The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-19

ILeSukulEeu tub uhtuFhl advantages en-
joyed by the town Of Moundsyille. They
talked Of 1t and the good people Of thai
ancient borough themselves began to have
a faint perception Of their possible iu,
ture. The Penitentiary, although "penI
Iup Utica" so far as It's inmates are
concerned, has not been without It's lesson
to the citizens. It has iamilarized them
with the idea Of manufactures and stimu.
lated them 10 rise above the impniation Of
having no manufacturing interests with.
in their borders except snch as were there
per force Of a penal institution. Az a atep
in advance, and we may say long one,
they resolved to have rolling mill and
they got II. AT frat II was not altogether
a success, but striking upon the speciality
Of hoop iron 1t has become so, and is run.
ming full time and doing, in the teeth Of
the hard times, fairly remunerative
business, and has made flrst.class repu.
tation for ita line Of goods. A second
step was the establishment OF an agriCul.
tural implement works, which has met
with reasonable success, and has without
doubt laid the foundation Of a larger
growth.
These public aud private institutions
brought considerable addition to the
population Of the town and neceasitated
the building Of new houses and quite a
number have been erected every year
during the last decade. All these things
tended to rouse spirit Of prids.as to
outward appearances, hence we fnd that
the old Court House and jail, which
had done service for two generations, were
to give place to new and modern struc.
tures. The Court House has been built.
OntWardly it ia proportionate cOmeIy
structure with no exaggerated style Of
architecture. Ia inside arrangements
are very complete. The Offices are con-
veniently arranged and elegantly but yet
not extensively furnished. The Cou 1t
room has a seating capacity for an audi.
ence of about eight hundred. The seats
rest on iron brackets and are made Of
alternate strips OF ash and walnut, and
are decidedly light, strong and neat The
floor from the forum proper rises gradu.
ally 10 an elevation OF several feet, giving
an unobstructed view Of oil proceedings
at the bar. We doubt II there is any.
where in the county towns OF any State
more complete and admirably arranged
Court House, and ii is by all odds The
finest Court House in the State oi West
Virginia.
The new jail, which is in course Of
erection, is neat brick structure, forty
feet square and includes the residence OF
the Sheriff. The ground aoor is OF rubbed
masonry, five feet thick and grouted with
cement. The cells are simply cages
bull! Of iron bars and stand five feet from
the walls, and in Dimensions are iour by
eight feet and seven feet high, and divided
by sheet iron partitions.
The Court House completed, the grounds
around il or rather east OF it were
graded down FIVE feet and this, like the
new andirons in the story, was The inilia-
ton of the sweeping improvements which
have been made and are making in the
streets all over the town.;
The town, with the exception OF the
hotel opposite the Court Housc, owned
by Mr.. McFadden, was without hotel Of
any considerable capacity, and even II was
old, and, when contrasted with the new
Court House, was poor looking affair.
THIS our friend McFaddcn resolved to
remedy by the erection OF new hotel.
Hc also determined not to do 40 until, II
possible, hc could secure the regarding
OF the street. lie proposed 10 the town
Council 10 grade B street, running east
and west, for one-hsli the actual cost Of
the work, the Council to establish the
grade. His offer was accepted, the grade
established, aud the work commenced.
Just then aspirit otregre. at the destruc.
tion Of old land marks seemed to seize q
portion Of the Council; a meeting wSs
called and the order rescinded, and the
work Of tearing up the curb already set
was actually commenced. But McFadden
being man who having put his hand to
the plow looks not back. sued out an in
junction against the action Of Council in
which he was sustained, and the fight
against improvements was over forever.
When the work on B street had been
completed, by grading from nothing on
Second street, on the west, 10 depth of
FIVE feet in the neighborhood OF and east
Of the Court House, towards Wheeling
street, the easy grade secured so delight.
ed the people that rage for street i'm
proyemenls took possession Of the town,
and the work Of filling and grading has
stcadiIy progressed all summer and is
still prosecuted with undated yigor.
Wheeling street, for a distance Of $50
feet, is being cut down a depth Of five
feet. The town authorities have sci 5000
feet of curbing, mostly at 80 cents per
foot, extending the entire length Of the
town, north and south, on Second and
Market streets, and on B street, east and
west, from Second 10 Wheelingstreet.
Animportant feature Is that the work
has been done without any increase Of
taxation, the means being railed by the
collection Of delinquent taxes which the
efficient Mayor, s. B. Purdy has vigor.
ously enforced without fear, favor or re-
spect Of person. The property holders
have promptly accsded to the demand oI
the new era and have laid their pavements
aR fast as the curb has been sci.
About twenty buildings have been
erected thid summer, several Of them ele.
CANT residences and two or three commo.
lious business houses.
As our friend McFadden never does
anything by halves We will mention par.
ticularly the new hotel which he has
erected and which ia yergtng on compile.
ton. The building stands on the south
side Of b street, just opposite the Court
House, and has a frontage Of one hundred
and eight feet and Is sixty.Gye feet deep
and thraa atories hiSh The lower stnrS