The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-02-16
VHHHLNG INDUSTRIES.
All the Factories Busy and Pros
porous Nowadays,
A NEW OIL FIELD NEAR HERE
Items from the GLASS Houses, Pot
terIes and Iron Sillls-BOom in
Factories, Mines and QuaFries
Throughout tho State,

The big tifteen,pot furnace at the
Hobbs Glass Works went on this week
and Is working Charmlngly, This one,
together with another large furnace,
gives this company an immense output
and from present indications all the
goods made at the two will be sold,
Large quantities Of the new spring pat
terms are being turned out, on which the
sale is quite large, in fact everything
made at this works Is selling well, and
the outlook Is certainly encouraging,
Mr.. II. Z, Waddell, the new secretary, is
a hustler from away back and will make
the works succeed II any one can, Mr.,
S. O, Dunleyy, who Is in the West, is
sending in good orders. On Saturday
Mr., Gus +. Frome left on q Southern
trip,
Orders are coming in at a fair rate at
the Central Glass Works, and everything
is moving along smoothly. They are
having a nice run on their goods, Mr.,
w, d, stewartson, the new travelling
salesman, left on a trip Monday, Mr.,
Maeder Is home,
"Very busy Is the way they put 1t at
the Wheeling Pottery, which Is running
full. The demand Tor decorated goods
Is quite large. The decorators moved
into the new decorating rooms on Mon
day, which are believed to be the largest
| in the United States. The Wheeling
Pottery and the LaBelle Pottery, about
completed, which are owned by one
company, were consolidated at q recent
meeting OF the stockholders. The name
will be the same as formerly, the Wheel.
ing Pottery Co., with capacity Of fifteen
extra kilnS and increasing the capacity
for white ware one hundred per cent,
and for decorated goods over two hun.
dred per cent, The offices will probably
be In the new pottery and the sample
rooms in the old one. The new pottery
will be ready for operation in four OF
five weeks. The directors are George
X. Wheat, w. A. Isett, O. w. Franzheim,
L. NJ. Pearson, William Kirbach and j.
N. Vance. The officers are as follows;
George X. Wheat, President; O. w.
FranSheim, Vice. President; w. A. Isett,
Secretary, and L. NJ. Pearson, General
Manager.
At The Warwick China Works every
department Is on full and business Is as
good as could be expected. Mr.. j. s.
Suydam, the travelling salesman, who
recently went out, Is sending in some
good orders,
Business Is good at the West Virginia
China Works.
The glass and pottery business Is fair
this week, but there Is noticeable fall.
ing of in the number OF buyers. Among
the latest arrivals are w. Norman, Day.
ton, O.; F. w. Dye, Dayton, o.; W. L.
Smith, Pittsburgh; II. Morrison, Pitts.
burgh; w. A. Sohm, Quincy, ILL.,; Z. +.
w. Meier, st. Louis; II, Bremerman, st.
Louis; Z. D. Bartholomew, Decatur, III, ;
w. A. WigIey, Chicago; @. B. Bogue,
Chicago Charles Narvis, MusCatiue, la. I;
Brown & Levi, Mobile, Ala; @. w.
Alderman, San Francisco; ]. ]. Wall,
Francisco; Frank Z. Leonard, Grand
Rapids, Mich. p; l.. P. r. LeCompte, Port
land, Oregon; B. NJ. De Lamarter, Jack.
son, Mich; L. 7. James, Kansas City;
j. T, Moore, GAINESVILLE, o.; ]. w.
Meek, Columbus, o,