Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-27

mildings. some to be erected here and
.o,ne out of town. Plans have been
nTepared for a three-story brick resi-
donce and store room building for J.
F Neiber. on McCulloch street. Fine
eight-roomed residences will be built
for ~. +. Creighton and John Young
ont the National pike. Klieves, Kraft
< Co. have been given the contract
FOR the Young residence The same
firm of architects have also prepared
the drawings for a fine three-story
b-ick hotel for John Doonan at Graf
roa NJ Heyman, the clothier, intends
10 make extensive improvements of
his store, corner Eleventh and Main
streets. E. Nj. Holiday & Co. are
making rapid progress with the ele-
can't Hearne residence out the pike.
The same firm has the Graham resi-
dence. on the Island, almost completed
The contract for the County club
house has not been awarded yet, al
though it is very likely that it will go
% w. A. Wilson e. Son, the lowest
bidders.
1t is stated that the operators of the
Kelly mines, at Portland, are hunting
for new men to take the places of the
strikers. r.. strikers sill Holt out
and declar3 that .dey will not arbi-
trate They have a relief committee
out soliciting aid.
Messrs. Kelly and Christie opened
m their broom factory on South Mar
kpt street last week. The factory is
said to have a daily capacity of ten
dozen brOoms.
The strike at the Wheeling steel
works was settled last Tuesday, the
dav men being given their old wages
and the tonnage men granted an in
crease of five per cent. over the new
scale The plant resumed Thursday,
and is said to have plenty of orders
ahead. The plate mill difficulty re-
mains unsettled, although the differ
ences are not as great as in the steel
works dispute.
A couple of the new La Belle tin
mills were off several days last week
on account OF some disarrangement or
machinery.
The Holiday planning mill was shut
down for a couple of days last week
for repairs, but resumed Wednesday.
The bids for the new building at
Ieazarville OF the Ea~le Glass d
Manufacturing Company, received at
the office OF Architect Leiner, have
been submitted to the company. Some
of the bids have been awarded. One
of the most important, for the wood
work, has been given to Still Bros,
of Steubenville The stone and ma
To WnIlCh1Tp npn-
pie. The contract for the iron work
will very likely be awarded to the
P!ttsburg Bridge Company, but on this
point there has been no definite de-
cision. The building, which is now
under way, will cost the company III
the vicinity of $4,000.
l.. G. Hallock & Bro. secured the
contract to build the Parkersburg cleo
ric railway at less than 100000.
f. Schenk & Sons, the pork packing
firm, has purchased the old Fulton
paper mill and it will likely be re-
modelled.
Quite an improvement was made
during the week at Spears & Riddle S
machine shop, in the East End, in
an addition to their machinery of a
large new palmer. The shop is work
ing in full, and work on contracts re
Gently received is being pushed for
ward speedily
Sheet mills Nos. / and 2 and tin
mills Nos Z and s were idle at the
Whitaker Monday and Tuesday Of last
week owing to lack of metal.
w. A. Wilson & Sons and the EX-
celsior planning mills continue to work
as usual
The Central glass factory is operat-
ing with one furnace on.
The Corrugating works is working
double turn in all departments.
The Top mill is on in full.
VIM. Cox & Co., the boiler makers,
are working as usual on contracts re-
ceived recently.
The Wheeling hinge factory is on in
all departments.
The Bellaire steel plant continues to
work double turn in all departments.
The average daily output of metal
during the week is said to have been
something over eight hundred tons.
The last Of the new pots for Rode
fer's glass factory at Bellaire, We're
placed during the week and operations
will begin in full tomorrow. The
breaking of a number Of their pots
some time ago was quite a misfortune
to the factory, as a large number of
orders were on hand. Under the con-
ditions, however, considerable Roadway
was made.
Stanton & Kirk of Bellaire, are
making extensive preparations for the
manufacture of heaters. They have
ordered a 12-horse power engine from
the Foose company, of Springfield, O.,
and will begin operations immediate
~ on it's arrival