The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-13
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USES THE BI-PRoDuCT,-The BIZ
product coke plant which is being erect
ed at cost of 100000. in round figures,
by the Riverside iron works, in upper
Benwood, will be the first plant of Its
kind in this Industrial district and its
operation will be watched with great
interest by iron and steel manufactur-
ers. Coke will be produced In the
ovens, and every bi-prddHet of the cox
ing coal will be utilized, instead OF GO
ing to the expensive waste seen In the
Connellsvllle and West Virginia coke
fields. The gas will be used in pro-
duclng heat in several departments of
the Rlverside's big plant, ana the nu-
merous other bi-products, some OF
which are of considerable value, Will
be saved and either put to use In the
iron and steel works or sold. a similar
plant is now in operation at Glassport,
near Pittsburgh, and Is said to be CIV
ing satisfaction. The process used Is
patented and controlled by William l..
Elklns, the Philadelphia street car mag
nate, and other eastern capitalists
AMERICAN MACHINERY.-A well
known Wheeling manufacturer, speak
ing OF the constantly increasing field
for American manufactures, told of
several recent instances which eXem-
ptlfy this encouraging situation. In
London, electric underground railways
are being built, and for the latest one,
which is now In course of construction,
everything used is American-cars,
power and machinery, rails and the
hundred and one other things that enter
into the makeup Of an electric railway.
About the only thing that hasn't an
American trade mark Is the dirt that
comes out of the tunnels, Another In
stance Is the success of an American
manufacturer in securing the contract
for the pumping engines for the water
works system of Glasgow. Scotland.
English engines, especially the ma
rlne type. have a very high reputation,
and II seems surprising that an Ameri-
can firm could capture this contract.
The explanation Is that the English en-
CINE manufacturers were unable to
guarantee as high percentage OF EN-
CINE duty" as the enterprising Yankee
promised. And, speaking of engines,
il is surprising TO learn that ninety per
cent. OF the engines in use in the South
African gold and diamond mines are OF
American manufacture, Here English
and American engine builders are on
an equal footing, and the success OF the
American is due to the many points of
superiority that are shown in the Amer
lean type Of hoisting engine.
LOW PRICES ERA.-A Wheeling
iron and steel man, talking Of the era
of low prices now on, gave 1t as his
opinion that the bottom has been
reached at last. and though higher
prices may not come for some time,
there will be no further drop. Ores are
as low as they can be produced with
profit, and the constantly increasing
expense Of getting at the ore viii insure
against future depressions; freights
from the lakes, too are AT point where
the profit margin Is so narrow that re-
ductons are impossible. With the
"bear' movement Mt an end and the
probability Of bull flank movement
in evidence, manufacturers are pre-
pared to act with more confidence In the
market than they have felt for some
time.
A WORD FOR DIR. sTATHERs.-A
Wheeling gentleman who spent a few
days with DR.. W. II. stathers, OF this
city, who was recently made superin-
tendent Of the state hospital for the In
sane Mt Weston, brings II glowing re-
port OF the improvement that has be.
come notable since he took charge OF
the institution. The Doctors conduct
Of affairs there shows that he possesses
unusual executive ability. He has Il
thorough grasp on every detail Of the
work OF running the big community OF
the mentally lnnrm and It Is generally
acknowledged that the Wheeling man
is Just the man for the position he Is
occupying.
THIS rs FLATTERiNG.-Sp Speaking
Of the Weston asylum and insane peo-
pie. brings to mind n Touchdown"
that In anything but nnttcrlng to this
goodly town Of Wheeling nnd Ohio
county. II Ia nothing more or less than
the fact that lOi Of the O2O patients at
Weston nre from this county Here IN
ono.nlnth Of the total number or pa
tlcnta from county that has only one
twentieth Of the population Of the state.
lIlN NNluNllNll w w VI hNh AlNllA AlllN
array Of figures In anything but pleas
ant 10 contemplate Some person Will
no doubt say. "Yes, but there Ia nm
other asylum. that at spencer" Very
true but there arc Wheeling people
there, too, 40 that counts for nothing.
ONE ON CARL" HAMILTON
"CaH" Hamilton. Of The Island, bna
been making his headquarters at Yves.
ton for several weeks, being engaged In
experimenting the erection and oaulp-
mcnt NJ n now laundry for the naylum
for which he has the contract The
other day ho wng In n hnlf-completod
cellar, examining m old whtrr pipe
which had Ia he removed before the ok
cnyatlon could proceed While "Cnrl"
was examining the pipe and preparing