Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-17

week. The big task Of arching Bogg's
Run with stone has begun and when
accomplished much space will be saved
to the company by the operation.
Considerable progress has also been
made on the new coke plant and
pumping station during the past seven
days. One who has not closely OBJ
served the enterprise Displayed at
this big industry would be surprised at
the magnitude. and diversity OF the
operations now being carried on. The
expenditures contemplated are reckon
ed by the hundreds of thousands when
the work is completed the combined
mills, furnaces, steel plants and tube
making departments will be among
the most Important in the country.
The Wheeling steel and iron COM
pany have inaugurated improvements
at the Belmont blast furnace. The
brick walls OF the casting house are
being torn away and it is understood
they will be replaced with a modern
iron structure with steel frame. The
company has made many improve
ments of late about this plant and it is
said others are contemplated in addi-
ton to those already in progress.
Quite a number of the buildings at the
Belmont have gotten old and more or
less dilapidated and some have been
and others are being replaced by up
to-date structures. Some of the struc-
lures have been repaired and repaint-
ed and the works will present a vastly
different appearance when the mete-
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Sewer pipe men who had grown
weary of the many unsuccessful at
tempts at a combine in that industry,
and who treated rather lightly at its
inception the present effort to CONSOLE
date in that industry, have recently
expressed themselves as very hopeful
of the outcome. There really seems to
b a good chance of a strong eve pipe
trust being formed in the next seven
weeks. Some of the leading a
~facturers on the Ohio valley who have
recently attended a meeting at New
York, give voice to such sentiment and
there really appears to be cause for
such confidence.
The brick work on the new building
for the Stanton Heater Company being
erected in Fifth ward, Martins Ferry,
is about completed and the plant is
ready fer the roof. The company eX-
poets to be in its new home by the
middle of October or the first OF Nov
ember. The outlook for these works
are very bright just at present. The
heater of which the company has ex-
elusive right to manufacture, is meet
ing with much favor and the travelling
salesman have had phenomenal sue
cess in introducing it wherever they
have been.
During the week the blast furnace
at Martins Ferry was idle Tor want Oh
coke. The scarcity OF this article Is
explained by the great demand upon
the railroads for cars in which TO
meet the remarkable heavy traffic.
The demand for coke is equally press
ing and even those companies owning
their own cars have been unable to
handle the trade.
All departments of the Wheeling
steel and iron works, plate mills,
pudding departments, and steel works
made a good record last week. There
were a few accidents Of a minor nature
but the delays were few and OF little
consequence.
The La Belle iron works were active
except the old plate mill which was OH
because of a shortage OF steel.
The Wheeling pottery made an ay-
erage record for the week.
Work continues slack at Spears AK
lie works at Twenty-seventh street, but
the busy season will begin shortly.