Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-08
LOCAL INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

The eQulpuchV VI ~ 'F
=, ,ba Benwood Iron Works, which
y, been placed in position
cough the summer months, is
.,r completed and ready for operation.
II. r-onounced by experts TO be one OF
ID f.est mills in the country. Last
r-rrsdsv the rOughing rolls were test
4 and on Friday the finishing rolls,
.-3 everything worked in smooth and
,,..f,ctory manner. The table rolls
s,vs not vet been placed In position,
s-. This work will be done next week.
The DIant OF the BenwoOd Company, in
:. s1tirety. Is now one of the most COM
-s-a 10 be found anywhere, and IL is ex-
r,,ed that work will be resumed In a
lJr. time.
Nassrs. A. J. Sweeney & Son are put
-,g in the shafting and gearing for the
-sg forty ton fly wheel in Whitaker
-lls No. 6 and Z. They are also put
.rs in the shafting and gearing for a
,sw mill for cold rolling at the Whit
lar plant. The machinery for Captain
Princes new boat which is now at Pitts
lrg awaiting a sufficient stage OF water
r be brought here is all ready and
,roi.ior tho arrival "af the boat to no
apartments except the nail mill, which
a.inues idle. Satisfactory progress Is
sing made with the Improvements TO
G. u-Nusaad plsuS, work on the founda-
FOR the new addition to the skelp
2, is being pushed as rapidly as pOSS-
De-
The new addition to the Etna plant
snow completed, and will be put in
,,aration soon. The addition will have
l9pacity Of seventy tons of finished
v5iuct per day. IL is fitted up with
oil modern machinery and appliances,
ild is a model mill.
The Crescent mill is running steady,
,lt not full. There are four double fur
rlces working, and five crews to divide
he work among. The scrap furnace,
which has been working single turn
,ace September, is now idle for an in-
definite period.
The Buckeye Glass Works, of Mar
ms Ferry, have laid off all their shops |
except the punch, for an indefinite |
.er.Od. Their orders have been coming
. very slowly, and it has been rumored |
'5- some time that there would be a /
San, down.
Sheet mills Nos. 6 and Z, at the |
Whitaker, have been Idle since August. /
These mills are all torn up aud the 4
lo-Sen moved and a new foundation /
u, down for a set of soft rolls. A new /
Q! wheel has been added to the equip |
-a1,.
Tie Bellaire Window Glass Company
las abandoned the scheme of trying new
@s producer, and is making arrange
-el;S 10 build large coal furnace at a
.'>. OF $1,000, near the works by which
.lsy can operate the upper factory.
Ile splendid business OF the Bellaire
aa1pinS Company keeps up, and for
.ae,ed ware is growing wonderfully;
t.4ey will not make any special push
u ". they get into their new factory at
Chicago.
I1e new winter working hours went
.o9 eject at the Wheeling and LaBelle
- cries last Monday morning. Work
s-s o.. '-~-NOu udtl uOltE ttI4ltI, I
'T"i.i continue until o'clock.
II7 lining Of the Bellaire furnace
-a> 0een completed and is now drying
-~ The furnace will be blown in in
week or ten days. The steel works
"-,oae in operation.
-le new works Of the Martins Ferry
-s Barre! and Box Company will be
sun .3rger than the one DESTROYED by
q Inc insurance is being adjusted. !
a. n1'l local plants Of the United States
~. '>S Company are in steady operation.
n, ~ !, "oFN OF finishing the aDpraisement
C we Central was continued last week.
n ''gScent Lodge, A. A. OF l. aud 5.
> increasing in membership and is
n, uoQyiShing condition.
,, 'se wheeling Corrugating plant is
49,, s.ls lull time and pushing the works
M ,I9'r utmost capacity.
s, 1-s La Belle has been in steady and
s a.-,S1,a.ctory operation during the past
p'.I 70 all departments.
b, ",oca Bros. and the Red Letter To-
Ton ton "o'As are both in steady opera
,s1 1ae E'na and Standard mills are
1'-S Ieil in all departments.