Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-26
THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD.
LOCAL AND TELEGRApHIc LABOR NEWS.

BILE addition to the many specialties
contracted by the we'll known firm of
Caldwell G Peterson by Mr.. Caldwell
are pending and will be heard from in
the near future.
1t comes from the most reliable
source that all the stockholders OF the
Aetna-Standard have signed the agree
ment to sell and the deal may be ex-
pected to close with the payment of the
consideration in cash and stock about
April l.
The Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad
has resumed work upon the Martins
Ferry extension and it is generally be-
lieved it will be the policy of the new
management to push the line on down
the river the coming season. During
the latter part of the week prominent
officials of the road were engaged in ar
inspection of the property at the
Wheeling terminus, and rumor has it
that developments OF Importance are
being considered.
At the Belmont plant of the Wheel
ing Steel and Iron Company, certain
departments have been thrown idle on
account of the steel plant at Benwood
being shut down. The mill will resume
in full with the starting of the Ben
wood plant.
On Monday the Aetna-Standard mill
shipped twelve car loads of "T' rails
to Yokohoma, Japan. This is said to
be a record breaker in so much as it is
the largest single shipment of ct" rails
ever made by a firm in this section OF
the Ohio valley, to the foreign market.
Local coal dealers are again getting
stocked up after the cleaning out the
yards got during the cold weather the
first of the month. The dealers will
profit by experience and will have more
stock on hand when such weather is
imminent.
At the plate mill of the Wheeling
steel and iron works at Benwoon, heat
ing furnace No. has been torn down
and is now being reconstructed. All
the furnaces in this department, at
present, are using much iron from the
pudding department. The plate mill
has been operating in full for long
time past, and has been experiencing
an excellent run. There was not a
single breakup to result in idlenesS at
this department of the works during
the recent cold wave, which was very
little short of being remarkable, as
similar departments in a large num-
Der of industrial plants, throughout
the section of country effected by the
frigid weather. were forced to close
down on account of accidents occurring
in consequence.
1t will not be long ere extensive i'm
provements have been made at the old
Rockenhausen coal mines, south OF Bel
laire. The mines have been strung and
everything is now in readiness for the
setting up of electrical hauling and
mining machinery, which, it is antici-
pated will arrive within short time.
Robinson & Co.'s brick works, near
Indian run at Bellaire, continues to
operate in all the departments and con-
siderable work is being accomplished.
Large consignments of bricks are being
turned out at present, and it is expected
that within a comparatively short time
work will have progressed to such an
extent as to tax the mandatory to
it's utmost capacity.
Several miners, who were dis
charged from the Rockenhausen coal
works some time ago, through some
misunderstanding, have been rein
stated by the company.
On the 18th inst. the tonnage men Of
the steel department at the Riverside
steel and iron works at Benwood mott
FLED the company of their desire for an
advance of ten Per cent in W%ges and
for the restoration of the day mems
wages from the last reduction. The
men have granted the company thirty
days time in which to consider the re-
quest.
The skelp mill and pudding depart
ment at the Wheeling steel and iron
works at Benwood were idle on Mon
day last on account of the bursting Of
the main steam feeding pipe.
The work of remodeling the Deyar-
mon building at Bellaire, which was
damaged considerably by fire some
time ago and purchased recently by
Andrew Kern, the queensware dealer,
was commenced on Tuesday last. The
building is to be handsomely reftted
throughout for business purposes.
1t is anticipated that the steel plant
at the Riverside works, which was
closed down on the 18th inst. for the
purpose of placing new section OF
steel plate under the blooming milf
engine and making minor repairs and
improvements in the various depart
ments, will have been gotten into shape
for resumption of operations in full
tomorrow or some other day during
the early part of the week. A large
force of men have been engaged in
the work of repairing and improving
the plant.
A force of men under the direction
of Sihler Bros, the South Wheeling
contractors, commenced on Wednesday
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