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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14

Establishments In the country, including
the larger concerns, they handle the coffee
very little, nearly all the work being done
automatically. This was the idea OF MIR.
John WRteThouse, member OF the firm,
he having gotten ittIom the Touring mills
WOhio Valley" ia composed Of Rio, Java
and MRfacaibo coffee, mixed. The green
coffee Is turned from ths sacks into large
bin In the basement where It 10 mixed by
Thomas ColVin, rooster who has had
years OF experience. From this bin the
coffee Ia elevated by means Of bucket
belt to the second story, where 1t Is dis.
charged into 9 box down which II runs 10
the hoppsTs that feed the roasting Cylin.
ders, located in the rear Of the first floor.
These cylinders, two In number are the
latest patent, and have q daily capacity oil
about 5000 pounds. They are run by an
Otto gas engine Of l0.hOrse power,
Simon BSer's Sons have had an ex.
tensiVe coffee roasting establishment for
several years. Their brand ia the "Psn
Handle" The Pan Handle" package
has picture OF big bear holding aloit
big pan with which other Codees are be.
Ing knocked out 10 the great delight oil
several small bears, This firms roasting
establishment ia at the corner Of Main and
Sixteenth streets, S. O. Walton Is In
charge with two aSsistants and four girls
are employed in the packing.room, Here
also two roasteIs ara used, their ca
pacity being 4. 900 pounds day, The en-;
CINE Is steam one OF lS'horae power and
the Baers have been operating at that
point for four years, but not putting out
special brand until about two and a.halt
years ago. "Pan Handle" Is q comblns-
ton OF Rio, Java and LSquara, About
three weeks ago this firm put q new brand
on the market-the "Moss Rose" a fine
Moca, done up in two.pound packages,
that is rapidly coming into favor,
Boil, flrms sell extensively in Western
Maryland, Western Pennsylvania and
Eastern aud Central Ohio and in this State
wherever there Is transportation, and the
field Ia constantly growing.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14
LANTERN MANuFAcruRE.
Two Important Wheeling Consorns-Tll
"LeRdsr,"

"LendVF,"
Among the Wheeling manufactures the
making Of lanterns Is an interesting and
important industry, In the last decade
the manufacture Of lanterns has made
wonderful strides. OF the score or SO Of
concerns in this line which have grown
up, one OF the leading ones Is the Nail
City Lantern Company Of Wheeling, which
manufactures the "Leader" lantern in two
sizes. This lantern was formerly called
the "Nall CITY," but Its name has been al
tered, The company has thoroughly
equipped factory on Water street, not far
from Fourteenth, the machinery being the
most recent and best to be obtained. The
facilities have been largely increased this
year. 1t has been in operation about tive
years, first on Main street, but for some
time in the present location, A. W, PAUL
IL the President Of the company, Samuel
LauShltR Vice President, and James PAUL
Secretary.
The "Leader" lantern is the Invention
OF tho President OF the Company, Mr.,
PAUL, who has letters patent on 1t. 1t Is
one OF two double globe lanterns made,
and has many perCeptible advantages
over other deslgna. This distinguishing
ieatare Is n bulls eye on one side which
concentrates tho rays at any desired point
~ etleCtuRlly as the old bulls eye Ian.
tern, without, however, leaving any por.
ton Of the surrounding in the dark, The
remainder OF the globe giving out as good
light 90 ordinary lanterns.
The factory has productive capacity
OF 100 dozen lanterns day, and is pushed
to this capacity throughout the lantern
season" OF nine months, and there is
ready Gale for all made. Last year the
company mover caught up to its orders till
the season closed.
The company manufactures everything
but tho globes direct from tho raw ma
terial. The globes arc made at the Buck
eye glass works, at Martins Ferry. The
factory has all the necessary machinery
for shaping and joining the top, bottom
and guards, and y blacksmith shop aud
machine shop are attached.
The company employs about l25 people
at good wageO.
THE IwIEG 4 DlLL LANTERN COMPANY.
The Ewing & Bill Lantern Company was
organized lew years ago to manufacture
new lantern, invented and patented by
John II. Ewing, and designated "the
OWL Its factory Is located on the Nor
way Tack Factory premises, and q. J..
Rawling Is President and Secretary AND
q. g. Hannah Treasurer. The company
was embarrassed by litigation until Within
q year, but the suits having been ended
favorably they are free to push their ope.
rations actively. They have a largo Gu
paCity, and the lantern is q popular one
In the market. The company Is composed
Of live and progressive business men.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14

