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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14
TIE BELMONT NAIL WORKS.
A Leading Representative of tho Leading
InhnslrY.

A Leading Representative of tho Leading
Industry.
Few concerns form more important
part Of tho nail making industry Of the
Ohio Valley than the. Belmont Nail Com.
psny's works, located in the Sixth ward Of
the city on the river front and the Bali.
more & Ohio, Pittsburgh, Wheeling &
Kentucky and Ohio River railroads, and
just across the river from the terminus Of
the Cleveland, Lorain ( Wheeling road.
The Belmont has the second largest nail
factory In the city proper, and one Of the
two blast furnaces located in the city
limits. 1t Is also a third owner Of the
plant Of the Wheeling Steel company,
which furnishes It's steel for rolling into
nail plate.
The Belmont's history dates back TO
1910, when L. NJ. Norton and others with.
drew from the Virginia mill. and he and
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works. Each structure Is built OF iron In
the best possible manner, and Is equipped
with the best machinery obtainable for
the production Of soft steel OF q high
quality. It's capacity Is 10 tons per turn,
$50 tons peF day. II gives employment 10
about 800 hands. Power is supplied from
four batteries Of four boilers each, so
arranged that any two boilers may
be uncoupled without interfering
with the others. Each boiler 10
a inches In diameter by 90 feet long,
titted with two 10 inch return ilues
They arc set facing the weut, 10 q Colnmo.
dious boiler house near the Baltimore d
Ohio main line. A finer battery Of boilers
Is 10 be found nowhere. They excite the
admiration Of all machinery experts, The
engines are even more admirable pieces Of
mechanism. There is q complete duplex
blowing engine oil tho most improved
CorllSa.lleynolds pattern, made at Mil.
wAukee BY II. +. Ellis \ %. The steam
cylinders are 80 inches In diameter by 90
inches stroke and the air cylinders IS
inches Ia diameter by 90 inch stroke.
The reversing engine connected with
the blooming train ls OF double duplex
build, cylinders 40 inches In diameter by
s. inch stroke. The running gear and
link motion enable the engine 70 DO re-.
yerssd at full speed without Bhutllng OF
tho steam.
The pumping engine Of the water works
10 Of the same duplex pattern, pumping
water through l0inGh main into an
elevated tank holding $1,000 gallons.
TIE OTHER MACHINERY
Tbs rand handling Of such Immense
weights as are required 10 be moved
quickly about steel plant requires i'm.
tnenss aud powerful cranes operated by
hydraulic power The hydraulic maChl.
nory Cpnsllls Of two pairs Of pumping en-.
glnes, built alter the duplex Wothlngtou
type, by Wilson 4 Snyder, Of PlIlabIIgh,
The steam cylinders are "a inches Ia III,
Ameief by 20 inch stroke, and have q Inch
plungeisi These engines work the
Hydraulic etAnea al ptediutes ranging from
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wire He'd springs,

Tie Wheeling Novelty Company haa
an establishment on Market H.tosl souih
oil Fourteenth lifted with the NECESSARY
machinery Tor the manufacture OF A pAt.
ented wire bed spring called The W
spring. The company ID kent Slsndlly
busy supplying lie trade and orders have
Increased 90 that an Increase Of facilities
and capacity ID contemplated,
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William Bailey, s. H. Woodward, Henry
Wallace, O. d. Doty, Holstin Harden, F.
D. Norton, William Hay, Hugh McGiven
and John Wright formed q partnership
under the style Of Norton, Bailey & Co.,
bought two acres OF ground from Joseph
Caldwell for $1,000, and built mill with
eighteen nail machines. Operations were
begun In the fall Of 1Si9 with L. NJ. Nor.
ton as President and WIN. Bailey az Man.
ager. Henry Moore was admitted as q
partner about the time the works were
completed.
AN AUsPlCIous START.
Important improvements introduced 10
the handling Of iron Just At this junClure,
notably the substitution Of squeeAsB for
the old tilt hammer previously used for
shaping the bloom for the rolls, the i'm.
provement In rolling appliances and the
Introduction OF muck bar pillng, made
this an suspicious time 10 establish nail
mandatory. The old VlreiniR mill waned
In Importance, the Belmont, under Ia
skilled management and with lie new pro.
oesses taking precedence.
Ailer two years Of notable success
hAeuhlhs bnllpl huu W uUuWhIu huu mum
Der oil others BOld their interest 10 the Bel.
mont 10 Henry Moore, and started the
LaBOlle. The Belmont firm then became
Norton, ArhOson 4 Co. Joseph Bell be.
game actively connected with the concern
Ia 1858.
