The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-04-21

Panhandle bridge at steubenville, has
commenced.
Bells foundry is still shipping stoves
in large lots.
The Centre Foundry is busy on steel
plant repairs.
Caldwell & Peterson are shipping steel
roofing largely.
The Top mill is shut down except the
furnace department.
The Bellairo Lantern Globe Company
Is making large shipments to New York
City.
The LaBello Nail Works continues to |
ship nails about as fast rs they can make
them
Donaldson & Lewis have lately made
good sales Of doctors phaetons to Pitts
burgh.
The Riverside steel plant lost one day
this week by the breakage OF portion
OF the shears,
The saw works at Beaver Falls, Pa,
are making circular saws to send to
Burmah, India.
The Riverside tube works is running
TO its fullest capacity and large ship
ments are constantly made.
All West Virginia corporations arc re.
quired TO pay special license tax Of $40
annually, not later than May /.
The Bellaire Window Glass Company
has put in new lear, which is a great
improvement over the old one.
The Belmont blast furnace has been
shut down for few days, putting in a
new bell, but expects to resume to-day,
The Bellaire steel plant is having a
very successful run, turning out billets
and nail slabs. The nail factory is run
ming steadily.
The Bellairc Window Glass Company,
the Union, Enterprise and Crystal
houses are doing rushing business in
window glass.
The Spears Axle Company will proba-
bly, have their works completed and be
ready to commence operations not
later than May 10.
Spence's foundry, Martins Ferry, is
now at work on on hemammoth engine
for the Standard Iron Company and ex-
poets to have it completed by July l.
The Bellaire Stamping Company has
closed lease of the Goblet company's
property, and will occupy the works in
the manufacture Of fruit jars and glass
oil cans.
Two of the patent Rodahever engines
were completed at L. Spence's Agricul.
tural works last Saturday, and were tried
on the grounds, both being perfect in
construction.
The Brilliant glass works arc doing o
good business shipping their product us
fast as it is manufactured. They are
turning out n superior line OF both plain
and colored ware.
Cox & Morrison are making n NOV
jacket for the Benwood blast furnRce
four boilers for the Standard mill 4.
inches by 20 feet, and tubular boiler q
inches by IA feet, 40 finch fues, fer thu
Buckeye Glass Works.
The Trades Assembly will be asked OF
Sunday by the Building Trades League
to remove the injunction which forbids
the plumbers Of the Union to work OIL
the plant Of the Spears Axle Company
now in process OF construction.
The h. ]. Baggs & Sons Lumber Com
. pany, OF Bridgeport, have started a new
department for the manufacture Of head
ings for casks for potteries and glas.
houses. They have just completed
seven tanks for the galvanizing depart
mept of the Standard mill.
The Bellaire Tribune thinks thai
those who leave an old and well estab
. lished manufacturing city for n mush'
room,town on bonus do not differ much
from those purchase goods at q higE
, price expecting to get prize. In the
. end they are apt to pay dear for theil
J whistle"
An effort is being made to induce every
consumer Of gas from the Wheeling Com
pany's lines in this city, Bridgeport ant
Martins Ferry to enter into ajoint agree
ment not to take gus after the present
contracts expire II there IS any advance
in rates. II natural gas cannot be found
about here after thorough test then an
other company will be induced to pipC
it here or company will be formed tC
} manufacture gasundert the Westinghouse
patents.-BelLdire Independent.
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