Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-24
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During the week a movement was set
on foot to purchase the Hobbs glass
works, on the South Side, from the
United States Glass Co., and re-habili-
tate it and set it in operation. Senator
N. B. Scott is the leading spirit in the
enterprise and the suggestion has met
with the hearty cooperation of citi-
Zens. President Ripley, of the United
States Company, has been commune
Gated with and his answer is awaited
before definite steps to organize a cons
pany will be in order. If a reasonable
price is set upon the works, it is be-
lieved sufficient capital can be inter
ested without going out of the city to
make the thing a go. With the Hobbs
and Central both in operation Wheel
fngis old time prestige as a glass pro-
ducing center would be revived and the
advantage to Wheeling business and
labor would be very great.
The Wheeling Steel & Iron Company
is doing a big lot of improving to its
three plants in this vicinity. AT the
Belmont mill the old brick casting
house is being removed and is being
renIaned by ? modern steel structure.
The brick wall is being removed a Sec
ton at a time and the steel frame put
up. The new building will be $50 feet
long, so feet wide and rs feet high.
Later on another heating furnace will
be constructed in connection with skelp
mill No. 2, which at present has but
two furnaces. This will equalize the
capacity of both skelp mills. The
Benwood mill will shortly be equipped
with two batteries of Sterling boilers
of 800 horsepower. 1t is also under
stood that the repairs being made
about the old boiling furnaces at the
Top mill means that pudding will be
resumed there in the near future.
1t looks as though the dissatisfaction
among the different branches of the
Amalgamated Association may cause
serious trouble unless a satisfactory ad-
justment is arrived at soon. The
puddlers and tin workers claim they
are not receiving their full quota ac-
cording to the sliding scale adopted by
the Association, and at places the con-
ditions have become threatening. The
puddlers claim the rate should be Sc
instead of S., but whether or not any
remedy can be applied until the ex-
piration of the scale Is a mooted ques-
ton.
The Wheeling Street Railway Com
pany is anticipating some important
changes in. the running of its tracks
at Benwood. The purpose is to avoid
the dangerous crossings at Whiteman's
and at Shads' crossing. AT the former
there is talk of tunneling under the B.
& o. tacks and at Shads a bridge is
talked of. 1t is said the w. B. & M.
electric railway company may also
change its tracks at Benwod, placing
its terminus west of the B. & O. to
avoid dangerous crossings.
The Riverside has already received
a carload of Jacket" iron for the new
blast furnace to be put up at a point
south of Bogg's run in the near future.
A large consignment of iron has also
been received for the stack of the new
coke plant. which is being erected at
the south end of the grounds.
One of the most important improve
ments that have been planned for the
large Riverside works at Benwood is
the new pumping station, upon which
work is 0 being rapidly pushed for
ward. The site of the structure is at
a point a short distance north of the
old station and is a most advantageous
place for the operations. Excavations
for the foundation have been made to
a considerable depth and the work
raen are at present laboring about forty
feet below the top of the river bank,
others in driving piles or building
what is termed in industrial parlance
a "coffer DAM" for the purpose of pre-
venting an overflow of the river from
interfering with the fork. The station
will be equipped with six large modern
pumps and the plant complete will rep.
resent an expenditure of some SIS, 600
The Gallaher coal channelling ma
chine, patented by a Bellaire man, will
now 500 be ready for trial. The par
ties who have been perfecting the de-
vice have experienced many delays in
getting work done. but it is now an
nounced that trial will soon be made.
Upon the results of this will depend
much for the inventor and for the pro- !