Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-19
TINES.

AAACus WIZ MNuA UMh VI q
weeks ago, returned TO work
at the old rate Of wages.
.tsburg Leader, October Is,
was stated anthOritatively to-
Ton last Saturday the contract
ing an electric line from Glen
McKeesport was let to 8 hrm In
bre. The distance between the
5ints over the new line will be six
1t is not intended 10 touch either
hestead or Braddock, but 10 make
Zap fares from McKeespOrt 70 PITTS
*. Fast time is also contemplated.
is said that the company that recent
bought the McKeespOrt street rail-
way system is the protector Of the new
4 scheme, and that work on the new line
SWiU be started In a short time.
s'E.\M. Butt. the well known Pitts
bnrg engineer, Is the inventor OF pro-
Ycess from which great results are
expected During the past week ar
ranRement were completed for the es-
tablishment OF plant for the manu-
1acture OF structural material and other
shapes by process that will entirely
change the aspect Of the trade In this
branch Of the iron business. The term
'rsvolutiOniZe' has commonly been sp-
piled 10 such instances as this, but It's
application on this occasion is justified.
Beams, channels and angles are 10 be
made at the cost OF billsts, and are,
besides, 70 be made ia such shapes as
will reduce the cost OF columns by
One-half A noteworthy feature OF
the process is that 10 dis
places labor almost entirely, ma
chiniSt and engineer being all that will
be required 70 operate each set OF rolls.
The company organized TO operate along
the new lines is knewn as the Ameri-
can Structural Iron Company. IL was
incorporated some time ago under a
West Virginia charter, having upon 10
such names as those OF II. Sellers Nc
Kee. Mark w. Watson and Murray Yer |
ner, aud is capitalized at $500, 900. |
The location Of the plant will be at /
TonsWanda, eight miles north Of Buf- |
falo, aud ten miles from the power |
plant Of the Cataract Power Company, |
which has contracted 10 furnish |
lths plant with electrical power. The |
american Structural Company con- /
uded terms during the week for the
tQulsltion Of so acres Of land from the /
Improvement Company Of Tonawanda,
lch put up a cash bonus Of 100000
inducement to the company to
there"
Easton SentiR el. October 10, says:
- South Bethlehem q few DAYS
Ego ! gentleman who is said to be re-
liable informed US \that the Bethlehem
Iron Company had Ia contemplation an
80 - /
by an addition Of about six
hundred feet. The same company is
also reported TO contemplate the en-
|srgemsnt OF its steel manufacturing
Plant. Hence, South Bethlehem is
happy"
The McKeeSport Times, October Is,
says: Another company has been or
gained in this vicinity, and it will en-
\Ravor to develop the gas territory rear
lebridge. A number OF leases have
adv been secured, and drilling op- |
pms will be commenced 10 a few
Ashland Evening Telegram, Oc-
is, says: THE idle colllsries re-
Work again this morning. Its
ioQI days will De the WorKIus I
81 week"
sburg Call, October 16,
SIS at SteeltOn: "Never
ne histofv OF the works have they
zen as busylas at the present time"
The Easton Sentinel, October 10, says:
YThe boomers in South Bethlehem, IN {
,isNayed by the Wilson tariff law, are
Asg the establishment Of a new
hd shoe factory in that town,
prospects OF success"
COnnellsville Courier publishes
wing: "a. G. Mexican, a lead
stste man OF Charleroi, has so
Ans for houses in the Magic /
6 present every house 10 the
upied. This remarkable de-
been caused by the opening
Macbeth Glass Works, which
hit 500 or 600 new people 10
principally from South Side, |
here the works were form
The Macbeth works are
IN, and employ over $50
IS works at Charlero
full now, giving work
ps, and making regu-
S. Three furnaces
constantly, which
and polishing depart
{ almost their full
ted that the company
prs on hand now 70
for the next ten
Killings have been
oi during the past
re in course Of con-
Hiding will be going
.e Evening Chronicle,
Saws: The Schuylkill
Eilway Company will COM
hoarow morning 70 build their
from Twelfth and Russell
"a out to Laurel street. Contractor
Cornell has charge OF the work.
pse who desire work on the extension
report az once at the companY's
3. The company has ordered ten
cars, four OF which are brand rew,
be service Of the road this winter"
be Winlamsport Times, October Is,
s.: THE men engaged ia making
preliminary survey for the Atlantic
q Pacific Railway and Construction
muaov have reached Lock Haven.
be survey through this immediate sec
on runs PAST bennington little
forth Of that borough and continues
XIV rdl NmAhis size Of Bald Eagle
fesk. bseen the Pennsylva-
Railroad track and the Beech Creek
ad. The line strikes the Bald Eagle
fountain, which will be tunneled, about
ouarter OF a mile below CaStanea.
he surveying party will strike the
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