flour mills use thousands, the glass houses
as many barrels and hopgheRds. All these
and the others required Tor various tisesare
made here, and portion OF the product Of
the shops is sent TO other citles, Several
OF the nail mills make their own kegs.
The North Wheeling key and barrel
factory Of Wilson 4 Dunlevy, at the foot
OF Sixth street, does perhaps the largest
business. Their product Is nail kegs and
and nour or fruit barrels. Alexander BeltS
has eight coopsrage shop at 90 Seyen'
tenth street, making lard tierCes, beer
barrels, etc, There are several other
prosperous shops In the same line.
Shingles and lath are produced only 10
q small extent. Axe and pick handles,
Ratchet helves and the like are also made
In small way. Ralph Il, Spears, ID tho
South End, operates an axle mandatory,
and the Sixth ward boasts q bent wood
works.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14

There 10 q considerable industry in box.
making In Wheeling, the glass, tack,
hinge, cigar aud other Industries conBum:
ing Immense numbers Of wood and paste.
board boxes Of all sizes and styles. Nil.
lions OF wood and paper boxes for cigars
ale turned out annually, and though
largely used In Wheeling and vicinity,
they 90 With their contents all over the
world. This and the making Of larger
boxes for packing purposes employs In all
over q hundred men, boys and girls, and
adds considerably In the course Of year
70 Wheellng's consumption Of raw mate.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14

Said Mr.. Hanna to an INrELMaESCER
reporter the othOr day:

Said Mr.. Hanna to an IETRLLIdENCER
reporter the other day:
"The greAtp6t difficulty wo contend
with in the manufacture Of white paper
Ia the annoyance Of coal dust, That, OF
course, becomes thing of tho past with
the introduction Of natural gas. The fine
coal here" he added, twas itself an un-
usual advantage. l have had some expo.
rience in making paper elsewhere. III
q Southern town which Is Ia considerable
RAILROAD centre, coal cost cents bushel.
That was high, but when got to using
tho coal | found the coat was really about
q cents bushel, for it took three bushels
to 20 as far as ono Of Wheeling COAL"
Mr.. Hanna in speaking Of the growth
Of tho paper making industry here, said
that the present edition Of the lNTRLLI.
OENCER consumed an amount OF paper
equal to tho product OF the Fulton mill
In two weeks run OF the close OF the war,
when the Wheeling papers wore supplied
by this mill.
The Fulton Paper Mil has two large
wells which yield about $50 gallons Of
water minute day and night the year
round, the water being clear as crystal.
The machinery Is all Of the latest inven-
tons, and the new mill one Of the most
complete and conveniently arranged any
where in the country. 1t Ia the only mill
In the State making print paper, and has d
capacity for turning out three tons OF pa
per every twenty.iour hours. The de.
mand Is already up to the capacity Of the
mill, and with the improved quality nat.
ural gas enables them to give their paper,
the company expects an increased In.
quiry for their product which will compel
them soon to Increase their capacity to
possibly double the present output. Its
specially Is what is known as religious
news" a little better grade OF paper than
ordinary rag paper. Not q pound OF
wood pulp nor straw enters into the com.
position Of their paper. ~"
Tho company'B trade extends 10 CinCn.
natl, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, New York,
st. Paul, Mimi. and 10 nearly all the
cities and towns Of this section Of the
country. The corporation officials are {:
T. Hanna, President; o. A. Robinson,
Secretary and Treasurer; D. Clemens,
Manager.
D. Wagner operates paper mill at
West Wheeling, on the Ohio side Of the
river, with an Office In this city. He
makes straw wrapping paper, and has an
extensive trade which keeps his mill busy.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14
Flour and Nfeni.

