The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-02

ginia, Wheeling and the country tribu-
tary, In particular, Is again blessed and
enjoying the long predicted and much
hoped for good times, The merchant,
laboring man, mill man and In fact every
man in the labOrlng and commercial
world Is hard at work and he is being
paid adequate wages In some few In
stances where day wages have not been
advanced, the grant was made yester-
day and in other cases the advance Will
be made on the 10th instant.
Every man that desires to work and
secure fair share of this worlds goods
must needs only develop a talent for
muscle. Leg talent and muscle are the
only requisites.
THOSE WHO KNOW.
Business mems statements are thekey-
notes of the times and they are always
in a position to judge, and all agree that
the coming fall will be full of business,
That there Is a brisk trade in other cities
Is well illustrated In the fact, that local
dealers can't get their orders filled In
anything like reasonable time, from out
side supply houses.
The Whitaker mills are nearly all of
at present on account of an insulllcIency
OF sheet bars. The run on this produc.
at present Is the greatest In years, II
shortage Of pig metal causes the Wheel
Ing Steel Plant to be Idle this week, and
II will resume as soon as the orders for
the metal can be filled. Another Instance
OF how orders are being placed is demon
strated at the Whitaker plant. It's gal
vanlZing department starts on Monday
with double the force OF men ever work.
ed there for three years, and with orders
ahead for several months, Letters are
being received from one big steel plant,
In Youngstown, In particular, that 1t Is
overtaxed to keep up In even near sup
plying Its customers.
When the present work Is completed
there will be five sheet and three tin
mills In operation at WhitakeF's, two
new tin mills being erected. BY to-mor-
row II Is expected tu start the five sheet
mills and a tin mill, all Of which have
been off this week. The regular pudding
department OF three pudding and two
heating furnaces is working without in
terruptlon.
Other concerns such as the Nail City
Stamping Works, and the many preserv.
ing plants, are also working night and
day. The person doubling the brisk fall
trade confronting manufacturers, needs
only to inspect to be convinced.
STEUBENYILLE BOOMING.
The steubenvIlle Glass Company now
has thirty-two hands at work in the en-.
craving and decorating branches and
their furnace viii go on In thirty days.
The Riverside blast furnace, at Steu-
bcnville, goes on next week and will em-
ploy $50 hands. The Acme Chimney
Works. employing 700 hands, resumed
yesterday. The Steubenvllle pottery Is
running full and employing 200 hands,
Sharp's foundry Is running full and EN-.
ploys 125 hands. There is some pros.
pect OF a resumption Of the Jefferson iron
works furnace, which company has been
in the hands Of n receiver.
AT MARTINS FERRY.
The Laughlin Company in deciding ID
put UP the new mill stated that three
pieces of property had been purchased.
on which the mill will be built. These
houses are on Main street. The big mill
will not only occupy the three pieces Of
property acquired, but portion OF Sher-
man avenue, the alley between Main anC
Burke streets and other ground besides.
The new mill or addition to the present
large tin mill. will be built on the south
Ut the present mill fronting on Main
street, and will be exactly. the same size
In the Laughlln there are six hot mills,
six heating furnaces, five cold rolls, ten
timing pots, plcklIng, polishing, assort-
ing, trimming and shipping departments,
furnaces, engines, electric light plant,
etc. etc, In all giving employment TO
very large number OF persons 10 say
nothing about the men employed In the
forge department In the nail mill, where
the steel Is heated, rolled, cut, etc, and
made ready for tho real foundation for
the timed plate. These different depart
ments employ all told snmething like $50
men, boys and girls. and the new mill
will give employment to as many more.
Additional miners and laborers will be
employed, and & MIL be necessary TO run
the skelp department double turn In or
der to turn out sufficient steel for both
mills. Besides these more men will be
employed at the steel works and elsa
where. The building of the new mill will
benefit Martins Ferry and after II Is up
and in operation the pay roll viii be enor-
mons. The present tin mill which Is the
most successful In the United States an3
manufactures Just as high grade tiI
plate as any mill In the world has been
wonderful help to Martins Ferry, and
its people, and the new mill will do as
much more for the city
People are already enqulrirg forhouaes
In that part Of town, and not few PEG.
pie are talking about buying lots and
building or purchasing houses airendy
built. The large addition viii not only
help the merchant, the meat market, the
doctor. the lawyer. the barber the coal
man, and others, to say nothing about
the employees but II will add to tho vnl-
uatlon Of much property in Martins
Ferry, and viii help out I'm taxes and will
help the farmer and gardener and fruit
grower.
IN OTHER SECTIONS.
Tho states of Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Alabama. Tennessee
issseIppi Arkansas, Texas, Colorado.
Utah, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota.
Minnesota and Wisconsin. returning
through Illinois, Indiana aud Ohio, In
which latter states, however, conditions
are largely similar TO those In West Vlr.
gInlu, and where no effort was made ia
gather information
The most convincing sign ~ better
times IN the general confidence that per.
vndps the people " nlmnat all sections.
There Is q hOpcmlnesg about Them thnt
IN contagious. Somehow the belief Gccmp
Impressed upon them that the next four
or ilyc years. AT least are to BIZ years Of
business prosperity Debts are being
paid m or reduced, ana the crushing
hurdoug uc Interest ipa1oHea,
Tho evidences are too numerous IN per-
NIT VI argument The tail end " con-
trlc'cd money rndgcnonl business stag
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