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

q large works, situated on Twenty seventh
street and extending from Chapline u
Eof streets In the Sixth ward.
This works was built In 1852 by the firm
Of Hamilton & CLARK, and was conducted
by John Hamilton and various partners
until 1872, when Mr.. Hamllton'B death oc.
Cured. MesSrB. A. j. Sweeney 4 Son
have purchased additional property ad.
joining the works and have added many
thousand dollars worth Of patterns and
tools.
They build ateamboats, and contract 10
deliver them with steam up and complete
In outfit Their boats ara unexceled In
speed, beauty and economy. They also
build engines and boilers, and most OF the
large engines and rolling mills in this Vi.
Guilty have been built by them or the Grn
to which they succeed. They make q
specially Of nall machines, and are now
executing the largest order ever made al
one time for such work. All OF their work
Is done Ia the best style both as 10 work.
mRnship and material. Their business
amounts to between $4,000 and $1,000
per Arnum,
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A new vein Of coal has been recently
opened near FaiFnOnt, on tho line OF tho
Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad, eighty miles
from Wheeling, from which a coke mas
been made. The coke 10 bright, extreme.
y hard and clear gray. An analysis WAS
made oil II, from samples taken indisCrini.
nately from barrel foil, which gay0 tho
percentage Of ash q 0 sgi color Of ash,
brown. From half dozen Of analyses
oi OonnellSyllle coke, published by Slaie
authorities, the mOSt favorable pIyeS An
9 II color Of ash, reddlhh brown, An The
great features oil excellence IL UonnollS-
Vile coke lg the small ash and Its extreme
hardness, there seems 10 b. a Formidable
rival about 10 enter the field 10 Tebuke lie
phde ara htitneCkednsaa Of the Com
nollsylll9 operation,
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sTEAMBoAr MACHINERY,
Nail Machines and EngInes-A. J.sweOne!
& Son.


s Son.
Among the diversified work Of Wheel
ing brains and Wheeling muscle, there is
nonemoreimportant than that represented
by the firm OF A. ]. Sweeney & Son. In
another place In this issue is striking
scene on tho river front-two steamboats,
In process OF construction. This picture
Is engraved from photograph taken while
the Metsrs. Sweeney were working on q
large cotton packet for tho southern
waters and steamer for the Ohio trade
The Sweeney family has been identified
with Wheeling industries for over half q
century. In 1880 Thomas Sweeney came
10 Wheeling from Pittsburgh, and pur'
chased the shops and property oil The
North Wheeling Manufacturing Company.
With his brothers and sons he ran those
works until about 1874, when he retired
from active business. His son, A. j,
Sweeney, and the latter's con, John NJ
Sweeney, assumed the business and con.
dGcted Il, until 1881, at the old place, amt
Ward purchased by them.
LIS u1hlllebh Nv tlo ulh plhCb WAS uullus
ing engines, mill machinery and R9neral
castings, the firm being, until 1888 ]. &
O. Sweeney, which was dissolved by the
death at that time Of o. Sweeney. Then,
until 1887, j. Sweeney carried on the
works, when the firm Of Sweeney, Mat.
thews & Gray was formed, continuing
until 1880, when 1t becnme Sweeney 4
Matthews, and was 30 until 1862. Then
j. Sweeney and his. son, Capt. ]. O.
Sweeney, continued as ]. Sweeney & 70.
In 1858 the machine shop OF John
Moore & Go. formed with the foundry
firm consolidation and the business was
continued until 1874 under the style oil
Sweeneys & 90. The firm Of John Moore
4 Co. consisted OF John Moore, for many
years superintendent OF the city water
works, aud A. j. Sweeney. The death oil
Mr.. Moore In 1858 dissolved that firm and
n new partnership was formed by II
Sweeney and his sons A. ]. and T. o. This
firm built steamboats,, rolling mills, boil
ers, and all kinds OF general machinery
and castings.
The present firm Of A. ]. Sweeney & son
continued at the old place from 1876 until
1881, when the principal shop, with all its
valuable machinery and patterns, was de-
a'royed bv fire The firm had purchased
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14
BLIdlITED LOVE.
An Idyi of the Wheeling Kitchen under tito
New lIoglne,

