Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-20
LOCAL INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

The Buckeye glass factory, Martins
Ferry, will probably resume about Jan
ulry 18th The stop IS reported to be
Just the usual idleness az this period Of
t-e year.
The Western Sanitary Pottery Com
rsry. of TiitOuvi!le, have enlarged their
works by an additional building, Ia
which new machinery Is being placed.
Tsev have several skilled wOrkmen from
Sew Jersey making moids. John Rowe
isl Che manager.
Eumors are afoat Of big changes in
tHe Etnaaud Standard miiisiu the near
future, although nothing definite could
b. learned Of their exact nature.
John Schaub, OF Pittsburg, formerly Of
tte Riverside. was calling on friends
LAST week.
Mr.. VIII G'escy, the weli-known car
-aater, is in the East, 20 spend the win
ler.
The annual wage scale az the River
side Stee. plant 10 IS expected will be
presented 20 the officials by the en-
g0yees this week.
The Wheeling Steel plant was idle on
Friday. caused by breakdown In the
engine which runs the table rolls.
The ten pudding furnaces which
were In operation for several weeks az
the Benwood mill, are now of, and the
entire plant is idle.
The addition 90 the Wheeling Lamp
aud Stamping COmpauy'S plant, on
South Water street, is rapidly assum-
ing shape.
Bloch Bros. have fully determined to
build the new seven story addition to
their plant, mention OF which was made
iu the REGISTER some time ago. They
are now negotiating for big electric
light plant. This will make the equip
ment of their factory second 10 that OF
no other manufacturing concern In the
country. Everything about the build
ing is a model of neatueSs, while the fire
eytuguiShing, aud alarm facilities, are
the very best in use anywhere.
The La Belle and Belmont factories
have been in steady operation during
the past week.
w. L. Garrett, of the Elson Glass
Works, Martins Ferry, had quite a lit
le surprise last Monday at noon by quite
a number OF his friends at the Elson
calling on him, il being his birthday.
An elegant repaSt was spread before the
guests, and everybody had a good time
and went away well pleased.
Hobbs and the Central factories,
which have had remarkably steady
run, closed down yesterday for the
usual holiday stop and stock taking.
Andy Howard, the we'll known glass
worker. Is home for the holidays.
uPatrick Casey, OF Bellaire, who went
out to Elwood, H., to work in a glass
factory, is down with that dread disease,
consumption.
j. f. Rodefer, the well-known win
down glass manufacturer, OF Bellaire,
o., and J. T. Jeffreys, Of EllwOOd, Ind,
have purchased 800 acres of land about
three-iourthS of mile from the latter
town on the line Of the l.. X. ). w.
r. r.
Nearly all of the glaSswOrkers from
I0stOria, o., whose homes are In this
city, and who will work in Moundsville
after the first Of the year, are at homo
Tor the holidays,
Peter Leighton, the well-knOwn glass
ll.Sher, who was buried in this city last
week, was one OF the oldest and most
popular, as well as one Of the best glass
workers in the business. Many OF his
p70tegeS at Hobbs are now filling re-
'poaSible positions in glass factories
throughout the country. Much OF his
unique work, landscapes and figures in
co0red glass, fox chaSeS, etc, compare
iaylrably with the best work Of Belgian
and French glaSSwOrkerS. he was a
brother OF VIM. Leighton, Jr., and an
uncle Of Wheeling's gifted author. En-
poyeS Of the Hobbs factory for gen.
Grafton back will recall many a kind
word, and wise reproOf from the lips Of
.Oapher" Leighton, as he was famil-
larry known.
Tie Warwick pottery closed down
yesterday for the usual holiday stop of
several weeks.
The pudding furnaces at the La
belle worked few heats on Thursday
ana then closed down until after the
holidays.
yesterday was pay day at the River
sue Boegs' Run Mining and Manufac
SSlrng Company, Bloch Bros, United
II'ales Glass Company, Wheeling aud
"a Belle potteries.