Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-11


the Wheeling Pottery Company was
negotiating with the trust. Some time
ago the company gave out informa-
ton that it would not join the trust.
The Warwick company also refused to
go into the trust The talk of the
Wheeling Pottery Company changing
its mind has been caused by the report
that President FranZheim was in New
York comforting with the trust Of
ficials. It is generally understood that
the Wheeling company will not join
the trust. One Of the principal Of
ficers and heaviest stockholders is OPP
posed to entering the combine, and 1t
is anticipated that both Wheeling pot
teries will continue to remain out. ne
East Liverpool Crisis says: The or
ganization is to be known as the
American Potteries Co. 1t Is charter
ed under the New Jersey laws and cap
italized at $2O,000,0O The options OF
the trust people on the plants expire
January /, 1899; but, if the deal is not
closed then, the agreements permit an
extension of the options at the wish
of the syndicate, until April l, 1899,
with interest on the proposed price OF
the plants. The owners of the plants
take part cash, part preferred stock
and part common stock. They agree
not to go in business against the trust
for a stipulated term of years.
The coke plant built at the River
side by the Semet, Solvay Co., OF SYRIA
cuse. n. Y, has been in operation since
November 22nd, and is giving entire
satisfaction to the managers, and the
company which built it will operate
ate it a year before being turned over
to the Riverside company. 1t is said
to give better satisfaction and to be
the best plant ever built by the SYRIA
cuse company, which adopts the great
est precautions to prevent other par
ties receiving patent on the process
or the plans Of the plant becoming
known. Thirty ovens are being used
and the remaining thirty will be fired
either this or next week. The quality
of the coke that has been turned out
is said to be as fine as any manufac-
turde. The bi-products of tar, gas and
ammonia are extracted, but none of
the ammonia has yet gone through the
Jdistilling process, and none Of the tar
Hhas been shipped. The gas has been
utilized to heat the ovens. Pipes are
connected with the blast furnace of the
Riverside plant, and when the other
ovens are started the blast furnace
will be fully supplied with gas.
The new stock house at the River
side is being built on an extensive
scale. The Pittsburg Bridge Co. has
the contract. The work on the trestles
is progressing satisfactorily, but it will
be a couple of weeks before the tracks
to the stock house will be open.
The pudding department of the
Wheeling Steel and Iron Works at
Benwood shut down last week for an
indefinite period, and the plate mill
will also close in a couple of weeks.
During the time that the plant will be
idle the heating furnace will be re-
paired and enlarged. The puddlers at
this plant have worked steadily since
last spring.
The Bellaire Steel Company are
naiSs..supplied with coal from Snow
belne ITa., while they are putting in
oentric .machinery for their own
mines lima formerly run by Rockers
nousen, below Bellaire, is now being
operated by the Pittsburg Block Com
pany, though all the ma hinery has
not been placed in position. Electric
machines for hauling coal will be put
in within the next month. Later cleo
trio machines will be put in for mining
coal and work will be given to about
$50 men. J. p Wood is superintend-
ing the work Of pushing the improve
ments in the mine.
A afno- CT n I'D q RI
tin plants were closed last week and
an inventory of stock commenced. AS
previously published, stock is being
taken preparatory to turning the plants
over to the trust. The Laughlin plant,
at Martins Ferry, also shut down
Thursday for the same purpose. and
will be idle two weeks. 1t is likely
that the La Belle and Aetna-Standard
tin mills will also be idle this week.
1t is stated that East Liverpool pot
teries are back of a project to build a
three-kiln pottery near Kittaning, Pa
A new heating furnace is being built
at the Belmont plate mill
The employees of the West Virginia
glass works at Martins Ferry went
out on strike last week, claiming
that the assorters employed by the
company to pick out the bad ware, for
which the men are not paid, had been
putting aside ware that was good.
After being out on strike for several
days the men were advised to go back
to work. as they had not submitted
their grievance to the local and the
manufacturers, as required by the
rules. Consequently, the strike was
declared off. The management decided
that as the factory was closed, that
stock would be taken now instead of
waiting for the first of the year. 1t
will require at least two weeks to make
an invoice.
The American China Company at To-
ronto, is just starting on the second
year of It's existence under most favor
able conditions. Thus far the COM
pany has been very successful. The
plant was placed in operation a year
ago last November and since then it
has run very briskly.
The cold weather during the past
week has interfered considerably with
the work on the new building at the
Schmulbach brewery, operations hav-
Ing been temporarily suspended. The
bricklayers have not yet finished
The Enterprise bottle works at Bel
laire is meeting with great success and
The one pot is incapable of turning out
co