M.&J. Pollock, proprleloB Of the PacI,
DC mills, a monster establishment Oh iNg
corner Market and EourieenthBIroeuhllei
up with the lateBlfoller process inaClIngt,y,
grind wheat flour aud corn meal ln s
Wheeling City mills, on Twen1y'nlHl,.In
street, iSOperSted by William Do1gA'gTTHt6,
who gflnls rye flour exclusively i nv
situation ls a good one for Touring Lal,,5 !,
the rich agricultural region around 99 i.ii
Ing an ample supply Of grain oil all Alpu''
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14
nUNGs AND DARREL HEADS.
a NewlIndustry that is looming In the Old
Town,

a NewlIndustry that is looming In the Old
Town.
A year ago Messrs. j. O. Hale and ]. Ran
sta!naker, formerly Secretary Of State Of
West Virginia, associated themselves
uudor the firm name Of Hale & Ssalnaker,
for the manufacture OF box timber,
bungs and barrel heads. They leased
the old Hubbard saw mill property
and fitted 1t up for their pur.
poses. In the meantime they had secured
the most improved machinery for produc.
ing their wares with the greatest rapidity,
economy and finish. They were hardly
fairly started before their facilities were
taxed to their capacity to supply orders.
1t literally rained bungs, dropping from
the etampingmaohiue perfectly shaped and
highly polished. Barrel heads come out by
the thousands to be packed in bulk. No
Wheeling industry has jumped sooner
into success. The firm has the great I'D.
vantage OF Mr.. Hale's large timber inter.
ests'in Writ and adjoining counties, the
chesbness with which tho best poplar Is
delivered in Wheeling, good business
management and fret rate shipping facili.
ties by rail and water.
The first year has been 90 prosperous
that the firm Is now contemplating the
erection OF a large four.story factory to &C
comodate the growing business, which ia
likely TO be vastly increased through the
current year.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14

In connection with his oil refining bust.
ness, Mr.. Warren has adjoining bis oil
barrel shops a mandatory OF chemicals,
especially the salts Of ammonia. Until
recent times the waste water OF the city
gus works was run into the creek to pol.
lutte the water and air. Mr.. Warren con.
traCted for tho use Of this waste, and from
II secures a valuable product. His con.
tract was recently extended. The ar.
rangemgnt ls a source Of some revenue to
tho city, and adds to tho production Of
her industries considerably In the course
OF a year.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14

A business wi,icI, HAS Assumed SOME
InnhIlhhnN.

n bublnCbh NNhuh AthA fAAbWutu bOul6
Importance.
Until lately Wheeling did not do much
in coffee roasting except in small way
for the local trade. ]. W. Hunter, at the
Anchor Mustard mill gradually built up
An extensive business, and now has four
roaStefS Of largo capacity. Joseph speldsl
4 %. have also made a considerable toa.
ture. Of this department Of their grocery
jObblng trade, and their "0hlo Valley"
brand Of roasted coffee has won an OK.
extended fame, though the Gtm only en-.
tered the business last May.
Tho ".Ohlo Valley" % put up In q litho.
gtaphtd cOlored package that has on ono
Blde 4 picture Of the Suspension bridge
and on the olh0r aide one Of the artn'a
big stores, Tho firms coffee roasting do.
pAftnent 10 on Fourteenth street between
Main and Water streets, and more com.
plete establishment II would DO hard 10
lind, Unlike nearly oil the roasting %.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14
IinIinninn.

The Wheeling Dairy Company has oc.
cuplod the large building on Chapllne and
Seventeenth streets for over year past,
and has done an extensive business In
making artificial butter. The materials
used are cream and milk and the oil
pressed from beef tallow, The Churnlng,
done by machinery, resembles ordinary
butter making, and tue operators invite q
free inspection Of thelt establishment,
materials and processes. They are now
winding Up thelr Atialfe, the recently en-.
acted United States law taxing aud 70.
stitching the manufacture Of artificial but.
ter compelling them 10 30 out Of the buOl.
nesg,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14
NIInee NIent, rre.prrrs nnd Cnnnpd 0onAr.

