The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-21
New A1artinsvlns.

N"AO uSu tuG tUWu VEebeuteu u VeTy lOT-
lorn, siCkly and dilapidated appearance
: indeed, and the residents at that time Gu
teFtained small hopes Of II ever reaching
In 80 short time what II has become
but "slch ls life" At that time the house,
were nearly all old, dirty, black, mean
looking and dilapldGted. The streets and
ALLEGES were almost impossible In winter
and VIC had no wharf, no mills, no moth.
Ing; In fact the place looked hideous and
fOrsaken. There was no business going
on OF any moment-no animation or eVi
dence OF life exhibited on the part Of the
sturdy yeomanry, except Just sufficient "a
keep, soul and body hanging together.
The bone and sinew seemed 10 have fall.
en- INTO sort Of Stupor or lethargy from
which there was no apparent symptoms
OF, prospect Of recovery. The writer Of
THIS returned to this place on visit dur.
ing the summer Of 1864, after an absence
Of nearly two years, and remembers being
with a friend one exceedingly pleasant al.
ternoon In tho Main street OF this town on
business day, and for three long hours,
saw not living being or animated thing
traVerslng the streets anywhere, except a
pig, a dog, and little child, playing to.
gether at the upper end Of Main street.
some may think this on over. drawn pic
ture, but nevertheless It Is true. Happily
this state OF facts were not allowed to
continue. The town presents far differ.
ent appearance today. The streets and
alleys have been materially improved and
made passable, and by way OF suggestion
to our town grandmothers, they are sus-
ceptiolc OF considerable improvement yet
The houses and buildings have been com.
pletely renovated, and large number OF
them present an entirely new and differ
ent aspect. Quite large number of new
houses OF different kinds have been built
In town and vicinity, adding very large
~ to the general appearance of the coIn-
try, and number Of buildings are now
in course Of erection and repairing, Civ
ing employment to all our mechanics and
many others. The timber and lumber
business at the mouth Of Fishing Geek
has grown from an insignificant to
large and profitable business,
giving employment In certain sea
sons oil the year to very
large number Of our laborers and scat.
terlng great deal OF money broadcast
over the country TO the infinite benefit of
this town Ask certain class OF our
citizens tor money, and their answer will
be, well, wait until l get my timber
out" There is no denying that the tim.
Der interest has contributed is share 10.
ward developing the place. Instead OF
one or two stores eight years ago, we have
now six or eight large country stores, all
doing q good and profitable business.
MesSrs Sayre, Priest and Clark have been
in business here for some years, and
Mcssrs. Huber, Shuman, Tucker and
Others. not quite SO long. MIR. Clark has
recently finished his new store house
which speaks well Tor the town and adds
much 10 the general appearance. Messrs
Fucker were the last accession; they
commenced about one pear ago, and have
been doing thrifty business ever since.
Eight years ago there were five or six
whisky shops, now there Is not an open
one in the place, and those who remem.
Der will know that many changes have
occurred in our history, and that there is
no comparison between then and now.
The first improvement Of any note
was the building Of the Single Factory.
1t was erected by the MCssrs. Rider,
and the business prosecuted vigorously
by those gentlemen for several years
yielding them nice income and furnish
ing employment for many hands. The
Messrs. Rider since the building Of the
factory, have erected several dwelling
houses and other improvements at the
lowen end Of the town, and in fact have
added their share to the general improve.
ment.
The next was the building of Sharp &
Boyers' saw mill and other improvements
by those gentlemen thatadped very ma.
terially TO the development Of the vicini.
ty. These gentlemen still own this mill
and are managing it with success. Mr.
Lively's saw and grist mill was the next
improvement of any prominence made
aud although 1t has beena vast benefit
and convenience 20 the town, it has been
q bad investment TO our old friend and
townsman, Mr.. Lively. He was com.
PEELED through reverses Of fortune to lis.
pose OF his property, and did so to Ger.
man Association who managed it very
poorly and finally disposed OF 1t TO Dun
lap, Mahleman 81 Co., the present owners,
who are now operating it with considera.
bic degree Of success. The erection o!
another saw mill by Cook & Ri
der was next, which mill burned
down and was rebuilt by SLessrs. ri.
der under whose management 1t is
paying well, judging from external indi.
cations The next in rotation was the
Welzel Wooden Mills, which was built
and is owned by joint stock company
composed mostly OF our own citizens.
Under the present efficient superintenl-
cnt, John Cherry, this mill has won a
good name, and bids fair to be a good in.
vestmGnt This enterprise affords EN-.
ploymcnt 10 a good many persons. The
completion OF Robinson s. Sayre's new
saw mill has added no little to the i'm
provement Of the place, This Is, per-
haps, the finest mill in this region Of
country, and is run in connection with
the old single factory. Messrs. Robin,
son s. Sayre expect to manufacture va.
riety IN their new mill, such as broom
handles, lath, &c. And thus the place
has gone on improving, and we sincerely
hope 1t may, until it becomes large and
prosperous city, which is hardly probable
Tor some years TO come. Well, to sum II
all up, the town and vicinity In many re.
specls have in eight years past improved
to several times its dimensions.
We came very near forgetting to note
the fact Of the starting Of a newspaper
about two years since by D. Long. Esq,
which has contributed 10 no small degree
to the credit Of the town; but we regret to
say, indeed, that the advantages derived
from the existence Of paper do not
seem to be properly valued by many OF
the citizens.