Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-12
been taken by the company ON property
in the vicinity of Schad's crossing for
such a purpoSe,

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| in the vicinity of Schad's crossing for
such a purpose.
M. A. -Castoe has resigned his posi-
ton as Secretary of the Standard boil
er and bridge works at Bellaire, and
! has been succeeded by Frank b. Ar
cher.
The machinists, bricklayers and 9th
er workmen engaged in the work OF
repairing and improving the steel plant
| at the Wheeling Steel and Iron COM
pany's works, at Benwood, were COM
| PEELED to discontinue operations on
| Thursday last on account of the cold
weather. They will remain idle until
| the weather has sufficiently moderated
! for such work.
Robinson & Co.'s brick works, near
! Indian run, at Bellaire, which was
started up several weeks ago, after an
| extended idleness, is making fairly
| good run at present, considering de-
| ficiency in the number of employees re-
| quired to operate the machinery to its
| full capacity However, it will not be
| long until an additional force of men
have been put ON and things gotten
| into shape for the turning out OF thou
sands of bricks per day.
| All the furnaces at the Riverside
tube works are working with the eX-
| ception of bell-weld furnace No. 2,
which is off for the purpose of being
| fitted with a new bottom. the entire
department is being run on single turn
| at present.
! The Barnard brick works, west of
Bellaire, which resumed operations
about two weeks ago after a long idle
ness, is now running in full and turn
ing out large consignments of bricks
OF exceptionally good quality.
The recent cold snap served to en-
liven the coal business considerably,
especially at various points in Eastern
! Chic. During the past week the coal
managers were kept busy filling orders,
while the forces of coal miners at the
various banks were either compelled
| to work overtime or had to be in
creased in numbers.
| Sieler Bros, the contractors, OF South
Wheeling, have received the contract
! for the removal Of the old Hartong
| building at PenwoOd from its present
! site on Main street to a vacant lot on
! McMechen street in that city. AS has
! been mentioned, the Hartopg building
| will be replaced by new and modern
! brick structure to be put UP by the
Pabst Brewing Company, OF Milwau-
! kee, Wis. The work of removing the
| structure will not be begun until the
weather is more favorable for such an
/ undertaking. The contract was award
| ed to Michael Deegan, who purchased
, the property recently.
A part of the Bellaire steel works
and other mills and factories at Bell
aire were idle on Wednesday, owing 20
a break in the main natural gas pipe at
a point south of Belaire.
The Bellaire bottle works was forced
| to remain idle on Friday on account of
the Oil freezing in the supply pipes
running into the mandatory from the
underground oil tank.
The West Virginia glass house at
! Martins Ferry had steady week,
barring a short suspension on account
of fuel Wednesday.
The large nail factory at the La
| Belle will go on Monday af.-c two
weeks idleness.
The plate mill at the LaBelle ran
last night and is also on to-day. The
| innovation is a precautiOn against bad
results from the low temperature
rather than rush of orders.
The Belmont plant had as good 9
run last week as usual. With the ex-
ception of some loss OF time Monday
night in changing rolls and the short
age of fuel Wednesday, the plant was
on in full.
The LaBelle pottery ran straight
drought the cold spell without any
| inconvenience to speak of Potter
les elsewhere We're compelled to shut
down on account OF the clay freezing,
but the well heated building at the La
Belle prevented any difficulty on this
| score.
The tin mills Nos. 5, and Z, at the
LaBelle will be on this week
The Crystal, at West Wheeling, is
making good time. Wood had tc &c
| hurriedly substituted for gas to save
the pots from cracking Wednesday.
The new gas engine will soon be
| ready to start at the Warwood tool
works.
The Whitaker ran last week about
as it has been since starting up two
weeks ago.
The Wheeling Stamping Company
may put in some additional machinery
this spring.
| The Warwick pottery is among the
| busiest industries in the city.
The employees of the pudding de-
| partment and the plate mill at the
Wheeling Steel and Iron Company S
works were idle yesterday owing to
the water freezing in the supply
pipes.
PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL.
| Piedmont. w. Va, February 1.-THE
| civil engineers completed the prelimin-
| airy survey for the electric railroad be-
| tween Cumberland and Westernport.
| Md. The projectors of this enterprise,
which no doubt will be a paving one
| from tho first havp cna1,ppd tho -ooo--