An Idyl OF tile Wheeling Kitchen undOr tic
New Roglme.
She was sitting at the upright grand, ell
alone. Rich moquette in gsudy color
covered the floor. Tapestry OF the famous
Gobelin make hung upon tho walls. The
Gre burned brightly Id the antique an.
CeStral range. The tea pot sang merry
lay, tho while Corinne touched the
ivory keys dreatniIy In soft accompani.
ment.
Suddenly from without humau head
doomed through the open easement.
"Corinns, hesxCla(msdin yox hnmaua
tones, "Corinne, this day must zeal nv
fate. Tomorrow will be waHh.day, low,
VIII you be my wife7-will you love,
cherish, and"-
Claude, darling" spoke tho fair young
girl, Hove you as they love In The I'D
country, you know. / am ready 10 20 10
q new place, aud prefer up b.aifs WORK,
The words you spoke to ina last niphL at
he garden gate yet linSer In my County
Kerry ears. II would kill ms TO sss that
Mcdonnell gill At tue altar by Your side.
But ! cannot marry you HenCeiotlh-,n
"Corlnnel That word"
" eau never marry you, Ulaule. Your
mother doesn't use natural gas in tho
house,
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IRON ROOFING.
Stove Pipes, Iron Measures and Similar
Goods,

Stove Pipes, Iron Measures and Similar
Goods.
An industry which is growing to vast
proportions in Wheeling is the manu-.
taC!urs OF iron roofing. Lately the
making OF stove pipes on large scale
has been added. Grocers' mcasurs OF
iron have been made extensively for
some time. Wheeling offers batter iacill-
ties for such enterprises than any other
l1cality. The exiBtence here OF three OF
the largest manufactures In he world
devoted to sheet iron and steel caves
much OF the first cost In the way Of
freight on material. Yet until within a
iew years nearly all the roofing done
here was local, and tho material tin, tar
and gravel, shingle and slate. An i'm
portant work was done In roofing houses
N surrounding towns with tin. tar and
slate.
Caldwell d Peterson, firm composed
Of B. F. Caldwell and W. +. Peterson, are
Engaged In the manufacture Of sheet iron
roofing patented by Mr.. Caldwell. They
ship largely to distant points, and though
tho industry Ia q new one II has already
assumed considerable proportions. They
also manufacture q patent stove pipe
which promises to lead the market.
William A. List 4 %. operate factory
In Alley IL, In the manufacture Of iron,
tin and felt roofing and iron measures aud
vessels They have built up considerably
more than q local trade.
MA. Haldeman & 90. manufacture an
iron roofing which is in good demand far
aud near. George W. Johnson's Sons,
Ntsbitt & Bro, Jones & Bro, r. Y, Arklc,
J.G g. Kline aud o. L. SItel & Son also
manufacture tin aud sheet iron roofing,
and there is one house engaged In slate
roohng, and three 10 tar, gravel aud felt
trade.
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and Europe. Sample rooms are kept by
this iEm In Boston, New York, Philadel'
phiR and Baltimore, with travelling sales
men in the West and North.
HANDSOME THINGS IN CoLoRRD WARE,
Several thousand dollars worth Of gold
bullion Is used annually in colorinE the
fancy ware, producing q pure ruby, This
firm makes Q larger amount OF ruby glass
annually, than all other houses in this
country combined,
When Thomas Webb, Of England
made his first shipment OF coral, or peach,
blow ware, 10 New York, Nj. VIM,
Leighton, IT., secured piece Of the ware
and before the second shipment had been
opened In New York, the always inter,
prising firm was turning out the same
ware, which 10 being sold by some dealers
as imported goods.
Some six OF eight years ago the import
ers began to bring more largely OF fancy
colored articles made in France, England,
Bohemia, Belgium and Germany, and
American taste for these goods becoming
aroused, this factory was the first in this
country to reproduce the imported ware,
Lsttsrly it began to improve on foreign
designs, reyeTsing the order Of things,
leaving foreign manufacturers to initiate
Wheeling, The trade built up in this
country for colered ware hiss exCslled
even the expectations Of the firm, and q
growing demand Is the reward Of their
enterprise, The larger part Of the produc,
ton Of the works now Ia Of this style OF
goods,
The best imitation Of the famous SIS 900
Morgan vase Is manufactured by this firm,
aud although the first imitation was put
on the market early this spring, the sales
have been enormous and the demand ior
them 10 on the increase,
With the introduction Of natural gas
into this factory and its vast superiority
over Goal, wood and bepzine, It Is hard to
say what may the South Wheeling works
not vet accomplish In thaiV line n V0ods
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now on the market. The Star Foundry
made the tirst Burnside" or "Erostkillsr"
stoves ever cast, aud that stove, like the
later product Of the same establishment,
advanced rapidly to the front rank and
still holds q place as q heating stove.
The Messrs, Fisher make specially Of
cooking stoves,
Joseph Bell & Co., own aud operate the
Arlington Stove Works, an extensive es,
tsbllshment at the corner OF Main and
Fourth streets, Some Of their cooking
and heating stoves have never besn SUR
passed flr beauty and all good qualities,
Their trade extends all over the country,
and some recent additions to their lines Of
stoves promise to give them still more
extended trade and their product still
higher standing in the markets and the
homes Of the United States,
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demand was 90 great for this class Of goods
that 1t wac impossible to produce enough
Ia nn 1, hlt Il


