Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-04-30
PROGRESS OFINDUSTRY
ITEMS INTERESTING TO THE EMPLOYER AND
TIE EMPLOYED.
Notes Secured from Factory, Shop and Business
Houss-Nsws About the LaboTsr and
Mechanic.

The new plant OF the Joseph Bell
Stove and Range Company at Muncle'
Ind, is now ready for the machinery
The Lake Erie road is rushing 10 eom-
pletion a switch 20 connect with 'uo
stove works. This will be ready IN q
few days and then the machinery WIN
be placed. The machinery USED mas
heen brought from the old works al
Wheeling. W. Va, and is o on the
ground. IL is expected that m0Idlng
will berin within a few weeks. Inc
new buildings are models OF complete
ness and a~daptability and are admirably
located The Bell Company own a tract
of seven acres on the bank or the Nhlte
river and in this tract they have their
own cas- well. They will have about
three times the capacity In the ne"
works that they had in the old. they
dasira the trade 10 know that while
thew have abandoned the manufacture
~ stoves and ranges at Wheeling, they
will maintain there a large warehouse
6Isd with complete lines OF their we'll
known goods, and that the Eastern
trade will be supplied as promptly as
before.-Nc,Gt Worker.
The work OF laying new switches and
DreDaring for larger Cars at
Coal Works is progressing rapluIy'
When these improvements are COM
Melted they will employ there over n
hundred men, doubling the present
force.
Another large new boiler at the main
mill Of the Riverside will be placed
there in the hear future. Work on the
finishing OF the new warehouse will De
begun soon.
From the best authority. the Top
mill will be on again 10 full Monday
A short run will be taken before closing
down for the enlargement or the Iur-
mace.
The North Wheeling Bottle Works
will run about q month OF six weeks
longer. when they will close for prob
ABLY three months, In which extensive
improvements will be made.
JOS. Mears' kog and barrel works, at
Martins Ferry, is going in full olast'
Their shipments are large, and they
have many orders ahead.
The plant Of the Ohio Valley China
Company is making full time In all de-
partments. The trade is good, and the
outlook bright. The second season OF
good trade begins soon now. and the or
ders are being rapidly filled. New or
ders are rapidly coming In. The COM
papy is making nearly constant N
proyements. Workmen are now at
work in repairing the large green
house.
While the general tone Of the iron
trade reports is not one OF decided I'M
movement, il is the opinion or some
very good judges that a better condition
OF affairs will become plainly apparent
within the next thirty days. This Opin-
ION is based upon several facts. The
long period Of low prices has established
the habit Of carrying small stocks OF
raw material. The large buyers, whose
orders lay the foundation for uctlYlty'
have until recently held OF. IL Is De-
lieved that enough Of these will place
orders in the next two or three weeks
10 start the ball rOlling.-LGbor RIB
Itpe.
Spears & Riddle have the contract Of
building a large locking machine Tor
the Wheeling Corrugating Company.
An the mills have been removed from
A. ]. Sweeny & Sons foundry. The
building is being rapidly torn down.
Morrison & Chew have large con-
tracts ahead, and are busy at the con-
structiou Of boilers.
The Warwood Tool Company are 60
ing full blast, aud are enjoying a very
large trade.
The Central foundry is going in full,
and has on hand, and under cOnStruc-
ton, some very heavy orders. They
are making two fve-tOn a%unealing
boxes, a large center for a fly WheeI, a
pair of rolls, weighing four tons each,
for the Whitaker mill. The workmen
have under construction fifteen extern
sion plates, weighing three tonsoapleee,
for the Wheeling Steel Works. They
are just as busy as they can be there.
Steadily all day yesterday aud the
preceding day, machinery. shanties,
etc, were taken from the old Il. n o..
shop here, 10 Benwood Junction. All
the material from the shop necessary AZ
present, have been removed. The place
now presents rather a dilapidated con-
dition. The men will 90 TO work at the
Junction in the morning.
Yard Master w. c, KalbauEh, Of the
Wheeling yards, and c. y. +. Porter
feld. OF the BenwOOd yards, are home
from a pleasure trip to Pitts6urg.
Engineer Joseph Crogan will move
from this city to BenwoOd soon.
L. Grow. conductor Of the house
shifter Of the B. & o. yards, who got
his arm badly maShSd a few days ago
by having 10 caught between two lead
blocks, Is getting better fast he will
not be on his run for some time.
j. C. Bresl, clerk 1t the b. 4 0. yard
office, is ia SteUbenVllle on a business
trip.
The local coal trade shows no marked
change. The retail trade Is more brisk,
due to the rainy spell. The wholesale
coal trade is as good here as il has been
for a long time. All the steam fac
tories Sre taking their usual consign-
ments. The coke situation in this city
remains unchanged.
One furnace Of the Junction Iron
Company and one OF the Wheeling Iron
and Steel Company are blown out for
repairs.
Nearly all the nails now shipped from
this city 90 10 the West and South.
The mills on have no difficulty In dis
posing OF their product
The Warwick China Company is now
In a more prosperous Sondition than
ever before. The MAMMOTH plant en-
tire is on in full. TheyAe enjoying
the best spring trade the Never had.
Every night work is carrieL I'LL 9 or
10 o'clock, so large is the rwiek's