Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-30
NEIGHBORH00D NEWS.
WElLSBURG, BELLAIRE AND BRIDGE
PORT.
The Industrial Boom in BroOks-Aquatc
Activity at Belaire-Brief Men
ton from Three Thriy-
ing Towns.
wELLsBURG LETTER.

| The Business Boom Strikes Wellsburg-
Numerous Enterprises - Cow Killed
Rumored Strike-A Bad Crowd-Per-
sonalities
An anomaly exists in Wellsburg at
present, and it is that there are compare
lively speaking, but few idle men here.
Things have commenced TO boom, and
there is an undercurrent of considerable
activity which seems to have taken pos
session of our little city. The stone
masons are rushing up the foundations
for the Riverside Glass Works, and
there is great deal OF activity there
abouts. The lands for the proposed
coal shaft have been purchased, and tie
deed canveying the same to the Wells
burg Mining Company is of record in
the County Clerk office. The civil en-
gineer will be here this week for the pur-
pose OF getting things in shape to begin
work Immediately. 1t is claimed that
the work will be hurried TO completion.
Two or three representatives of COM
pany of Pittsburgh glass makers, who
desire a location for glass works, were
here on Monday, and viewed several
sites suitable for the purpose. We under
stand they were favorably impressed.
They will probably locate here, and if
they do, they will commence to build
this fall.
BENZ Jacobs * Co. have bought land
over the creek, south of town, for the
purpose of making brick. They COM
menced work this week. 1t is their in
tention to make 10000 before cold
weather sets in.
Several parties are contemplating
building dwelling houses. One gentle
man who owns a quarter of a square in
the interior of town, informed us that
he was going TO erect thereon this fall,
six frame buildings of tasty design
and modern style. q. W. Freshwater,
who owns a beautiful tract OF bottom
land Immediately north of and adjOin-
ing Welsburg has divided it into town
lots, and will offer them at public sale
shortly. Wellsburg is in a fair way to
become a place of life and business ac-
tivity, and all that is required to accom-
plish that end is for our citizens to fol-
low up their advantages.
The freight train on the Pewiky,
which passed down about A. NJ. Sun
day, killed a COW belonging to Nathaniel
Nelson. He valued the bovine at $50.
He will endeayor to recover damages
from the company.
1t is rumOred that the coal dggcrs in
this neighborhood will ask an advance
OF one half cent per bushei, and il not
granted will quit work.
A more hilarious crowd never invaded
the sacred precincts of our moral burg
than that OF the Pittsburgh excursion
lists returning from the boat race on Sat
uEdaY night. They fought. yelled and
people breathed sigh OF relief when
the locomotive whirled them out OF
town.
Miss Halle Naylor, after a pleasant
visit here, returned to her home in Bel
laire, to-day.
Mrs. J. VI. Jones and daughter, En-
ma, departed for Pittsburgh this morn
ing, on visit.
The Circuit Court is still in session.
The cases on trial are OF minor import
anCe.
Editor Elliot, OF the Steubenville
Chronicle, was in town to-day.
The residue OF the Moore estate was
sold at public sale on Saturday. The
property sold exceedingly well and at
high figures.
From the Herald.
Two or three boys are wanted from the
upper PAN Handle counties to accept
State positions in the University at
Morgantown, books and tuition free.
The places seem TO 90 a-begglng.
One of the SteUbenvillc papers tells
us that the first carload OF material for
the construction of the much-talked OF
coal shipping establishment, opposite
that city, has come to hand. The talk
about that coal project, like that about
another we have read about, is little
"monotonous," but it will materialize.
A party out at Washington, Pa, inn
pressed with the cheapness and mani
fold uses OF natural gas at East Liver
pool, saws he is willing "to contribute
$50 toward testing the gas constantly
bubbling up in CHARTERS Greek, on the
Hess farm" near that town. There is
bubbling place of the same kind OF gas
in Buffalo creek, near the county bridge,
at Wellsburg, that has been known for
a long time. Possibly in these booming
times means might be found to investi-
gate il.
Judge Melvin does not appear to have
much taste for the dilly-dally way some
OF the attorneys have gotten into in their
manner of conducting suits, and showed
his impatienCe with it pretty decidedly
during the preliminary skirmishing in
the Antle vs.. Whitson suit, on Wednes-
day afternoon. As faithful public
journalist and sentinel on the public
watch tower, we are constrained to say
that the Judge is in the right about 1t,
and We hope he will succeed in stamp
ing out the County Court hOw-not-to-
do-it style OF practice that the attorneys
seem disposed to introduce into his
court.
BUSINESS is booming down at the
site of the new glass works. As fast as
one relay of loOkers-on is exhausted,
another instantly takes its place. The
stone for the foundation, &c, is being
hauled from just below Forbes, Carml-
chael d Co. 5 coal works, part OF 1t being
quarried out Of the county road at that
point. Several teams, we understand,
are engaged, there being an urgent ne
ceSsitv To have the foundations securely
laid before the wet weather sets IN.
The trenches as dug are filled nearly
full of cracked Stone, upon which ce-
ment is thickly spread, or grouted, and
upon this the bottom course OF large
stone will be laid. Water has been
struck at a depth Of about six feet but
we presume the well will 90 much
deeper