Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-25
rnrA1-1NnrsrRIAL NoTEs.

local, INDUSTRIAL NOlEos
The new addition to Hoffman's tan
-s-v is finished and in operation.
SUeepey's foundry and machine shops
ore both in continuous operation.
The Buckeye, Elson and Northwood
class factories, in Martins Ferry, are
al in operation.
The idle department OF the La Belle
resumed work yesterday. The boilers
we're repaired.
Tle locked-out warehOusemen Will
give grand ball at Turner Hall on the
evening Of November 3.
Every department Of the Belmont IS
ip full operation with the exception OF
the pudding department.
The different departments OF the
Riverside Iron Company are In opera
lion. as usual. The work has been COM
merced upon the new plate mill.
Mills No. 1, ?, 3, 4, and 5, at the
Whitaker plant are in active operation
THE other two reidle on account OF the
reoairs to them not yet being completed
Cement CompSuy- a. Wbeellnss. 5 'ReA and
pushed 70 its full capacity. The I'm
proponents 10 the plaut have been fin
shed.
The Wheeling steel plant closed down
last Friday. 1t will start up again on
Wednesday OF this week. During the
stop the blooming mill engine will be
repaired.
Yesterday was pay day at the River
side Iron Works, Standard Axle Works,
Boggs Run Mining and Manufacturing
Company and United States Glass Com
plry. The Is. e o. pay-car arrived
yesterday.
The coal miners have been at work
Tor over a week In the BenwOOd Iron
Company's coal bank, but as yet, there
Is no sign of starting work in the pud-
ding department.
The Wheeling and La Belle potterles
have enough orders ahead to insure a
steady run for some time. They are
harQered a great deal, however, by the
shortage Of natural gas.
40 the Standard mill the finishing de-
p2rtmeut has been running full time.
The puddlerS lost several turns on ac-
colc, of the scarcity OF pig. All the
oi-er departments are moving as usual.
Gill Bros, OF Steubenville, are run
mig $50 shops on lamp cbimneys, all
under one roof The Immeusity Of suck
On output Is not apparent 70 the aver
age reader, but il means a lot Of chin
neys.
The Belmont mill Is now the only one
10 this vicinity In which natural gas is
uSeo as fuel in any department OF the
works. Tho gas producers IN use in
several plants are said 90 be more salts
iiae'ory In that they furnish better
les, at less cost.
Ioe Htua Iron and Steel Company
GAS oeen doing very well in all depart
-eCts except the breakdown mill,
"aicn Is still losing time on account Of ,
'-e shortage OK natural gas. The new
electric plant is working like charm, |
making the night almost as bright as /
day
The lining Of the Bellaire blast fur |
race was completed last week and the |
,-'aace viii be put 10 operation early in |
Ssy'enoar. The steel plant is shut /
IOWA on account Of the demand Of the |
--cl'niStS for more pay for Sunday /
"ora. u is reported that the plant will |
resume IN few days with new men.
The Eagle Glass Company, Wellsburg,
nave begun the erection Of new iron
:, factory, with a 1O-pOt furnace and
.l'ee tanks, and a new and large deco
,aous room. The glass department. Of
..--g, new concern will remain at Lazear-
,..'s' anu the stamping department will
.-cuPy q large new brick block 20 De
''1-'ed on Water street in this city.
M The w. L. Libbey Sc Son Company, OF
-l.e1o' o., applied for space 10 run a
9aSs plant on the grounds of the
lorid's Exposition. The plan COM
L'elends structure 200 by go feet,
lll Ia 10 all the processes Of glass
making, except window glass will be
.a5fieo on. The Committee on Grounds
-1u Buildings granted space for the
opposed factory on Fifty-ninth street
VI 'Ae Midway PlaiSance.