Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-04-03
LOCAL INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

The Asa O.. Neville Glass Company,
0f Bairsvilie, which was recently in
incorporated with $4,000 capital, is
about TO begin the erection Of the
works. The company will build one
I2-pot furnace; . leerS; pot arch; a
factory proper, 6fX6f feet; leer room
and blacksmith shop, 60X6O feet; pack
Ing room, 64N55 feet; decorating room,
I5X64 feet; entire building, POS feet.
Aside from these there Will be ware
rooms, 5OxIOO feet. and other necessary
out-buudingS Mr.. Asa G. Neville, the
Lazearville, ". Va, glass man, will be
the superintendent OF the new plant.
The Humphrey Glass Works, Of Steu-
henville. started up Wednesday morn
ing making the first glass. To was the
intention 90 start on bird seed cups and
baths. but the quality OF the glass was
good that they turned % fine punch
tumb.erS. This suspicious opening Is
matter Of cOngratul0tion not only TO
Manager Humphrey but the whole com
munity 10 will not be long until sew
enty-fve hands are there employed,
and that end of the city will be vastly
benefited.
Clarence Irwin, secretary Of the Bost-
wick Fire Proof Steel Lath Company,
has Just returned from an extensive
trip through the South in the i'm
terest OF his company. Mr.. Irwin eS-
tabliShed agencies for the sale OF his
com pany's goods at Louisville, Nash
VILE. Chattanooga, Atlanta. etc. In all
the cities where ne showed his goods
their superior merits were at once rec
1cnjzed by contractors, builders, archi-
tects and Others VINO Inspected them.
James Hunt, OF Bellaire, o., started
last week % work 40 Dalzell, Gilmore *
Leighton's, Findiay, Own. Boies,
NJ Steubenville, o., is working az fac
tory NJ, ex- Bellaire Goblet Works, Find
'sy. O.-James Burns, better known
as Jimmy, of Wheeling, w. Va, Is
trying his hand az Da,zell, Gilmore N
LeiRhton's, FiUdlay, O.-J. II. Burtt,
Of Wheeling, has been visiting relatives
here for several days past.-Oomm0Her
and Glass Worker,
The Buena Vista va. glass factory,
which is managed by T. j. Irwin, OF
Martins Ferry, and ia which a large
colony of Martins Ferry men are en-
p'oyed. has closed down indefinitely,
and will probably not again resume
operations, az least not for long time.
Abe Boston and wife and C. Y. King
are among the Martins Ferry people
who will return home.
The coal furnace OF the BelIaire Win
dow Glass Works was closed down We'd
nesday. Bad glass and other things
combined tocreate dissatisfaction among
the men. and seven OF them handed In
their notice % quit i'm one day, and the
management conclu led 20 shut 10 down.
After working continuously for over
thirty years 40 the Benw0Od mill, John
Yost. the efficient engineer, has resign
Cd his position 70 accept q similar one
az the Riverside. During all the time
he worked 40 the BenwoOd mill, not one
hear was lost by any fault Of his, or the
machinery under his control.
All the departments az the Riverside
sre To- operation, except the factory ana
forge One department Of the tube
works is also idle. The new plate mill
Is being rapidly equipped with machin-
ary, and will probably get on IN about
two weeks.
Owing 20 heavy run Of orders, the
Crystal in Bridgeport will again 90 on
double turn this week. The Crystal is
just now having an exceptionally good
trade, with bright prospects ahead.
John Fox, who died suddenly at his
home on BOgg'S Island on Friday, was
a wei.-known mailer, having worked Tor
a long time az the La Belle.
A car load Of material has been re-
ceivcd at the Standard mill, and work
upon the new building Will commence
10 a short time.
John T. Rudeler, the BeIlaire glass
man, has removed with his family to
EIw0Od, Ind, where he will engage IN
the window glass business.
The local factories OF the United
States Glass Company are both IN oper-
alton, but not running to their nun
capacity.
An the Martins Ferry glass factories
the Northwood, Buckeye and ElSon, are
10 operation and making fairly good
time.
The Bellalre steel works, furnace,
foundry and machine shop are all on
foil and making a satisfactory record.
Clark Bishop, a popular mailer at the
Laughlin in Martins Ferry, received a
severe stroke Of paralysis on Friday
Yesterday was payday at the LaBelie
mill, Wheeling and LaBelle potterleS'
and United States Glass Company.
The Etna and Whitaker mills are
running full. At the Belmont the forge
department is idle.