The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-09-08
Correspondence of the Baltimore SuR.l
mir CITY OF WHEELING.

l'#tTHF
THE CITY OF WHEELING.
pon,Iotion aud situation of the City
,hr,p Coul-City Raiiway-lron
.d GIn.- Mnnufnctories-Im
a,tInveuIiou-Raii and River Com
wuuicntiOns Good Hotels - The
p.o.criptiye Laws-The Movement
rtheir Removal, &c
WHEELING, ". Va. September 3.
Wheeling is a larger place than many
.r,r.,r. and, taking in the suburbs not
Inn the corporate limits, has pop
rr,.,op of over twenty-five thousand.
l.. a,.,rti is three and half miles
i,r,.,,d about 4 half mile wide, being
Lr--ri..b ..b, ON the east hank of the Ohio
r.r-- ana against a range of large, tow
ar.,',h hills, which, whilst they prevent
,isSiry from extending farther east,
y.ra blessing, for they are full OF
coai sal supply the inhabitants of the
nIacr with this important article, not
a-n,se aud ten dollars ton, as III Bal
tipore but at the reasonable sum OF -
con-. prr bnshel. or about - 3S per ton,
NM away in the cellar. This is not the
f9rI coal. bnt the soft, bituminous coal,
which. wA!lstlt is not so clean, makes a
fine fire. and Il much more cheerful and
rrs,,y one than the kaTd coal. In ad-
i,-.,n N the portion of the city built on
N. bank of the Tlver, there Is, cOmprlS-
irs mart of it, and connected thereto by
, 5elg,Ifu' Suspension bridge, an island
If aheu, three hundred acres, just
abogt the centre of the Ohio, and i'm.
medarrIy opposite the city proper,
beautifully laid out aud built up with
.I-raa, residences aud business houses,
and connected with Bridgeport, i'll Ohio,
on the wet bank of the river by an
o,ae. braur,fUl bridge.
They have here alse that great conve-
nience, a city railway, running from one
end OF the place 10 the other-also by
wlyof the suspension bridge and island
over 70 Bridgeport, in Ohio. The cars
are heat aud horses good, and although
a, lr,t il did not do well, it is now, un-
de.tle management of its indefatigable
president, Coz. John Handlan, becoming
quite plysa- .a>tItutiOu.
YJg laay Judge Of the Importance vi
tL., place, and rue amonnt OF business
h5Ir hy ra, fac that there = constantly
iu operation DO less than sixteen iron
Garuan'Jlus such a, rolling mills,
u4.. ;.y-o.gs. iJul.lics alu furnace s.;
aan SIX extensive g.ass works, and In
fact mauUta..D..r OF all descriptions
constantly -o.uG rendering 1t possible
for Que To grr most anything he might
desire, right from tue manufacturers if
he w.,hy,
Among ,om. of the larLn,, of the iron
fOuudrjcs LyIc ale d. Lynn 4 Co.'S,
Joseph Bell y Co.'S. Sweeney X Co.'S
and Juh> hamilton y Cos. The inst
two of these aso exclusively stove anu
hollow ware ml1Utirrorlp>. The latter
two manufacture both stoves. hollow
ware aud machinery OF 0v,;y bIad and
ST..
Tic 4:m of Jn4a Hamilton \ Co., are
Just aow creating quite an excitement
dHou@ The !rOu men OF this city, Pitts
JurGl and the State of OllO, by the in
SeLuon OF a very important machine
for TIE use Of rolling mills. This ma
chiur : +, preparing the ore for the
furnace, aai ~ called the ore pulveriZer
for cold IN dispensing with what
was used before in the manufacture OF
IRON, known as the heated or hot Fix,
making saving, it Is claimed, in this
one branch of the manufacture of iron
OF not less than twenty-five per cent
Besides the manufacturing import
ange Of Wheeling she is not behind an!
city of her size n doing a whOlesal,
business IN all branches of trade, anC
hl,. As | said in former letter, mum
begs of large and handsome stores an(
warehouses. besides number ef bank:
aud banking houses. Her COmmunica
tons aud outlets for trade are fine, Eav
lug the Ohio river, Baltimore and Ohil
railroad, Hempfeld railroad, Central
O41 railroad, and Cleveland and Pitts
bur. railroad all concentrating here
There ATE two excellent and very large
hotels here, the Mcclure House." KEEP
by Goodwin y Moleu, and the Gran
House 10y Lewis Il WoodmauSee. Both
q. Ties, house, have recently been re
paired, painted and thoroughly reno
waited.
\, iutimltel IN a former letter, quite
a. important step has been taken b!
'"' RrHIcal party in this county for tn,
irpra..ug of all ProScriptiye laws an,
irs' uaths hv the next Legislature; and
a>sNan a, il can be accomplished, for
change in the constitution of this Stat
na.1w all adult male citizens TO vote
H." step referred to was the issuing o
al address, sigued by 10 of the bon
a.. ,.aew Of the party here, on WedAes
G"y .ast, laying down the above plat
t,'!~. Among the signers 10 this al
"i"N' Is NJ. 4 W Campbell, furmerl.
Ty4.t"T OF the MtetiigeHcer, the leadlD,
NA!.ea. organ OF the State, and also
JIaeA-.ua'e before the last Legislature 70
-'trI States Senator. Hon. Mr.. Hub
CA!' uame, late ex- Radical member o
C,.-Tess from this District, is also sign
e. 10 II, in fact all the leaders of tn
t'',! lrge, and we may now conclud
.-'. The day Is beginning to break, an,
,1', b, VIII not he long before this op
p'''sg" people will be relieved, and en
.! lie rights of freemeu. S.