The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-28
THlR1Y-ElChT MILLS ARE NOW
OPERATING In This DISTRICT

as the Belmont Nail Works A. a
Time when the mill WIS I'm prosperous
| affairs and enjoy ing a lucrative era
II was taken over by the Wheelne
Steel q Iron Company. which has
MANAGED II in very cOIumenGabic
manner since.
The mammoth Riverside workg arc
the outcome Of a small concern That
was known as the Eagle Wire Mil.
and was situated NJ tho head OF TweE.
| y-slSth street. The enterprise was
started by o. G Dew ey. Of Cadiz. o.
who continued as IFS owner and man
ager Tor some years. In 1888 the pro
tect fell into the hands OF !. n. pen.
dleton & Company. TWO years later
that eminent captain of industry. J. y.
Nence, DOW deNased. took a grip On
the steel and iron business OF the
wheeling district and almost az once
iltted II TO most gratifying basis OF
operation. lie. with O. {. Dewey and
W. II. Russell. founded mills under
the name OF Dewey. Vance < 90. As
the property eNpandcd from time 10
time. the name cf the mill was
changed. u Was At one time known a.
the wheeling Iron Il Spike Wor., e.
and again as tho Juniata Iron WORKS
! In 1856 the COMPANY began 10 branch
out and a raj! factory nd plato mill
were erected on 4 site close 20 the
present location OF the belmont mill
AAN llN - NhNfAFTl WIS ftltf1 inc NV
erside Iron Works As the works con
iinued TO grow IN both size ari i'm
portance Messrs Vance and Dewey
took Into partnership William L.
li,arne. Frank llearue. and anaN-
John -. Culbc-tso1. Every one Of the
five firm members were men widely
experienced in thor business. and be-
ing men OF more than ordinary ability.
they soon huilf thor mills t. a point
or perfection where they were regard
ed as a crit"~'on the country oErr
Again feeling 'he need o. extension IN
tlNt1. blast furnaces we've built 80 Ron
wood where q large tract % valuable
land he'd been acquired. Shortly after.
ward the site in this civ was corn
pletely abandoned and the Cpmpany's
holdings moved 20 BPnwoot \ large
, tube works was added 20 the plant ard
y was soon manufacturing tubes that
for quality could not he oCualad h.
any other mill in tho world As mat
Z ter or fact the first steel tubes I'm thu
world were mpde IN Whccllrg. There
fore. 20 this CITY rightly belongs the
honor OF inyentinC n new dCuarfure in
tho steel and iron business Of the NM.
verse. a few years aro The Rivo--jl7
works were purchas ed BY the United
states steel Corporation and today is
considered one OF the corporation s
most vGlua bile HOLDINGS
Tire Crescent MILE.
One Of the frat irdu tries Cstab-
] lished in Wheeling 'or IN" mqnuinc-
ture Of sheet and hD.ior plate w1- the
Crescent iron works, hullt IN 1882 by
I GIL. Iardman and stephens. The
mill had strong financial hacSing md
In tho course Of time I rail mill was
added a change IN ownership WAS
effected a few years later and the
name OF the frm De~lnc tha N-hitl-
I ke- Iron comp11v. vita George -.
. Whitaker and Nelson T. Whitaker ~
tho principal Stockholders In 1873
the manufacturing ~ rail was abdnd-
ored and attention turmoil - the shoe I
steel and iron business exclusively.
The company further extended its
properties az q later aatp by acouir.
Ing the old LauChliu nail mill in Mar
tins Ferry and remcdeling il for a
corrugating plant whore steel roofing.
pals. buckets and smudce pots arc
now made. Subsequently Corr'lg-
ating plant was added 20 tho local MIL
and the firm f. now known as tho
. Whitsker-Glafsner company " IA one
Of the largest concerns OF it, kind in
, the country. having branch offices ali
/ over the United States \ plant al
/ which Bessemrr steel for its own use
/ IS Manufactured r. owned by the com.
| pany az Portsmouth. O.
Ohio Side Mills.
As the finger NJ progress prOdded
I development Of the steel industry i'm
the Wheeling district other large
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