The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-05-01

And the way We Entertained Them Yes.
terday.

OUR VISITORS,
And the Way We Entertained Them Yes.
terday.
We announced yesterday morning that
a party Of gentlemen from Cleveland and
points along the line Of the
Cleveland and Tuscarawas Valley Rail
road, would arrive in this city about noon,
for the purpose OF examiningthe road, the
country through which 1t runs, and which
is tributary to 1t, the terminal facilities Of
iered by this city and our neighbors across
the river, and in abort to Judge as far as
they could OF the possibilities Of the new
road. Wheeling has looked forward to
the completion Of this road with consid-
cradle interest, as its opening would give
US rare freight advantages and direct COM
muuication with the lakes, and through
them our mills will readily receive the
Lake Superior iron ore, which will be o
convenience long desired by our iron
manufacturers. The announcement then
that number OF important railroad Oil,
cials, capitalists and business men o.
Cleveland and other places were about %
inspect our manufactures and industrial
institutions, Of course had the IN
tended effect, and OF noon yestef'
day large crowd met OF the
New Mcclure House where carriages
were in waiting TO convey them 10
Bridgeport, which Is the present eastern
terminus Of the new road. Here was
found quite a crowd Of the citizens Of
Bridgeport, who were also curiously
awaiting the visitors.
A representative OF the IETILtIdENoRR
accompanied the Wheeling party and in
the interval elspsing between the arrival
at the depot and the arrival OF the train
took occasion to look around the town In
the immediate vicinity Of the new depot.
The latter ia very unpretenttous frame
building, evidently gotten up as tenn
porary depository for freight and q wait
ling place for passengers. There are
several rooms in It which are utilized as
waiting rooms, freight and ticket Offices, and
/ a telegraph Office, and as such are tolerably
convenient. One indication OF theimpetus
the road has given things Ia Observable III
tho filling up Of a street heretofore
neglected and which has been long felt
necessity. The work Of completing the
road 10 the waters edge at West Wheel
ling Ia being pushed as rapidly as possible
and n large force OF men was seen all
along the route iromthe depot. From the
| depot 10 this terminal point Is one con-
tinuous treStle and the work Of construc.
ton Is necessarily slow and mas been, Out
very little now remains to be done.
About two o'clock the special train ar,
rived at the depot, having been delayed
by one OF the cars jumping the track
about ten miles out. The train consisted
OF the parlor coach "Etie Elsler' and one
other car, and the passengers were the
following named gentlemen:
) Selah Chamberlain, President Of the u,
7. v. and W. R. R.
DIR. W. s. Streator, Vice President OF the
O., L. V. and W. K. r.
Hon. Fl. B. Perkins, director Of the O.,
T. v. and W. 4. 4. :,
K. H. Myers, director Of the O., I. v.
and W. R. 4.
Hon. James Mason, director OF the O.,
T. v. and ". R. R..
Hon. ]. W. Tyler, General Attorney fol
the O., I. v. and W. R. r.
Henry A. Kent, Esq, OF New York.
Hon. Samuel Williamson, President OIL
. the Society for Savings.
Hon. j. II. Wade, President Of the Citi'
D zens' Savings Bank, and President OF the
Cuyohoga Valley r. R., and formerly
President OF the W. U. Telegraph Com
. a. Hill, General Freight Agent OF the
L. s. and N. s. Z. r.
Geo. @. Dodge, ESQ.
Hon. E. S. Flint, ex.Mayor OF Cleye
land.
d. G. Brooks, President OF Brooks 1o
conceive Works, Dunkirk, N. Y.
NJ. S. Hinman, Secretary OF Brooks Lo'
: comoive Works.
Hon. z. B. Dennis, President Of the o.
O., @. and Straitsville K. R.
Thomas Moore, II. Moon, j. z. Chaplin
New Philadelphia.
Issac Holloway, Flushing.
L. Lyman, James Slaght, Cleveland
Hon. Z. g. Loomis, President Silver
Creek Coal Co.
: 10. Haggett, Dunkirk.
| Hon. O. Russell, Director O., I. V. & w
]. A. McLain, Massillon.
: Thirteen carriages were in waiting and
the following gentlemen from this city and
,, Bridgeport paired off with the visitors;
Mayor A. J. Sweeney, DR.. 7. II. Logan
: President OF the Second Branch OF Coun'
! Gil, w. O. Handlan, Esq, DR.. George
! Baird, A. W. Campbell, ESQ.,, NJ. Reilly
G. w. Brockunier, Hon. O. ID. Hubbard
Hon. R. II. Cochran, Capt John Mel ure
Lewis Baker, Esq, OF the Register, w. 5
Meek, Of the Neies.L ettEE, Capt, Andrew
Wilson, ]. D. Dubois, j. N. Vance, Au
9 gustus Pollock, this city, and Z. p, Rhodes
: William Alexander, Hon. Ross j. Alex
/ ander, W. Holloway,of Bridgeport.
r Capt. Andy Baggs, General Manager
had the party in charge, and was most as
exertions was the success Of the excursion
mainly attributable.
West Wheeling was the frst place Wis.
tied, in order that the railfoaders could
see the river terminus OF the road. From
this place the party next proceeded to
Martins Ferry, via .Etnayille, taking in
the Etna Mill, Buckeye Glass Works and
Benwood blast furnace en- route, from the
carriages. From Martins Ferry they
crossed to the Top Mill, where Hon. o. d.
Hubbard, @. R. Hubbard and Bir. Jshn
P. GilChrist showed them around the
mill. While the party were at this mill \
cast was made at the furnace, which was
witnessed with much admiration by many
OF them, 10 whom 1t was at once novel
and interesting spectacle. The Riverside
and Belmont Mills were next visited, and
then Hobbs, Brckunier 4 Co.'s Glass
Works, Of which thorough examination
was made by the strangers, and the var
ious methods Of making glass, etching, en-
craving, ornamenting, &c. &c, CuIiously
watched.