The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-02
$OHARLEST0N CHIPS
THE UNFINISHED STATE capl1 Oh oL.
Ths Rta'on Of the Failure Of Contractor ISh.p,
pard-rroabis at the Ca.ton, Hoass-1he II
Improvements at the "2srmaneus
SsAv'-rhs Pat.nt Brick Paytm,n ts, IA " H


From Our Special Correspondence ~ M {! =
CHARLESTON, W. Va, March 20.-The
Q to.be capital Of the State Is afraid some. some.
times that II Is not going TO be. As In The,
! celebrated eight-toFeven commission our
j Democratic friends are afraid ,hcy viii be
tuchered, notify The bold, bad Republi.
; cans, but by these Of their own household
! and faith. This being the state Of feeling.
your correspondent has not been snrpriseI
at sone OF the varions remarks and ctm. !.
ments on the failure Of Contractor Shvn.
pard. Soma OF them were issts Il II true.
but truth Ia often spoken in lest S"Its,n.
other d-.n trick OF you Wheeling peolile
10 keep the capital" said one eea,lea,sn.i
and my denial onl, made him smile. igI IL
| Tue coNTRAcToR'a FAILURE, 5..,:;,
However, the shutting d d,wn Of wo, L
has left some parties in a bad shape. 4! 10
one doubts Mr.. sheppard's honesty or in
tegrity. 1t is Ills misfortune, aud for his
misfortune he Is pl,ied. When be, con. o. !.
tracted for the building Of the State House,
labor and materials were only at value Of
one half as compared with present p,icea4
Having made no calculations for this, no !
means Of retreat offered, and failure was (
the bitter consequence But some, II not
| all, the woskmen are in bad shane !. Wavesi
have not been paid in full, and they sre
not IN condition to stand mpny heavy
Losses Of this kind. With 1t all, they haye
only kind words Tor their late employer. y
.... .s TIE CUSTOM uousg TROUBLE. II Is,
The State House is not the only public
building in "a bad fix. The !. custom /
Lnnsa- -haa- bean badl ..sniansgeds On:
the 18Th, Of the month Mr.. O. @. kembles
was removed IRON the: position OF Snperin.;
tendent and a rchitect, and ,ME-J. W. GAR
Celon appointed In his place. y am i'm.
formed by parties knowing the facts that
the whole work has been badly managed
aud delayed through The intiliciency ofiis
superintendent the disgram Of the plumb
ing, for instance, has been lost, and as It I
Was not well done and tested, mart Of The
plastering In various portions Of the build.
ipg Will have to be torn down and the
needed repairs made. When iiaishel, 1t &
will be great addition 10 the beauty Of /
Charleston. The room for the Postottice !
is expected to be ready by the first OF May /
and ChaIleatonians will be rid Of their
present dingy quarters.
cuARLEsroN's STEADY IMpRoyEM eSr. &
The city ia improving rapidly. In fact l
have seen no such improvement, anywhere !!
in the State. Business houses are going up !;
in all directions, and II the city's river
| fro.t could be cleaned by, fire or q ,oi, ths
city could make claims for great btnu,y.
The improvement OF the town ia well
slown By an anecdots OF the Hale House
management, told to me by well informed
gentleman. Several years ago the mauage.l. !.
ment Wcnid not take in enough money TO, I
pay for cleaning the house, and guests
would be wakened in the morning and
asked to nay 1beir bills, so that the money
thus obtained could 70 10 purchase tho;
breakfast. To-day 20 TO that hotel and see !;
the difference lew years and a livs man-S
agement will make, .Iia5..Ss5i; a.3SSs5$
| POLITICS IN THE OLD STATE.
I met MI. Charles Tompkins yesterday, 4
gentleman who has figured largely ia the !;
politics Of the old State. Mr.. Tompkins Is ]
q member Of the Republican State Com.
mittee OF Virginia, an ex. Confederate and !
q cousin OF Gen. Grant. In answer to in
quiries he told me that Malone was q man
utterly devoid Of principles, either political
or moral; that the Republicans OF the i
Northern States are misinformed as to his Z
standing; that Virginia can be carried BY!
! the Republicans II Malone ii entirely;
eliminated from the party; that II the reg,l-ii
lar Republicans are recognized ut the Cni.1
cago Convention the delegation will be for I
Blaine and Lincoln, and the electoral vote
Of the State cast for them. '.3l .3l ttsas z.
Said /: "Bnt how do you explain the ac.I 4
ton OF Gen. Wickham and other Rapubii-f
cans working with the Democrats, attend.
ing their caucus, etc ?" iS,.h577a5t9S'fs
Said he: "They did not do go. IT'S q
- lie, and the Malone committee knew
1t to be so when they published the state
ment" s'8 q! :lisl,
BRICK STREET rAvlNdS4-oPS INTEREST 70
s5G. WHEELING. H (; "A IS X "
I. Icallcd 10 see DR.. James P. Hale in re- Z
gard to the brick pavement. The Doctor
is largely Interested in this work, "a in I
fact he has been in much Of the improve \
ments Of the city. On Tuesday, unde The 1
direction Of Colonel Crsighill, OF The U. s.,
Engineers, bricks were taken out Of Sum-
mers street at points where they were most
exposed. The bricks bad been laid eleven {
years before, aud the street had been sub.
.ct to unusual travel, In winter being the
only means OF reaching the river front from s
tho back part Of town. Notwithstanding
the severe strain, in eleven years ths bricks
had only worn threl -sixteenths Of an inch,
and the wear Was on top. The Doctor said
the fire clay brick was uunecet sAry claiming
that any good clay burned we'll answers ali
purposes. asked tbs Doctor ii he, wss
not largely interested in tho patent taken
cut last September. He told me he was. X
"Said "DJ you intend TO enter pro.t:
ceedings against the citiea using your paye.i
ments p, > 3lstistti1 NJ. M hjcn:.ns ;iiTEf
Said be: "We do. and expect Ito have
no trouble in recovering. The Nicholson. !.
Asphaltum and other pavemants made for.
tunes for their owntra. Why shouldn't
the brick paw, N ant pay something ? tWe,.
have placed the royalty at a very low figure,
~ cents per square yard, and hope 70 have
the pavement widely adopted. Tell your
people We would like 10 have them use our}
pavemeu,s. and also eay our address Is !.
Charleston, and we'll treat them nicely III
they will meet us hall way" ~ L 81:
| f.Ftltrg l-.if' n z ti4 H. IL
Ms,osai.y Contest ~. niaheata'i.. is
MINNEAPOLIS. April LIN tao election
Tor Mayor to-day considerable suppressed
excitement was unaffected. Dards Of;
music paraded the streets all day, and con-;
vcyances OF all kinds carried voters 5uf ALL
kinds TO the p;l's 1tia probable the hesy-I
lest vote tver known in the city las hepn
po!led. The indicatione point 10 Tho elec.
tion OF piilBbury, Republican, over a mps
Democrat, and present Mayor, by about