Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-08
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Wheeling industries have in the last
week enjoyed a very good business,
many of the smaller concerns receiv-
ing many orders which insures them a
steady run for some time. The gen
eral trade has been very good, and
| the outlook for the coming week looks
very bright.
| The Wheeling Hinge Co. report
trade very good, and is full OF work on
their regular hardware line. The
company have received some very fiat
! tering orders in the last week.
| The Smith cycle works, which is the
1 newest industry in the city, will occu-
| by the building corner OF Eighteenth
| and Chapline streets. Bicycles, small
machinery and gas engines will be the
| products of the industry
Warwood Tool Co. is busy and have
received many good orders during the
week.
The Cooperative Foundry Company
is very busy and have plenty of orders
| ahead.
The improvements at the Center
foundry have been about completed.
Mr.. Montgomery has placed one OF his
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will have it running the machinery
this week The plant will now be able
to do much larger business and will
be one of the model plants of it's kind
| in the valley.
| The Wheeling pattern works is busy
and have just finished the patterns
| for the new acid watts for the corrugat-
ing company.
| do ala oil t. h,,~x
| and the new Improvements are pro-
crossing rapidly. 1t has been learned
| upon good authority that the arch ov-
er Bogg's Run will be extended to the
river. The land appraisers appointed
| by the Marshal County Court are now
at work and have been appraising the
property of the Benwood and Wheeling
Connecting Railway. 1t is said that
! the Calhoun property, a lot eighty
| four feet long and twenty-five feet
wide, was appraised at $500, and is the
same lot which the National Tube
Company offered to purchase for $500
! some weeks ago.
The work ON the new coke plant at
| the Riverside is making rapid progress
| The bricklayers are at work, and all
| but four of the ovens in the west sec
ton have been lined, and also some in
| the east section. These ovens, sixty
| in number, are all being lined with
| Belgian tile bricks, and to give the
pubic some idea OF how much it costs
to build a coke plant we Will just give
| the item of the cost of the tile used in
| lining these ovens. Each tile costs So
and it requires 100 tile for each oven
and fer the sixty ovens 5000 tile are
required at cost of S30, QUO. The iron
work for the boiler house at the north
| end of the west section is being placed
| in position.
The Wheeling Steel Company is ex-
cavating for their new battery of boil
ers for the plate mill. This battery
will be placed near the recent new bat
terry for the steel plant. The company
is contemplating the erection of a gas
producer for heating purposes for the
| plate mill Plans will probably be
completed this week for the erection
! of a new heating furnace and will be
built on the site where the old boilers
were situated. The plant is enjoying
| good, steady run.
| The fire at the La Belle mill has
caused a portion of the plant to be
thrown Off. The part burned will be
rebuilt Immediately, but it is feared
| that before this part can be recon-
structed, that there will be an over
production OF black plate, which will
compel some of the other departments
| to close down. All the other depart
ments of the mill are working.
| BenWood mill is on in full and is
| having a steady run.
| The Top mill is working as usual and
| have all their departments on.
The North Wheeling pottery is very
! busy with all departments on in full.
The Warwick pottery report business
very good and the plant is building
| their seventh kiln and have added
some new lines of ware and will now
make an under glaze full blue, semi
porcelain and novelties. This plant is
| having an exceptionally steady run
and have added these new wares to fill
! their steady demand.
The strike at the Whitaker mill has
been amicably settled and the plant is
now on in every department.
The Wheeling pottery is working as
usual.
The Crystal glass works at Bridge
port, is busy, working ,Aeir entire
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large shipments.
%Bellaire is moving along as usual
and all Of the industries are busy and
| enjoying a good trade. The taking up
of so many of the coal options and
| paying for these lands west of the city
| has placed much more money in circu-
alton and has made local business
| much better and has been a great help
| to ALL Bellaire needs more industries
and no city in the valley is better
adapted for manufactors than this city.
There is a movement started in the
| city to convert the boiler works in
| South Bellaire into glass house. 1t
is said the promoters are receiving en-
| coura cement and many think a COM
pany will be organized. The promot-
1 ers, if the company is go, will manu-
facture bottles and lantern globes. It
is hoped that the company will be able
| to get sufficient capital and that their
| work will be success.
Anderson Brothers foundry is work
| ing as usual and have an abundance of
! orders on hand.
The Bellaire Bottle Company are
progressing rapidly with their new ad-
| dition and if the weather is favorable,
they will soon have this extension fin
| ished The factory is on in full in all
1 departments, and the company is en-
| loving a good trade.