MIhCb Mehtt PFeSNfVbS NhI UnIIntU UOOUB,
In putting up preserves, mince meat,
jellies or any goods requiring glass or
earthenware packages, Wheeling offers
rare facilities owing to the convenience OF
manufactures Of such vessels. George X.
MCNIUChen & Son have In the rear OF 1901
Market street q factory fitted with all the
modern convenienCes, where they manu-.
facture mlncs meat, jellleS, fruit buffers,
pickles and salads, and the "0ld Virginia"
brand Of preserves. Their goods are Of the
finer grade, and their trade extends from
the Atlantic to the Mississippi.
FlaCcus Brothers at their extensive fac.
tory cast Of the city manufacture mince
meat and put up canned goods, especially
tomatoes, on large scale. Wheeling has
unrlyaled facilities for this trade.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14
Stencils.

The West Virginia Stencil Works, es.
tabllShed about twelve years ago on Mar.
ket street, near Wheeling creek, and now
operated by A. I. Castor, does an exten.
slve business In manufacturing marking
plates, burning brands aud rubber stamps,
whiChBupply the demand Of a wide section
OF country,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14

mountains Of West Virginia places at her
door an inexausGible supply OF the finest
timber oil every workable sort. A Consid-
cradle business is also done here In the
purchase OF black walnut, cherry and
other hard woods for export. These valu'
able wooda are abundant and cheap with
In sight Of tho Wheeling hills, together
with oak, poplar, beech, hickory, syCa'
more, chestnut, locust and almoSt every
desirable variety Of wood. A few miles
haul places hemloCk, pine aud the COM
mouer woods In the lumber yards Of the
city. Much OF the supply comes from the
Pennsylvania and West Virginia forests
in the form OF immense RATS, which are
iloated down to the city with their mil.
lions Of feet, costing nothing at all for
transportation.
FURNITURE MAKING.
In addition to the planning mill industry,
the product OF which is largely, though
not exclusively, for local consumption,
Wheeling has productive industry which
gives employment to no inConsiderable
share OF her population in her furniture
factories. OF thpBe the Wheeling Furni.
ture Factory OF +. @. Arbenz & Co, on
Twentieth street and the creek bank, Is
now tho leading factory. This firm makes
fine furniture, such % dressing cases,
washstauds, bouk cases, sideboards, ward
robes and oil articles made from fine
woods, and their trade Is in the large
cities, mainly west and south. The raw
material Ia convenient, including glass,
and the only heavy transportation in.
volved is that OF marble, which is cheaply
brought TO Wheeling by boats.
Beneke, Hubach 4 Go. have q factory
for similar grades OF furniture on the cor.
ner OF Water and Twenty.second streets.
Though OF less extent, employing about
fourteen men, this factory has built up as
good q trade as It's capacity can accommo.
date, by the care and skill which 1t ex-
erCises In its work.
G.. Ed Mendel has au extensive factory
on EoG street, between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth, fitted up with the most improved
machinery for wood working, and having
larger capacity than any other factory In
town. At present, however, he is only
operating It upon work ordered in connec-
ton with his local trade, making the high
est grade OF furniture much superior To
that usually found in the market.
Richard SChsOppner also has less ex-
tensive factory on Seventeenth street.
KEd AND BARREL MAKING.
Another department OF wood work
which has long been actively engaged in
in Wheeling Is. the manufacture Of kegs,
barrels, casks, tiSrCes, etc. The demand
for such product to hold the oil, beer, ale,
wine, lard, nails, glassware and other pro.
ducts which are packed In cooper's work,
and tho fruit and other products Of the
rich agricultural region surrounding,
combining with tho abundant and
cheap rSw material to stimulate
the business. Millions Of kegs are
required every year To hold the
nails alone produced here. Hundreds
OF thousands Of barrels and half.barrels
are used annually by the brewers. The
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14
wAaoNs ASH cAnntAars.

An industry In Which wheeling HAS DE.
fed Composition.
Tie peculiar advantages Of Wheeling as
a manufacturing locality are demonstrated
beyond dispute by the fact that with q
large portion Of the COnvlCts in the State
penitentiary engaged Upon wagon making
Of low contract wages, Wheeling has not
only maintained q considerable industry
Ia the direction Of wagon building, but
has met competition In many favored To-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14

