Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-05
BElLAIRE
Items of Interest from the Glass caty-A
Summer Resort.

summer Resort.
A few miles this side of GAINESVILLE, aleng
the line Of the B. & o. road, o congregation
OF little cottages may be seer in the midst
Of . beautiful forest, whose trees, owing to
care and culture, have grown to stately pro
portionsc OF late years Q number OF tami-
hes of this city and GAINESVILLE have taken
mp their abode here in the sultry summer
months. Visitors to the camp are always
charmed with the unpretentious spot and at
each recurring season make haste to pilot
themselves back again. The little domiciles
have during the past two years been made
more substantial than formerly, many OF
them equaling the homes Of their owners in
the city. One of the most praise-worthy
things about Burr's Mills is found in the
fact that, although it Is q resort for those OF
the Methodist Episcopal faith, members of
other denominations are allowed the priv
ilege of mingling with this denomination
and occupying tents in their midst.
1t is the habit of the Methodist church to
annually hold a series of meetings to which
some of the ablest preachers in the country
attend. The crowds increase with the pop
ularity Of the place, and last year the CON
g~reestion that gathered on the ground on
big Sunday was almost without precedent
in the history of open air meetings in camp.
All day long trains were coming and going
and when night closed around the little vii.
lsge, hundred yet remained for transport
to their homes. The arrangements this
year have been changed materially, but it is
likely that the halter that has been thrown
out will likely be caught onto and that the
young and old, as well as the oecupiers Of
the tents, will enjoy the privilege of spend,
ing a day in the woods to the enjoyment oil
themselves.
Fishing for Fun.
Hardly a summer occurs but that several
hundreds of our people find that loahng al
home while there is no work, Is not the
most pleasant thing imaginable. General
" duties call the lady of the house down
street at least once a day if you are fortu
nate enough to be in, and it becomes your
sole duty to wrestle with the dear baby
during the several hours absence of your
wife. AS nurse, you are not inclined to
kick for the first few days, bat as the baby
act becomes q reality, you are apt to turn
suddenly melancholy and when next heard
OF the dear good nurse has joined a fish
ing excursion down the river. Never before
has the desire for seclusion been 30 forci5le
and you enjoy liberty as only yourself can
tell. 1t is not our intention to tell about
some of the boys who have been
guilty of this, but to say some
thing about the parties fishing
between here and Captins, letting you
Judge for yourself of whom we speak.
Across from Wegee, on the West Virginia
side of the river, the Brightlights have
found a resting place where the green grass
grows in patches on which the boys can
rest. This party is under the command OF
Captain Con Weirick, aud is doing a good
business at fishing. 1t is the newest club
alorg the river,
The uext Club is the Sun Flower fishing
club. lyThis club has quarters that are &C
knowle6ged 10 be the finest of the kind on
on the banks of the Ohio. Situated as it is
under tie shade Of q clunp Of trees where
the grass is ever tresh and beautiful,
leaves not a doubt oftbe assertion that the
boys have good quarters. The finest Of the
shade and grass has been fenced in by
closely woven willows which have been deco.
rated with a coat OF white wash. In
the evening when the work OF
day (eating soup and catching turtles and
fish is over, the croquet ground is sought
for recreation. A great many Bellaire peo-
pie have visited the Sun Flowers since they
went into camp. The neighbors gather II
the evening for miles around and listen to
the vocal chorus of the campers, who are
growing as popular asa New York cabmsn
or q skating rink professor. Being out at q
spelling bee one evening anne very near
losing the boys the kindly feelings cherished
for them by the young ladies. They con-
sented to take part in the spelling, and
were chosen on sides, but the u~npromising
way ore Of the crowd constructed a simple
American word convulsed the audience,
and the boys left without asking to engineer
any of the ladies to their homes.
The Big Three are having a glorious time
halt a mile below Csptins Rifle. This party
is we'll supplied with music and fish.
George Cronan, VIM. Hanes and Henry
Batch at Csptins are having plenty of tun
and ask some OF the Glass City boys to visit
him.
Something to BE Done
The manufacturers of Bellaire have en-
joyed the privilege of making money with
out over e~xertion about as long as could be
expected. In the glass industry the fscto-
ries that were first erected here were very
fortunate and the projectors made moneys
great deal faster than at present. But q
wonderful change has been wrought in the
time consumed since the commencement of
the glass industry in the Ohio Valley. Bus.
mess capacity of the highest order is needed
by the manufacturer who would keep spsce
with such times as these. The primeval
furnace for smelling glass has made
way for furnaces of later
patent. The boiling furnace is rapidly tax,
ing a back seat for its great and growing
CON petitcr, steel. Revolutions take place
every few years in suy business that calls
tor energy. The blow.furnsce has been
about The last convenience added to the
window gls IS houses here. 1t enables the
worsmen to produce a greater amount of
work in a given time than before. But
since the introduction OF the blow-furnace q
new and greater difficulty than any expe-
rienced before In Bellaire has arisen. Close
times have produced q scarcity Of money,
and the bottom has been knocked out Of all
kinds of glass. Prices have ranged at the
minimum for a long time, and although
stock has been sold at the cost price in many
cases by our factories, it is often the fact
that manufacturers of Pittsburg bait buyers
with prices even better than our cost price.
Such work has been sn eyeopener for the
capitalists of this city and they have set
about to strsighten matters out. The eight
flint houses in this section think the pro-
blem can be solvsd to certain extent bya
universal system Of working. Our window
glass producers think that natural gas, or
its equivalent, artificial gas, at about the
same cost as the natural, viii enable them
to cope with low prices AID make as large
profits as their brethren Of the Smoky City
who reyel in the use Of the natural fuel.
However, it takes some little time to ar
range matters as the manufactures would
want, but it looks at present as if there will
be considerable change between now and
sD IN the condition of certain matters that