Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-14
BIG BUILDING,
=, MANUFACTURING PURPOSES 10 60 Up
ON THI SOUTH SIDE
d. r.lo,rial Enterprise Of Moment Here First
" n.,l,d-Fae.s About tho Consolidation Of
III, Lantern and Stamping Companies

o,,s or twice recently the REGISTER
.rpded to the consolidation Of the
r~.s.fng Stamping Company and the
~ CITY Lantern Company, and the
-.snplated enlargement Of the Eagle
.. works, at Welsburg, owned aud
..,ted by the new corporation.
This morning we present the facts Of
A., consolidation in detail, and they
,,v that through the operations Of
,ew company, Wheeling will add to
u. already long list Of manufacturing
..,bHshments an industry which will
u,ov. when in full operation, nearly
-. hundred persons, and which will
IA very materially to the prosperity Of
the city.
For several years past the Nail City
intern Company has been operating a
.l,ot on Water street, just south Of the
s.,uu House, where the old two-story
.-r5.rr. ample enough when they
...r-sd in the lantern bust ness, has been
creased I'm size in the rear and by add
IN, other stories, in an effort TO keep
.,.s with the ever-increasing business
.,-be concern. At present about one
hundred aad fifty hands are employed
when the concern is running full.
About a year and a half ago the
Wheeling Stamping Company was or
-sriled. and they began the manuiac-
,r-, of lamps aud lanterns, under the
psgl patents, To a mammoth tOur-Story
rHdiug situate on the east side OF
Water street, Immediately north Of the
warwick pottery. From the hrSt, the
excellence of the output was demon
,ra,ed. and the force at work has been
..aadUy added 90, of late half-a-dOzen
men or so being put 20 work each week.
md, firm ACQUIRED the tank glass fac
tory 40 We.lsburg, known as the Eagle,
and there manufactured the glass goods
needed in putting together their lamps
and lanterns.
About a month or a little more ago a
Consolidation Of these interests, under
-re name of the Wheeling Stamping
COMPANY. was preached, and the anal
-amaton was soon an accomplished fact.
Tae Ion of ground, lot No. %, In Chap
line 81 EoHs addition, Immediately
north OF the Stamping COHpany's build
ing, was purchased from MessrS. Cox d
Morrison, and plans have been prepared
and the firm is now receiving bids Tor
DEMONSTRATION Of a second mammoth
building, fronting siXty-SiX feet on Wa
-sr street and running back one hur-
bred and twenty feet. The completion
Of this building will give the
Company a building Of one
hundred and thirty-twO feet front and
four stories in height, for the manufat-
tgre of their goods, and when running
il they will, as stated, furnish en-
r0yment for about five hundred hands,
making 10 one of the largest industries
O. the city. At WellSburg, the Eagle
glass works is being enlarged by the
addition of a ten-pOt furnace, and this
viii give employment 60 large num-
Der Of hands. The foundations for the
furnace are now about completed, and
lts erection is being pushed.
To permit Of the cOnsummatiOn Of
these improvements, the stock Of the
new Company has been put at three hun
ared thousand dollars, the new issue OF
one hundred thousand dollars represent
ing the enhancement Of the monetary
investment above the capital employed
il the two old companies. The new
stock is all about taken.
The output Of the concern will be
lamps of handsome design and effective
work, lanterns as handsome as any man
uiactured anywhere, and in addition, a
line of oil cans and other similar objects
OF utility will be turned ont. The lamps
made and 90 be made are particularly
me goods, and In addition, will be
furnished TO the trade beyond any
competition as yet showing itself in
goods In anything like similar grades.
An Instance of this is afforded in the
.ac, that they furnish j0bberS a lamp at
seventeen dollars q dozen, which cannot
5e duplicated by any other manufaC-
tlrer for less than tweuty-fOur dollars.
This exceptional cheapuess and the in
-rusic merit of the goods warrants the
new Company in the belief that they
wil. have a big demand and a COrre-
spOudingly progressive career.
10 consolidating the business at the
big buildings of South Water street, th4
building at present occupied by the Nail
City Company will DO abandoned and
given over 10 other uses.