The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-23
w AsHINGToN, PA, Nov. %.

winch lOrDlus lucu IEOu SpcahluS IAC
truth, moIesty on such topic isn't ma
turaI. It's Just their conservatism crop
ping out, .helr disiketo a change. Time,
however is poor respector OF persons,
and his changes, despite I'll opposition
are manifest Many of the oder ciLl.
zens OF years gone by have passed into
their narrow and lonely cells, and the
younger crop are rapidly apPro 'chlng,
The "soar and yellow leal" o. their lives
on earth.
As you know, Washington county is
one OF the finest and richest farming
counties in the State. With III area o.
over $40 miles of improved farms her
population of $4,000 are mostly wei.
liked There are comparatively few very
ricn men in the county, the rICneS, there
iore, being quite evenly distributed
among the people. As All evidence oi
tits, II prominent gentleman Informed Us
yesterday that he believed almost every
citizen in the county visited the Centen-
MAJ last year. To be sure II don't follow
from this fact alone that all are well 10
do, or even out of debt, (tor we hIve
heard Of very many people, IN as many
parts OF the country, VINO went to the
great exhibition ard who contracted
debts before they went winch have not
yet been settled bat IL seems to show
now the wind blows.
ne merchants OF the town complain
of dull business, as who does not, yey
they all appear substantial and doing
(, ba,r no ,t W NOT
Though erected u number OF years ago,
one cannot help adverting to the two
fine and conspicuous private structures
erected by Messrs. VIM. Smith, know
as one OF Gen. Grants kinsmen, and a.
B. Caldwell. They stand on the main
street, not tar apart, IL the very heart o
the town, and loom up grsndiy among
their older and much more unpreteudlng
brick and mortar nelghbors
fhev are noble monuments OF their
owners liberality and good taste. 1t Is
doubtful it your city can boast OF pr.
vate editice 50 ornamental and costly.
Mr.. Smiths building Is very high,
three story, ornamental iron front, per.
haps double the size OF Z. Oglebay y
Sons store on MAN street, IN Wheeling.
1t was erected IN 1871, when labor and
material had touched ante bellum bottom
rock figures. and cos $4,000 Mr.. Csid-
wells beautiful edItiCe was built IN 1917,
when almost everything was con m'hG-
ing the highest prices and cost h n, 500
600 rhe building Is three story brown
stone front, 4OXl43 toet. The interior l.
rs beautiful and subs aatal as the eXto-
rior, all the counters and fittings
being very ornamental and made OF harL
woods. The store is quite hive OF
industry, and visit through II readily
cohviuces person that rare skill Is n
important factor In lts managem en- &,
while great business Is the growth o..
The qualities enumerated. ltIs AL odd
sight to see q perfect merchant tailoring
estaol shment Oh "a large scale and dry
goods house of greater dimensions con-
dusted together. Yet they are success
fully combined in TINS instance, = geiher
with several other branches Of trade, all
OF which make up an annual business OF
! $4,000 to 100000. Mr.. Z. doubts II his
| multiplicity of branches OF trade could
successfully De conducted III large city.
Eighteen years OF so ago be was clerklng
| in the establishment OF VIM. Smith, Esq
| Energy, strict attention to business and
| some aptitude has made him the most
successful merchant in the county
Let US modestly suggest to the
Young men Of Washington who are
seeking designs to copy after in busl-
ness habits, that they needn't depart from
home.
We have few more words to say
about Mr. Caldwell's place and we Will
quit, viz: HIS gas works for supplying
| the l25 burners In his building. 1t l.
so simple, safe and cheap that large con-
sumers elsewhere might adopt 1t with
profit. 1t consists Of mlnisture gas
works that cost $500 to erect. The parts
consist OF gas holder, a purifier and =
retort. A three gallon can filed with
common coal oil is placed on stond, the
sp,cket turned on So that stream o! the
oil, not larger tnsn dsrning
needle may flow into funnel
! that connects with an iron pipe
which passes into retort. This iron re-
tort fits into large Burnside stove and Is
heated red hot. The oil passes into the
heated retort and is instantly converted
/ into gas, which pssses out a. the opposite
| side of the 'etoTt into purifier, thence
/ on into the holCer, where two weeks
supply is stored away for Use IS de-
sired. The purifying process consists II
| the gss passing through water contained
| in 81 iron box constructed Tor the pur-
| pose. The time consumed in converting
the three gallons OF oil INTO gas Is a
couple of hours. The fuel required Is Il
| bushel Of coke. The cost then would be
Tor oil and coke IS cents. The labor may
be performed by Il boy employed IN the
/ store. Mr.. Caldwell says the totsl cost,
/ including interest on the investment.
/ does lot average over tour dollars per
/ month. or Line.tentns : less than what be
would be compelled to pay if his store
was supplied by the city works. The
gas is unusually pure snd Of grest illu.
minating power and brllhsncy, one
foot burner giving equal light with
/ tCur-toot burner consuming the city gas.
/ The works are erected in shed a. the
foot Of the lot, and are considered so safe
that he insurance agents offer 10 oPPo-
/ silion 10 them.
Seversl fine public buildings have
/ been erected since our former visit. Con-
spicuousy among them is the rich aud
elegant new building OF the Washington
ard Jefferson College, one among the
Oldest snd most houored in the land.
This grand improvement is fit monu-
ment to the indetstigsble energy OF DR..
HAYES, the President, who mace the re-
building of the college q part of bis life
work
The old town has some very curious