Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-04-04

| post OF tuDlC documents, dlu AL OLuGt OOOhS
and papers of general official nature. The
north eastern room is for the use of the Pension
Agent, s. Brady, Esq The third story is one
of the great features of the internal arrange
nent of this elegant building. 1t is mainly &C.
cupied by the U. S. Court room, where, on the
9th inst, Judge Brockenbrough's Court will
convene for the first time. The south western
room on this story is for the Judges private usei
the south eastern room is for the District Attor-
ney, Col Miller. There are two other rooms
one to be occupied by the Clerk Of the U. S.
Court Major Loring is Deputy Clerk to this
Court The other room is for the uses of the
Marshal while the Court is in session. The
fourth story is occupied entirely by jury rooms.
The whole cost of this building was about
one hundred and twenty-four thousand three
hundred dollars The original appropriation
was Sss, 900. The interest on this amount for
contingent expenses was $500. The extra
work amounted to $1,000. The ground, as VIC
before stated, cost $2O5OO. The contractors
we're as follows: w. & j. Stewart, thirty-four
thousand dollars for the iron work; Philip Schele
& Co., thirty thousand dollars for the stone work;
Donald & Gray, carpenter work, seven thousand
dollars; John Ii. Downs, jr, received the con-
tract for pastcring j. L. Hargraves for painting
VIM. Hare for plumbing and gas fitting, amount
ing in the aggregate to seventeen thousand
dollars. The payments were made to the con-
tractors by the Collector, Mr.. Pannell, in gold
of the work every month Ly the Superintendent,
Mr.. JAS Luke, who in turn submitted them to
Mr. Pannell Mr.. Pannell then paid these esti-
mates less ten per cent, which is reserve
| that tho government always makes to secure
the fullillment of its contracts. Mr.. Jas, Luke
received six dollars per day for his services as
superintendent.
Having said this much about the building in
which the Post Office in now located, it might
not, perhaps, be amss in the same connection
to say word or two about Post Office matters
in the city for some years buck. As is well
known, the Post Office was recently located in
the building corner of Market and Quincy
streets, owned by VIM. Paxton Esq. The
stand was well adapted to the purposes of the
Post Office and answered the demands upon it,
we believe, unexceptionably. 1t was brought
down to this building from the stand now occu-
pied by Messrs. Edwards & Bro, corner Of Mar
ket and Monroe, where it had been located for
many years previous The Post Office has been
working down from North Wheeling, seemingly
following in the wake of trade and population.
1t was many years ago located up in the build
ing now occupied by Mr.. Isaac Cavitt, first brick
house this side of Jno Armstrong; lumbcryard.
The locations in which it has been held from
time to time until it has reached its present
finale, have all been good stands and convenient
to public access. The change each time has
simply been from good to better. The last re-
movaI will most likely materially facilitate what
seems to be the manifest destiny" cf business.
1t seems more than likely that the immediate
vicinity of the Custom House-that is, the area
embraced from Quincy down Fourth and Main
to the creek-will be the centre of the heavy
business of the city in time to come. The views
of property holders, however, in this area, may
have considerable to do with its business
growth.
Concerning the occupants of the Post Office
from time to time we VIC will say n concluding
word. For many years previous to 1888, Rich
ard Mcclure was Post Master. After him, in
the year '3s, Judge Thompson succeeded. The
Judge was appointed to the office by Mr.. Van
Buren, Mr. L. s. Dclaplain was Chief Clerk
In tue oucc. some oil inc Olher CLERKS were
Charles Love, Dr. Iscett w. d. and George
Morgan, and Gen'l Feeney. In 1871 David
Agnew was appointed by President Harrison.
Messrs. Deaplain, and Love retained their
places under him, and in addition there were
j. B. Hail, n. L. Dorsey, WIN. Moyston and
others In 1915, j. B. Hail was raised from his
Clerkship to the Post Mastorship by President
Polk. There were several competitors for the
Office then and the canvass was quite protracted.
Gen'I Feeney, Judge Thompson and j. B. Hail
were the principal applicants. Mr.. Hail served
only about nine months, when he was succeeded
by Alexander Newman. He CIR. Newman)
served about three years, when he was elected
to Congress Under Mr.. Newman, Genl Feeney,
! VIM. TAFT Robinson, VIM. and Thos Newman,
Geo. W. Clutter, BuShrod Price, jeff Sangston
and others were clerks Mr.. Sangston was the
Chief Clerk.
After Mr. Newman's election to Congress, Geo
w. Clutter was appointed to succeed him and
he served out the balance of that term Under
Clutter, MeSsrs. H. Chaplain, John Miller and
others were clerks. In ls4s, Taylor appointed
Jas E. Wharton, editor of the Times He only