GROWTH on THE BELMONT.
The Belmont continued 10 grow and
prosper until 1850, when Il had increased
lie capacity 10 80 machines.
In the year 1858 the partnership az.
rangement oil the company expired by
Limitation, and tho mill property was sold
al public auction for Sl2100O, Henry Nc
Oull9ugh, Of pllbburRh, becoming The
purchaser, The company was fe.ofranlS
Cd under the title Of Mccullough, AoheSor
4 %, NJ. y. COX also this time hscainC
member Of the Company. Alter a brle
eXlslenps the lille Of the comnAny wa
again changed, and II became Lshr 4 %,
and this again merged Into the title Of ihu
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THE WHEELING STEEL co.
whOellns's Latest Big Concorm-A Mode
Steel Plant.

wheelIng's Latest IIls Concorn-A Model
Steel Plant.
Nothing better illustrates the vitality
and prosperity Of Wheeling's industrial
interests than tho late aud rapid growth
Of the steel manufacture here. The mos!
recent notable addition to the manuiactur.
ing concerns Of the community Is the
Bsssemer steel plant Of the Wheeling
Steel Company, located at Benvood, four
miles down the river. This plant Is own
ed jointly by tho Benwood, Belmont and
Wheeling Nall Companies, and was built
expressly to furnish steel OF q reliable
quality 10 the throo nail mills OF these
companies. When in 1883 monster
union steel plant to iurnish nail plate for
oil the factories here was contemplated,
nearly all the corporations secured amend.
ments to their charters permitting them
to invest In incidental industries. Under
this arrangement the Wheeling Steel
Company carries out In modified form
the original union stool plant project.
The plant recently completed OF Ben.
wood was first projected and begun by
the Benwood Company for It's own use,
but before much progress had been made
In its construction tho Belmont and Top
mills enlisted In the project also; the
original plans we're modified, the capacity
enlarged, and little over month ago
tue first steel was made In the concern.
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The Riverside pay,rolls aggregate S50,-
0OO per month, Its employees represent a
population Of probably over G.0OO, over
one'siXlh IS many as the city contains,
This company furnishes the steel for a
large percentage Of the wire nails made In
the country. Their train Of three high
2l,inGh rolls was nut in their Mate mill
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MANUFACTURED
Which have won for Wheeling
Fame Far and Near,
And Rendered her POpulOus, Pros
porous and Rich
Usr Iron, Steel and Nail Indus
tries Steadily Growing,
Her GIasSand Pottery Maintaining
their Supremacy
And her Investors aud Workers
Still Reaching out
Into new Enterprises and new
Branches Of old ones.
A Proud and Enylable Record
made in Past Years
And the Facilities at Hand to
Greatly Improve 1t.
ANlle of Freight Cars Every day
Go and Come
Laden with Raw Material and the
Finished Product.
Laden with Raw Material and the
Finished Product,

F Wheeling as a man
uisCturing city and the
centre Of q manuiaGtur'
ing section the fame has
extended far and wide,
to all quarters Of this
continent and into
many localities on the
other hemisphere,
whore her products
have reached and by
merit won y name. The
extent Of her msuuiac-
lures In special llnes is
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operated proatAbly productive coal mines
owning several hundred acres OF valuable
coal territory. How seriously the intro,
duction OF natural gas will affect this In
terest can only DO conjeCtured. However
completely the new fuel may supsFssde
the old, the Riverside works will bs the
gamer and not the loser,
At the foot Of TRsnty.foursh street
facing the river, and on the line OF the
Baltimore 4 Ohio and Pittsburgh, Oiucin.
natl aud st, Louis aud Ohio River rail.
roads, are the company's two large nail
factories, One has so and the
other 1874 machines, so OF these having
been added last year. This makes the
total number OF machines 22i, the largss.
number under one control in the world,
and having o capacity Of cutting 1900
kegs OF nails per week.
OF the Riverside steel nail nothing
need be said, The name is equally Ia.
nous with Whsellug's nails, The River
side has done IS much to extend and SO.
cure this lama for Wheeling rs any con-
Germ engaged In the manufacture OF the
nails which won the city her title,
In addition 10 all these Interests the
company at lts large ware houses on
Main street north OF Fourteenth, where
its general offices are also located, does q
iobbing BUSINESS 10 iron, steel and
metals, probably tue largest in the State
In It's line,
The company employs, all told, nearly
1900 men, divided as follows;
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especially to furnish tack manufacturers a
suitable supply Of mild steel, and they
have built up large trade in tack plate,
extending from New England to the
Mississippi, where 1t Is being generally
substituted for Norway and sWedes iron.
