel nails which are selling rapidly.
The firm expect to sell every nail it can
make in the next IL months. This, Of
course is supposing they run steadily and
that is what they expect to do.
The carpenters and brickmasons Of this
city and vicinity are now reaping their har-
vest. A large number Of both brick and
frame dwellings are being erected in this
city which gives employment to all the
skilled mechanics in the city. The men. as
a general thing, are well satisfied with the
price oflabor received per diem, and among
the contractors the same feeling prevails,
which goes to show that there will be no
trouble between them as to the amount Of
wages to be paid, hence no strike will take
place,
Speaking with contractor yesterday
about building, he replied: 81 have several
contracts on hand and expect to secure
enough more to keep my men busy until
late this fall This has been very good
year-better than expected though we
contractors do not make as much money
OF building az we have heretofore made,
but you can say we are satisfied"
EnR SLIGHTLY damaged carpets ut two