The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-02-02
Tho Whitaker mine is still idle,

inc keyMAnn brewing company Nus
signed Il contract for an Edison Electric
Light plant,
Tho Top mill forge and furnace are do
ing their usual work the factory is on
only in part
Work was resumed at the Elson glass
works, Martins Ferry, this week with
fur prospects.
The Wheeling Greek mines arc very
slack, only working from three to four
days per week.
The new and extensive addition Ia
the Caldwell & Peterson factory is near
ing completion,
The Greenbrier Creamery Company ID
building an addition to its creamery, and
will put in new machinery.
The Clarksburg, Weston & Chenille
Railroad will be changed next summer
from narrow to standard gauge,
A portion OF the mills at the Whitaker
Iron Co.'s works are OF for aday or two
on account OF a shortage OF gas.
Tho old mill at tho Standard Iron
Works is making full tune, but the new
one is not down to business yet
The work on tho mammoth new fur
mace in course of erection by the Jeler'
son, at Steubenyillc, isgoing on rapidly,
1t is rumored that u Bellaire firm con-
templates erecting factory at Washing
ton, Pa, for the manufacture OF lantern
globes,
The Bellaire Bottle Company are flush
with orders, and are turning out TASKS
and prescription ware to their full
capacity.
The leaning stack OF the LaBelle glass
furnaCe Mt Bridgeport is to DO torn down
and rebuilt before that factory will start
up again.
An architect is busy for tho glass
works to be erected ut Anderson, Ind,
by John +, Miller, Andrew GottsChalk
and others.
Cruger W. smith, Of Clarksburg, has
sold his Murphy Run coal mines ia
Eastern parties, who will operate on q
lHOlC cAtcublNC bCdllc'
The Benwood Blast furnace, Martins
Ferry, which has been of on account oil
breakage Of machinery for two weeks,
will so on next Monday.
The Union Improvement Company il
piping natural gus to Morgantown, and
will be using 1t in about thirty days. II
will build water works also.
The Bellaire Nail Works Board Of
Directors meet to-day to act on some i'm
portant business matters and probably
will take up the sreel works matter.
The Benwood Mill shut down Friday
on account OF not having any pig iron to
work. The Coal bank owned by the
company was also closed for IN indefn.
lite time.
Tho new plate mill at the Standard
mill, which has been of for several
days on account Of break in the ma
chinery, will BIO put in operation again
Monday.
Mr.. ]. W. Collins, OF Martins Ferry,
has transferred his services rs salesman
from tho Dithridge glass works, New
Brighton, to the Cooperative glass works
at Beaver Falls.
Four pots arc broken at one OF the
furnaces ut tho Belmont glass works and
the furnace is so badly burned out that
it is very probable the fire will be let out
till repairs are made.
The Centre Foundry is shut down this
week, making some necessary changes
to enlarge the storage capacity for pat
terms, the molding shop being temporar-
lily filled with patterns.
n. U Walker, who owns the large
sewer Pipe works at East Liverpool, de-
MES that he sold the plant to the Sewer
Pipe Trust, but admits he WIS offered
Sl55,000 for the works.
Capt. John Booth, oithe steamer Telc.
gram, has concluded 10 give the contract
for building the cabin on his new boat
to james Q. Hanes. He has notyet con.
tracted for the machinery.
The Joseph Bell Stove Company has
shut down for twoor three days. Trade
Is u little quiet, us 1t generally Is at this
season OF the year. twill resume upon
Of few slight repairs now
being made.
1t is expected that tho Standard Glass
works will start up on next Monday.
They arc prepared to use either coal or
gas. The works lave been greatly i'm.
proved and after in full operation will
run full time.
D. b. Green, W. +. Dana, ]. n. Cam.
len, jr,, and others have organized the
Canning Company, capital stock
$4,000, 10 start a canning factory. A
arge corrugated iron building will be
erected at once.
A prominent iron man OF tho Wheel.
ing district was recently negotiating
ior u forty-aCre tract Of land, including
rec wood and coal privilege, at Barnes.
vile, Ohio, with q view OF erecting a
iron mill.
At the Riverside the bar and Bkelp
mill and steel works arc on full turn,
llso the factory. The repairs on the
iOist are completed and tho furnace Is
lgain making the usual output. The
Dlpe mill Is shut down.
N. u. Walker, OF Walkers Station, Is
to drill another gas well on the
Allison farm, In West Virginia, two
niles from East Liverpool. This will
make the thirteenth well sunk BY Mr.,
Walker, only one Of which has proven
n u.,.s