Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-13

| Nail Company and the IaBelle Iron Works
associated themselves with the Belmont
Company, the result being new corpora
ton under the style of the Wheeling Steel
Company, whose especial object was the
erection of the present works a. j..
Clarke. Esq, was chosen President and a.
u. Wilson Secretary of the new orginiZa-
tion. the services of w. |. Mann and Il.
w. Peterson were engaged rs Superlntend-
ent and Assistant Superintendent respective
ly, and the company went To work ener-
Geti,ally to build and equip the works.
The capacity was fixed ut figures sutli-
GENTLY large tOsupply the wants of the in
terrSted nail companies, and ut the same
time have a surplus for sale to the trade.
For some reason not material to the pur-
nosrs of this article, the LaBelle Company
dropped out. and the corporation was hence
forth composed of the remaining three COM
panieS.
The details of the construction OF the
works were laid before the public from
time to time by the local press, and yes
terday morning it WAS announced that the
plant was completed, and that the lirSt
east would he made within the ensuing
twcnty-four hours. The result was that
during the afternoon the works were visit
al nv several hundred curious and inter
ested citizens, many going down from the
city especially to witness the initial opera
tiOnS.
During the day Superintendent Mann,
Assistant Peterson, Mechanical Engineer
Henry I.indcrman, and Mr.. Gsrrity, his as
sistant, were rs busy 9S~becS getting the
Amachinery in OrdcE~fof the test, and about
four U'CfUrK everything was gotten IN
readiness, the converter was charged
and the blast turned on. Everything
worked smoothly, aud just before hye
o'clock the first cast was made, the result
being four handsome ingotS Of soft steel.
4 half hour later another cast was made,
il being equally successful with the first.
About nine o'clock last night, the ing0tS
havin" been cut up into blooms, the rolls
were put i'm operation, and the steel, by
midnight, had been turned into mil plate
or Al quality. The same good fortune 81
conspicuous during the day, continued
during the rolling ut night, everything
running as smoothly rs could be desired.
The pleasure and satisfaction. OF
the OlllttIN VIII ~ i''''-~'i'N'''
To-day the works will start up early and
run right along The production will he
10 tons single turn and 80 double turn,
and the works will give employment to
about 300 men when running full.
The equipment of the plant may be
briefly set forth rs follows:
Power is supplied from four batteries of
four boilers each, 81 arranged that any
two boilers may be uncoupled without in
trrirrin" with the others Each boiler Is
A inches in diameter by % feet long, fitted
with two IL inch return ilucS They are
set facing the west, in a commodiOus boiler
house near the b. X .. main line.
The engines consist Of:
A coupled duplex blowing engine OF the
most improved Corli>>S-Rcynol,lS build,
made ut Milwaukee by +. u. Ellis x Co.
The steam cylinders are 81 inches in
diameter by 80 inches stroke and the AIR
cylinders II inches in diameter by 60
inches stroke.
The reversing engine connected with the
blooming train is of double complex build,
cylinders 80 inches in diameter by - inch
stroke The running gear and link motion
enable the engine To be- reversed IT fall
speed without shutting oil the steam.
The pumping engine of the water works
is of the same duplex pattern, pumping
water through lO-inch main into IN Gle
waited tank holding 80, 900 gallons.
The hydraulic machinery consists OF two
pairs of pumping engines, built after the
duplex WorthingtOn type, by Wilson "
SNYDER, OF Pittsburg. The steam cylinders
are - inches in diameter by % inch stroke,
and have 9 inch plungcrS. These engines
work the hydraulic cranes ut preSSures
ranging from $50 to 100 pounds per square
inch by means of an accumulation, weighted
with 81, 600 pounds of scrap and pig iron.
The cranes thus worked are two lJ-ton
ladle cranes, four lotion ingot cranes and
two 5-tOn auxiliary cranes.
The Baker blowers, which are of the
largest size, are driven by an lSN2l Porter
Hamilton engine, making $50 revolutions
to the minute.
The Blake cruShers and grinders are of
the latest and most improved make.
The shears were made by the Morgan
Engineering Company, of Alliance, O., and
are the largest of the type made. They
weigh 1915, 900 pounds, and are guaranteed
to cut an ingOt of cherry red steel 10
inches square.
The cupolaS are three in number, with
S-foot shells. The bottom house is imme-
diately in the rear of the cOnvcrtcrS, being
thus very conveniently situated. \ Yale
TOwne travelling crane runs the entire
length of the building.
There are two 5-ton cOnverters. and nine
tuyereS of ten holes each. The cOnverterS
are moved by hydraulic cylinders on rack
and pinion movement, the scrapping being
done from the level of the cupola floors.
Conveniently situated to the ingOt
mouldS is a Morgan-WilliamS puShcr of
large size, run by hydraulic power and
capable of eNerting pressure of l, 100 lbs
per square inch.
The works are abundantly supplied with
railroad tracks for convenience in receiving
raw material and shipping steel, three
locomotives handling the rolling stock.
One OF these locomotives Is siN-wheeled
Baldwin, and the other two II. X. Porter
4 Co. light weight narrow gauge engines.
Just south of the boiler house and east
of the cOnyerterS is a skull cracker for
breaking up scrap, &c, dropping weight
of 3, 500 pounds distance of 81 feet.
As was stated at the outset, the entire
plant is constructed in the best possible
manner, and is in all respects most cred
liable establishment. Its completion makes
a valuable and important addition to the
manufacturing concerns of the city, anditS
operation cannot but contribute to the
of .he entire community.
Thanks are due Superintendent ". |. Mann
and Assistant Superintendent Peterson, for infOr-
matinu.-B
Serve an Injunction on Disease
By inyigOrlting feeble constitution, renOvating
a debilltated physique and enriching thin and
and innutritiOuS circulation with HoSteuerS