Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-07-15
Null NOTES.

The Lynch Bros. iron works at Kokomo,
Ind are under roof and ready Tor the
machinery.
No. furnace of the Crane iron works,
at C~atasauqua, which has undergone very
extensive repairs, is almost ready to apply
the match.
The Swedes furnace, at N%orriEtown, Pa,
operated by Richard Hecksper x Sons, has
resumed. The repairs cost $50, 900.
The Rockville, Tenn; Iron Company
will put in two r~egeneratipg gas-heatipg
furnaces, and have let contract for the una
chiuery.
The Catasauqus Manufacturing Com
pany shut down their rolling mills at Cata-
sauqua and at Ferndale during the past
week, to make repairs.
The rolling mill OF w. ID. Wood & Co.,
and the National tube works of Mckees-
port, Pa have closed down for repairs.
The tube works will resume on the 9th.
At the Hartman steel works, Beaver
I oils, Pa, there will be several sets Of
shears put in and the shearing Of steel
plow shapes begun soon. This will be a
new department ut the Hartman works
The Laclede, NJ, Plate and Sheet Mill
Company have determined to discontinue
permanently the operation of the Lsclede
rolling mills, turning the same over to
their owners The mills are expected to
close down at once.
The sale of the CstOetin, Nd, furnace
iron works property to Thomas Gorsuch,
| of Frederick, has been confirmed, and pre-
parations are being made for putting the
works in operation. There are two char
| coal and one coke furnace.
The profits OF the Bethlehem, Pa, iron
WORKS for the past year are said to be much
less than the proceeding year. The steel
and rail mills of the company, which have
been idle for several weeks, resumed work
on the 18th inst. The puddle mill is still
idle.
Furnace No. ! of the Stewart Iron Co,
ut Sharon, Pa, has blown on account OF
the dullness OF the iron market. The COM
pany has an immense stock of Bessemer
iron on hand. There is little prospect OF
resumption soOD unless the market bright
ems up.
Lsbor-saving machinery will &c intro
dueed into the Bellsire, Ohio, steel works
which will do away with the services OF
about fourteen men. One Of the new pieces
Of machinery which will be erected is q
simple process, worked by hydraulic
pressure, for placing the ipgo,s at the rolls
in position to be reduced to slabs and
billets. At present several men control
the ingots by iron hooks.
The North Chicago Rolling Mill Com
pany has commenced suit il in equity in
Hancock and PutDam counties, Ohio,
against the New York, Mshoning and
Western railroad. to recover for material
sold the company. They claim that the
read is insolyent and unable to meet its
obligations A replevin suit has been
commenced also against the road by the
company, who claim $500 due them for
material furnished the road.
The Cumberland iron works property
has been sold to northern capitalists. The
property consists Of about 46. 600 acres Of
land, several hundred acres lying on the
Cumberland river, which are considered
the best farming lands in the county.
Rich beds of iron ore are foundi in immense
quantities around and near the Bear Spring
~farnace, and the iron obsained from the
ore has stood every test to which it has
been put. Over 5000, 600 was the price
, Maid FIR the property.