The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-22
THE WHEELING DAILY INTELLIGENCER WEDNESDAY MORNING MAY ~ lSo

But1p1so IMrRoyEMEaTs. = While
making our usual rounds yesterday, We
made some inquiries Of builders and
others in regard 70 the number oil build
ings going up in the city this spring as
.conpared With other seasons. The an
pEers 10 these inquiries were rather con.
flicting-some builders asserting that the
season was away behind last year; while
others claimed that there was q decided
Improvement in the business, and the
prospects for a busy summer were very
good. We take It, however, from what
we see and hear in u walks
and talks about town, that there 10
very little difference, II any, between this
season and last, rs regards the number oil
new houses In course Of erection. As q
general thing It may be said that the
new buildings are Of a better class than
usual, being composed principally oil
private residences and business houses,
but few tenements being reported. We
append q list Of new buildings which
came under our observation yesterday
Benjamin List is erecting q Handsome
double brick tenement, with all the mod.
ern improvements, on the east aide Of
Chapline street, between Odd and 23d
streets. -,
VIM. Hare il building 8 substantial
two-story brick residence on the corner
Of 10Th and Chapline streets.
John Mason's two-story brick on the
west side Of Main, south oil 22d street, l.
nearly completed. The ground floor will
be used for business purposes, and the
upper apartmentSlas q residence.
James Acker ia putting up n double
brick building, three stories in
height, on the north side Of 18th street,
east Of Jacob. The building is adapted
TO business and residence purposes.
Atwostory frame tenement Is being
built on McColloch street by Mr.. Alex.
Bowen.
Allen Howell Is building q very fine
residence, Of the most approved modern
style OF architecture, at Elm Grove.
Patrick Sharkey has the foundation
laid for a neat frame residence Of two
stories, on Virginia street, just west oil
the suspension bridge.
John Brill is building q two-story
brick dwelling on the south side Of 18th
street, between Jacob and Wood streets,
Mrs. Geo. W. Franzheim has q hand.
some frame dwelling house Of iw%o-siories
in course Of erection on the west side oil
Penn street, between Zane and Virginia
streets.
VIM, Travis new brick residence on
the east side OF Chapine street, between
Both and 3lst streets, is almost COM
pleted. It Is a very fine two.story
building.
Wm. Creighton has commenced the
erection Of q two-s,ory brick residence
on the west side Of Eof street, between
30th and Slst streets.
John Smith has put up q very tasty
frame residence on his property ut the
south end Of South Broadway.
James Carney is putting up q small
frame house on Jacob street, between 9th
and 18th streets. Mr.. Carney will short.
ly build = tWo-story frame on the same
lot.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hendricks is putting
up a two-story brick residence Oh jacob
street, between 9th and 18th streets.
Henry NJ. Babcock's brick residence
on Chapline street, between 18th and
Goth streets, IL being improved by an
additional story.
Mrs. johnson Is erecting a frame house
on her property, at No. 4,229 Wood street
Mrs. Mann is building . two story
brick residence on Indiana street, Island,
Nesbitt & Bro, have commenced to
tear down the old buildings on the Bruce
property, on the east side OF Market be-
tween 18th and l4th streets, preparatory
10 the erection Of a handsome three.story
business block. 1t Is understood that
Mr.. John Bruce proposes to put up q
similar building on an adjoining lot.
Mira. @. Mabis Is putting up a neat and
substantial brick business block on Mar.
ket street, opposite the Mcclure. House.
Mr.. F. Coen has recently completed
fine frame residenee on the west eide O.
Penn street, between Zane and Virgins
streets.
The Messrs. McLain have improved
their block, at the corner OF 18th ant
Market streets, by putting an additions
story on the building known as Mozart
Hall.
Mr.. John Fl. ssallman hss just com,
plcted u fine brick residence on the north
east corner Of Ohio and South Broadway
streets.
Immediately opposite Mr.. stallmani
residence Mr.. Louis Bayha has erected Q
commodious and comfortable brick resi-
dence.
There are other improvements in pro
gress, which have already been men
TONED in these columns. We do not give
the above ~ a complete list. Il Is sim
ply the result Of a days perambulations
about the city. Possibly there are some
new buildings which may have ESCAPED
our observation.
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