that " wac Impossible 10 produce enough
To supply II.
THE PRESENT PiRM.
In February, 1853, the firm OF ]. H.
Hobbs, Brcckunier \ Co., was formed,
consisting Of ]. L. Hobbs, John II. Hobbs
and Charles W. BrOokunler. In the fall
Of 1858, William Leighton, ar, was I'd.
mitted into tho firm. In 1868, William
Leighton, ST., retired and his son, William
Leighton, IL, was admitted as q member
OF the firm. In 1881, Mr.. John L. Hobbs
died, the remaining members oil the finn
bought his interests from the heirs, and
the firm name changed from j. II. Hobbs,
BroCkunier 4 Co., 10 HDbbB, BfoCkunier
& Co., which 10 the present arm without
any change Of personnel.
In 1883, when MI. Leighton, 81, was adj
mittad Into the Arm and took charge Of the
manufacturing department, he entered
readily into the prospect Of Ending Hlasg
pure In color aud durable without lepd
being o component patt, otits competition.
After numerous experiments, sand from
Berkshire county, Mass, Spanish whiting
or chalk, bi.Cafbonate Of soda, with the
other Ingredients, were found 10 make q
brilliant anl dniable glass. Every glass
works at this time, lilsE aud West, oil any
Importance, was making lead glaaq,
FOUR HUNDRED CAR LOADS SHIPPED A YBAR,
From tho little concern Of 1880 these
works have grown In the manufacture oil
table ware aud fine goods until their ca.
paCity exoels that Of any other single glass
hbube In The country, ThA bnildihpl
cover an area Of several acres, The works
are now composed oil three furnaces with
q melting capacity Of lbQ tons per week,
clay loom aud pot mandatory, mold
shops, emitting shops etching roo1t, deco.
rating rooms With necessary kiln9 10 burr
decorated ware, 10, Big hundred and
atty hands are employed, About ioul
hundred car loads Of goods ore hhlppet
annually 10 every part Of the Unltet
States, Uuba, South America, Australia
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grove FouNpllllIs.
An Industry In which wheeling llAS n Large
Interest.

An Industry In which Wheeling llAS Large
Interest.
Wheeling has two stove ioundtioS. For
considerable over q generation The glove
foundry business has been an important
one here, and Wheeling stoves are known
and bought all over the country. The
quality, excellence Of design and beauty Of
finish are hard 10 excel. The SWseneva,
the Onlbertsons, and other pioneer iouid.
era, and IN later years the BELLS and Fish.
ets, have won 1877 Wheeling an enVlable
name In this line.
The Star Foundry, now owned and
operated by D. Flshef 4 Sons, occupies
hall o. the entire tquAFO bounded BY Mar.
ket, ChApllne, Sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets. II Ia ootnpodlous aud complete
In ils equipments ii oil departments, and
produces come Of The most popular BtoyVI
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A prominent man stopped an 1S7ELtt.
gEscER reporter the other day and said
nwhy don't the people here, some oil
them, start q horse shoe and horse Bhoe
nail mandatory 7 Thousands oil kegs Of
these things are sold hero yearly, which
are made elsewhere, Tho same thing wat
true Of stove Pipe until recently, but d firm
has gone 70 making that, and The oohyen
iencb OIL sheet Iron works enables them Il
defy the world, Why don't some pefsol
realize u "a! 10 advantages In The iacIll
tles iof uFeh .Slhg soft steel bar and q
Into the u,aua .clufe Of steel horse shoes
EhSfS 10 a pointer give the public TIL
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THE LAuGmLIN MILL.
Another Brilliant Example OF the sagaGlty
of Wheeling Men,

Among the industrial establishments on
the Ohio side Of the river established and
successfully operated by Wheeling brains,
one Of the most interesting and important
Is that Of the LaughIin Nail Company,
whose mill at the north end Of Martins
Ferry, when the improvements now in
progress are completed, will embrace the
most extensive nail factory In tho world,
and one Of the most complete establish
ments In other respects, The Laughlin
has evlnced more enterprise at divers
times than almost any other mill, Its
factory has tvire been burned. Int aanh
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On the corner Of UhAplIne and lileh.
teenth streets Nicholas BAndl has, for
several Year,, been engaged successfully
10 the manufacture Of steel fes iof wood
and metal workers and oil purposes, The
files produced are sold In competition with
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those manufactured by the most successful
conc rms, and are pronounced better than
the average file OF commerce.. Though
Mr.. Bandits establishment ia not extern
stvs II is HluElshing, and is an unique In.
dustEy in its way for Wheeling.
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Irs HEALTHY GROWTH.