In addition to her iron, nail, glass, steel,
cigar and other industries which have
made a stir in the world, Wheeling has a
number Of establishments OF an unobtrus.
i've character, which are better known
abroad than al home. To this class ha.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-01

bread tree" of the granite mountains.
The trees are planted there forty to fifty
per acre; 10000 acres are planted in chest
nuts. In the island of Corsica the chestnut
comprises one-third of the wooded por-
ton of the island 1t is plant
ed there to an altitude of
300 feet, some trees measuring "A feet in
circumference and 10 feet in hight. In 1879
Corsica exported $4,000 pounds of chest
nuts. Over twenty more departments in
france are cultivating the chestnut in i'm
mense quantities. In Savoie, gallo acid is
manufactured on large scale with the
wood of the chestnut. Italy has 1,25O, 900
acres planted in chestnuts, and is produc-
ing 5Oo,0O0,o00 OF nuts. In 1880, Italy exs
ported into France 100000 pounds of
chestnuts, valued at S350,000. The false
" Marion de Lyon" is imported into France
from Naples. In 1881, Turkey exported to
France ~, 100000 pounds of chestnuts and
chestnut meal. In 1881, France exported
11,O00,0OO pounds of chestnnts, valued at
100000, the most part to England, Swift
zeriand, Algeria, and also to Germany, Hol-
land and Belgium. Paris alone consumes
every winter 100000 pounds of Marion
chestnuts.
Again. in the presence of such figures
and of the immensely of the chestnut trade
III the old world, is there not for California
IN chestnut-growing as good a thing, if not
better, than in the raising of oranges, april
cots, pears, and the like? We have here
the very land suited to the chestnut; that
endless range of mountains, the granite
Sierras, and the smaller ranges alongside
the coast from Humboldt to San Francisco
bay and always East of us most inviting
market. All we have to do is almost to
stretch our arm to grasp into our hand that
other jewel of the varied resources of our
eyer-bountiful land. So, say, let us go to
work and transform into chestnut and wal
nut groves the pine-clad hills of our beauti-
full Sierra.
THE ALMOND.
The almond, to bear good and regular
crops, has to be planted outside the reach
of jack Frost, and where the climate is
only moderately warm. In California the
foothills-that part of the mountains be-
low the snow belt and the valley of the
Sacramento-are better adapted to the
almond than the mountains proper, which
are too cold. and the southern part of the
State, which is too warm. In Solano
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-01

, France and Italy chestnut mush with milk
is the morning meal. The cultivated chest
. nut-the kind raised for dessert and which
is eaten roasted or boiled-is the Marion.
1t grows generally single, two AT the most
in the burr. The Marrons are large, sweet,
and when roasted the inner skin comes of
nicely. 1t is delicious nut, and is largely
consumed in all the cities and towns of Eu-
| rope. The Marrons are solely propagated
by grating. From the seed, it goes back.
with few exceptions, to the mother type, or
common Chataigne. In California the
Marion chestnut does very well. In Nevada
county it produces even larger nuts than in
France, Italy or Spain. The leading vari-
cites of Marion chestnut, and which have
been thoroughly tested by myself in our
mountains, are:
Marion de Lyon-Very large roundish,
sweet and well favored. Do not seem to
do quite as well here as in France.
Marion Combale-This variety does
as the Lyon, sweet and well favored very
productive; goes into bearing earlier than
the Lyon
Marion Merle-Nut very large first quail
ity; very productive.
Crosse Precoce, or Early Marron-One of
the earliest kinds. Should be planted in
preference to other sorts wherever the sum-
mer is short, or not warm enough to ma
ture the other kinds. The nut is large and
sweet.
Maroon Nouzillard-Extensiyely planted
in central France. A pretty nut, of fair
size and first quality
Almost every chestnut district has its own
local varieties, but the above kinds are all
extra choice, of superior quality, large and
Chestnut culture IS conducsedun-a-xssx
large scale in France, Spain, Italy, Turkey,
etc, and constitutes very important
branch of commerce. France consumes an
immense quantity of chestnuts, not pro-
ducing even enough to meet the home de-
mand. The Department of Sarthe raises
$500 coo worth of the Nouzillard variety /;
in the Dcriogne, 100000 acres are devoted
TO the culture of the chestnut, which is
planted on the north side of hills. Chest
nuts to the value of 100000 are exported
from that department. In the Correze 15O.-
600 acres, mostly mountain land of gram
lite composition, is planted in chestuufs. In
Haute- Vienne the chestnut IS called the