Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-11
steubenvilfe Industrial.

STEUBENVILLE, March 10.-Now
that the American Clay Manufacturing
| Company has been organized, and has
taken hold of the various sewer pipe
properties, merged into it, the question
has arisen, what will be the results,
benefits and advantages, if any, arising
from the combine to those who have
entered?" The new company controls
over so per cent of the sewer pine
plants and the plants in this vicinity
that have gone into the combination
are The Calumet Fire Clay Company,
/ the Empire Fire Clay Company the
Ohio Valley Fire Clay ompany, the To-
ronto Clay Manufacturing Company,
Great Western Fire Clay Company, P.
Conner, John Francey e Sons Co., and
Kennedy, King & Co., of Toronto; the
Freeman Fire Clay Company, of Free
mans; the N. U. Walker Fire Clay
Company, of Walkers; Jno. Lyth &
Sons, of Wellsville;' McMahan, Porter
& Co., of New Cumberland; Knowles,
/ Taylor e Anderson, Of East Liverpool
This section was favored on the Off
cial roster. R. NJ. Francey of Toronto,
is first vice president and a director;
W. 3. Francey, w. B. Goucher and w.
F. Dunpspaugh are directors. Whether
there will be a branch Office in To-
ronto is not known. 1t is thought
prices will be advanced, despite the
statements to the contrary as the price
of labor and materials has advanced.
The time had arrived in the sewer
pipe business, when a change was nee
essary. The prices that prevailed were
ruinously low and very unsatisfactory,
and under the cutting OF rates that
prevailed it was only possible to keep
factories going by close and econom-
ical management. When there was an
upward trend in prices of everything
! but sewer pipe, when coal, labor, ma
chinery, repairing, ETC., entering into
the manufacture of sewer pipe cost
more the manufacturers were face to
| face with the fact that If the low price
prevailed they must eithe. run at loss
or shut down, and when the combine
! came along it was chance to get out
of the dilemma, so they jumped at it.
Every man who was stakeholder and
| interested in the plants under the plan
of consolidation will work just as hard
/ for the business of the consolidation
| as he has for his own individual bust
ness. There has been filed with Re-
| corded Fetrow here a first mortgage
! by the American Clay Manufacturing
| Company to the Knickerbocker Trust
! Company, trustee for, $2,500,000.
| Three warranty eaads to the combine
have been recorded by the Empire Fire
| Clay Company; the Calumet Fire Clay
/ Company and R. NJ. Franeey and 9TH
/ ers. The only consideration mention
! ed is $40. Hon. John NJ. Cook, of this
city, was in New York looking after the
/ interests of sewer pipe men in this
! valley, and he went to Columbus to file
Incorporation papers for the combine
/ with the Secretary of State.
Messrs. Lewis & HaZlett, of Wheel
| ing, who have the Brilliant mill prop
erty for SALE were at Brilliant a few
! days ago looking over the property
| giving rise to the rumor of its proposed
sale. They were simply there to notify
Albert Jackson, lessee of the sand pit
| that it would not be leased again after
! April 5th, as it is claimed the removal
of the sand damages the property.
| Toronto Industrial.
| TORONTO, O., March 10.-Now that
the sewer pipe trust is completed under
the name of the American Clay Manu-
featuring Company, speculation is rife
as to how it will work and particularly
as to how it will work here. The
sewer pipe industry here is of vital in
terest to Toronto. as it comprises the
main industry here employing at
least two-thirds of the inhabitants
The local directors and officers of the
new national organization are at home,
but will be in New York Tuesday,
March 10, when the details of the new
trust will be completed and plans for
mulated tor the various plants as to
the best Methods of operating, etc. To-
[ ronto han the following large plants:
Toronto Hire Clay Co, The Kennedy
king Col Forest City Fire Clay Co,