Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-16

number of unoccupied houses caused By the
discharge OF so many mill employees.
The present condition Of the city shows
hat this al ticipation was not we'll founded,
although a perfect natural one at the time
It was entertained We are within the mar
gin. when we say that there are not nov, IN
the entire city, over seventy i've
for rent.
In the First ward every house, as far as
We know, is now rented. In the Second
ward We know of none. In the Third ward,
We know of three on Sixteenth street, north
side, one in the O5terling block and tToin
the Exley block. On Fifteenth street there
are no houses FOR rent. On Fourteenth
street there are three in the Isaiah Warren
block. On Thirteenth street there
is one, the Little house, and TINS Is
likely rented. On Twelfth street, there
sre no residences for rent. All OF these
are high priced houses. In the oqrth
ward. with the exception OF the hankey
mansion. on south Sixteenth street, the
O'popnel house on the same street. there
are no houses except tour or i've small tene
msnts scattered on Eighteenth and Nood
streets In the Fifth ward, with the Adrian
ard Lsrkin houses left out, three IN num-
herl there are but two tencments tor rent,
and thew are in the old Frank Hornbrook
row on Twentieth street. In the Sixth
ward there are bu, four or five tenements
for rent. In the Eighth ward there
are not halt a dozen Idle houses. In the
Seventh ward there are more houses Tor
rent than in all the other seven wards com
bined. There are a great many good houses
offered for rent in this ward, and, as yet
without takers. Whether or not those who
now occupy them have rented on this side
of the river. we are unable to state. Since
the great food, one year ago, renters have
become somewhat dubious about settling
on the Island, and hence there are a mum
Der ofunrented houses over there. Rents
on the Island are but q tritle less than IN
the other wards, and this has a great deal
TO do with persons not renting there.
Instead OF realizing a decline IN rents,
there has been a positive increase In the
price of all grades Of property. The hrst
class houses advanced. some OF them, as
much as fifty and seventy.ive dollars per
annum, while all second and third class
houses and shauty tencments have advanced
from one to two aud three dollars per
month.
Now. what does this mean? Real estate
men cant explain it. They are unable to
discover n cause for it, except on the
ground that the bottom Of our business mis-
fortunes and hard times has been reached,
and the reaction will follow, and with 1t will
come employment for our laboring people,
and as a natural consequence, general pros
perity will come to our city again, much TO
the great delight Of US all. This Is the
only solution of this real estate enigma,
ard, as an evidence Oft VT may note that
already in some of our shops the suspended
hands have been re called to their benches
and posts of labor.
Donaldson Il Lewis report the outlook tor
a good spring trade as NOSE encouraging
than a few weeks ago, and several other
shops make the same report. Builders and
contractors report that up to this date not
ran contracts have been closed for new
buildings, although many are under nego
%riatior. Ii is safe TO say that there will be
lever idle''housss after "Al,tools day, 1855,
than at any time within the last twenty
sears in Wheeling.
In this connection we are glad to say
that orr merchants and business men ali
through our city are showing, and are dis
posed 10 still show our working classes any
kindness in the way OF credit and indul
gence within their power, in order to help
them along until better times shall come.