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The Wheeling Steel works arc at once
model Of completeness and q marvel Of
mechanism. They are admitted to be one
of the best equipped steel plants, aud ths
finest Bessemer plant without exception,
in the country.
The plant is very advantngsously stu.
ated, with respect TO transportation faCili-
ties, being located near tho south end Of
Bsnwood, q couple Of hundred yards north
Of the ratlrond bridge, and between the
lines Of the Baltimore & Ohio and Ohio
River railroads. The site includes several
acres Of ground, aud the buildings are
10 Gated in an admirable way with regard
10 convenience and the obtaining Of the
best possible results In operating the
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mendably full and prompt. From them
the appended statement Is made up.
Iu the iron trade there are annually re.
ceiyed by rail alone on an average D23 400
tons, and shipped 2S3,75O tons Of freight,
as follows:
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eBrnworlcI, Hour mills, tobacco factories, iurni.
ture factories, wagons, oil refinery, Lanterns glue
This makes tho gross freight tonnage
shipped and received in Wheeling In the
course OF a year l,l700 900 tons, or 5S,5 500
full car loads. With the ayersgs length
| Of freight car this would require one
continuous train spproximating fur hun
bred miles in length to transport 1t. In
another view it requires over a mile Of
freight cars per day throughout the year,
! Sundays included, to carry the freight re.
c.;;ved and sent out by Wheeling.
This, It must be born in mind, Ia only
that portion Of the tonnage sent and 70.
ceiysd BY rsil. Great fleets Of barges and
steamer after steamer arrive with their
carpoes Of iron ore, coke, limestone, and
especially fire brick, and depart with the
| finished product Of Whssling's factories.
The one Item OF fre.bricks "a worthy oil
especial reference. The small tonnage Of
this item included above is an inconslder'
able fraction OF the whole anountreCeived,
almost all OF the Thousands Of tons used
hero annually coming from New Cumber.
land, few miles up the Ohio river, by
water.
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$50 to 500 pounds per square inch by
means OF an accumulator. Weighted with
SS5 900 pounds OF scrap aud pig iron, The
cranes thus worked arc two 10 ton lsdle
cranes, four lotion lngOt cranes and two
5.ton auxiliary cranes,
The Baker blowers, which arc Of the
largest size, arc driven by al 1924 Porter.
Hamilton engine, making $50 revolutions
10 the minute, The Blake Crushsrs and
grinders ara Of the latest and mOst impFo.
we'd make The shsars were made by the
Morgan Engineering Company, OF ALI
ancs, Ohio, and are the LARGEST OF tue type
made. They weigh 10000 pounds, and
are guaranteed to cut au inEot Of cherry
red steel 10 inches square,
The cupolas are three in number, with
eight.iooE shells, The bottom houss is
immediately in the rear Of the Couysrtsrs,
being thus very conveniently Hitnstsd.
A Yale-Towne travelling crane Iuns the
entire length OF the building,
TheEearetwosix'ton GolYsTters, aud the
luyerea have ten holes each, Tnsconvsrters
arc moved by hydraulic eylinders on rack
and plnion movement, the scTapplng being
done from the level Of the oupols floors,
Conveniently situated TO the ingot
moulds Is Morgsn-W Williams pusher Of
large size, ruu by hydraulic power and
capable oil exerting q pressure OF l,lOO
pounds per square inch.
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THE IRON AND STEEL
INTERESTS OF THE NAIL CITY
Their Importance aud their valus-Histor,
of the Manufacture of Iron and Nails
and of stssl-Ths RamlaoatiOns of
the business hsrs-Its Growth.

PWARDS OF A
generation ago the
manuis GtuTe Of
iron and nails was
the leading indus.
try In Wheeling,
and for nearly as
long Wheslingh has
bssnrscognizsdin
the iEonmMketsoi
the world as one Of
tha laadlnu nm.
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A CITY IN ITsRLP.

The works are abundantly supplied
with railroad tracks for convenience In re,
ceiylng raw material aud shipping steel
three locomotives owned by the company
handling the rolling stock, One Of these
locomotives is six,whesled Baldwin, and
the other two Ii, X, Porter & Co, light
weight narrow gauge engines,
A complete system Of tracks runs
through thu works. Beneath the surface
OF the ground { he marvellous system OIL
pipes for the transmission OF hydraulic
power aud other purposes and sewers 90
Clpy large space and form q System
SdPQuate tn nine small city. In short
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Belmont Iron Works, with Henry Moore
as President. In the fall oil 1885 the title
was again changed 10 the Belmont Nail
Works Company, under which operations
continued 10 June 80, 1870, In 1874 II
had ITO machines, and was the largest
factory in Wheeling and the third In slEe
in the United States,
The company in the fall Of 1872 com,
menced blast furnace, laying the foun-
dalton aud suspendlng further work until
the spring OF 1873, aud owing 10 the I'd.
