The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-29
AT MARTINS FERRY.
Prosperity has Struck this Place, and
the workingmen are Wearing Smiles
of Contentment.

Prosperity has Struck this Place, and
the workingmen are Wearing Smiles
of Contentment.
Work was commenced yesterday, to
get the ground In shape for the new tin
mill to be erected and put into opera
ton as quickly as possible by the
Laughlin Nail Company, at Martins
Ferry. II will be remembered that
the InteIiigencer recently published
that the Laughin Company in deciding
to 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, TO the south
OF the present ain mill. and the work OF
moving them was commenced yester-
day. The first building to be moved Is
that purchased from ]. 7. Hanes. The
other two are the buildings of Joseph
Gehring and Mrs. Patrick Duffy. The
Hanes and Duffy houses are dwelling
houses and the GehrinE building Is oC
cupied az a saloon ana dwelling. The
latter will be removed TO polut on
Main street, opposite the grocery store
of a. 7. Dinsmore. The big mill will
not only occupy the three pieces OF
property acquired, but portion Of
Sherman avenue, the alley between
Main and Burke streets, and other
ground besides. The new mill or addi-
ton to the present large tin mill, will
be built on the south OF the present mill
fronting ON Main street, and VIII he eX-
aCtly the same size. In the Laushlin
there are six hot mills. six heating fur
nnces, Ave cold rolls, ten Timing pots,
picking, polishing, asserting, trimming
and shipping departments, furnaces,en-
Rincs, electric light plant, etc, etc, In
all giving employment 20 a very large
number Of persons to say nothing about
the men employed in the forae depart
ment In the nail mill, where the steel
Is heated. rolled, cut, etc, and made
ready for the real foundation for the
timed plate. These different depart
mruts employ all told, something like
three hundred and fifty men, boys and
girls and the new mill will give en-
ployment to as many more. Additional
miners and llbOrcrs win be employed,
and II will be necessary TO run the
skelp department double turn In order
10 turn ont sufficient steel for bO,h
mills. Besides these more men Will be
employed at the steel works and else
where. The building of the new mill
Will benefit Martins Ferry and after Il
Is up and In operation the pay roll win
be enormous. The present tin mill,
which Is one 81 the most successful In
the United States and manufactures
lust MS high grade tin plate as any mill
i'm the world Inns been a wonderful help
10 Martins Ferry, and It's people. and
the new mill Will do as mitch more fof
the city. II viii be big thing for Mar
tins Ferry In many different waysben-
eating directly and Indirectly, ALMOST
every person in the city. II has already
stimulated the real estate market
somewhat and has caused quite a Hurry
In the upper end Of the town. People
are already cnQulring Tor houses In
that part al town, aud not few people
ARE talking about buying lots and
building or purchasing houses already
built The large addition viii not only
help the merchant, HE meat mnrltctth
doctor, the lawyer the barber, the coat
man, ana Othofs tn say nothing about
the employees, hot II win add to the val
uatlon Of much property IN Martins
Ferry and II viii help out In taxes and
win help the farmer aud gardener and
fruit grower IN short II viii be- u big
thlngffor Martins Ferry and another
Industry ur two would make the tuNV
boom Tho Aetna Standard mills arc
doing Hplonlidly, the blast furnace, the
toun1rlcH ana other manufactures arc
busy ana II IA hrpod that one or two
glass fnut0rIoH win bu put into opera.
ton WHEN nrKot about business NJ
the lcnmqnl Glass works last evening,
M Percy beaumont said Everything
IS hwmminr with us"