The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-04
LOCAL "REMINISCENCES
OF tho Last FIFTY Years in wheel.
Ing,


RecolIectious Of Old Citizonsand
Old Houses.
Eiiton 1pt.llis,aesr
Al the close Of my last commune alton,
sE utwsrd" was the parting word, and
under that bearing we can easily, and
almost without obstruction, pass up the
rnfsncsd creek bank to what was the
tben Cotton factory, almost OF he'creek
bank; and to a LOT which afterwards
proved a stumbling block to more than
one Of our %citissns under the name Of
4Howard Iron Works. This cotton fac'
tory Was irst owned or controlled by a
gentleman named Hull, / believe, but in
later days, and different times, Messrs.
Rlbert Woods and George B. Tinsle
busted Themselves in trying to subdue
King Cotton, and, Of course, make them
selves monied king; and | reckon they
hsd more success In that line, than the
earlier proprietor, because at a more
for.uitous period. At any rate, Mr.. Hall
and his supporters had TO succumb TO
tina. tide which led many staunch and
hopeful crafts into engulphiug breakers,
from whence the fswsst only emerged, to
aoat almost ml,tless and ruddsrless and
seek shelter in the frat haven; l. q, vol
untary bankruptcy. Farther up the
creek were the brick yards Of the late
John Gally, and beyond them up to the
the intersection OF Lindsey (l9) street,
were thetraining grounds for r%ace.horses,
OF which Dolly Piper and others, belong
ing 10 q man named "yiclor," were the
tuyoriles Of most OF the East Wheeling
boys.
Following the line Of Lindsey street
westward, along the creek bottom, about
mid way between 7th and 9Th Wood and
jacob there was an abrupt rise to about
the present grade Of the street; aud =
short distance beyond, aud to the south,
lived the old gentleman, or John Gally-
farther west, beyond 9th (JacOb) street,
bu, on the north side Of Lindsey street,
were two small ons.story bricks, then be-
lopgingto John Gilchrtst Sen, and both
Of which are very little changed in APP
psarance since. Aframe house stood in
The rear Of a lot adjoining, on the east,
but my memory at preson! gra,ps meme
other.
There are but few OF the old citizens
who cannot recall the tsnements Of Jacob
Amick, who was for many years the
Street Commissioner OF the city, but who,
Mt our era, waa engaged in the msnufac-
ture Of brick, and also in dealing in ice,
with a yard Immediately in front Of his
old residence THE residence is still stand
ipg) and an Ice house at the north end Of
the irst lot cas-! of 9Th (Eoff) street,
while his dwelling was located about the
middle Of the lot, eastward OF that.
On Clay street (Eigh.eenth) Thos. T..
Smith kept q shoemaker shop in thee old
brick house, on the second lot fiom the
corner, and this house and the two, which
belonged 10 Daniel Gilchrist, on the frat
lot east Of the alley, together with the
james CAMPBELL and Otto Hess tenements,
was tho only house westward OF (6.h) ia.
cob street and north OF Clay (lsth).
On the south side Of Clay, from what's
now known as the Prayer property. q
house built BY Rev. Collins about lSi7,
up to the next alley, E, with scarcely an
exception, 1t is as 1t used TO be. with per.
hAps here and there a little brushing up.
East Of said alley were the Rsgan and
Britt houses. and nothing moro.
Etstwnrd oil 9Th Jacob, not regarding
the side OF the street, were Martins Ha-
ley's, Hauseman's, Robinson's, Slmpson's,
Lutheran Church, and Thos. Hogs's, Rep.
etc, Smiths and sone others whose
names connot 10 recalled.
Ga Zme (l7tb) one u almost point
out the houses Of our story by the fact
that they had been built before the street
was graded, and we're perched above the
level OF the thor oughfare.
Such names as Hall, Hartley, Ratclif,
ApIiu, Richardson, Richards, Falloure,
a., we're household names, aud still at
tarh 10 the properties in which they once
lived, although in some instances not
owned BY their heirs. While rambling
IN thought over East Wheeling and re.
counting their old rsaidents and their
h~.bitsIions, some may ask what gave the
East Wheeling Company addition an
impetus, apparently 80 much beyond that
which attended the additions Of the origi-
nal proprietor, and they so much nearer
the old town. Perhaps II was in part a
result from the opening Of a short route
TO the Steeprod place BY the East Wheel.
ing turnpike, but more likely the natural
following alter the establishment Of the
Glass Works and other industrial inter-
eats within its bounds. One can easily
see what has been the impetus given 10
the Immediate surroundings by the Cen
traI, Glass Work., aud II that one indus
Try can eject such a reyersion upon this
muchlarEer body, when machinery has 10
amsnnersulplRnte manual productions,
m idea can " readily conceived Of the
effect which " such industries must
have had on the then smaller community.
On Main street about where John
Bi.hop afterwards built, l can, rs q boy,
ostiute up the signs Of J. 4 q. Ritchfe;
Rnchie & Wilson; Plunket & Miller, &C.,
but it vain Eat Wheeling, and where
The Fonrih Ward public school property
nov il, that the life Of their business was
maniisst. The lint works, as they we're
called, stood near the corner Of Zine
and Q b streets 9th and Jacob %streets),
aud the Crown works,were farther west,
aud near the alley line. The flint glass was
moi, IA noW, made oflims and the cheap.
er materials which characterize modern
invention, but was what Is called @lead
glass" and was not nodded "a now, but
sigely produced by blowing and more
dext!ous handling, aud consequently
more skilled or prscticed labor. And
10 produce acythiny like the quantity
now turned out required a greater mum.
Der Of master. woIEmen, as well as assilt.
ants thereto.
The flint glass has only been referred
TO by way Of contrast, but 10 tho Crown
there Is n remoteness, and an antiqus-
rianiEm, ! had almost said, which makes
#, "oi the past" In %neSrly'eyery phase, 10
which il may DO viewed. Ii was said,
that only two works had been put 10
operation for making crown glass within
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