Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-26
FACTS AND FIGURES OF PROMISE.
& RirtlseNe View.

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4 Birtlseye View.
Standing on any Oi the hilltopS which
overlook the northern end ut " hc'.luS' oh
the east hank of the ohio River Tue eve
takes in "a panorama whose hEr'u'" .Il'
movement challenges the admiration 10 ''Iy
bebolder At his feet North Wheeling. nan
b;JJc,, Tx the smoke Oi its mills and
foundries, and cnliycued by the cIattcr
nail machines and the sound OF
.sEr,v hammers, closing rivct> nv"
increase, 81, the hills gcc.Lr along the Pitts
bnr,,b Wheeling and Kentucky railroad
and the street car lime, which connect u
with the centre of the body OF which II Is
So active a member. Directly across the
river. and connected by a steam ferry that
seem, constantly in motion, Martin Ferry
NE. close % the waters edge. the rludeEN
from its furnaces and factories corning q
hold prumontory above which the river
brOadcnS into a wider stretch "i SILVER, anu
on the other side the straight lines OF the
PttsLur,,h and cleveland railroad separate
the business portion Of the town from the
rloteau ON which many Ot its handSom"St
residences are built.
Down the river and following q contln-
nous line Of busy life ON other SIDE.
Wheeling Island be- almost mn the centre "i
the stream and the cables uJ the Suspension
bridge which spans the ma,u channel look
ike spiders threads i'm the distance. Far
Their down the dome ot the Exposition HNli"-
ING ON the new Fair Grounds rises above en-
howered residences like the miniature capl,
toI of an independent principalIty, and
below the back river bridge the edges OF
bridgeport and its suburbs at kirkwoOd AMI
West Wheeling stand out against the ONO
hills Beyond these the outlines ot BeIiairc
are hidden by the smoke Oi her mauuIaC-
toric, and those Of BCnwOod on the Oppp-
site side but the railroad bridge across the
Nt.h
ohio main line meets the Central Ohio the
Cleveland and Pittsburgh, the IuNcarawI'
Valley and the Bcllaire and southwestern
railroads and the ferries above can Dc ms
tinguiShed easily among the shipping ~ tne
landings below the city whIryc>. ON tins
side of the river the view Is INSTRUCTED at
several points. but nearly the whole ot the
four miles Of Wheeling river frontage can
be- made out and the stretch
where the city trends eastward
along the banks Of Wheeling creek through
Fulton, can be followed by the eye until
the line of smoke disappears in the clearer
atmosphere that cnclrrlcN MI. De 'Hah'a'
and its surrounding valley
Many in one.
Here. i'm q space mo- more extended than
that occupied bv the city Of Chicago and no
NOR, widely separated 10y river DIVISIONS
ar, included hall dozen cities and villages
under different municipal governments hut
connected hv the closest ties OF business AMI
social intercourse. Engaged IN ia" same
pursuits. linked together 10y convenient
means Of communication ami tr&uNp1C'ailuh
and having the same aims ami ainHl'l"hN'
they constitute substantially ONE commit
nity and present about the same evidence
Cf present thrift and the same promise oI
future prosperity
lis the pleasure OF the REGISTER, winch
has kept the chronicles "t Wheeling ana It's
yiCinage for nearly quarter "t century
an the occasion OF an advance step M ltN
own progress, 20 review history and note the
infu1uccS which have tended To make
pr mar the fortunes Of the community
in which its own work has been carried ON,
as well ~ To- present some facts ami IguFeN
connected with the present status "l NuCh
community from which its future may hr
at least argued Ii such presentation lacks
The scope and completeness al detail, winch
wouId be- desirable for a full shown" OF our
mast advances, our present condition anu
our future prospects. II Will be reulemnereb
that people who are getting ahead nave NOT
oIvov, time To make and give tull reports
OF their progress TO the newspaper >tItlsu'
clan.
The early history OF the development ot
this section dates back To 1860, when the
Zonc brothers. EbcuuZcr, Sila> and Jonathan,
came here from their former home near thu
prp,ent town of MuOrctcld. on the Sputh
branch of the Potomac river, AMI located
claims near the intersection Ut Wheeling
creek and the Ohio river. In the tpioNlnS
spring colonel EbeuCzcr Zane brought hts
family 10 the new settlement 10y way oI
Rrdstcur Fort. the present site of Browns
willie. Pa add the Ohio river, Heating down
The latter in canoes other families soon
after were added and in lIIi the fort, after
wards known ~ Fort Henry, WAS built near
the eastern end Of the present Suspension
Bride, Indian ho>tilitic~ delayed the
growth Oi the settlement, amt the name
Wheeling i said to have been derived from
the killing hv Indians of q white settler and
The plariug Uf his head ON pole near the
centre of the present site, the wort w eel
iug" Siguifviug head in the dialect oI
thc Delaware tribe. In l~uG 10 was Moor
poratcd ~ village. and in the same year
Bridgeport. known aN canton UNIV lNt'.
VA, laid out by Ehrnczcr Zane. In lNln,
Wheeling had Nlt inhabitants. The hulId-
iuc, pf the National ruld to the ohio river
and its subsequent extension through the
State Of Ohio, added population aud bl'NI-
ness 10 both towns. In l~-u Wheeling wl-
a prominent distributing point ON ia" "
tiIpoI road for pa>~cugyr> and trcu,ht. east
and west and had lH6T ut resident p"pula-
ZION while Bridgeport had received Cou>ld-
cradle arcc,SiuuS. and had become pruinl-
mont ruiut fur the manufacture ut Keel auu
fiat boats for river traffic. In lN.'N the back
river bridge from the Island To- ,he ONO
shore was completed, ami IN t>t', unl'L
q charter from the State OF Nlrg'ul2, the tr>t
SuSrcuSiuu bridge with Il clear span ui 100
feet was built over the main channel. the
two structures being subsequently protected
by m act Of Congress declaring them post
roads. Bcllairr, founded 10y Jacob PAWS IN
1902 was laid out III lots IN lN@E Fulton
WAS hcclln bv the erection Ot Il paper mill m
- "a
founder Ebcnczer Martin, in the same year.
Wheeling had become port OF dcuve-i M
1881. with 5.22l inhabitants, and nm lN%H han
been incorporated II u city and hat pUl1t
her present water works.
Early Manufacturing.
BY 1910 she had $40 inhabitants. and thG
ou,iity abundance and location of the coal
Strata i'm this section had induced the cNtab-
hShment Of various manufactures h"iHn'E
those Of glass and iron. In review ot her
buSiness during that wear there are men
toned the Merchants and Mechanics and
the Northwestern banks; the Wheeling
Savings Institution: the Fire and Marine
Insurance Company; VI. 4 X III. sweeney
flint class works: Richie x Wilson. crown
glass: Pluukett 4 Miller, Hint glass; EnccI
q Cy.thbcrt. and McNamec X Adams, win
dow glass; David Agncw. rolling m'.i' \
NJ Phillips. Sweeney, Mathews Gray,
Helm & Richardson and K. X W. Miller,
machine shops and foundry: W. Lambdcn
x Sons, 4. x X. Fisher, \. Armstrong
Co, paper mills; Dana Hubbard and Joseph
Jenkins Il Sons, saw and hoIr'nE nuns
James Pcmbcrton. boat yards, and J. ).
Brown, planning mills.
The aggregate annual products OF these
industries were set down ~ Sl,l5DOro; the
number of hands employed at 600; the coal
used at 100000 bushels, and the value III
the fuel AT $27.O,N. At this time there were
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