Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-07-22

TOWN TALK.
short Remarks OF Representative
Business Men ON Business, and Of
Various Individuals ON Various Mat.
tiers.
wheeling is not exactly dull now,
neither is it very dull, remarked an acute
observer to ::REeIsrER "heeland-toist,"
yesterday. sSTo many people who are not
familiar with the run of business in this
city, suppose it would appear that it is
terrible here Just now, and to q certain ex-
tent il is, but il is not half as dull as you
may imagine. There is avery popular fall
Iacy here that the mills are Wheeling and
without them Wheeling is nothing That
is all right; but have made little study
of the situation, and have come to the con-
clusion that there are just acres of this city
outside the mills, andi we were Invested
Of them we would still possess the elements
of a great city, and ] Will !, show
You why. At the outset Wheeling
was not much of 8 commercial city outside
of her iron business, but in the last twenty
wears she has increased in importance as a
wholesale centre until she ranks away up
in the figures. Her grocers and dry goods
men sell goods in the very doors OF Gleve-
land. Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Baltimore
wholesalers, and all of the latter concede
wheeling to be one of their most formida-
Bile and piucky competitors in the sale of
these specialties. SO well have Wheeling
merchants become known all over West
Virginia, Southern and Eastern Ohio that
the merchants from these sections do near
ly all their buying here, and in this wise
Wheeling has assumed commercial i'm
portance that is more valuable than many
of her residents are aware OF. Then
of business in this city, which
Weld a large and handsome revenue
in a modest manner, that are not taken
into account, when speaking OF our re-
sources, and there are many other
reasons in support OF my assertion that
could give you, but think you see my
point said the a, o. as he got up to inter
view a wealthy country merchant who had
lust come in to look around for fall goods
"How is the revenue business this sum-
mer?" asked a REGISTER man of Deputy
Collector Walter Duval, yesterday.
well, it has picked up wonderfully IN
the last few days or / might saw IN the
last fortnight. There has been little
uneasincss among cigar manufactures, on
account of Congress delaying action in
the repeal Of the tax. Some Of them were
afraid to buy many stamps for fear they
would go down in price with them on their
hands, but recently they concluded that
there was nothing TO hope from Congress
this term and they are at 1t hard now 70
make up for lost time"
81 tell you what" said Gus Black, toll
keeper at this end of the Suspension Bridge,
"times are dull. July, August and Sep
TENDER are generally brisk months with us
here, but so far we are far below the aver
age. Picnics, shows and horse races are
very scarce this year"
'In all my steamboat experience, / have
never seen times-so dull on the river" said
Commodore John Crockard night before
last, as he leaned lazily up against salt
barrel near the wharf and contemplated
four or five steamboats, lying idly at the
wharf. II tell you briefly, l have no en-
couragement at all to go around and drum
upa trip for a steamboat any more. Since
the mills shut down there is not much to
do for any boat. There is hardly anything
moving either way on the river just now"
well, don't know" said "Pewiky"
u
any. OF course the stopping of the mills
took off some of our trade, and the freight
handlers strike in New York has detained
Wheeling freights considerably, but for all
that we are doing very we'll under the cir:
cumstances. Local business is not bad and
merchandise and other freights are being
handled very literally"
"People are travelling more this year
than they were at the same time last year,
and our traffic in this direction is much
more satisfactory than it has been," re-
marked Captain John I. Lane, B. & o.
Passenger Agent. These summer resorts,
low fares and attractive routes make 1t
cheaper to travel than to stay at home"
Eyes, business is much brighter this sea.
son than it was last" remarked John Mil
Ter, Esq, Secretary of the Buckeye glass
works, Martins Ferry, yesterday. "Last
year at this time neither the crops nor the
fruit locked so well or promised so abund-
ant harvest. Glass buyers are very plen-
tiful everywhere, and what is more they
don't merely look, they buy. | encounter
q much better feeling among all glass man.
ufacturers this season than l have for sew
elal seasons back"
1.-THE lantern business is simply very
good and orders are coming in on us very
literally" said Col. David Rankin, of the
Buckeye lantern works, Bellaire, to our
reporter, yesterday. "The season for our
goods is just opening and we are exceeding
our anticipations. The Bellaire Stamping
Company with which | am connected, is
Just booming and has recently received
several elegant orders. No, there is moth
ing to complain of with us.
"Things are very cheap now in the pro-
duce and commission business" was the
general remark of all the commission
merchants We saw yesterday. Potatoes
have gone down. Think of it they started
out at eighty cents and dollar peck
while now they rule at twenty-five cents
retail. Butter and eggs are firm but that
won't last long. There will be a big crop
of peaches and other fruits, but they will
be SO low in price as to spoil everything.
referring to that fiat rail business and
the nickel fare you can just say that If any
body wants my stock at a discount he is
welcome to ii, said about the most prom
inent director of the Citizens Passenger
Railway Company yesterday. THE COM
pany has lost 81 400 within the last few
months, and am morally certain that it !
can't stand the sweeping changes that are |
demanded. / am willing to quit 1t, L tell |
you"
WATER WAITS.