Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-09-10
INCREASING INDUSTRY.
INTELLIGENCE PORTENDING BETTER TlkES
FROM MILL AND WORKSHOP.
Laiss. News From The Industrial World Of Wheel.
ing and Yciniiy-Notss About Em-
plOysr and Employed.


& Son Company's preserving works.
All last week the employees, every one
OF whom are working, worked over
time. A large shipment OF goods was
made last Friday. The workmen are
now busy with the tomato crop. The
company is prepared to use 5000 bush
/. els Of tomatoes in excess Of what their
=. contracts call for. The tomato crop Is
reported short
The planning mill Of Wood Bros. is
having a good trade. The firm has the
contract and the foundation is being
built for five rOOmed house for
August Carroll at Forty-dith and Water
streets. The foundation is we'll under
way for a six.rOomed frame structure
for w. A. Stoetzer Of South Wood
streets. This building will be erected
at the rear Of the German Methodist
Church. This dwelling will be among
the contest along Wood street.
Some plants in full operation: Red
man s. Company, Flaccus Bros, ALI
sons Wheeling wire works. Wheeling
boiler works, Spears IL Riddle, Beltz "
Fading, McMechen's preserving works,
City gas works, the Reymann and
Schmulbach breweries, Nail City Stamp
ing Company, Wood Bros, Holiday Il
Son and Wilson & Chapman planning
mills, and the WarwoOd Tool Company.
The Wheeling Boiler Works Of Nor
riSOn & Chew are going In full. Lots OF
repair work Is being done. A force OF
workmen Is engaged 10 the Burton oil
field repairing boilers. At the factory
large smoke stacks and boilers are be-
Ing built for mills in this vicinity. A
large boiler has been sold to Scio Col
leQe. OF SciO, o. force OF wOrkmen
is putting In the boiler at present.
All departments except that portion
undergoing repairs, at the lower Ben
wood mill, are now ia full operation.
The workmen are making steady time
and the output is encouraging. The d.
vision of the plant now undergoing re-
pairs will be ready for operation IN six
weeks, and by II the mills capacity will
be increased One-third.
Last Monday the plant Of the West
Virginia Tobacco Company was started
after a brief shut down. Tomorrow
more workmen, or the full force, Will
again be started and a steady run Is an
ticipated. IL is said, at the factory,
that the outlook for big fall trade has
very materially frightened within the
last few weeks.
A steady r1n is being enjoyed by Red
man & Company, at their machine
shops. L. G.. Martins -four mill at
MoundsVille, which was fitted up large
ly by this firm, is com Dleted. This mill
will be started up ceXt week. In the
shop in this city, Redman & Company
are having a good trade On repair work.
The Belmont blast furnace Is lined
and nearly dried out ready for opera
tion. Around the furnace the water
connections are being made. The big
Hall pump, which Is being put up at
the water works department, will soon
be ready for operation. No orders for
starting have yet been given.
w. b. AllIsOn's Wheeling Wire
Works, are going in all departments.
Mr.. Allison states that trade is rapidly
reyiving. Among the most noticeable
exhibits at the fair was that OF the wire
works As a result large contracts
from over this State and some In Penn
syvania were received.
The planning mill of Beltz & Fading
Is humming with industry. The dwell
ing for the Wingerter estate, on Main
street, is being finished. DR.. G. +. Ma
sons $4,000 frame house, at Leather
wood, is being lathed. Franklin Cald-
wells house on the Island is being
neatly remodeled.
The Center founder is having q steady
run. II will be necessary TO close the
plant for a few days this week, that
necessary repairs may be made. A new
smoke stack for the cupola is being
built by Morrison & Chew, and other
improvements are TO be made at the
foundry.
John johnson, employed at Holiday
planning mill, is OF duty sick. Cyrus
Gratigey, another emplOye, will go to-
day for a visit 10 his home at BeallS-
vile. Monroe county, and Harry Kiln
ker, bench hand at the planning mill,
is very sick OF blood poisoning,
Trade is better with the Wheeling
Corrugatins Company. For the last six
weeks about one-fourth Of the workmen
have been given work. The old en-
plOyes have been gradually getting their
old position, till now one-half the work
men are employed again.
The decorating shop Of the Warwick
China Company is running. The time
of starting the remainder Of the plant
IS vet indefinite. President Carr stated
Yesterday that the plant was doing as
well as any In this country, and its out
look as favorable.
Both plants the one IN this city and
the one at LeasurevilIe, are going In
all departments. Substantial orders
are being taken, business is better and
good fall trade is confidently assured.
Particularly has the company had big
trade in lanterns OF late.
A X. Cochran, the popular clerk at
the Office OF the Wheeling Boiler Works,
is home from a delightful visit 10 Mon
roe county, this State. His mind is yet
filed with visions Of big dinners,
beautiful scenery and pretty country
girls.
The planning mill Of Holiday & Son
is going steadily. This firm is furnish
ing the lumber for neat residence on
Coal street, and 3. n. Imhof is con-
tractor. All the other contracts OF the
mill are being rapidly progressed.
The Roberts Company, OF this city,
occupying the Old plant OF Holiday &
Son, South Side, report trade active,
with prospects OF an increased fall
trade. This company deals extensively
IN disinfectants.
The Wheeling Mold and Foundry
Company plant is going steadily. The
extensive castings for Bloch Bros new
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