Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-09-26

new pump has been put in working or
der and is double the capacity of the
old one. The plant has been equipped
throughout with electric lights and will
be running in full in several days The
work of boiling will be commenced
this week. A large number of orders
have been on hand for some time, and
failure to resume earlier was due to
the warm weather, which is a great
drawback to the manufacture Of the
glue.
The first consignment of the big or
der for 100000 brick from the Bel
laire brick company, for the Riverside
coke works has arrived. The building
material is arriving very rapidly and
in short time most all of it will have
been received. The brick layers are
not ready to begin their part OF the
contract.
The Royal sewer pipe works at Mill
vale, O., in which several Wheeling
parties have stock, will be offered for
sale again on October 9Th, by order OF
the United States Court.
The Wheeling steel plant accom-
plished the remarkable feat Wednes-
day of turning out four hundred and
fifteen tons of steel in twelve hours
This was the largest output OF metal
ever made in a single turn by this
plant.
After being shut down for several
days on account of a breaking Of a
stripper, the Bellaire steel works
started up Wednesday and is running
smoothly, with enough orders ahead to
keep the plant busy for awhile. The
men exercise great deal of caution in
running the machine, as many of the
appliances are new to them. In adj
dition to the steel plant the Stewart
Enamel Works has resumed and is
running steadily. The Bellaire Bottle
Works is running with an increased
force and Rodefer Bros Glass Factory
have more men at work than since the
first of July. The Bellaire Stove
Foundry is as busy as it can be and
the Workmen there have all they can
do.
The Riverside Steel works in every
department is now running full. The
extra plate mill and another furnace
at the tube works started up last week
The restoration of wages, as referred
to last Sunday, is confidently expected
by the first of October
All the mines of this district and
across the river are being operated
now and the scale being paid The To-
cal miners have closed their headquar-
tiers, after distributing about a thous-
and dollars worth of provisions among
needy miners and their families.
The Top mill has been working full
Except the blast furnace, which is be-
ing repaired for the probable purpose
OF being started.
Iron and Steel Company in Lower
BenWood is busy and having a steady
run.
The puddters of the Lower Benwood
plant have united with the Amalga-
mated Association.
Local contractors are bidding for a
$4,000 Girls Industrial Home, being
built at Salem, w. Va, by the State.
}. w. Beltz & Son are building a.
$4,000 residence for Mrs. C. P. Brown.
at Leatherwood.
Mrs. d. E. Hughes, of PHILADELPHIA.
Will erect three-story double brick
tenement house on Fourteenth street
Charts McCarty has tn contract for
building a frame dwelling house on
me Old Sweeny property, for the White
mousse brothers, employed at the La
Belle tin plant.
}. M. Wheat, of the South Side. will
put up a neat frame dwelling house
soon.
Mrs. Young has completed q two
story frame residence on South Rroad-
way street, Island.
Inc new house to be built for Ed
"dro Hearne, at Leatherwood, will he
one OF the finest homes in that vicinity
IL VIII be of frame and stone. will CON
slst OF twenty rooms. and will COST
$4,000. "--- 00''
Messrs. Hallock and Holiday have
the contract for arching the south end
OF the terminal tunnel with brick Tbis
part of the tunnel caved in few MONTE
ago and made an aperture Of about
thirty feet. This will be filed nm after
the arching has been completed Tho
job OF roofing the tunnel will renuire q
million brick as it will be arcbed for =
distance of $50 feet The force of mon
engaged on the job work at night so as
10 avoid the engines and freights mass
ing through the tunnel during the dav
Inc Eagle Glass and Mfg. Co. of
Wellsburg, W. Va. have put in unera-
ton their new continuous tank. which
increases their melting capaciiv IN tho
equivalent of four 10 pot furnaces
New lears and a powerful gas engine
have also been added to The n;ant
which is now one Of the most compIete
OF its kind in the country.
The Riverside Glass Works of Wel1s-
burg, w. Va, began making glass in
their second furnace last week +ba
hrst time they had used It in two
years.
The paper factory at West Wheeling
IS busy and running steadily. This
factory was shut down in the snrine
on account of a disagreement between
the partners, but resumed recently
The story published in last SUNDAYS
edltlon of the evening paper about
the alleged project to effect a reorgan-
lzatlon of the stockholders of the old
HOLDS glass house and start this plant
was purely myth Stockholders saw
that no such attempt is being made or
contemplated. The scheme has been
tried before, but has always failed The
prospect of ever starting Factory H
1t not very likely.