vent OF the financial panic, II was not fin,
ishsd until the spring Of "a Ii 10 molsl
OF Ia kind in perfection and convenience,
standing IS II does so near the mill, on
Main street, between the Belmont and
Riverside mills, To build this furnace
tho company incurred bonded debt Of
500 900, although while the furnace was
in process OF construction $4,000 o.
profits was divided among the stockhold'
eTs, This and the panic OF 1873 affected
the mill 80 that Ia December, 1873, Il sus-
pended operations, aud In Juns, 1870, 1t
was sold ut trustees sala 10 Slmusl Laugh.
lin, as representative Of the bondholderJ.
The price paid was but $l500O0. Tha nav
blast furnace alone cost Sl6S 010, Exsen-
slve additions had been mada 10 its coal
privileges, A syndlclte was formed and
q new company sCquired control and has
since enjoyed an era OF prosperity not ex.
celled by any nail company anywhere.
Mr., A. Wilson Kelly is President and
joseph ID, Dubois Secretary, The Board
OF Directors Ia composed OF such we'll
known men as Col. Thomas o BIlsn, W,
FOSlitsl, g, O, Human, A. j, Clarke, l.
ward Reid, and the President and Sscp-
taIy. Nicholas RIester Is the company's
efficient manager,
THE BELMONT TODAY,
The Belmont has recently rebuilt and
enlarged its nail factory, the factory build.
ing being Of the mos. approved material
aud construction. It has l59 machines,
and an annual capacity Of $4,000 kegs oil
ateel nails and spikes, Its we'll known
fred head" brand Of nails Is popular
wherever Wheeling nails ara sold-that Is
to ssy, everywhere, 1t has one OF the
most substantial nail plants, the buildings
being Of iron, and one OF the most com,
pletely and conveniently arranged con.
Germs Of the kind TO be fouRd In the
country. Its site occupies the entire two
squares between Twenly-fiith and Twenty.
seventh aud Main and Water streets. II
was one Of the first companies to resume
operations alter tho strike OF 1885, and II
has In the past year perhaps made more
nails than any other Wheeling mill, 1t
Bssssmer pig iron in its
blast furnace, aud It's interest in the
Wheeling Steel Company's plant assures
It an ample supply Of the best material for
nails at favorable terms, besides share
IN tue profits Of the steel product, pro.
duct growing in Importance In this 10.
,ality so that 1t bids fair to outstrip all
other Wheeling industries in the near
'uture.
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rnE RIYERsIpE Nos WORKS.
Whseling's Most Important Manufacturing
Corporation,

Wheeling's Most Important Manufacturing
Corporation,
It Is no invidlous distinction to speak
Of the Riverside Iron Works as the lead.
Ing mandatory Of Wheeling and vicinity,
A concern which includes In It's property
two well equipped blast furnaces Of large
capacity, a steel plant extensive enough
to convert into steel the entire product OF
these furnaces, the largest nail factory In
existence in the world, a complete bar
iron mill, the finest nail plate works IN
the country and few other incidental
branches OF importance enough to con-
stitute separate establishments In many
localities, is entitled to fls! rank even
among the wonderful aggregation Of in
dustries OF which an exposition Ia at
tempted In these pages, and Of which
Wheeling Is composed, The plant
which embraces these different
great departments had Its original
start In 1859, when +, o, Dewey came from
Cadiz, Ohio, and at the head OF what Is
now known as Twenty.tlith street built
the Eagle Wire mill, furnished with five
boiling aud two heating furnaces and the
necessary machinery for the manufacture
oil all the ordinary gauges OF wire and Of
iron axles. The object Of Mr.. Dewey was
to establish the nucleus Of a vast enter.
prise with various ramiications, but 1t Is
II he ever had in his mind as
large an idea as Is embodied in the pres
ent Riverside works, In 1855, after u
career oil indifferent success, Tue works
and remained idle until 1858,
when j, II. Pendleton & Go. leused and
started up the mill, making light bar iron
end railroad spikes. In 1859 the works
we're burned, but at once rebuilt In 1860
they were leased to 0 U. Dewey, who ss,
ISOLATED with himself j. n. Vance and W.
