Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21

Ing. The concern will be located In the
large brick building on Water street, be-
tween Twenty-first and Twenty-second
streets, adjoining the Wheeling Stamping
works. The building aas been vacant
since the stamping company moved into
the new building. The building has been
repainted and renovated throughout and
everything has been put in readiness to
be occupied at once. The machinery for
the manufacture of shoes will be moved
in Immediately. The building has been
rented to a shoe company a prominent
firm of Boston. who have decided to es-
tablish a branch shoe factory here. The
new company will be in possession by the
hrst of September.
A meeting was held by a number OF
butchers and saloon keepers for the pur-
pose of considering a combination to erect
an Independent ice plant. The meeting
favored the cooperative plan. The move
nlent is on account of the recent advance
In the price Of ice.
Another effort is being made by sewer
pipe manufacturers of the Ohio Valley to
reorganize the old sewer pipe trust and a
meeting of manufacturers was held last
week in Pittsburg for that purpose.
The Rodefer glass works at Bellaire re-
sumed Thursday after an idleness of two
weeks on account of dispute of the en-
ployes with the management in regard to
the discharge of one of the men. The dlf-
hculty was adjusted and all the men re-
turned to work. The Enterprise Enamel
ing works at Bellaire is now shut down
on account of same disagreement Re-
Gently all the employees were discharged
and second invoice of stock is being Ia
ken. 1t is stated that there is disagree
ment among the stock holders in regard
to the way the plant has been run and it
is expected that number of the old men
will not get their places back when the
plant resumes. The Bellaire bottle works
is closed down for the usual summer stop
ard Geo. w. Yost is in New York in the
interest of the concern, attending a meet
ing of the Flint Glass Manufacturers The
steel works is still running steady. and is
making full time in all departments. The
stockholders of the Enterprise Window
Glass works, located at Dunkirk, Ind,
their annual meeting in Bellaire lat week
and elected a board of directors A di-
iden6 of 100 per cent. was declared. Du-
bois & McCoy's planning mill is making
full time.
At Benwood both the Riverside and
Wheeling Steel and Iron Works are in full
operation. The temporary sheds over the
coke ovens have been torn away and prep
arations are being made to start the new
plant in the near future.
Rapid progress is being made on the
new plate mill at the Belmont plant, on
the South Side, and the finishing touches
are being put to the two furnaces that
are being built for the new mill.
Work on the improvements to the Third
Presbyterian church. on South Jacob
street were commenced last week. The
Improvements, will cost over 5000
East End manufacturers are well pleas
ed because q new sewer has been put be-
meath the Wheeling Bridge & Terminal
tracks at Chapline and Eighteenth
streets. A 90-inch box was put down last
week at the point mentioned, and is a
vast Improvement as the lower floors of
thT different factories of the vicinity al
Mays became flooded by back-water in
Itimes of heavy. rains. The 30-inch main
mt down does away with this trouble.
SThe city began work last week on the
NEW extension of over two hundred feet
to she retaining wall on Caldwells run.
The retaining wall being built is very
heavy and being constructed of solid ma
sonry. When completed the top of the
will will be ornamented by an iron fence.
The First Baptists church is to under
go some extensive repairs, the work on
which has already begun. Both the eX-
terror and interior will be gone over and
when completed the edifice will be a mod
ell one. The stone wall on Twelfth street
will be rebuilt and new iron fence will
be built. The stone steps will be relaid
and some repairs made to the porch. In
the interior a choir gallery Will be built
in the rear of the pulpit, new pews will be
placed in circular form in the auditorium,
and the entire room re-carpeted and
grained in oak The lecture room will
also be papered or frescoed. II is the in
tention to spend from $1,500 to 1000 on
these repairs.
The Register has received card from
c. G. Schellenberger, of Bloomington, H.,
detailing a proposition to locate a large
manufacture which will employ 500 ex-
pert artisans and mechanics in the manu-
facture of brass goods, tools and machin-
cry providing the citizens of the city will
agree to take first mortgage bonds at SIX
per cent. interest, providing the company
may deem it advisable to further increa Sc
their plant Different towns interested in
the project are requested to send commit
tees to confer in regard to the matter.
The new bottlng house at the Schmul-
bach brewery plant is expected to be in
operation during the coming week The
brewery company will tear down one of
the old buildings and will be replaced by
a. larger building for storage purposes.
The local potteries are making full time.
Ine Top mill is in operation.
The " nitaker is busy
The Aetna-Standard is working.
The LaBelle continues busy
The Laughlin does not lose a day.
The Belmost Central Trades and Labor
Union meets to-day at Bellaire.
The stockholders of the Crystal
glass works lat Bridgeport have receiv-
ed circular conveying welcome news
that dividend of 100 per cent has
been declared to the stockholders out
of the surplus and that the officials
have been instructed to issue to each
stockholder double the number of
shares he now holds on the surrender
of his present certificate. The circu-
lar also states that an inventory if De-
cember 25, 1897, of the assests and
liabilities of the company shows total
assets $3.50 597 81 and total liabilities