The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-12
GAS FUEL IN mon MAKING,

Its Use In u Sheet Iron MIL and Nall
FactOry.
Mr.. P, H. Moore, Of this city, in his let
ter to the st. Louis Age Of Steel Of last
week, has the following:
In other localities there are no slterna-
tiVes but to find the gaa or 10 come to it.
1.-THE mountain wouldn't cone to Mo-
homet, and he had to 20 to the mountain"
The Standard Mil near Wheeling, ofwhich
| have been writing lately, in connection
with the use Of this gas, aiter another
weeks use, loWtwo aimee they commenced
report daily improvement, daily addi.
tional satisfaction, The boss artisans re-
marked 10 mo that they did not compre-
bend how they ever got along without it
the ChRuge-the advantages gained arc 80
radical. The case with which their duties
and work are accomplished GurpriscB
them; there does not seem 10 be ~ much
reality about II
Sheets are heated In ths annealing fur.
naces in twenty-iour hours; with coal
thirty-siX to forty hours were required.
The appearance OF the sheets are wonder.
fully changed; they now have tho appear.
snce Of tho best cold rolled 0heet iron-no
scale, no splint. The texture also seems
to be improved; the iron ia 90 pliRbl8 as a
peiCe Of leather, bending over without a
crack or grating noise. Mr.. Graham ex.
presses increased satisfaction and regards
the change from the old methods 80 nearly
equivalent to q new departure in business
The enthusiasm oil the practical depart.
ment has been communicated to official
headquarters and throughout tho entire
domain OF the Standard natural gas has
sworn sdherents and faithful friends
This morning l visited the Top Mill
and, under tho guidance Of Mr.. 0. II
Hubbard, the President, inspected the
workings OF the natural gas in 4 nail mill.
The equipment served by the gas in this
mill comprises two batteries Of bolorS in
the forge and factory and smaller one in
the machine shops, three heating iurna.
Ces, four plate furnaces, two blueing fur
naCes and one annealiuE furnace. While
the experience at tho Top Mill has been
but brief, tho results arc fully as satis.
factory as at the Standard. Mr.. Hubbard
eGtim&tea the economies gained as deCid.
ed and valuable. The heating power
khIuGu III tuO luIuhC6h 10 very blHulll'
cant feature and no anticipates that, with
urther experience, many radical advan.
tHges will be- developed. Nine ounces
pressure are required to operate their
equipment
The charge in the general appearance
Of the mill GndsBurroundings Is as radical
Is the Standard. The absence OF smoke,
coal dust, griue, ashes, etc, Is noticeable,
and the ptheticRl psrt OF ones nature is
rot shocked, while his love for industry
and mechanical activity 10 being grati6ed.
Wheeling ID rgUslving considerations by
tho6o in Queat OF lCCAtioRs In the gag terri
tory, and her people have been warned
against superCiliOusnCss They have this
great endowment and they have g large
number OF very available and valuable
manufacturing sltes. There lis nothing
that go iavorably impresses and influences
tho visitor, especially when hunting for
business location aud q home, Ss genial
hospitality, moderation in extolling In.
duCements and advantages and justice In
the valuation Of property.
pride goelh before fall, " and Wheel
lug has gone through several reversals-
some from the unRyertabie-rso far as they
wGEG Observation-Disclosures Of business
throughout the country, Bome from the
lupliGity and treaOhery Of the B. & 0.
railroad, and somo from the Oonsunmate
stupidity, want Of even ordinary foresight,
Ignorance Of even the natural course Of
municipal progresS and selAshneas, pure,
simple and Cussed, Of her different city
councils and boards Of county commits.
stoners. Whom they have a good thing
they sometimes fight ii, iorfear, probably,
that its intrinsic goodness and oveTpowet-
ing sweetness will surfeit them even unto
political death.