Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-05

said that a majority of the members of
the company are in favor of erecting
the factory at Neff's Siding and at this
place, it is very likely that the COM
pany will finally decide to locate.
The employees at the Bellaire steel
plant, according to a report now in
circulation, state that they have been
informed by reliable parties that about
the first of the coming month they are
to receiSa an increase in their wages
of ten cents on the dollar. A piece OF
work performed by the tonnage men,
which, at present, pays eighty cents,
will pay Lightweight cents under the
new scale.
All the furnaces at the plate mill Of
the Wheeling steel and iron works are
now being operated by full force of
men and excellent work is being accom-
plished in the different departments.
The furnaces are being taxed to their
full capacities on account OF a great
demand for skelp at present. Furnace
No in this department of the works
was put in operation last Thursday
night, after having been imperative for
two weeks or so, during which time 1t
was torn down and reconstructed.
Contractor Coffey, of South Wheel
ing, has received the contract for ex-
cavating for the foundation for the
Pabst Company's new brick building,
to be put up at Benwood.
The work of removing the old Hart
tong building at Benwood from it's old
rit Koiv ~fSn to ovnf lot on,
McMechen street, under the supervision
of Sihler Bros. the South Wheeling
contractors, is progressing nicely.
Unconfrmed reports are now in cir
culation to the effect that the Novelty
Stamping Works, the Stewart Enamel
ing Factory and the Enterprise Enam-
cling Works, which are located at Bell
aire, will become, very shortly, the
property of the National Enamelipg
and Stamping Company, of New York,
combine which is now absorbing all
the larger enameling and stamping fac
tories throughout the country. How
ever, it is fact that negotiations are
now going on between the three Bell
aire companies and the National Com
pany and all concerned in the matter
now pending deal.
A little difficulty was settled at the
old Rockenhausen coal mines, located
south of Bellaire, during the past week,
much to the satisfaction of all concern
ed The old check weighman resigned
and was succeeded by a man, whose
principles displeased the miners and
they at once threatened to quit opera
~
to fill the vacant position. At con-
ference held between the mine officials
and the miners, a new man, whose prin-
ciples were approved of by the employ
ers and the employees, was chosen to I'LL
the duties of check weighman.
In expectancy of an early absorption
of the Novelty Stamping Works, at
Bellaire, by the National Enameling
and Stamping Company, of New York,
stocks in the Novelty Company have
gc,~e up with a rush since Monday last
and although there exists at present
a general demand for the Novelty
stock, there are very few holders, who
are anxious to sell out. Not very long
ago the price of the stock stood at
ITO, but is has risen until it now stands
at 1873 offered. Really, the stock, in
view of the consummation of a deal,
has appreciated to such an extent, that
there are parties, who actually refuse
to sell out at price, lower than 1855.
A well-founded report is now in cir
culation to the effect that some time
during the spring, the work of erecting
a new coke plant, to contain sixty ov-
ems, will be commenced at the River
side steel and iron works az Benwood.
An agreement as it has been stated,
was made between the Riverside com
pany and the constructors Of the pres
ent coke plant, to the effect that il
the new coke plant proved to be salts
factory in its operations that another
similar mandatory would be put up
in the Riverside mill grounds. The re-
port, however, has been emphatically
denied by one of the Riverside officials.
The interior of the Office building at
the Bellaire Steel Works will be given
a fresh coat of paint very shortly, by
the Bellaire Paint Company.
James F. Dubois formerly Secretary
of the Eenterprise Enameling Com
pany, at Bellaire, has accepted a SINH
lar position with the Novelty Stamping
Company Of that city.
The steel department at the Bellaire
Steel Works was idle from nine O'Clock
Wednesday night until three o'clock
Thursday morning, on account of the
breaking of a bearing on one of the
rolls.
The foundation for a new tank at
the upper end of the Riverside Coke
Plant has been filled in and the work
of putting the tank in position will be
commenced very shortly. All the
waste gas from the coke plant will be
stored in the new tank, after which it
will be transferred through pipes to
the tube department of the works for
use.
The contract for excavating for the
foundation for the Deegan building,
which is to occupy a vacant lot on
McMechen street, at Benwood, has been
let to Contractor Henry Seabright.
From an unofficial source it has been
learned that the tonnage men at the
steel department of the Riverside works
have been granted an advance in wages
of ten per cent and that the day men
have had their wages restored from the
last reduction in 1895, which means an
advance of 1917 per cent. in the wages