IA exactly IS can be asCertaIned, Che
Grst glass works 10 Wheeling was q win.
dow glass factory Sult in 1921. In 1929
Iohn aud Craig Richie built cut glass
factory on tlle side OF the hill in what Is
now The SECOND ward This factory won
a wide reputation. IA e9rly as 1885 the
advantages Of Wheeling 10 the way oil
cheap fuel and transportation became
apparent, and the Messrs. Sweeney built a
large flint glass house in the north end Of
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tlme It built, Operations being UunnIenGe,l
as soon as the ruins were fairly cold. The
flrst fire was In August 1881 and the sec.
ond last fall.
The present company assumed charge
Of the mill in March, 1878. The factory
then had capacity for making only about
$500 kegs oil nails per week. The mill
was built In 1874 by the Ohio City Nail
Works Company, which owned patent
on a barbed nail, Of which great things
were expected. The original outfit was so
machines, with additional room for as
many more. The location was good, offer.
Ing facilities for both rail and river ship.
ment and plenty OF coal being convent.
emily accessible. The company was never
sucCessful, financially, and the mill was
forced TO q sale in 1878.
THE PRESENT MANAGEMENT.
The Laughlin Nail Company came into
existence and purchased the mill Just in
time to enjoy the advantages OF the won
deriul activity in tho iron trade, amount
ing 10 veritahle "hoom," which was ex-
perienced In 1873, 10 and 49, From the
inception OF the preaent company until
hu-hhy bhVAu Lao AbNGI uGtH u lIllt III tub
history Of the company when 1t was not
prosperous and growing. Starting in 1873
with limited capacity and the inauspic.
ious influence Of the company which had
preceded It, the names OF tho gentlemen
interested in the new concern al once won
for 1t the confidence OF the public, and
their capacity, foresight aud experience
started the mill at once Oh the high road
to prosperity.
After the disastrous gro OF 1881, by which
the whole mill was wiped from The lace Of
tho ground, 1t was rebuilt upon new and
improved plan, with Its capacity more
than doubled, the new factory having
facilities for turning out q, 1000 kegs OF nails
per week. The new buildings were much
more modern and substantial than the
old, and nothing was omitted which
tended 10 increase the facilities or con-
tributed to the comfort OF tho employees.
The mill has since been iavorite one
with the most skilliul OF the nail workers
Of the Ohio Valley.
In 1885 the factory was again extended,
its weekly capacity being increased fifty
per cent, go that 1t was able to turn out
5000 kegs OF nails per week.
The fire Of 1885 was at once taken adj
vantage Of to sgain greatly enlarge the
mill. Thirty.fve more machines are be-
ing added, which will give the company a
capacity for manufacturing. when c0mple-
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THE GLASS HOUSES.
. MARVELLOUS ARRAY OF WORKS
:, the MISUNDERSTANDING Glass of all
Kinds, shapes and COlOrs, for all Uses
The Growth of the Ola" Industry
from Its Earliest Introduction.
ROUNDWheellnp

