Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-03

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HOSPITALITY OF TIVE, CITIZENS.

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NJ c.pitol, under constrvseons " W
VIZ the hate has sppFoPriatsd xs8
.na .kel United States court noess
POU,oS for which CoHgress pa nsov .,o1
sbapSR zion Of $75.0 Ine assSs. ss
ed Is slresp spuch moro IT. ,.ncs,eS nss hpiid.
ing. Inc icr State house, buiN ano
owned y 'ae ~ for thsuss OF the seS
Il viii be reeolleeta. 1Sssk ths capital IVES
removed 70 Wheeling. -. Is On In.
ducement for the remoIG' back 10 this
place, ~
II vas large ead pretsntiees trustuss,
planned for the requirensnts' 81 th0
bastard ofspriDs Of Q political rals,n -
Gov Wise used 70 call the youQg wss born
State, will not meet tie necessitie1 Of Tie
rich and prosperous Commonwealth With
Large expectations" and Legislature nom
bering IS members In the House and % In
the Senate. So . great part OF tho old 6tatS
house has been pulled down nearly 70 the
foundation, and extension wings have bseu
added, walls and partitions have been ~.
moved, halls widened, ceilings raised, and
to all intenis and purposes new building.
possessing
Aseh Arehiteetsrai Beauty,
has been designed by the skillful archi-
tects, Messrs. G. &. Kemble, OF Wheeling,
and A. PEBBLES, Of Pittsburgh, and much ot
il already finished in elegant style. The
wings contain the two chambers for the
Legislature-the Senate chamber In the
right, with executive offices and those of
the Secretary OF State beneath, on the fsst
floor. Opposite, in the left wing. 10 the
hall of the House OF Delegates, with audi
tors and treasurer's Offices beneath, alsoon
the frat floor. In the centre are spacious
balls, wide stairways, and tower, two
hundred and ten feet high, will take tho
place of the present spirc, one hundred
and five feet In height. In the main or
centre building will be located the Court
Of Appeals room, the armory and other
offices. The
Halls or the I've Hsases
will be finished In native woods and the
reiiings paneled. The first story Of the
building Is constructed OF the famous Mst
hoping sandstone, which was discovered
on Elk river, six miles from this place, BY
Mr.. Kemble, and developed BY the yetersa
contractor. Mr.. A. II. Sheppard, OF Wheel
III y. NCTy uuEubtr buu Iuttr Ofu~
mental. The sum OF 5000 additional has
been appropriated for heating the building
by steam. Mr.. Sheppard has engaged 70
turn the building over to the Board OF Pub
lie Works on the 10th dav Of Ssptsn-
Der, 1884.
The United states CsaPt Bssse
Is also q handsome building, even In Its
present Impoverished condition. It wAs
designed by Mr.. Hill, the supervising arch
itect Of the Treasury Department, and the
construction Is superintended by Mr.. &. q.
Kemble. The contractors for the super.
struction are Robert Davldson d Co, ot
Washington. The material used In its
construction is Alexandra brick, made
clay running through Virginia, Maryland
and Pennsylvania as far north a. Philsdel-
phia, the finest brick clay In the world,
iound nowhere else aud from which the
famous baltimore pressed brick are made.
The Maboning stone Is used for the dress-
ing of the basement, and the ManAsaAs
brown sandstone for the dressing of the
supentructure. These buildings when
completed will be
Highly OSaeOeata1 % shs Ctty.
which now numbers about six thousand In
babitants, and shows many new and sub
stantial buildings, has good and growing
Wholesale grocery and dry goods trade, and
will soon have new railroad, the extsn-
sion Of the Ohio Central. That road 10 noe
being pushed rapidly up the Kanawhs
river from Point Pleasant, sixty miles from
this place. The track Is laid and material
and freight trans running nov over ths
whole distance except three miles. In
week or two Il will be completed 10 this
place, and 10 In said thst In another month
the work will be Let 70 Ksnavha Palls,
some forty miles above here. The grade on
this road 10 the easiest In the State. being IN
no part heavier than 4 $40 inches 10 100
feet. or q feet In Q mile. The heaviest
work on this extension In
The BvsAxs Aessss shs Ohts,
at Point Pleasant The bridge viii Be of
iron. with four piers. and 100 feet from
Il will be- 100 feet high. the highest brides
on the Ohio but one, thst ct Wheeling.
which 10 I0I feet, the Parkersburg bridge
being 20 feet and the Cincinnati o.. Tho
coffsrdains for the construction OF the piesS
OF this bridge bsvs been built, and u 70
hoped that the river will not rice bcfees
the piers can be raised above hieh wstsr
marx. when that bridge d completed.
trains will run through from TOLEDO, Ohio,
10 this place, and on 10 kausWha fous.
The hospitality Of the good psopls 81
OnhTlestOn nes Oeeu
Rather Severely TsKs1
during the last two weeks LNt week they
entertained the synod OF yirginls. and this
week the Grand Lodge Of Oda Fellows Of
West virginis-both bodies consisting of
shout 100 member, end the Odd feil0ws
bringing with them or sttYsaling several
hundred visiton. The procssston, In
which the KspaWbs Cadets and city hrs-
men joined. 10 aid 70 bAxs been ons q
the finest ever seen, here. wednesday The
visitors were sumptuously, bapguetted ~
the lodges here. Thursdsv ths o1csrs foe
the ensuing year weD elected. The
following srs the names Of The odtosse
chosen: Grand Nsstsg. r.. G4no. w0t
yDion, DoSdridge cousty. Dspaty Grand
Warden, o. 3. Mckinney. Rsirnost;
Grand Secretary, Tb0s,, a.. 6tssl Graitos:
Grsud 7seasuIes, Ia Bemsp. Wheelinfi
Grand 1ppssseatstiIs 10 Bovefpien Osao1
Lodge. yuoee J. T. Woke, KeySef'C City.
The ogsnd Encasspment elected the foJ-
lowiDs ssfneen: Jscoe herssv. Whs:linE.
Grark Chief Pssrisfcb; G. 6hhysr. bsth-
sny, Grand High hisSt; q, Brtakmss.
WhsolipE. Grand Bsnjos WAfden: u. Ayee.
CbNjDton, GrsDd Junios Warden: II a.
Ut6Usn. Wbeslfng, Ggpd 5eribe: II. b.
mxo, wheeling, Gfspd Tfsaspsss; J. O.
vase. whesli6g, Gfssd Representative.
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