The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-26
MILLIONS BEING SPENT IN
BUILDING NEW INDUSTRIES

. The new plant will be completed lats
TINS iall and when equipped with thu
necessary machinery the cost OF the
pant VIII be more than 500. 600.
Inc Dig plant is a one story brick.
covering large strip OF ground
Nearly seventy-fve employees are now
AZ work in constructing the building.
The plant is one OF the most un.to.
date In the United States. and its
construction will be n great Improve
ment.
Wheeling Traction.
Within few weeks work on tha
new power plant OF the Wheeling
traction Company. which is located
at the corner of Forty-second and
water streets. near the Consumers
electrical plant. will be completed
WORK on this large plant was started
months ago and when II is completed
IL VIII cost more than 100000
equipped. This plant is also a one
story brick and iron constructed
building. il is equipped with a new
turbin building and has its own
water system.
The Wheeling Traction Company
IS now arranging TO have an add.
ton built 10 the Island car barns
Tor a machine shop. In all probabili-
ties work on this building will be
started within a few weeks. The
addition will be a brick building two
stories high.
Wheeling Can.
Plans for the construction OF n
large twostory addition To the
Wheeling Can Company are material.
ling and work on this building will
be started a. once. The building
VIII be new model up-to-date brick
hre-proof building as are the major.
nv or the other buildings that have
been mentioned. This building ia
hoinE erected on n site crossing two
alleys and 10 is necessary for the
company 20 purchase additional
ground 10 open now alleys which has
been done. When this building is
completed the total cost will exceed
100000 II will also give employ
Tnent 10 more than a hundred addi-
tional employees.
Whitaker-Giessner.
Having purchased forty acros ~
land above Martins Ferry. the Whit
aker-tilessncr company IL arrangina
10 erect large plant. which. when
completed will cost more than a
million and n half dollars Whus
The company has not yet completed
plans for the construction OF the
building. work will be started on IL
n au probabilities this summer.
This plant when completed. will be
one or tho most modern and unto
date plants OF its Kind I'm the coun-
try and viii furnish employment to
large force Of men.
Tho steady growth Of the COM
p1n} business has made 10 mecca
sary for DO to construct an additional
plant 10 fll orders Plans for this
biz plant are now being drawn and
Just as soon aa they arc accepted
work viii he started
The Wheeling Mold & Foundry
Company has completed n number OF
additions to ts plant Owing 10 the
growing business Of this industry Il
I1s been necessary ~ build and
equip several additions to the already
large plant This company is now
working on more than three million
dollars worth ~ orders Tor the gov
eminent and other companies.
Suburban Factories.
Work viii Do soon started on tho
Car Furnace Company ~ G1rnnova.
This plant has been started but work
was delayed owing 20 opening
witches Whom completed the plant
v'U cost about $4,000. and viii fur
nish employment 20 nearly hum
drof men
Tho Fostoria Glass Company a.
Moundsvilc has erected new Office
BUILDINGS to its large plant and alao
made number Of additions The
hic plant is now operating IN FUN.
swing employment 90 several hun
drcd persons. other improvements
viii DO made this summer
Tho United states Stamping Com
panv at Wouudevuic. is making
number az improvements on ifs plant
which ls ono of tho largest 81 it,
Kind in the country Additions on
MANY other plants in The Wheeling