Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-10
NECESSITIES
For Gaining a Diversity of Manu-.
factures in Wheeling.
cHEAPNEss OF SITES AND FUEL
And Better ROadways---Why a Diversity
is Needed - The
Strikers.
LETTERFRoM A PROMINENT CITIZEN

lEITERFRoMA A PROMINENT CITIZEN
To The Editor Of The RegiIier:
Our religious fathers tell Us that al
affections are sent to teach men lessons fo
their ultimate good-and that is equal!
applicable to large assemblages of men il
cities and towns as to individuals. Assum
ing the present trouble between the mai
manufacturers and their employees to be al
affection. directed by higher power t.
chasten this community, ought not oul
people endeavor to provide q remedy fol
like troubles in the future and to devise
some way Of preventing similar occur
rences putting an almost entire stop to tht
business of this city,
The subject of the amount of wages to bt
paid and the satisfaction Of being conquer
ors in this contest, are solely and entirely
the business Of the mill owners and the
Nailers' Association, and are 10 be settled
by them alone. No interference by other
parties is asked for by either side and
apparently none is intended by outside
parties.
Making provision for the future welfare
of our whole people, is not only the duty Of
our public authorities but alec that Of
every citizen who feels an interest in
Wheeling and her future prosperity.
Wheeling's present trouble has been
caused by the very thing her people have
for years claimed to be her glory and
pride-that of being the great nail pro-
ducing city of the world She has been
Iiule else than Nail City and there hes
been no desiie on ,he part Of her capital
lists she shoald be otherwise.
No city ever became great and prosper
Gus on one industry. Diversity OF indus
tries have built up neatly all our large
manufacturing cities 10 such cities where
a strike occurs in one industry the busi-
ness OF the whole community does not
suffer, as with us, because the wages paid
out by other ESTABLISHMENTS keep trade
movi6g Strikes will occur 30 long as
man employs bis fellow.mau and like the
storm which clears the stmosphereIit not
TOO frequent, they are, ip the end, of much
benefit 10 capital and labor. They teach
each side The real wants aud requirements
OF the other, and the means of meeting
them, and despite the temporary i'll feel.
ing engendered by them there Is brought
about better unders snding between en-
ployers and employees.
Three thiUsd sre absolute necessities TO
induce capitalists 10 embark in lev indus
tries among Is. They are cheap and prop
erly situated sites. chap fuel and cheap
transportation; and the query is, has
Wheeling these things? or, il pot, can she
obtain ;heu in the near futurer We claim
che has the FIRST, strong probability of
obtaining the second, and sure thing OF
the third if our Council go wills it. Along
the north tide .; Wheeling ereck from
the MAIN street bridge to the east end Of
Sixteenth street are the cheapest ard most
eligible sites for manufactures in this CITY
in fact, almost the only good ones
Ttere sre but lev Improvements on the
ground named, and they are cheap ones
The distance to the wharf and railroad
depo's is short, and could be easily aud
quickly Travelled If the wsY Eas aade
psasah!!:,
fhe second need cheap fuel will soon
be here. The Efforts now being made in
The Wheeling Creek Valley, TO obtain
.,a,ural gas for fuel, will, beyond doubt, be
successtul. The way 10 The several
factories Of this city will be along the north
bank of the creek, and The first places 10 be
reached by the pipes would be the factories
built :here, thus securing Tor them the best
and fullest aupply OF fuel aud at the cheap
est rates. Council has done ell in its
power to encourage this supply OF fuel by
making liberal grants OF rights OF way to
the com pany intending to bring i: sere,
and for that should have the praise and
gratitude OF our whole people.
The third ard last need-thst Of coed
roadwsys-is one which seriously demands
Councils attention at It's first and subse-
ouent meetings until provision is made for
securing theu-not pext year, or the year
after-but noR-in the two months left oil
1885 This should be Gcne not only 10
proyide the third need for inducing cspi-
tsl 10 embark in new enterprises among
U.s. but ss al sct Of absolute Justice TO
those men, who bsve built and for years
maintained Is ablis1meD's. which give EN-.
ploymcut 10 hundreds If onr people n the
part OF the city mentioned in ;hi5 article.
Fortunately Council has the opportunity Of
the Market street lot nov, aud with the
proceeds q part Of the work TO be propose ed,
can be paid Tor, sni with the proceeds OF
the Court House lots, when TIA cry has
the right 10 sell then the balance can be
paid This will secure 8 beut fit for the
whole city and DOT add Ors dollar to the
public debt
The route ttsbs suggested as the pyoper
one to be improved is from Sixteenth down
Cbapline to Eighteenth, east on Eighteenth
10 Eoff, south on EFF to Nineteenth east
on Nineteenth to Wood ard north On Wood
10 Sixteenth. This vosld secure cheap
transportation for the pTesslt and all iu'
ture Embellishments On the nor,h bank OF
the creek. And this is the only probable
way in which it ever will be provided. The
B. i o. Company several Yeas ago ga"
proper to reject right Of EsJ through
this psrt Of .ha city and shsrEstds secured
a route alopg the south bark Of The creek,
thus cutrirg establishments On the north
bank out tt al probability Of ever having
cir.e, railroad facilities and conde emning
them for sll time 10 come TO drsg th"i,
products through almost inn fAssnb!r streets
Tor six months in the year unless Cousei
takes advantage of ibis apparently last
chance ,e give them relief
Will Coupeil be prompt and seiz. tht
opportunity offsred2 Cheap sitss We haV,
cheap fuel is almost here ard CcGnci
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