Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-02-07
MANUFACTURING NOTES

The La Belle mill, factory and forge
department, has been idle for the past
week. 1t is expected that operations
will be resumed tomorrow morning.
During the stop the annual inventory
has been taken, the business year with
IhiS company commencing February
LIST. The equipment Of the plant has
also received such repairs as are incl
dent 70 continuous operations. Among
the improvements made was the build
ing of two new boiler stocks, which 1t
IS expected will improve the draft and
assist in making more steam.
The new addition TO SchmulbaCh'S
brewery will be finished aud ready for
itseoulpment about April !. The work OF
stating the clock tower was done during
the past week. The dial Of the clock will
be II feet greater in diameter than the
Capitol clock, aud can be plainly seen
in an parts OF the South Side and Ben
wood. Il will be Illuminated az night
and will be supplied with large bell
natter a nine weeks stop, the Wheel
ing steel plant in BenwOOd started up
last Wednesday morning, and has been
running fairly well. The immense traV-
cling crane, which was 70 dispisce four
teen men, did not work properly, and 1t
was taken down. It's defects Will DO
remedied, aud ii will again be placed In
position during the summer shut
down.
About one month ago Asa G.. Neville,
OF Lazearville, withdrew from the man
syeueDt u the West Penn Glass Com
pany. Since then he has organized
company with capital stock OF SJO,-
600. II will be known as the Asa Ne
vile Glass Company, and Will erect
l2-pot furnace at BIairSville, Ia.
The new addition to the Riverside
plate mill I'm BenwoOd is rapidly aSSum-
ing shape. The skeleton work for the
superstructure is about finished, ana
work will commence upon the iron sides
next week. Some OF the machinery LOT
its equipment is already az the ground
The FoStoria glass factory in Mounds
Vile, is now in operation. Many OF Tue
emploves who removed 10 that city conf
plain OF the scarcity OF houses ana are
compelled TO put up with poor accoino-
dations until the building season Is I'M
der way.
The Wheeling Lime and Cement
Works, out CaIdwells Run, will De
ready for business this summer with
plant which has been enlarged and i'm
proved during the dull sea son.
Henry Schnellbach, The popular and
well-known manager OF the Acme glass
works, SteUbenville, o., Is just recover
ing from dangerous attack oil pheu-
mOnia.
The pudding department OF the Ben
wood mill has been idle several days on
account of a shortage Of material, out
will start again tomorrow morning
ANDY Howard, OF the South SIDE
who has been working in the Be.laire
bottle works, has accepted PTSi''04 -
a bottle factory in BlairsyiIle, Pa
Switches have been laid from the b.
g. O. and Ohio River roads TO the hiNeI-
side furnace in BenwoOd, 10 tac"i'a'e
the handling Of metal.
Thomas Brady, OF the Crystal UlaSS
Company, Bridgeport has gone 70 WIZ ~oiN
AZ factory ok" United states UidsS
Company, Findlay, y.
Part Of the Wheeling and La bs! l3
pottery force has been idle Lor Se1eIa'
days. but will resume work to-morro"
morning.
The local factories OF the I nlteu
States Glass Company have been IN sat
tsfactorv operation during the week.
The Belmont factory and forge oe .
partment are both idle, but the Iurhaoe
is in operation.
IAN departments of the Riverside ar, are
ip'operation, except the forge ana Isc-
tory.