II. Russell, under the frm name OF Dewey,
Vance < Co., who operated tho mill as
the "Wheeling Iron aud Spike Works"
Tor q while, and then "a the "Juuiata Iron
Works. The product Of the mill, espeC.
ially railroad spikes, was in growing de-
mAnd
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Few Of the large cities Of the country
exCelled this record. Baltimore and Phila-
delphia fell below it, In Importance as an
iron producing city WheelingFanks Eigh-
tenth among the cities Of the country,
It Is not just however, to limit any esti-
mate Of the production OF Wheeling's iron
Industries 10 the city proper. Were 1t
possible to collate the statistics OF those
iron manufactures which comprise the
community Of which Wheeling is the CEN
tre, the record would be still more credit
able and impressive,
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Bias! furnace, steel plant and plate mill at 90,
w
Bar Ill and p
NAH A1J
s!elbenYlle furnace lib
nal !, nnn
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vile and MinRo, had thirteen iron works.
OF theae eight are credited 10 Wheeling
in the census report, and these eight had
49,, = a a.. "a
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nniI1sd, wage nnt ummilllnN, bus unmbia
20 pag thetE rznf4 zt woni1 he mcn-
gtEozs iniasnes on she part af fatli4-
men8 b allow sash . l4W te b pst n
motlam. Kaad chHeEa IhsEegoFa BE
gaoaia suppxl ths bin. asthouxh BE
himself wanId have formed adl1oas11
hill-morsssas. 4 osaid bs ai1arsd h
&ha Cummona.
Lord RAndclph ChurehiE E-Lnfd Gal
isbary neFeF sid anythina e Ne kin4.
GladEtana- Ia nstas Lord Il h0ld h
his hHsegsiau. ! donat ksow whasheR
there u ang limit % that boldnasz, bal
see 10 ereund 80 rscede from ny
alatzasnA lChaeE4.i q a1sto1e sid
Ehmt he had coaRm1tead hSmlf aa %
rents u tha lsaas hnlaara. and thErefoFe
oslld hold htuaelf npan e ounaideE
uhaa wa8 aAid on tbs suhiset b bo1h
AaEionaligia and CouRnKEaE1Tas. Fu1Ai1-
form u Wniah tAe m1aE9Ee should
ultimalely auDsaF. Hs fslf boand
II hnunF and instioel 10 Re&a Ter the
sssand rsading q the bl1, which, apart
from nsnersi poiies, BE- belisved uas
aoeelntsly neoeasaEy n o0DNeQuanee q
an impaTtMnf pFueesdinR Ct ahe Gag
ernment oy which they usrs committed
& propeaitioas Of deapest tmpoEiaace--
propositions involvsna the eo1nfFy -
consequences Of their magniiuda. whieh
perhaps none a. then waa fnllY cap
abls 81 rs4china. (Cheora
A4tthawa. Home Secretary, IN adSis-
ing tie h0asa % feieet ahe bill, denied
that the appoiI tmeai of q commission
Implied ~ admisainn tha1 Ne rents
ueEs TOO high. He said that Parnellas
bill wns an Invitation 90 ali tanAnf8 In
Ireland % Fsfnsa thspaymenf e Fent.
fne dsbate Was adjourned On moeton
Of John Moriay.
Ths House paassd the second rsading
b = vote of I7s % 66.
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PACIFIC COAST.

E4E9 - A8t3Fo9s
LkrnnoR, (Oal.) Sept. z0-Tha entire
block in the business portion oe this
town, exeeps thFes emalI buildings. waa
destroyed By Gre last night. he hFs
originated 10 the shannon HOUSE and
soon gained 9noh headWay that it VA
almost impossible 10 Get it undsr con
troi- II. 2. 8hann u. the pruprietog q
ne shannon Hoases h shs heavisst
loser. Hia loss 4 not knowa; insafanoe,
5000 Other lo8ees foot up abeus SO
0O0; insnranos e4sOo
ChurcA Bnrnea.
OLxMPEk, Sept. N-Tha Oonass.
gHtional church e AonAssano haFRed
70 the Rrsnna On Friday morninQ. It
q thouEht 10 have beea tha wssk Of an
incandiaEy.
Senlsasy Hakea . Eoang MurAsees.
sAKFonp. (Oal.) espt. So-Ths mur-
eaFaE Of EditoF Hayes Of the Transr
Tidfaqs, is believed 20 BE- Q yoang nan
named BsaveE. Nbo committed the
crime thr0ugk jealousy.
rhe Csronerss JuRy CAarge alm VIVA
HARDER
SAH FnANoIsco, Sept. S0.-The core
neFis Jury In The cas- Of Edward Ryan,
who was shot and killed By HFank
0Fibben last week, bF0ught IN . verdict
this afternoon. charging 0Eihben with
murder.