The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-04


inside Of the next two WeekB.-BareSvile
EHiaPriSe.
The Sharon Iron Company has gone
into the manufacture Of wire nails, having
six machines now in operation, with Rd-
ditiona to be made in the near future.
There 10 talk Of q company being organ.
lied in Washington township, over the
river, 10 sink test oil wells, there being q
prevalent belief among many farmers In
that township that they are in the oil belt.
The nailors OF the Belmont nail factory
were notified by the company Thursday
to overhaul their mRchineH and get every.
thing In readiness for speedy starting Of
the works. The prospects for steady
run are good.
The Chicago & Northwestern, Duluth,
South Shore 4 Western and the WiGcon-
sin Central railroads have agreed to re-
duce iron ore rates from Northwestern
mines 10 conta per ton during the naviga-
ton season OF the year.
The miners Of the Winifred Coal Work.,
who have been on 8 strike for some time
for en- advance, hsve gone to work st q
cents per bushel. The miners Of the Maj
met Mining Company and Of the Stephens
Mine are still out, with little prospects Of
reeuming work soon.
Speaking Of the recent adjustment by
the coke manufacturers OF prices, Pitts-
burgh paper says: AH for West Virginia
coke the Oonnellsville producers antiCi-
pate no disturbance In the market from
this cause Tor several yeaIsy yet, and it hasno
effect on the maintaining Of prices In the
region.
Manager spearman says there is no i'm.
mediate prospect Of the blast being turned
in on the banked Riverside iutnRce in
this cityS 1t is 10 be hoped that the ad.
ljustment OF the troubles ct the Benwood
steel plant will cause such demand for
pig that the furnace will speedily resume.
l-&eubenvtlle Herald.
A new plunger for the plane in the
Mlngo steel plant arrived Thursday morn
ing, and the company decided 10 place 1t
In position before resuming operations
there. NaileTs arc fixing their machines,
heaters their furnaces and rollers their
rolls, and other machinery, and the whole
presents scene OF uuuerGl activity.
Some experiments have been made on
the Fort Wayne, Cincinnati & Louisville
railroad, in the use Of natural gas on loco
motives. The gas under the natural high
pressure, $50 to 800 pounds per square
inch, is stored in CylindriCalsteel reservoirs
and carried on special car behind the
tender. It Is alao proposed to convey
natural gas in tank cars.
The Wheeling pottery Ia working lie
full complement Of banda steadily, and
there Is every prospec. that such q salts.
factory condition Of affairs will continue
for sOme time to come. Orders are Com1
ing In lively, and the outlook ia most
encouraging one for an unusually large
spring trade. The strike in the glass
houses seems TO have had the effect OF In.
lcreastpR the demand for erockery. The
prices that are being obtained arc, as q
geneneral thing, fairly good.
The Top mill officials say that by the
substitution Of manufactured gas for nat.
ural gas In their furnaces, they are able
to effect saving Of about 10 per cent in
the steel used. They use the Smith re-
generative furnace, and make their own
from the bank. The saving Is accounted
for by reason OF the moderate and uni
form heat obtained from the furnace gas
in place OF the Intense heat produced by
natural gas when carsleasly handled, as 1t
is too apt to be.
4 visit to the Riverside glass works,
Wellsbprg, yesterday, disclosed the TACT
that these works are running TO their full
est capacity, with plenty Of orders ahead.
Every department Is pushed. Mr.. John
Dormsn, manager Of the factory, told the
reporter that during the month OF Janu.
ary they had done the largest hIsines0 in
the history OF the works. At present they
are making q new aet Of tableware, which
sells ike Wildfire. The force is to be in
creased next week in the engraving de-
pRrtmant, which Ia oVerrun with work.
The trouble at Rainey's Goal works on
the Ohio side, three miles above this city,
was settled yesterday after nearly years
lay out. The men will receive their pay
regularly semi.monthly, and will be per-
mitted to use 1t as they sec tit, and will
not be compelled tospend It at company
store. The company will have to build
tipple, and make many repairs before
they can resume mining, as their proper
ly has been sadly neglected during the
idleness. AS coon as these repairs are
made, the miners, numbering probably
forty, will Tesume work.
Among other improvements in the
spring will be the erection OF a nine.pot
furnace by the Eagle Glass Works, largely
increasing its capacity. Wellsburg's in.
duetries are comparatively in much better
shape than surrounding towns. Both
paper mills and the sack factory are BOOM
ing, and four glaEs works are running with
plenty OF work. The window glass works
long idle, Is In shape for starting, and the
DRlssll fint Glass Works, the only one
affected by the strike, will probably be
running full handed before great while.
The Office force has taken to the factory
and has been running two shops for two
weeks past in order to sort up ORDERS
Re!lsbaTy Herald.