Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-05-03
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STECBENVILLE INDUSTRIAL.
Special to the Register
STEUBENVILLE. O.. May Six of the
sewer pipe works at Toronto. az meeting
of the eu,ral Sewer Pipe Association az
Toronto this week, dropped out. leaving
Only TWO works. the Ohio Valley and Free
man Fire Clay Cos. in that district in the
combine. The plants Withdrawing are JEFF
ferS0u. Forest City. Great Western. Cal
ume,, Connors and Empire. This leaves
tweDty-oue firms in the combine, which
Will continue doing business with hope
tlat those VINO have gone out will return.
The action of these firms and their dissat-
isfactiou has been foreshadowed in the
Register for months past. The retiring
firms considered the combine a hindrance
and loss 10 their business and say that
there was TOO much red tape in the meth
DDS OF The trust. causing the filing and
shipping OF orders 10 be slow. laborious
and roundabout. and by running independ-
eut they can do business more expeditions
~ and satisfactorily. Those in the assoc
alton think il the only medium through
which 20 conduct business and combine for
mutual protection and that IL is the only
way 20 reduce expenses in selling products
by directing the same from central Of
flee having a few statesmen and In this way
prices can be kept up While operating in
depeuGently the firms are obliged TO keep
their own representatives on the road at
heavy expense. Those retiring d.sahuse
the idea that they will cut prices and say
they will keep them up. Tha people of To-
ron,o claim tina; the withdrawal means
steadier work for the men. The Ohio VAL
ley wer pipe. owing 10 its superior quail
Ivy, sells anywhere, and for this reason
those Who withdrew from the association
will receive plenty Of orders.
Shipments of sewer pipe are increasing
each week in a gratifying way. The i'm
meuSe stock OF pipe the yards contained is
melting away. due 20 the shipments. One
day this week thirty cars were taken out
aad a return Of the days when over 100
cars daily went ont are looked forward 10.
THE new building erected by Stratton
Bros. Fire Clay Co. at Empire. taking the
place Of those destroyed. are nearly COM
ple'ed. The new works are three stories,
s}xi6p. with an Il" 4Ox50 Goodlin & John
will he placed shortly.
The Riverside furnace is running full
since {, has been In operation. after being
SHUT down fer repairs
The Toronto blacksmi-hs have formed a
union for protection against dead beats,
and have agreed upon scale Of prices.
The Narzle Sewer Pipe Co. plant was
sold this week 20 Kennedy, King & Co.,
former lessees Of the jefferson warkS. for
$1,000 They will make Improvements 10
/ their new purchase.
Coan's foundry near Toronto has been
| running steadily three days week for
( several months.
/ Fifty Italians are now employed at Cas-
/ paris Kings Creek stone quarries and =
/ large amour, Of stone is being shipped.
! BETTER times are coming for Toronto. as
The Calume,. Empire Markle and Jeffer-
son will resume next week. The Forest
C.ty Great Western. ONO Valley Con-
nor's Freeman'S Upper. Minors and Mich
olsou's Little Giant are being operated.
4 while across the river the NcEifresh and
sligo pipe works. the Winston & Miller
and Gar.ck & Williamson brick works are
I'm operation and the Lone Star Will be in
shape 20 make brick in short time
A, Brilliant the mill Is running in all its
departments and everything is working
nicely. The L and IS inch skelp mills are
turning out a splendid quality OF iron at a
rapid rate Il IS said the tube works are
sure 30 and that preliminary work on
the building will begin soon.