The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-22
BOOM THE OLD TOWN.
ANOTHER INTERESTING MEETING
OF III Chamber Of Commerce at Its Rooms
on Main street last Night-An Import.
ant Address by yles,PrssIdsnt
Hughss-sOms Resolutions,


H~ughss-some Resolutions,
The meeting Of the Chamber Of Com
merce Last night was fairly well attended.
In the ABSENCE Of President Logan and
Yice-Prssldsnt Hughes, MI. Joseph
presided. Captain Rawlings,
Mestis. Odbert and shsib and Colonel
Sterling, a committee Of the old soldiers,
we're present, and Mr., Rawlings urged the
Chamber to appoint a committee Of FIVE
to act with i've Of the veterans as an OK.
eCutiye committee, which might COM
mem at once to make the necessary
preparations for the meeting hers
next year Of the Society
Of the Army Of West Virginia. Several
members spoke In favor OF this, and 1t was
reaolved that such q committee should be
appointed by the President ut an early
day,
4 paper had been prepared by Vice.
President W, i, Hugehs, which he in
tended TO read last night, but in his ab.
ssnCe Mr., O, ., Hart read it for him at
his request. 1t wtsas tolloWs;
Mr.. HUGHEs's PAPER,
MIR. PREslpESr;-The subject that has
been a~Ciisting the minds OF tho people Of
/ this community Tor sometime, Ia what
can be done to advance the material In
terests Of this city, and bring TO 1t inpreas-
ID and abiding prosperity, With that
thought in mind, | ask your attention this
evening to a few statements which ! have
prepared on that subject. \ majority oil
the people Of thia community have been
and are rejoicing over the advent Of the
new fuel, natural gas, aud have been
sounding its praises ard extoling ita
merits far and wldei and have been pre-
dieting for our city unprecedented pros
perity as resulting from it's use,
But what practical effort has been made
To bring this prosperity and to give to our
city the benefits that should bs derived
virtually nothing and i nothing is done
what will be the result? Why, IS q COM
munity we will have lost In one direction
as much az We will hsye gained IN another,
and In the end be no better Oft.
Beginning with those who have baen OF
who will be thrown out Of employment
by the substitution OF the now fuel fol
the old, and tracing the effect Of the loss
OF their wages to this community, we can
Imagine what the loss will be TO the retail
dealers, to the owneTg OF tenement houses,
and n throuRh to the builders, masons
carpenters, painters, etc for with tenant
l H.. lo..rnn 1T,nttlI RnInA aUnn lana AnTa a al
for new buildings, and consequently lssl
demand for the service Of the artisans
Just named, Now, Mr.. President, a.
these adverse changes will come to pass
unlesa the tide In that direction pan be
changed and turned In the opposite.
WHAT Is TuE THING 70 RE DoNE2
Who will movs in this matter, and
what shall be done? Manifestly what
should he done, Is to bring 10 our city new
and diyersiGsd industries. Additional
capital must be brought here, and nov
factories and new shops established. We
must not suppose, Mr., President, that We
may cit inactive, and that people viii
come unlimited and unassiSted. Con,
certed effort must be made; other cities
and towns are not Rlumbering-they
are alive and awake {
their necessities and opportunities
While some Gt them may not have na,
tural gas 30 offer, they find other induce
ments that are quite as attractive. Ba'
sides, this Is not the only community
blessed with gas; other localities ar
searching for It, and come Of them ar;
finding Il. l saw in July a statement In {
western paper that gas had been found IL
Dakota In paying quantities. This Veek'l
paper announce the largest well In the
world at Springfield, Ohio; also that ar
expert has been employed by leading
manufacturers in st. Louis 10 look FOL
natural gus In that locality, and that he
would give, In q few days, his opinion as
to tho proper place 10 bore. Doubtless
It will DO found elsewhere, and Il
we intend to reap the advantages
we now possess, we must
be up and doing. Already several gentle
men have visited thiR city in behalf Of q
many enterprises, to see what we had
To offer as an induGement for them 10 To-
cate here. Some Of these enterprises arc
now established elsewhere, and for yariouE
reasons-ineligibility Of location, want o.
sufficient capital and other reasons. These
gentlemen Have been kindly looked attsl
and assisted In a desultory sort OF way by
the few gentlemen with whom they acCi'
deutalIy metz bgt beyond showing Of
our city to the best advantage nothing
has bCen accomplished so far as ] know
Why?-beCause We are not organized tC
receive and practically render the needed
assistance.