Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-26
.CalIed Martinsyillc in 1860 and 1870.


Asto products the city and town table ,
are incomplete, but Secretary Swank'N r.
rort of the iron and steel product OF OH )
county. West Virginia. which l. all en-
closed i'm the output of Wheeling mills
shows that daring the census Yea
such manufactures alone reached the sum
al 81. G2I So. while the same industry IN
Belmont county, Ohio, and Marshall coun-
", W. Va, just adjoining, yielded respect
iVclv, the sums OF S2.3S3, 500 and 81 III;
During the same year the glass record
Of this section as shown by Mr.. J. II. Weeks
- vet unpublished figures, gives Wheeling
credit fnr manufacturing flint glass To the
value OF Sill. eco aS compared with $4,000
i'm 1870. Belmont county'S glass product in
1850 amounted To S19i.9llS1, las against
So. 500 in 1870. OF which $4,000 was window
and $7Oi, 9l9.S7 flint glass, and this was DIT
yidcd among Bcllairc. with its %oWV
of window and $4l2mO OF flint:
Bridgeport. with 1872, 900 Of flint and Mar
tins Ferry. with cl5O?i9,S, OF the same ElhI
The comparison of miscellaneous products
is reserved until the completion of census
returns ON coke. cotton goods, brcwcrl"S,
cas and print works which are not yet COM
piled.
To forctcll the history of Wheeling and its
cnyironS comes more within the province oil
the prophet than the newspaper Chronlcler.
II j. safe to say, NJ least, that
they will in the natural order OF
things. continue to hold prc-cmIncncc
as advantageous points Tor manufacturing
pursuits. With the cheapest and best iu"l
lying in practically incNhau'tlhIc quantities
beneath and around Us; with ores. limestone
and timber within easy reach, with large
collection of skilled and industrious
employees and large proportion OF urcapi-
tai in the hands OF trained and cntcrpri>lnS
EMPLOYERS il i easy To predict thus mll'h.
The new railroad to Cleveland will give us
another opening to the lakes and possibly
another bridge over the Ohio, and the rive
railroad via Parkcr>hurg 10 charleston VIII
place us in direct communication with the
interior OF West Virginia.
Allthc avenues OF supply and outl ct that
seem desirable at this time will. within the
next few wears. be within our reach, and 1t
ONLY needs the continued cooperation OF
rapital and labor to establish here ciu>tc
of,ronufacturiug cities which may ouiStrip
Pittsburgh and hcrdcprudcuCieS. 1t requires
no stretch of the imagination "a 81" the ON"
At this roint Spanncd with bridges Il, nu-
mcrouS A. those which span the AlIcGh"h q.
and Muuuugahcla near their coutuchr', anu
the hills cuCOmpaSSiug Us cut away To rN--
tend the valley area Of our city. or lIcc'I
with inclined railways hearing To and from
their breezy SUBMITS the added thouNan!
whowill come 10 Join Us in our prosperity II
orr moral and aesthetic growth shall kec ,
rarr with mere material advancement, these
will be supplemented with public lhrarlc
and gardens where the public may find it.
mental. moral and physical strengthening
and recreation: where innocent amusement,
viii seem more attractive than harmful!
dissipation; where beautiful streets ana
Swinging fountains and all desirable
surroundings shall impcrccpuC'y
WELD good influences upon those who I'VE
and move among them. All this the nope
ful pcumcn oi the RE"ISTEE expect TO chr"ni'
Gle. and extend hearty mNtailoh I" inc
balance of the world 10 help u> bring about
our carly municipal millennium.