Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-07-04
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
The Factories and Shops Close To Day
Minor Matters of Interest.


Minor Matters of Interest.
A. J. Sweeney & Son will take one day
for the Fourth.
The Joseph Bell Stove Company is off
till Monday, when it resumes in full.
The Benwood Iron Company is busy tax
ing stock. The factory and forge are of.
The ten thousandth locomotive built at
the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadel-
phis, was shipped last week.
The Belmont mill closed down last night
for the remainder of the week. Business
il rather slow and the men are not grudged
their holiday.
The Etna Iron and Steel Company
closed down last night till August 1st.
In the meantime repairs and improve
ments will be made.
The Whitaker and Standard mills have
too much business on hands to close for
Both mills will be or to-day.
The West Virginia Natural Gas Company
has been prospecting for gas in the vicinity
of Wheeling for some time past. They have
now, report says, succeeded in locating
well very near to the city, and it promises
rich yield.
The Riverside was on full in all depart
ments up TO last night, when a shut down
WAS ordered all around for the Fourth.
The factory and steel works will remain
closed down the balance OF the week, and
resume on Monday morning.
The La Belle mill, which has made better
time than any other cut nail factory in this
vicinity, will be closed only one day for
the national holiday. The factory has
bsen running full for several weeks, with
the forge on muck bar for shipment.
Work on the Ohio side pier of the Union
Bridge has progressed TO such point that
no ordinary high water will interfere with
the work. The caisson and grillage for the
second pier are nearing completion, and
the work of laying stone on the second
pier will commence as soon as the piling
can be sawed off and the piling prepared.
Work on the tunnels is progressing nicely
and the belt road-bed in East Wheeling IL
receiving the attention it deserves as q
heavy part of the work. Ties have been
hauled to the right of way in Martins
Ferry, and work on the terminal system on
the Ohio side will be commenced soon.
Five or six pumping engines for the oil
field arrived at the depot last week. >
The we'll of Jas. M. Porter 4 Co., of this
place, on the TOpe farm, is producing %
or 30 barrels day. The Rayl we'll
No. ., on the Mackan farm, was drilled in
on Thursday and has but a small showing
of oil. There was but five feet of sand
found. Shelter & Co. have staked
off the ground for machine shop, 55x40,
on the foundry lot, and the same will be
pushed to completion at an early day. A
good machine shop is very much needed in
this place, and with the increase Of maru-
featuring of all kinds, will, if conduct
ed right, command a good trade, and we
are glad to see the firm Of Shelter Il Co.
come to the front, and with their we'll
known energy push this enterprise. ="
The Fisher Oil Company, the most exten-
sive operators in the field, have a lease on
Browns Island and on Tallman Hooker's
fam. Their wild cat well at Braithwsite
Station, on the Hooker place, is now drill
ing, and is due in ten days. All eyes are
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proves TO be a producer, they will put
down we'll on Browns Island.
Everything in the oil field is unusually
quiet. There seems to be general suspen-
sion of operations all along the line, and it
looks very much as though there was
general agreement on the part Of the
operators to suspend work until they can
procure more territory on favorable terms.
They claim the farmers are asking too
much bonus money. Said an oil man or g
day last week: "The farmers are asking
wild prices for territory, and operators
cannot afford to pay go much money for
what is in most instances undevelOped ter
ritory." The farmers on the other hand,
who have what is regarded good territory
are looking after their own interests, and
whether they will come to the terms Of
the operators or not remains to be seen.
The contractors and drillers are not anx-
ious to do much at this time, and many
have returned home 10 spend the Fourth
Of July. The probabilities are that with
in another month or two drilling will he
resumed on q more extensive scale than
ever.-HdaeOck County Independent