Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-06-07

mills with the exception of Wed
ssv when the supply OF water gave
- The past week can be rated as
me of the best for some time.
The Wheeling Mould Company, Of the
Els. End has completed their new I'M
--.vements, having put in new turn
z stue and huge drill OF the latest
..gsa. New flooring has also been put
The Company viii stay in their
r-,t. from present Indications. Six
-5g.de-s are working on the first floor
o. present.
The usual summer repairs have been
commenced at the city gas plant On
thursday -vo men We're put on paint
the one hundred foot smoke stack
.. The electric plane. This being very
dangerous work il attracted an unusual
crowd of spectators. The retorts in the
-s plant viii be pushed to ward COM
r no 5y the contractor, Mr.. Gardner,
o. --sJurg.
lrsrs 40 the Whitaker plant are
reported as very favorable at present,
mills Nos. 1, and and the tin and
ud5ug mills are also working. lndi-
cations are very good for the other mills
,orssume i'm a few days. The entire
MI. was idle on Wednesday owing 10
.1e accident of the city water main.
On Monday morning the second fur
r..e was put on at the Central Glass
Works. About twenty more men were
oil. .1 work, as the company was almost
compelled 10 relieve the men from the
first furnace as they were at times
u5rsug five and six deep. As a result
men have more room and can turn
o better work. Sixteen punch shops
we on during the week also a large,
number of pressers.
The Riverside Bar Mill, on Twenty
sixth street, is working double turn
with plenty Of orders ahead. Three
beats were thrown out as a loss caused
5- le shortage OF water on Wednes-'
lv. The mill resumed as soon as sufti-
cent water was on hand.
The Wheeling Steel Works worked
-ra first two days OF the week only TO
have g breakdown that caused suspen-
so10t work for the balance Of the week.
Tr. skelD and pudding mills worked
SEN piDe burst in the Skelp mill
0tc1 caused a delay OF several hours
Erory-hing viii be in readiness for the
ss. works to resume tomorrow morn
i-- An experiment on twenty-nine
1-l skelp iron was made on Tuesday
w--l resulted very favOrably. Hereto
f required the rollers TO roll the
separate. The success Of the TWEEN
-r-uue inch test viii, however, do
away with this practice.
Matters at the Riverside works are
running very satisfactory at present
All lr7lr5ments in the steel as well as
,-6 plate works are on. while the idle
Zap weld furnace in the tube works re-
sUmed. The workmen are anticipating
an early lob as the supply OF pipe in
-he sock is said to- be very large and
mas cause suspension Of work in a short
time.
The B0ggs Run Mining and Manu-
featuring Company is only working half
time GO present. Much trouble is be-
icg experienced with the cable system,
asa times &c. refuses 10 work.
Miller Bros. tool works are running
t0 line at present. This company
ps very large amount Of their work
10 Elidock. Pa
Bloch Brothers Tobacco Factory was
cr ca Tuesday on account of no stock
-1 work on and on Wednesday by the
shortage OF water. The three nun
l-at employees went on again on Thurs
day usual
Tie Wheeling Electrical Company
ts completed their repairs at their
plan. on NcColloch street
r.. la Belle nail factory did not
turn q wheel during the week, while
the tack factory worked part of the
tme The entire mill was idle on
Wednesday caused by the accident to
Tie water mains. The heaters are
working right along at present. A pc
cular accident took place in the tin
million Thursday night, while the work
men ire an az work The small Skin
rar engine which is used in running
Che electric light plant ran through it
breaking the cylinder head and
1.s0n rod. The engine which was run
rHs almost a thousand revolutions
minute. was stopped by the engineer
shutting The steam off at the boilers.
The mill was laid of during the night.
taa company having the break repaired
n time for the next turn to go on as
usual
The Ia Belle pottery did not work. as
WAS reported in these columns last
week. but the company is taking adj
vantage of the present stop and is max
ing many needed repairs. The samples
watch are unfinished in the decorating
room 2ra being finished by about ten
@. -ae best girls in that department.
Matters In the Wheeling Sanitary pot
-5-T look very favorable az present.
The company is putting out a large
amount of work and running at full
capacity
The Wsrwood tool works worked the
elrs week with the exception Of We'd
les-ar on account OF the water sup
swing out. This company has
e.1 rnning the steadiest Of any South
SIZE plant
ans Axle Works resumed last Mon
t- morning. The entire plant was
operated five DAYS.
h'lmonr works are running right
-.aS with no accidents or break-dOwns.
l'. nail department is running very
l.y comparing with the other nail
res. Tie heating department
..nt cut q very large weeks work.
Wheeling Street Car Co. is max
E some repairs ON their power station
re South Side The huge tank
was put In by the company some
aso proved 20 be q great advantage
Wednesday. owing 20 the shortage Of
water as the tank was filed with