The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-04
PLUCKY MERCHANTS.
OF THE FLOOD tFFAcED

And iuLnsu Moving on in lis Aeeustum,d CAaA.
nsis-U hsslins Wholesale Houses in a. Coed
Trlm for Trails a, E'sr-The Situation
Bright sai Grouins Brighter.
Three weeks haye lassel since the llood,
its devastation completed. retired from thu
field OF It's operations in Wheeling and VI.
clnity. At that time the outlook Tor bust.
hess seemed gloomy, but few people were
dtshesrtened. Tho Whesling business mel,
SHOWED their pluck and enterprise AZ few
communities have ever shown these quail.
ties. After 4 great fire the losers generally
have tho insurance 10 fall back upon III n
nucleus around which to rebuild their shat
tered fortunes, but after a Hood, more gen.
eral and US ruinous rs II tire, the damage aud
loss OF various kinds fall direct upon the VIC
tins, and there Is NO avenue in which they
can seek relief. Therefore tho indo,nitable
energy and pluck which have enabled the
business insn OF Wheeling to retrieve their
losses, replenish their depleted stocks, and
resume their business almost before their
stores and shops are dry, Is deserving OF all
praise. gLtSbFi
The elasticity OF the business community,
no less than the firm foundation and sound
superstrocture OF tho trade OF Wheeling, Is
we'll shown by the proHptitnde with which
all Injurious traces OF the flood have been
eifaced, and the tho,oughness OF the reaction
from the depression caused by the flood.
SOME FALSE IMPRESSIONS.
Going about among the Wholesale estab.
lishments Of the city now there are few signs
10 be noticed OF the recent visitation Of
waters. Dat through the country some false
impressions seem 10 prevail In regard 10 the
Situation here. Ono Of these. and seemingly
the most prevalent, is that there Ia n large
quantity OF damaged goods OF ysrloua kinds
left on hand here. Thia is entirely erroneous.
ALI the goods injured by the flood have been
disposed Of. Those which were entirely or
almost ruined we're thrown away, and those
stability were quickly sold IN job lots to
country me.chan,s, and twice as many could
have been sold. Few OF them found q retail
market In the city, the eagerneEs for than In
small towns being 80 great that everything
was gobbled up at wholesale as fast % il
could be handled.
A person who Is in the habit OF visiting the
wholesale houses OF Wheeling periodically 10
buy goods, and who has not been here since
lths ii9od, could not tell in many OF the
stores lately under water tha. thCrs had been
a flood, were he to visit them to.Isy, and u
month tr I'M now the effects will be entirely
impcrcep;ib!e, and the Hood will be only u
utetnory. sF5b4
IsrsLLIGEscgs reporters made tours among
the bcsintss establishments OF the lately
| nSo1aJ ES1trtnIu fnnkar1ov with a 1,tar, ~ ap-
certainlng the condition of 'trade. It was
discovered that fresh stocks had been laid in,
and business was progressing as we'll az evor.
something OF the state. OF Affairs can be
cleaned from The following reviews and tAlkH
by business men themselves:
eB9cEsIss. TO-.
Joseph speidei 4 Co., tho wsii-known
wholesale gfocers, were almost too busy to
office Stocking up" aud in ,hs store the en-
tire force was busy packing goods for ship
meat. They repcrG business picking up well;
they hsye all they CAL DO. They had no
damaged goods, having taken the prscaution
10 carry everything into tho second story,
and while the water was about nine feet
deep OH the first II ,or goods were sold and
carried on. ia fiat boaia. Their drammefs
arc or the road as uaual, and report no fall
Ing OF In orders. Except for the high water
mark0n the walls in the office the effects of
the flood would be imparcepsible in this es-
tab, ishment.
Norton & Weits declared that business wss
better with them than before the flood. They
have recovered entirely from the flood, and
are in as good shape as ever.
Zarnitz Bros. find 10 change. for the worse
In trade. They have no goods that wprs
| FursOeI aNf urn in GO ~ Nod olts ,o fnn L,,,s
ness as sver. .f
NELL Il Ellingham: Business wes never
better, Sir, never better. The condition of
Affairs along the river does not seem 10 have
chaaged for tho WORSE at all. Not a custo-
mer has gone back on US, and the Wheeling
merchants are too plucky to let a little thing
like this hurt them. It ia i%njuring the retsii
trade come now, on account OF this Tree
grub business. 1t will be 4 blessing when
they stop that. We have ell We can do, and
that's as much ~ we ask" a.r g5i
Simon Bael's Sons and all their employes
were as busy ss beavers. They Say they are
In a better condition than ever before, and
business IL above the average. They lost
nothing except from the suspension Of bust
ness. -.
Bloch Brothers have about as much TO do
as ever ut this timeof year. They still have
some cleaning up from the hood 10 do and
this makes the farco work sven harder than
usual. Their principal loss was on cigars.
Their stock now is all fresh, and they are
doing a thriving business in all departments.
They have no damaged goods. Lots Of new
goods on tho way at the time OF the food
have arrived. md their trade is going ahead
in its usual channel.
B. J.. Bmyth, the grocer, Is in hia usual
good shape, and doing Gs good business as
ever. s
Capt. J. III. Ray, Of La Belle street, and D..
J. Mckee, OF the Island, caught it pretty
heavy, but have both entirely recovered, and
are selling lots Of first class family groceries.
DRY GOODS.
Simpson & Hcge have no damaged goods
left, they were sold as fast as they could
handle them. Their new stock, now In, was
boushtin Ill unprecedentedly low market,
and Is all ffesh and Of late ssylts. They are
in SIS coed shape in every sense as they ever
were, and though this Is their dull time OF
year their business averages we'll.
L; s. Delap!ain; Son i 70. were closed yes-
terday on account OF the death OF young Mr..
Delaplaiue. However, their loss was exceed.
ingly small, and their stock is In good shane
and business going right along.
George K. Taylor, retail dry GOODS "Well,,
we have never been better prepared for bust.
ness than We are now. We had but little
water, and rs soon as that little left us we
were ready for business. We had in transit
some new spring goods which rot wet, and
they were gotten rid OF within forty .eipbt
hours alter arrival. What you see on these
shelves is new-secured at tie usual time for
the spring and summer ssasors. did not
allow The flood TO interfere with our business,
had faith In the very great recuperatiye
power OF this community, and l do not re.
gret that l had. Judging from our sales Won
would never know there had been a tlood.n
Mr.. Taylor's store was the head OF navigation
OIL Main street. fy'7 oT007-
J.s. Rhodes & Co., retail dry goods: sour
business wss never better at this time OF the
year. Comparing 1t wish-the same time last
year we fad that 1t Is considerably ahead.
Part OF this, how much | can not BAY, ia duo
to those recesssries which were destroyed or
greatly damaged by the water, aud had to be
renewed. But what we might call our Iegiti.
mate spring trade Is very satisfactory, This
little cold snap we dislike more than tbs
flood. A good deal OF this increase Of t,ads
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