Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-12


ported six distinct movements toward
consolidation. They are here sum-
married.: The ice trust that will bring
all the principal ice harvesting COM
panies of the north, from the head OF
| the great lakes to the lakes of Maine,
into combination to maintain fixed
price to consumers. The manufactur-
| ers of Derby hats have effected coli-
bination controlling the output to the
| annual value of S2,000,000, the object
, being the control of the output and the
! regulation of prices. The American
Whip Co., itself a combination of some
| twenty-five concerns, is negotiating for
the control of all the buggy whip man
ufactories in the United States. A
| combination of all the great breweries
in New York is reported as under way,
the capitalization to be $4,000, 900. The
| Miners Copper Co. filed articles of in
| corporation at Trenton, n. j., with a
capitalization of $2,000,000. The laun-
| dries in Chicago are to be consolidated,
or combined, and eighty of them are
| ION the list" either as signed or con-
| sidering the proposition. If the plan
| goes through in Chicago it is to be eX-
| tended to other cities
A large, new shop is being erected by
I r. E. Elikan on Noble street, in Bel
| laire, at point opposite the old Eli
kan property, which was purchased re-
Gently by the Pabst Brewing Company
of Milwaukee, Wis. The new shop will
| be occupied by Mr.. Elikan as a place
| for the carrying ON OF his butcher bus
! mess.
| The steel plant at the Wheeling Steel
and Iron Company's works at Benwo0d
is still idle, having been closed down
| several weeks ago for the purpose of
undergoing extensive repairs and inn
provements. A large force OF men are
| being employed in the work, which is
| being vigorously pushed forward to
| completion. Is is very likely that
! things will have been gotten into first
| class shape for a resumption OF opera
lions in full on Monday morning of
! next week.
Among quite number of men, re-
! siding at various points along BOgg'
run, there is much talk at present OF
| forming a company for the purpose
/ VI tOtloIA utllIS 81 NAH ldCGOly DIT
! Mechen. 1t is likely that a meeting of
all who are interested in the proposed
| project will be held some time in the
| rear futu. e, in ofdsr tha a defiri e con
! clusiOn may be reached in the matter.
| The factory, if it c! octed will be a
! large structure, equipped throughout
with machinery of the latest improve
ments, suitable for the manufacture CT
| iron nails.
| The board Of directors Of the Bel
| laire Stove Company held their annual
meeting last Tuesday afternoon at the
| office of the works and re0rganized by
appointing the following new corps of
officers: President JoEeYh Clements;
| Vice President, b. T. Powell; Manager
R. Johnson; Secretary Treasurer, II.
Roemer. The directors are Messrs
| Walker. Clements, Powell, Johnson and
! Roemer.
The Enterprise Enameling Company
| OF Bellaire, have decided to discontinue
the sale of second class ware, and this
! action will, naturally, be the means OF
( advancing the sale of first class enam-
| eled ware. 1t is a change that has been
| contemplated by the company for some
| time past, and is one that will prove
| profitable to the wholesale and retail
! dealers of this kind Of ware as we'll as
/ to the manufacturers. Chemicals
which are used largely in the manu-
facture of enameled ware, have adj
vanced considerably in prices.
The art glass sign factory at Bellaire
is undergoing repairs and improve
ments on an extensive scale in al the
departments. The work is being done
under the supervision of Mr.. Stewart
the sole proprietor of the plant, and
will be hurriedly pushed forward tc
completion. Besides the improvements
to be made, as mentioned exclusively in
the Register some time ago, a large rev
tank, to have capacity equal to four
pots, will be set up. The tank will
occupy a place. on the first floor A
| large force of men are being employed
! in the work of improvements, which
when completed will put the works in
| first class condition for reSum ption
! Of operations ON a much larger scale
| than formerly. Glass signs of all sorts
of designs and colors are to be manu-
featured and about thirty-five men will
be given employment. The new plant
| promises to be one of the leading in
dustries of the Ohio Valley.
A large number of orders are on file
at the Enterprise enamel factory in
! South Bellaire at present and conse-
| quently all the departments are busy
The Riverside coke plant is being
| operated at present in all the depart
ments on double turn. Each one of the
| sixty ovens which the plant contains,
| continues to work satisfactorily to all
concerned. 1t is said that each oven
! is now turning out about five tons of
| Coks per day on an average.
! The Secretary of State at Charleston
has issued a charter to the Belmont
Manufacturing Company at Mounds
vile, granting the manufacturing of
wearing apparel, furnishing goods, etc,
Charles E. Rosser, of Bellaire; ]. S.
Sheeky and NJ. E. Maley, of Pittsburg,
| and J. B. Hicks and J. Steele, of
| MoundSville, being the incorporators.
The capital stock is $4,000, with a priv
ilege Of increasing it to $4,000.
A picture of Henry Kunkle, of Bel
laire, as President of the Belmont Cen
trail Trades and Labor Union, appear
ed in the last issue Of the Glassworker,
al i,,rn . m