Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-08-25

LIE pENQutkiOu Ul COhG III bLO NSNAN-AN
Vile region for the first seven months In
1889 was 3,175, s94 tons, or SO S43 cars IN
excess of the production for the same
period last year. The production IN July
1889 was 497, ! 10 tons, the largest monthly
production this year since January, when
It was 524, 447 tons.
Two new blast furnaces in the Mahoning
Valley have bsen blown IN One IS located
at youngstown, aud is owned by the Ma
hOning Valley Iron Company. The other
is owned By Rainey 4 Berger, New Castle.
Both furnaces are equipped with all the
latest improvements, and it is said they
are expected to turn out nearly 200 tons
of pig iron per day.
The American Nail and Machine works
Of Findlay, Ohio, have passed into the
hands of q receiver on the application of a
/ judgment creditor. The assets of the COM
plny are placed at $50, 0OO and the liabili-
ties at over $50 600, of which $50, 900 is in
the shape of mortgage upon which bonds
were issued and sold. One hundred men
are thrown out Of employment.
The Esna is RAINING full all around ex-
cep. the plate mill, which is on single turn
until the new regenerative furnace is COM
plsted. Have had some annoyance from
a short supply Of natural gss, snd have
been compelled to close down portions Of
the work at times. The new regeneratiye
/ furnace for the guide mill is now being
tested, with satisfactory results thus far.
The s Standard, like all the mills that use
natural gas, has bsen considerably an
noyed by the shortage Of that fuel, com
pelling a shut down Of the pudding fUT-
naces and a heating furnace for four or five
days and the stOppsge offs sheet mill for .
DAY OF two. The shortage was caused by
changes being made on the gas line neces-
stating the stoPpage Of portion Of the
usual supply.
A gasoline still At the oil refinery of A.
d. Miller & Scr, in Allegheny, Pa, ex-
ploded at $ o'clock on Wednesday morn
INC with frghtful noise, and the entire
plspt was Immediately destroyed. The
engineer. who alone could tell the cause Of
The calamity, is missing and probably kill
"a and a Waterman was blown many feet
and badly burned and bruised. The loss
Is about $225, 600.
The Clinch Valley va RAILROAD is fir-
ished TO the Observation-Disclosures miles
west of Tszswell Court HOuse-and pass
e,ger and freight traffic will open on 1t IN
shout one month TO the Richlands, which
will give Iorty-two miles in operation. In
one year fcom this time the road will be
comDletea to 3 connection with the Louis
vile and Nashville system, and then II
Will be the great through route Of the Nor
folk aud Western railroad.
The Cleveland City Forge and Iron
Company is now engaged in preparing fSr
the Mare Islsnd Navy Yard, az San Fran
cisco. immense plate bending rolls, which
are the greatest of their kind ever con-
s-ructed These rolls are 81 feet long and
50 inches in diameter, and weigh little
under so tons. The steam crane required
TO properly handle the work is of 10 tons
capacity. and the hammer used is the most
powerful Of its kind in the country Iron
Trade Rerielc.
The Bellaire Steel Works are on full
turn and the furnace is doing its usual
work, The factory has been idle for the
past three or four days ON account of the
shortage of gas in the steel wOrke and the
supply Of coal had to be diverted from the
factory TO keep the steel department run
ming. The company are cleaning out their
own coal bank and expsct 10 have il in full
operation within a fortnight, when coal
will be substituted for natural gas through
out the works.
The Window Glass Workers AssOcia-
don has sen. its scale TO sll the msuuiac-
F turers, and the factories at Bradford, Pa.
Lsrimer, ". T., Salena, Lancaster aud
Wilmington, Delaware, viii start on Sep
TENDER / at the advance. The officials do
rot believe the manufacturers will stand
ont after September !. President Camp
bell, Of /. A. 300, said yesterday that the
Belgiaus reported to be coming to the Uni
ted States, are returning to work, they
having gone abroad during the summer
shut down.
Among the late patented articles that
appear to bs,prsctical and useful, is new
wagon or car seat, invented By John 0.
W,stwoOd, a mailer at the Riverside, aud
owned BY him aud Bsoi amin Fisher. the
principle is che ball socket motion on Cen
tsrs and the seat is so arranged by a
system of ball sockets that it receives none
Of the motion UT c)ncussiOns OF the
vehicle or car attached, no matter
from what direction, front, rear or side,
the shocS OF motion may come. Il is
applicable % any and sll kinds Of vehicles
propelled by either horss or steam power.
The window glass manufacturers have
received circulars from the New York COM
biuati0n inviting them t. jlin and offering
to send appraisers TO P.tsburg to value
tI.s plants. Then the Eastern manufac-
tuners Will issue stock 20 the amount APP
praised ana pUJchase q certain proportion
from the factory owner, who will retain
the rest and become a member of the COM
binatiOn. The object is to maintain prices
and to sell all glass through a central
agency None OF the manufacturers OF
Plttsburg OF this vicinity have signiied
81 their willingness to enter into the combin-
alton, although d. c. Goldman, of Raven
, ia, s,atss that six Western firms have sig
, nided their willingness TO sell cut to the
b coordination.
The Steubenviile rolling mill at Ali
kama j. booming. 1t is bow employing
r 275 men, and as soCn as several additions
to the capacity now in progress Of con-
struc,ion are completed the force will be
335 men. A new train Of 13-inch rolls are
being made in the McHesspOrt mill, and
! will be put up in g few days. Two
new heating furnaces are also in course of
construction, while the work on the
air shaft of the coal mines is be-
ing pushed night and day. With
the one shaft under the laws of Ohio
the mining force is limited, but as
soon as the second hole is down there will
be 40 miners put to work. The coal in
this mine is most excellent, and will be
used exclusively in the mill. Already
this month 500 tons Of muck iron have
been shipped. II is likely that the COM
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