The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-04-09
WHEELING DAILY INTEILeENcFP. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 9l88e.

Of It's rail, suspension and other bridges
Of it, steamboat and railway lines, and
Of It's glut Of manufactures in iron, steel,
glass, eArthen and wooden wares, and
their astonlshingly large outputs, To
give some idea Of these last; In 1879 the
productive capacity for that year Of the
Riverside Mill was 10000 kegs Of nails,
giving employment to over 800 men, In
1866 the Belmont Nail Company, in
which Messrs. Moore and Lehr, Of Bal
timore, were interested, had a produc-
tive capacity OF 1000 kegs OF nails per
day, with 4 pay roll OF $1,000 per day,
In 1879 the output OF the Benwood Nail
Works was equally large, The Top
Mills in 1873 had a capacity Of
making 1900 tons OF pig metal per
month and 5000 kegs Of nails per
week, with a pay roll Of over 5000
per day, These are only a few OF the
iron industries OF Wheeling city, Otis
glassware production, let one example
suffice: In 1880 the exports OF the
Wheeling Central Glass Works per year
were over 100000, with the weekly
pay roll OF its employees, $500. But
let US 90 back, It goes for the saying
that early In the century transit and
production facilities were In their weak
beginnings In the West albeit Wheeling
US late as 1910 was pluming herself
over such signs OF prosperity as the
racket Of her arriving and departing
stage lines, and the presence OF as
tiity six,horse teams discharging their
cargoes Of goods into river bottoms,
bound south an north-unwieldy craft
OF 70 to 100 tons burden, with a
compartment at one end for the comfort
OF passengers OF the better sort. In
1904 the CeAiRal of The NOrlhWeSi Terri.
tory, published Ia Cincinnati, announced
IN Improvement In river transit as fol-
lows; "The public are notified that
beginning with the LIST Of February u
steam service, consisting OF two packets
OF twenty tons burden each, will begin
to run between Pittsburgh and Cincin.
natl, each boat making the round trip
once monthly. The proprietor Of these
boats having maturefy weighed tho in
c%onvenlenCes and dangers Incident TO
the method heretofore used in navigat-
ing the Ohio, and being influenced with
q love for philanthropy, has taken great
pains 10 render the accommodation on
board the boats Us agreeable and con-
venient as they could possibly be
made, No danger need be appre-
hended from the Indians, and every
person on board will DO under q cover
made proof Of rifle balls; and tho boats
have convenient PORTFOLIOS for firing out.
Each packet Is armed with six pieces
carrying a pound ball; also with a good
number Of muskets, and Is amply sup
piled with ammunition, and Is strongly
manned with choice men and an expert
enCed captain. A separate cabin IS par
titioned off for the ladies, aud another
for the men, with 'convenlenCes' con-
struCted on board OF each boat so rs TO
render landing unnecessary, as 1t might
ut times DO attended with danger from
the hostiles. Passengers will be sup.
piled with provisions OF the first quality
on board at the most reasonable rates
possible. An Office Of insurance will be
kept at Pittsburgh, Limestone and Gin
cinnati for all who are DESTROYS OF insur.
ing for the passage"
The same year, l70l, saw The United
States mail carried In armed canoe, or
pirouge, by a boatman named Smith,
between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati.
This boat carried occasionally on her
down trip a passenger or two and some
light freight, These trips were full Of
peril from the Indians, and in conse.
luence the boatmen OF that day were
expert Indian fighters, like the Wetzels,
the Fowlers, and others.