ROUND Wheeling
hRsgrown up in
the past generation
q glass producing
industry which II
walls In Importance
and extent any
other branch OF
manufacture in the
o hio Valley.
Wheeling herself
has three glass
houses, with q to.
tai Of seven fur
naCes and over
aiVhtV pOig. These
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three factories give employment W neaI!y
ihO men in various branches OF theil
work, and probably support one,eighth o.
he Gity's population, In addition "a
these one OF the Wheeling companies. owns
and operates a factory on the ONO SIDE Of
ibe river. Another on that side Is oper'
s,ed and largely owned by Wheeling men,
S,ill another is almost entirely managed
and partially owned by men residing IN
tha city, and Of the eighteen glass houses
in the Wheeling district, exclusive Of TINS
citv and Steuhenville, more than hall, In
addition to those already referred to, are
largely represented In their stockholders
and official boards by Wheeling people.
BEGINNING OF THE INDUSTRY.
wbs glass making industry dates its
o,ig5 in this city back nearly two genera
ions, Az long ago as Gtty years, the
Sonlh Wheeling works we're established,
snd several years alter were purchased by
NIessrs. Hobbs 4 Barnes. AS early as 1884
Sisyiins Ferry had q glass factory. The
n,sdecessors OF the present Central Com
p,nv began operations In 1868. The
Sorth Wheeling Glass Works was origl-
nAllY WINDOW glass lAVEVIyI WV Haa pSeh
in oyeration more than decade as bot
ia works. The leading product Of Wheel
iDp In late years, however, has been
messed table ware, and the industry In its
present development may be said to have
started In the active season dur:
iUg lie sixties. At the Centennial
exposition at Philadelphia 10 1875 the frat
p,ca o. glassware eyAr pressed was part
Of the fine exhibit Of Hobbs, Brockunier
( Co., Of this city. The first glass made on
This continent was made in zoos In Viz
giDia and the first manufactured article
syer exported was this glass, which was
seLt back to England. Atthat time the
AT Of glass making was but impeFiectly
practiced in England. In 1915 a glass
WORKS was, established in Welsburg, IN
1870 this works made $4,000 worth OF
ware Eastern Virginia had ceased 10
manufacture glass before the Wellshurg
wo vka was started. In 1881 there were
Two tlCtories at Wellsburg and one, hav.
iny ak pots, In Wheeling, besides two
window glass works in this city. In 1910
Wbeeliu,y had three glass houses and
Wellsburt but one.
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by % feet, OF tho same character; arreaI.
ing house, 100 by 20 feet, same; ware
house, 100 by 20 feet, brick and iron /:
blacksmith chop, 90 by 25 feet, brick and
iron machine shop, % by 32 feet, brick
and iron; house over heating furnaces and
boilers, 1856 by 80 feet.
There 10 also laboratory, situated on
the river bank, the building being 40 BY 40
feet. Geo. s. Miller Ia chemist aud Thos,
Oldham hls assistant. II is complete In
every detail having all the appliances for
speedy and accurate determinations, an
Imperative essential In the hourly re.
qulrements Of the works, and demanding
the highest skill and chemical knowledge.
SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT.
The works are no arranged that com.
menCiDg at, The south end Of the works
one can by going north see each change,
from the raw material at the furnace 70
the pig iron from the pig iron 10 steel
lngotA from ingols 10 nail plate slabs,
then 10 nall plate, and leaving The
shears follow it on 10 the factory where
the celebrated Junction nail 10 made by
competent wOfknen, with q record Of
over 90 600 kegs a nonth-more than ever
made by any other single Arm In the
world.
Al The head Of all this little world Of In.
duBtry 10 Mr., Samuel LAuphlln, who ID
President oil both tho Laughlln and Juno,
ton Steel Company aud the Junction
Iron Company,
The product Of The Junction Iron Com.
MANY "A klApl malta mazda iFnhi lhhtP nUb
Bessetnef steel and BBsaemer iron from
their own blast furnaces. The raw ma
tetial used 70 entirely under their own con
troll, enabling them 10 secure Tue best pos
Bible resulth and supply the trade with |
nail which 10 lneHCellenCe In oil respeCiI
that command The patronage d the hes
trade Of the county,
These combined works occupy owe
ioTty aVroSi With siSty'eIVht tSnOmSn
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-10-23
DISTRICT COURT. PARISH OF ST.
LANDRY

BY virtue of IL Judgment of the Thirteenth
District Court, in and for the parish of st. Ian
dry, rendered in the above entitled case, will
sell at public auction to the last and highest
bidder, at the Courthouse door i'll Opelousas. on
TUESDAY,. NOVEMBER 23d, 1856,
at II o'clock a. M, the following described tract
of land situated in the parish Of st. Landry, on
both sides of Bayou Mallet, about seven miles
west of the town of OpelOusas, aggregatlng
seven hundred and titty-eight acres and forty
six one hundreths of an acre, and consisting
of the following described pieces of land. to-
wit:
Ist All of fractional section twenty four;
9 Fractional northeast quarter of section
twenty-Seven
B. North half of south east quarter of section
twenty seven;
l. North half OF south west quarter of
ton twenty-tive;
5. Northwest quarter Of section twenty !;
t. North half OF south west quarter of see
ton twenty-siX;
T. South half Of north east quarter of section
twenty six; and,
8. North half of south east quarter of section
twenty-Sl1;
All of said property being situated in town
ship six south range two east, being the same
property acquired by vendors from Mary +.
Martin widow OF Henry S. Moss, per B. A.
Martel agent, as per act passed before ]. l..
Chachere, notary public. recorded in Convey
ance Book o No. . at page 527 of the Recorders
office of ST. Landry parish, January 9th. 1884.
Terms-Cash. c. G. DUSON,
Sheriff of the Parish of st. Landry.
Oct. 23-5t