Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-28
sTEUBENVILLE INDUSTRIAL.

Steubeuville o.. July 27-NOtwith-
standing the chief industry of this
busy village has been retarded more or
less by the effects of the sewer pipe
manufacturers combine. by which the
business is handled through a central
Office in PittsbUrg. and the prices of the
various fire-clay products advanced and
tne trade thus cOrrespondlngly reduced,
there is in other lines many substantial
evidences Of general increase in bus
mess activity. A number of the indus
trial establishments have been enlarg-
ed. thus Increasing their facilities.
The Calumet Fire Clay Company. above
town. has put down new clay and
coal shaft. adding new machinery and
building additional kilns. The Great
Western Fire Clay Company has over
hauled its machinery, having recently
completed an addition TO its factory
which largely increases It's output The
American Fire Clay Compauys fire
brick works. in West Virginia. OppO-
site Toronto. has been leased 10 r. A.
Winston and T. p. Clark. and is be-
ing operated 20 its full capacity. The
Island Siding Fire Brick Works. at
Browns Station. has passed into new
hands and is being successfully opera
ted. Edward Nicholson. who lately
purchased the Little Giant fire brick
works has made many improvements
and is now turning out a handsome
building brick made from fire clay
smooth pressed. and using In its COmpO-
siri0D q mixture of vein OF iron,
which gives the brick a very pretty
..H. D. mol hot ID
famous serpentine stone used so largely
in Philadelphia. The brick bids fair
To- have a great demand A number Of
fine structures have been built with
them I'm Toronto. and they are being
used now i'm constructing one of the
finest residence properties in Steuben-
Vile In the building line there has
been q fair amount OF activity this
year q marked increase over that OF
last. and while the structures have not
been numerous. they are uniformly
good ones. Among those completed
within the last few months are the
now Presbyterian church q bun brick.
costing S27 600: q business block for
the Bank of Toronto. costing $4,000;
magnificent 20-rO0m residence for r.
A. Francy. the sewer pipe manufac-
-urer costing $4,000; fine residence
by s. r. Coucher, proprietor OF The
GOucher Hotel: and residences by Z. IL
Fraucy. William NcGiffcrt and others
Taken altogether. the business outlook
I'm Toronto is encouraging, and Is grow
ing better day by day.
Every part of the Junction Iron and
Steel Company plant presents busy
appearance these days. Bricklayers
are at work day and night on the soak
ing pit. which is much larger than the
old one, and viii be modern in every
respect. MachinistS are nearly through
with their work on the big hydraulic
cranes. which have all been over
hauled and put i'm first class condition
The engines for the table rolls have ar
rived. and are much larger than the
old ones. The plate mill is running
steady on orders for all the sheet bar
that il can turn out. The brick work
ON the foundations OF the new mill are
commenced and superintendent Phil
lips. who has charge of the work for the
Morgan Construction Company. of WOr-
cester. Mass. is pushing the work as
r9Didlv as nOSsible. but is kept back
considerable because of being unable to
secure enough bricklayers. Ii will
take in all about one-half million brick
TO complete the foundations for this
mill. which will De the finest equipped
for the manufacture Of merchant iron
i'm the United States. Parties from
Wheeling are resetting the track scales.
50 that the engines and cars will not
be constantly passing over them. and
worlmen are scattered over the COM
panv's grounds putting tracks, switches
and all kinds of machinery in the best