Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-03

of white pine from Northern michigan
The lumber was brought here over the
C. L. & w. from Lorain, O., to which
place it was carried by steamer.
The Central glass works during last
week had one furnace on with an en-
ployment Of one-third of the full force
of men.
The Whitaker mill resumed opera
ton last Thursday morning in the
sheet and tin mills after an idleness OF
four days on account of a lack OF sheet
bars.
The blast furnace at the Top mill
will likely resume operation the loth
inst. Extensive repairs have been I'M
der way for some time, and. new I'm
ing to the furnace is nearing compile
ton.
The Wheeling Corrugating works is
running in full.
The Spears & Riddle machine shop
is running in full with large number
of orders on hand.
The new steel plant at Bellaire re-
sumed last Monday after brief delay
caused by the giving way OF one OF the
top arches of the soaking pits. Dur
ing the past week the machinery was
in such excellent working order as to
expel the dissatisfaction felt by the
company on account of the delays the
week previous.
E. M. Pearson, formerly president OF
the Wheeling Pottery Co., is now liv-
ing at Tullytown, Pa, and is not en-
gagged in business.
The Warwick and Wheeling pot
teries are both working full.
The Nail City stamping works is
running steadily.
The Wheeling steel plant resumes
Monday The puddlers and plate mill
worked all last week.
Work was commenced Monday to
get the ground in shape for the new tin
mill to be erected by the Laughlin
company at Martins Ferry. The COM
pany bought three pieces of property
on the site where the mill will be built
and started to remove the buildings.
The Riverside steel works broke the
record Tuesday, making the biggest
run in it's history. The men rolled III
ingots in II hours, making 25S tons.
The York Manufacturing Company,
at Moundsville, of which John Heedy
Is manager, is making some very large
shipments of glassware at present. The
plant is located near the Ohio River
depot and in order TO keep up with or
6ers, the men have been working at
night for some time past.
There Is an apparent improvement
in the quality Of the gas being manu-
featured at the municipal gas works,
and still further Improvement will he
IN evidence shortly. 1t is expected to
bring up the standard OF the gas from
fifteen and sixteen candle power to
eighteen and twenty candle power.
The improvement already noticed is
caused by the use of the Floersheim
.csnal, which is better adapted to the
s.of gas than that used during
The ct.[ which came from Monongah
anu n v1r d 1oca, uiine. In addition
the board is now usikg two retorts in
which oil is used to Generate gas, and
this will bring the candle power up to
the figures men toned. The last tank
of the old gas Is now being consumed
The Crystal glass company at
Bridgeport have been making larger
shipments lately and have orders book
ed ahead to assure a steady run for
several months to come
The Bellaire steel works made sever
al remarkably good runs last week,
making nineteen heats on Monday and
twenty-four the day following
Capt. Thomas Davison's semi-porce-
lain pottery on the South Side, is run
ming busily these days and have orders
ahead for all the work that can be
turned out
There is talk again of operating the
old shoe factory at Moundsville, pro-
yided the citizens raise a bonus of
$500. Wheeling parties agree to op-
crate the plant and invest $4,000 if
the bonus is raised.
The pipe-manufacturer held a con-
ference at Pittsburg last week and
raised the average price of pipe 5 per
cent. The base price was changed for
the first time in many years, and now
is as follows: Butt weld pipe, black, ~
per cent. off the list; lap weld. galyan-
lied, 81 per cent; lap weld, black, rs
per cent; lap weld, galvanized, 70 per
cent. These prices are subject to trade
discounts. The increase was made on
the plea TO meet an advance in wages,
and the increased cost of skelp iron.
During the month wages of the work
men at most of the large mills were
increased ten per cent. The American
Tube and Iron Company is among the
last big pipe concerns to make a like
increase in wages. the new rate to take
effect during the month of October. AL
though large pipe-making concern.
the Riverside has not yet restored its
wages to the scale previous to last
April, when the reduction was made.
Attorneys for the receivers of the
Toronto, o., pottery have petitioned
court TO sell the plant which went into
a receivers hands in 1893 Parties have
beer negotiating for the plant all sum-
pler and the filing of the petition in
court is supposed to be the result of
these negotiations, so that the alleged
new company can get control of the
plant.
Workmen at the Bellaire steel works
are alleged to be disconnected over the
new scale. Those of the tonnage men
who were not put on salaries claim
that they can not make as much wages
as formerly and have telegraphed to
President Garland, of the Amalgamat-
ed, for assistance.
Wood Bros. have the contract for
building a Sc. 900 frame residence for