Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-28

All three of the local potteries are
very busy. The Wheeling and War
wick plants have very large force OIL
decorators working at each place. Two
new decorating kilns have just been
completed at the Wheeling Pottery,
which will help considerably. The
prospects for the pottery trade for the
coming year are first-class. The Davl-
son pottery are introducing an attract
i've line of jugs in porcelain which Will
he known as the Paxton shape. They
will be made in four sizes. In ADDITION
to their colored decorations they nave
brought out line of porcelain in white
and gold.
The Belmont glass factory at Mar
tins Ferry is very busy.
A large number of Martins Ferry
citizens will ask the city council TO
open Second street to Main and pur-
chase a right of way through a portion
of the West Virginia glass WORKS,
which is between the terminus OF the
two streets. The street could be open
ed by building an archway without Sc
riously damaging the works. The
building Of another large tin mill near
by is bringing out this part of town,
and the starting of the glass works
would make things boom. Prepara-
tions are being made to build hotel
and several business houses near by.
The company who intend to start the
new Bellaire bottle factory were flsap-
pointed in getting the site first selected
and are negotiating for another place
to locate their factory.
During the past week number OF
the Bellaire strikers have returned to
work and a good list of applications
from the old men is said to have been
fled with tn company The blast fur
mace started up the middle of the week.
The Reymann Brewing Company re-
ceived last week $4,000 bushels of fine
Wisconsin barley.
The manufacturers of crockery ware
in the Ohio Valley have entered into a
compact by which their selling price is
to be uniform. There are many details
to be agreed upon, but it is expected
that before the first of the year all ar
arrangements will be completed, and the
potteries of the Ohio Valley will be SELL
ing regardless of any other person op
earth.
The Frank Glass Company, Wells
burg, w. Va, are preparing to erect a
new factory which will be equipped
with the latest improved factory appli-
ances and will be somewhat larger than
the one now in operation. 1t will be
located near the site of the present
plant.
The exterior of the new LaBelle tin
mill is fast approaching completion. A
stack has been put up on one of the
furnaces, of which there will be six al
together. The electric travelling crane
has arrived and is being put into place.
Especial effort is being made to hurry
the completion of the electric plant,
which will also run the shears in the
Did mills.
The lower Benwood plant with the
exception of the steel works, was busy
last week. The latter department
worked three days.
The Central has been working as
usual.
The Whitaker plant is in full opera
fion.
The contract for new residence for
q. G.. Strong, to be erected on the old
Berger property on the Island, was let
last week.
The Belmont Trades and Labor AS
sembly has granted the miners and the
other men employed around the blast
furnace at the steel works the right to
continue as union men, but have under
taken to prevent the new men from
buying merchandise from any Of the
Bellaire merchants or obtaining board
at any of the houses about town.
Hilliday's planning mill, on the South
Side, shut down Wednesday and will
resume Monday.
The South Side potteries were closed
Thanksgiving day, except in the deco
rating departments.