Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-07-20
rs Of the Men Whose Industry
Gives Millions Bread.
<veurs AND GOSSIP or THE WEEK.
a hest Information Concerning Mil Men,
lines, hoIders, Glass Workers, and
Other Branches Of Trade, at.
Home and Abroad.
BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

- Through Our Industries 10y Reg
lister Reporter.
Ne,ling Of particular interest has taken
,piaceih the labor world Of this city during
the t,st week Those industries at work
hsreslOne very little. and, as our readers
arr flil5 aware from the industrial columns
OF tk's Paper. business Of all kinds is eX-
ttemeiy dull here now. 1t is true that dur
in< ,he coming fall and winter trade Is ex-
pegtei 20 brighten up and business OF all
k,n&s have . good healthy tone, but whether
fhkse Expectations viii be realized or not we
are unaSle to saw. One thing however, Is
ceftnta. Should business continue dull and
prices keep down. many a poor family will
<S.isr during the coming fall and winter.
t1acng the brickmasOus aud carpenters
tf<>,ft Is yerv good, and they are all at work
.aaIihg money while the sun shines
,.Am5hg the mill men, mOlderS and glass
s1scahe opposite is their coRdition-noth-
Snr2Oiug and the prospects of n healthy
m5rket during the coming fall aud winter
art - thiug but aattering
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IL Riverside mill has been very unEOr-
h,a.se drrjbg the past week-thaI is, the
,ancE anil and factory. The rolls and
. .f;nshers have broke repeatedly, forcing the
me.s te cca>, work. The factory has only
mad or js, l,uiug ,he entire week. Dur,
fitethe l,,,,. ..r, ID last week new set Of
stcel rolls w,s, .u,cd in tie rolling depart
mcnl. agi ',- .av remainder ut he week
serer,4h',s 5. -ru; portion Of the mill worked
nioag =, -kiug with The men sboyt how
a. I. ~ vu..,.,i. they SPOKE very highly OF
it. q i,,. ,I,, presents much finer APP
pkAracc coming through the rolls than a
sstes Of iron does. The old Jagged edges
SID eais which are always touudun a piece
of rc,leJ iron are noted on the rolled steel
fox heir absence. The steel when rolled
prestn'S smooth edge and a halt.round
end. maSing the waste in shesring much
snelier than on rolled iron. This alone is
quite an item in the cost Of the production
cfpals,
TIC work Of putting new foundation in
~, iorgc department Of the LA Belle mill
ia pfogrcssing very slowly. At the rate the
Rork l. now beng accomplished four months
VIII elapse before the forge department will
" az to resume work. On the first esti-
mats Df the time allotted to do this work it
Wa kgured cut as follows: Removing ma
chinery. two weeks: stone maSOnS laying
ne4 foundation, ten weeks and two more
tnoks were set apart for putting the ma
ch;n<ry back in place, and also for putting
IL ;roO bed plates over the stone masonry.
II hsstaken the men nearly three weeks to
rsinofe the machinery, and at that rate our
Fea,iers can easily figure OUs four months
timeso accomplish the work Last We'd
neaiay the stone maSOnS started 10 work on
their portion Of the job.
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Aver large force OF men are engaged
at tie Belmont mill, removing the machin-
cry beildiug the foundations, and rePac-
ing themschincry moved Thursday last
ehe ceplgsctor for the icon portion Of the
NV nail factory started 10 work and he
VII psl h;s portion Of the work through as
rap,3iy rs possible Manager Reister is
s,qerfsing the other work. which Is a sure
x4knaiee lh.. his portion Of the JOB will be
doae-in remarkably short space oF.ime.
-.
Hoansa. r,,nnery has had, for the last
ioVr,os Eve weeks, fifty lsborers steadily EN-
ploYta hauling and Piing tan-bark This
force cfmen will probably be kept at work
s,ea1sly for two months longer This piece
of w0zk Is a God-ssnd to a large number of
workinrmen. who were thrown out of EN-
pie>mepi BY the stOPpSge of the mills,