Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-27

Expressions Of Opinion On Various
Matters.
A Project to Enlarge the PcstofRcs and
Custom HOuse---StimuIants SLOW Of
Sale---A Musical Acquisi-
tiOn---A Dog Story.

/ tiOn---A Dog Story.
aFsw people have any idea Of the way
this new administration is piling the work
on to the few rsmaining Republican Off !
! cisls," said Custodian A b. Beachtoa Rrc-
isrKs man yesterday. "Tke work OF my
Office has gradually been getting heavier
for two or three years. to be sure, ne con-
tinued. ''but since Mr.. Clsyelands entry
] into oaies Il has increased Efty per cent
The new ehisfof my department at Wash
inrton, has an idea that be must have the
dimensions Of every pane Of glass, the sizs
, and weight Of each article OF furniture,
J and the location Of every individual nail
! and screw, with original cost BY whom
driven. and present condition, in the entire
government building and 30 it comes that
for a month or two / have been going |
: about BY day with tape inesnd micro
, scoue. taking notes, while spend my even
z ings in writing up the deta-l4,SssssIiSoted
i - ia L - S"EAA
ior .ssson 10 headquarters. Ny
,.id s;l isst task was an elaborate report upon
d the condition of lock on vault IN one
q Of the apsrtments. had the thing taken
apart and examined BY Mr.. Burt, looked
n NO thu old records Of generation or 90
n $40 on the subject OF It's purchase, ana
r tSese half q dozen pages Of Official paper
n coutain a concise statement Of the facts.
p BEFORE that, had to measure all the
1t apartments in the building, make plat
(. Of the aocr Of each, with all Offsets, pro
" isciions, ETC., to scale, and send that
" ON. This was necessary because Oh
the Democratic way of putting down car
n pelS Under Republican rule We had car
N pet cut to ct the room, Tackled It down 10
Al the good old style, and then placed our
:. big cabinets and bookcases on 1t. All tnat
"a hss been changed. Our orders now are to
- mt the cases down first, measure around
% Them, and when we order carpetit comes
bs TO hand ready made, and is TO be simply
:. snread uuon the floor, without lacking. l
:, don't know but that it il better plan, for
il saves moving onr heavy furniture when
the carpet is 10 be taken up, but what o
lot of measuring it invclves!"
re, -
81 Going from small to large things Mr.
81 Beach referred to the urgent need OF larger
Quarters for the government officials IN
This city, and said I'VE should have
more room, By all means. Once or twice
IhAve talked with Congressman Cot upon
the subject, and the attention OF Postmas.
NJ ter Simpson and Senators Kenna and
is Camden will also be called to the matter
he shortly. The plan have in my mind Is
for the Government to purchase the prop
erty Immediately north of the Custom
House, tear down the building upon 1t,
he and continue the present Tostofiee, forty
in or fifty feetf urther up Market street. The
'e- present quarters of the postmaster are en-
sy tirely inadequate to the business to De
he transacted. For instance, the railway
en- service men have no proper place to work
Ily and have to invade the quarters OF the
he regular Office force. Another thing to be
provided for in the new build
inc is proper bonded ware
house for the accommodation OF oul
we business men. This would make Wheel
en- ing what it ought to be, q point OF original
Ike entry. whereas now, our people have To
ks transact business with Baltimore and New
York. An elevator for the United States
IN. Court should also be located In the new
,ev building. and the steam heating apparatus
should be removed from the basement and
pIaced in an outside building. think we
can get bill through Congress this winter
ar making an appropriation for this much
nts desired Improvement.
nd SIS
al 81 tell Won these hard times are playing
81 hob with our business" said prominent
n. mixiologist yesterday to q reporter who
ne wandered into his place OF business Tor
ess matcA The bonanza which the owner
Nd and proprietor of q saloon was, few
he years ago, supposed to possess, has gone
ed plimmering, and in It's stead has come q
Of perpetual struggle to make both ends
meet. The demand for high priced fancy
drinks has dwindled down to almost moth
ing, and even the inquiry for whisky has
he been largely replaced by low
he voiced requests for one beer,
re please' while the man who
II. erstWhile would get outside of ten TO
m twenty-five glasses Of the amber every
an twenty-four hours, have cut their allowance
as down about one halt. Unless something
". like a boom strikes rs in the course Of The
a. next three months q goodlY proportion Of
he our saloon men will have to remove to
ITS more prosperous fields"
OK -.
fy "You can tell your musical readers, and
the ladies especially" said Mr.. Fred Bsu-
mer, Yesterday, that we are to have quite
a celebrity located among us from this
Ite time on. This gentleman is Signor f.
,e, D'Auria, the well known Italian composer
and voice builder, who is now in the city,
les and who contemplstes making Wheeling
an his home. Signor DAuris was Adelins
of PATHS manager daring the season of 1881,
i'd and also, IN that year, took a prominent
part in The Cincinnati Musical Festival
oh He has also been connected with Festivals
Is in Boston and Philadelphia. understand
I'd he proposes to at once take steps toward
nd organizing an 0ratoris Society here"
lie -
d. did you ever hear the story about
Alice aarrison's dog ? asked Ed. AbrahsmS
~ of q reporter yesterday. mo? Well
70 I'll tell YOU about it. On the way from
OF New York TO Philadelphia, not long ago,
n Miss Harrison was sitting by the open car
window with her pet, fine French poodle
"a in her arms. A the train slowed up at Q
station q boy held up cake and the dog
Jumped out, breaking one of his fore legs
in three places. You can imagine Miss
n Harrison's distress On arriving at Phila
9. delphia, Drs. Cooke and Jones were sum
r moned, but they found that smpuiation
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