Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-05
Hum OF INDUSTRY.
BUSINESS AT ALL TAB PLANTS BETTER TEAM
FOR 4 YEAR
Li,'S. News From All As Nils o. Wheeling and
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plate works 40 the plant 20 three times
that OF its present capacity in cOntem-
pIgtiOn. There Is llttle doubt but that
the biz Improvement will be made. The
new ito plate m.i has been working FOR
the last moath. giving the best OF salts
faction, and giving work 70 about 100
employees. The new department OF the
Standard has been Idle since the Both OF
last Jure. 10 has mills -. ID. IA ana
i, and the idea is % change these FOR
the manufacture OF the plate. The
matter Is 10 be definitely decided upon
within the next two weeks. II the
improvements are made, there will be
three hundred men AZ the plant alone
engaged 10 the tin plate industry.
At the 1Etna-StaEdsrd: Two-thirds
Of the mill Is on 10 full. Following IS q
summary; SIX sheet mills are oni both
tin mills are working; eleven OF the
pudding furnaces are being operated;
more OF the coal miners are at WORK,
some OF the Old employees who took part
IN the strike having been taken back;
mills 10 aud II are 20 60 On In the morn
Ing, having been idle for the last three
months, and the bar mill is 70 20 on IN
the morning. a handsome park IS now
10 front OF the elegant Offices and 10 Is
enclosed By neat fence. There are
now nowhere more handsome offices
THAI those OF the plant Men suffered
very much from the heat last week.
Edward Miller and William Hall, well
known employees, are home from q trip
% Iowa.
Last Wednesday evening there was a
boiler explosion 40 the Wheeling steel
works. Wnen lAe Improvements were
made az the plant recently some OF the
old boilers were left, the operators
thiuking that they could be run for sew
eral years. 10 was one Of these which
let 90. 10 is considered very Temarka-
be that some one was not hurt by the
explosion. This Is owing 70 the fact,
probably that the day-turn was leaving
aud the night tUrn had tot yet come 90.
Tls noise OF the explosion could Oe
heard for a mile, and D., Occasioued great
excitement In BenWOOd. Tue explosion
shattered some Of the walls aud ma
cuinery ia that part OF the works, but
90 aid not prevent the mill from going
on again az once. The boiler was to-
tally demolished by the explosion.
The LaBslle Iron Works had good
run last week. All departments OF the
mill except the puid,erS were on Ia
fun. The large nail factory made 1--WE
days last weeS, but was not working
yesterday. Ono or the cut nail ms
chimes is being fitted for the making OF
wire nails, and the experiment will be
tried Tor the lrsJ time tails week. II
the wire nail is made successfully, many
will be made at the works. The tack
factory is on TO full, and the heaters
are making good time. Good ship
ments OF iron are being made, the greater
part oil II going 70 tin plate mills 70 be
rolled into plate. The coal miners OF
the works are making about three
fOurths time.
Asthe REGISTER stated exclusively
some time ago, the sanitary pottery OF
the Wheeling Pottery Company, former
~ the Wheeling Pottery, will De started
for the first time 10 the morning adding
another industry TO the long list credit
ed 10 the Nail City. The engine has
been tried and gave the finest
Of satisfaction. A uumOer OF skilled
sanitary wOrkmen, many OF them from
TiltOnvi.le, are In the city aud will hud
employment az the new works. About
leo men will so 20 work at first and this
number is 20 be rapidly Increased until
200 men are employed which will be the
capacity OF the plant. Herbert Machin,
formerly OF the Tilt0lv!lle sanitary pot
terry, is the manager Of the new works.
There is little change at the Riverside
iron works from week ago, only that
there are more orders, and the outlook
IS more encouraging Ia many ways.
The furnace is on AID is having as great
q run az To- It's history. Three OF the
plate mills are on 10 full, and the greater
part OF the tube works are being oper-
Sted. The steel works are making
three days a week owing to the scarcity
OF metal They are Idle now but will
60 on in iui, in the morning. For some
time they have gone every Monday
morning and closed down every Thurs
dav.
The management OF the Wheeling
Steel aDl lrOu Company has decided 20
put forge Of men 20 work az once %
fuisn the immense new furnace a, the
Top Mill. Work will be begun before
Ions. 10 will take sixty days work 10
&C., the furnace in readiness TO start.
MANY OF the old employees have moved
from che city, while others have found
WORK elsewhere. The furnace of the
company u Martins Ferry is soon to
be starred.
The entire lower Benwood mill is now
~. F.rH. ian DO.
The steel works are on ia fun, the plate
mil. Is booming, and the puddIerS are
happy because they ara all az work, aud
making good time A, ;he plant there
are now about 600 employees finding
work. Yesterday was payday, and 10
is surprising what difference this
made To- trade over the city. 10 has
been over year since there was such
full pay ~ the MILL
There is still no ray OF hope that
either OF the miues OF the B0ggS' Run
Mining Company, In South Wheeling,
employing over 100 meu, will go on
soon. Most Of the employees have found
work elsewhere. Some OF them have
gone % work ia brick wards across the
river, and few days ago twenty OF
them took their tools from the mines
and went % work 10 some OF the col
lier;eS back in Ohio.
by the storm Thursday evening, con
siderable damage was done At the Riv-
ersiie tube works by the heavy wind
The men were az work when the storm
came up, aud they had 20 Quit for an
hour, as much of the glass in the win
dowS was blown 10 and broken. The
damage Is considerable, and IS being re-
paired. The entire tube works were
idle for half hour by reason Of the
storm.
The boiler works in East Wheeling Of
William NJ. Cox X Co. are now on in
full. They have the large tanks for the
new Lauge block about finished, and
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