The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-29
BUILT IN A HURRY.
4 Model for Wheeling liuildc rs to Emulate
In tho Future,


In the future.
The Wheeling Lamp and Stamping
Company will begin work in n few
weeks in tho most conveniently ar.
ranged and correctly modelled building
devoted to manufacturing in tho city
OF Wheeling. Tho erection OF tho build
ing has also been q revelation to tue
slow going people OF Wheeling, and
1t Ia 10 be hoped will be held up rs u
model for builders in future TO 10 by.
On September 10 the contracts were lot
Tor II iour.st0ry brick Building. AT
that time there were scven tenement
houses OH the ground 1t was 10
occupy and fourteen families lived in
them. On December ., just eighty five
days from the time OF signing tho con-
tracts, Superintendent Hamilton will
turn tho building over 10 It's owners
completed and ready for the machinery.
In that time, too, It has rainrd on forty.
five days md the men have been trans
ferred from one part OF the work 10 an.
other from time to time TO tho disadyan-
tnge OF the work because materials
could not BIZ had. Car loads of freight
intended for the building have sood for
as long as thirty days In the Baltimore
4 Ohio yards within fifty feet OF their
destination, but tho company could not
shit them from one track to another 80
they could DO unloaded
The building Is &C by liz feet, four
stories high, tho total height being just
&c feet. The trout and buck wilt BIZ ali
plate glass, except the pillars, and n sky.
light 10 by IS feet will admit light in tho
center. x we'll the samu size cuts
through all the floors, and an abundance
Of light aud air will ba had on every
floor. Az the back OF the main building
Il o,le.story brick structure, IL by 81 feet,
will contain tho boiler, engine and
blacksmith chop. All tho floors except
the first, which will DO fire blick laid il
cement, will be OF tho style known rs
armory iloors, being laid OF rough boards
dinGonally to the joists, and covered with
matched oak flooring. This style Of
floor transmits att jars or vibrations d..
rectly to the walls and greatly strength
ems the building by adding TO the
rigidity OF all parts. The building which
has heen put up 80 quickly and ut the
same time 80 substantially, was planned
by Mr.. B. ". Peterson. Mr.. q. ?. Ham
ilton bus supcrintended its coastruc.
ton and 10 his careful management is
due the rapidity OF its construction. f.
A. Ferguson did the brick work, B. F.
Caldwell tho tin and sheet iron work,
D. G. kusner the painting, Thomas
Jackson the stone work, Louis Esrtong
tho carpenter work, and tho Centre
Foundry tho cast iron work. The
building is estimated to cost about $20,-
900.
The first floor will be used for the
stamping and spinning machinery, and
will contain everything that has more
than nominal weight. On the second
floor will be the offices, sample rooms
and packing department. On the third
floor will DO the fitting and Gaishipg
departments, and on the fourth, the
butiiug and nickel ard silver plating
department.
The machinery has all been ordered
and most OF it has arrived and is stored
IN brick building just above the factory
bM!aing. 1t is estimated to cost about
Sc, 900 exclusive OF the dies,
MIR. George Hobbs will have charge OF
the machinery department, and will at.
tend to the erecting and placing OF it.
The steam boiler was built by Cox & Nor
rison, and is sixty inches by ono hun
dfed and forty inches with io.ty-:our
iour.inch ilucs. 1t 10 built Of steel with
q tested tensile strength OF G5,OO0
pounds, and is calculated to have
seventy.fve horse power capacity. The
engine will be fifty horse rover West
iDehouse Junior No. l.
The building will be heated through
out by steam, and q test is now being
made OF special system by the Buffalo
Forge y Steam Heating Go. 10 gas will
be used in the building, electricity
Throughout being the plan. It hca not
beer decided whether private plant
will be put in or not.
The company hns learned valuable
Lesson from the Bellaire stamping COM
pany's FIRE, and will build a fire proof
vault on the first floor for the storage Of
lis dies. These are very expensive and
occupy . great deal OF time in making.
All dies except those in immediate use
will be stored there, and in case Of fire
work can be resumed as soon rs . tenn.
porarv building can be erected. While
the Bellaire Stamping Company will no
doubt get its insurance on its dies, it
will not nearly cover the loss and the
works will be thrown out several months
while new onep are being madc.
Nothing will be made by the company,
ut the beginning ut least, but the PAUL.
lamp. 1t will be put up III all atyles OF
brass, nickel, bronze and silver plate.