The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-25

one OF the most interesting features or
he elaborate programme of entertain
ment provided for the visiting retail mer-
chants to-day, is a trip through the
greater Industrial Wheeling, on train
of cars provided by the several railroads
entering the city, and which will leave
the Baltimore 4 Ohio passenger sta
ton, corner of Water and Twen-
teth Streets at O'Clock In
the afternoon, The railroads prom
Use to have enough cars on hand to
accommodate the 1000 or more persons
who will be on hand for the trip 1t Is
expected that the ride Will consume three
hours, the arrival on the return being
timed so that the visitors can be taken
without delay to Wheeling Park for tho
night programme and the production OF
"1492" especially for them,
The train passes along through
the South Slde-wheTe so many
of the citys manufactures are
located The mines Of the Bel
mont, Riverside and LaBelle mills
pierce the hlllsides, and to the right are
countless factories prominent amone
which are the LaBelle iron works, Wheel
Ing pottery, Schmubach brewery, the
Hobbs glass house, Belmont mill, the big
Mali Pouch" estabiishment-wh gro-
Gerry man has not handled Mail Pouch?"
-Hoffmans tannery, Spears axle works
and many others, The visitor would en-
Joy stopping at all OF these estabttsh-
ments, but on this occasion there Is no
time to lose and the train hurries down
over the South Side, In the lower end OF
the city are more coal mines the power
house and barns OF the Wheeling street
railway system, and Just below the city
limits, In upper Benwood, is the immense
plant OF the Riverside Iron Works, one OF
the largest In the United States. whore
thousands find employment, Just now,
however. the coal strike has created
scarcity OF fuel and the plant Is not rum
ming In all departments. If there Is not
a complete shutdown, though, the "Mer-
chants Day" train will stop at tho
Riverside mills and for half an hour the
visitors will have nm opportunity to see
how pig iron Is converted into steel and
formed into the many shapes and styles
that make up the line OF n great steel
works The Riverside includes one OF
largest and best Bessemer steel plants
tn the country, the only steel pipe fac
tory, the largest cut steel nail mill in the
world, plate mill, a muck bar mill and
forge and two blast furnaces: the plate
mill and tube works are located at Ben
wood Wheellng's nearest southern sub
urb: the nail factory, muck mill and
forge and the company's general offices
In Wheeling and the other blast furnace
In Steubenvllle, Ohio, The concern was
founded In 1859, by II. o. Dewey. OF
Cadiz, Ohio, who came here and estab-
lished wire works. In 1856 the mill
was converted by ]. II. Pendleton & Co.
into mill for the manufacture Of light
bar iron and railroad spikes. In the next
year the works were burned, but at once
rebuilt, and year later leased to Mr.. o.
C.. Dewey, who, with Messrs, j. N. Vancu
and W II. Russell. formed the firm Of
Dewey, Vance & Co., so long famed in
the iron industry of this section, In 1866
Messrs, n. Wilkinson, j. d. Culbertson,
ChauRcey Dewey and number of others
became members OF the company, and
the property north OF the Belmont mill
was bought and nail factory built. Mr..
William l.. Hearne about this time en-
tered the company, and the new works
started up in the latter part OF 1867. The
Benwood blast furnace Of the company
was completed In 1872. In 1875 the River
side Company succeeded the firm, and II
has since had career Of continued pros
perity and growth, until to-day II holds
the proud position Of Wheeiing's leading
industry. Mr.. N. Vance has for sew
cral years been the president, Mr.. John
d. Culbertson secretary and treasurer,
and Mr.. Frank j. Hearne the general
manager. The plant of the Riverside
Cnmnhny Is as cnmnlete In enunment as