The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-07-28


The BeImont's hot machines are work
ing.
A company is to prospect for oil in
Harrison county.
Caldwell & Peterson continue to make
good shipments.
The Joseph Bell Stove Company is
running full time.
Glass and queensware buyers are still
visiting the local factories.
The Benwood furnace at Martins Fer
ry will blow in next week.
The Belmont factory shipped $50 kegs
OF nails by river this week.
The LaBelle is having an enforced rest
on account OF the lack Of gas.
A brick addition to the Tack factory is
being built on Eighteenth street.
The Hinge Company shipped a car
load OF goods to Atlanta this week.
Good progress is being made in re-
lining the Riverside blast furnace.
The Benwood blast furnace, at Mar
tins Ferry, went into blast yesterday.
The new brick warehouse OF the Bell
ARE Bottle Company is nearing COM
pletion.
The Lazear glass works, at Wells
burg, expects to make glass by Au-
gust IL.
The Riverside Company has shipped
forty-two car loads OF steel pipes in the
past week.
The Crescent engineis in position, but
at least weeks work remains to be done
on repairs.
Mr.. John II. Miller, Secretary of the
Buckeye Glass Company, is in Pitts
burgh on business.
The Wheeling Steel Works made ship
ments Of steel this week to Joliet, ILL.,,
Cleveland and other western points.
A. ]. Sweeney & Son are making new
cylinder for the Belmont mill and pair
OF housings for the Benwood Iron works.
The Warwick pottery will secure gas
fuel from the Manufacturer Company
till the West Virginia's lines are repaired.
Maring, Hart & Co., OF Bellaire, han
die IN Immense quantity Of bottles.
The have several bottle factories OF their
own.
The Spears axle works has about one
fourth OF a full force OH and expects to
start in full about the middle Of the
week.
The wages for 5000 bottle or green
glass workers were settled Thursday by
the agreement of blowers with manu-
iacturcrs.
Fishers stove foundry lost two days
by the shutting off OF the natural gas
consequent on theflood, but is now run
ming with coal.
The Top mill is still idle, making gen.
eral repairs and refining the furnace.
The factory employees expect early or
ders to report for work.
President ]. R. McCourtney left yes
terday for Chicago, to look after some
private matters and on business connect
ed with the Warwick pottery.
The Bellaire nail and steel works will
not be able to start on Monday, on ac-
count Of some machinery being short,
but will start as early as possible next
week.
The West Virginia pottery is burning
saggers, and expects to begin to burn
ware next week. They are getting gas
from the Manufacturer Company tenn
porarily.
The nailers OF the Bellaire nail factory
organized lodge Of the Amalgamated
Association Wednesday night. Presi-
dent Weihe and Vice President 0'Leary
were present.
The Bellaire stamping Company are
shipping large quantities Of Monogram
torches, N. 4 NJ. and &c. IT," nicely
arranged. Their orders are coming in
very fast for them.
The Enterprise Window Glass Com
pany has It's new furnace at BeIIaire
about completed, and Manager Joseph
Bates went TO North Baltimore Thursday
night TO look after the new factory there.
The buildings OF the new works will be
under roof by the middle OF next week
at the farthest, and the furnace. will be