The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-10
A HISTORIC IiUlLDIEG.


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To tie Editor oftN Inttgrcncs. .
EN-: The prominence OF the Hubbard saw
mill ss land mark in tie city has caused q
partial history Of il to appear at various
times in our city papers, but as none OF them
embraced more than the salient points, i.
has occurred TO the writer that full &C.
count, embracing the changes that havs .skeu
plaza aud the timsa when they occurred, sluce
the erection Of the f)ur mill BY G.orre
White to the present, would possess ia, nr
interes. 10 many OF your readers. -
The lot On which tre u4illstands, with son,e
other property was purchased by George
White from Noah H,ne aud wife in 1921, and
the curing mill built Ia ths summer OF 1892
but owing to financial embarrassment 1t re.
main0t in his h.nds but shor, time and
was sold in November, 1923, to Kua1 h Mc.
Zee, uuder n fore liz SUE Of u mo, tgacc. which
had been gwen them by White in October,
1922 John List being trustee. The tlourine
mill building was three stories high,
the first STORY OF stone and the upper
two OF brick. but almost at the time Of
tho building Of the N,arins mill proIer an
addition OF abou! the ssne dimensions
was added to tho west Eide, the q .st and sec,
Ond stories Ct which we're OF brick and tho
third OF wood. This part was occupied bv
the brothers Prescott, Htz.kish and Jede-
diah, IS q WOODEN mill, the machinery OF
which was driven by the came angina
that drove that Of The fur mill. After
the sale Of the mill to Knox & Mckee IL
remained idle till 1926, when the property
was purchased by Dana Hubbard, tbs mill
repsired and started, the machinery Of The
WOODEN mill having in the meantime been
removed to new building On the site of the
present Rive'side furniture factory build.
s!pEs. Tho came year (ls26) Dana Hubbard
added the aaw mill DESCRIPTION 0! which
wss given IN your o,IhE.nsa saorI tins since.
lu this same year was started in the loYer
cast room OF the il3ur mill n factory for
making wooden clccse, but as ell ths mart.
ners wsnted to BE- tn:e,s and nobody yss
willing to bail the lost, the enterprise proved
a failure, though wooden clocks at the time
were selling at $50 apiece and could ta p,o-
ducsd Tor fifth part OF tina. smourt,
Shortly before daylight OH the morning OF
March 81, 1927, The flour mill took Fl and
burned 10 the around, introducing ore OF
those little episodes 80 provocative OF smilss
In the lockers on. however UNPLEASANT IL
may be to.the sufferer. The engineer, who
was sleeping III the Office in the mill, On h..
Ing routed out BY the flames, had 10 20 With
out considering the cider o! Ills gong, and
made his appearance in Il costume sans
everything fave hat aud short shirl, ia
WHICH he had 10 make his WY over the
fro. clods, 9. 1t vas bitter cold night, to
his boarding house Ia East Wheeling.
4 In 1889 the present BRICK building, usins
part Of THO walls e the burnt building, yaa
elootcd, and . easl, and ilnoS factory started
which for many years did iiocrshing bus;,
ness. findinga market for ito products in St.
Louis and all along tue river to New Orl.uus
but IN the course OF Yeas this branch of in
Gustry was carried 10 thu homo CT the pine
where 1t c.uid DO carried on ut muoi, less
coat, which left II but q question Of tjluu
when 1t would have 10 DO abandoned here ss
0 busness, 500 = r
In 1927 the old eawmill Yves torn down ma
the pres6nt one built, but tho hard times Of
the i'st. hs II OF the decade from 1910 TO 1850
which sent many good mGn 10 the y all,
agsin forced the property to ba sold at the
hSnds Of ths 9hstM, III 1sls. whsu II wau
bought by tho present owners, who have ecu.
ttnusd trs business up 10 the present cover.
ing period OF nearly s'4ty yeara, thus form
iiEg the longest lima OF SUGGESTION In tho ssma
bHs'aes7, through father and soEs, Of any la
thu city. Connected With this mill 10 prob.
ably the oldest working engine In the United
States, it heirg the same tina: was put in BY
George White in 1899, and authenticated AZ
having beeE built in Brownsville, Pa, in
1914, for q steamboat, and purchased by
White after 1t had done duty in that CAPACITY
fof number o. years; bnt old as: 1t ia it Is
doubtful Whistler u niuoh more Economical
working engine Can bs found in ,bia section.
Tbs cylinder Is 1917 bore, 4 foot stroke,
making IS turns minute md working at a
pressure Of 60 pounds CONSUMES but litus
oyer atm ottns slack coal dsy. HBH.
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