Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-07-11

MARTINS FERRY.
Council at its last meeting did more bus
iness than at all the other meetings held
before since the new body was organized
last spring. The most important item on
the list was the passage of an ordinance
granting to the c., l. & w. Railrod the
full right and privilege to lay and maintain
one main track and the switches necessary
to receive and discharge freight on First
street While no doubt this action will be
Objectionable to some, especially those re-
siding on First street, it can not be other
wise than tending to the public good.
Towns like Martins Ferry which have
reached their zenith unless more manufae-
turing industries can be inveigled into
their midst, cannot do more to boom them
selves and bring them prominently before
the world than by having their names in
scribed on railroad schedules and having
good, substantial railroad con-
nection. And it will also be
noticed that all live, growing towns, who
care to advertise themselves, place among
the first things on their list of attractions
the number of railroads they contain and
to which they have access. Railroads have
grown to be kind of necessity, and are a
great factor to the sections penetrated by
them. To tell q business man from dis
lance, who is looking for site in the nat
ural gas belt, that Martins Ferry depend
ed alone on the Pennsylvania Company
and Ohio River for transportation, he
would say: "Why, can find lots Of
places just like yours" 1.-THE Pennsylva-
MIA Company, like all other monopolies,
has no heart, and the Ohio River is dry or
frozen up half the year." What is your
freight rate to Chicago" 'Can or will
the Pennsylvania Company fur
mis- you with cars at all times?" Such
question as these present themselves to
shippers, who are used to having dozen
different outlets to almost any point, and
our present inability to answer these salts
factOrily will not tend TO increase our pop
ulatiOn and especially our manufacturing
and business population. With the c., l.,
& w. running into one town we will be
connected with almost all the great rail-
road lines and system in the country. 1t
will give us direct connection with the
New York Central, which in reality owns
the c., L & W., and on whose track they
run twenty miles out Of Cleveland. The
c., L. & w. has made arrangements with
the B. & o. at Bellaire of such a nature
that ears and freight may he brought from
that road to Martins Ferry almost as
cheaply as if the B. 90. came here direct,
and there is little doubt expressed by the
c., L. & w. officials that they will
eventually make Martins Ferry
or some other point further up the
Ohio. the terminus of their line instead OF
Bridgeport, as at present. With intimate
connection with three great railroad sys-
tens, we can conscicntiously tell our
friends that we have as good, if not better
railroad facilities than any other town in
this vicinity, not excepting Wheeling
There are a half dozen or more Republi |
cans in the vicinity of Hanover and Fifth |
streets who are now being badly bored by
their friends over practical and thorough |
" effectual joke played upon them last
Saturday by some one intimately connect
ed with the management of the Republican
machine in this place The way the joke |
was perpetrated is about as follows. The |
half dozen men referred to are all Foulke
men for sheriff, and on Friday night,
the political manager referred to came to
one of them and stated that Foulke
had arranged as follows to send adelegatiOn
to the Bridgeport convention who would
support him. These half dozen and
several other half dozens of men were re-
quested as the boss stated it by FOulke |
to remain away from the polls till nearly
time to close, and then wagon would be
sent after them, and they would come so
late that the Sedgwick men could not |
hunt up enough voters to offset the number
of Foulke men who would come at the last
minute. The Foulke men waited till
time for the polls to close for the wagon, |
add are still waiting in vain, and the re-
suit is, not one of them voted at all and a
solid Sedgwick delegation to Bridgeport,
and rs the record will show, stuck to him
all the way through. The men who did
not vote, however, swear eternal vengeance |
against the joker, and are guyed unmerci-
fully by all who are onto the racket.
Rev. p. Martin will preach in the Baptist
Church to-day, morning and evening.
The tax books will be open in the May
office on July 18th and 18th. ]. T. Craig
collector.
James and William Puge leave fol
Niles, O., tomorrow, where they will
work in the nail factory.
l.. w. Jones will be a candidate before
the Democratic Convention for the posi-
ton of Infirmary Director.
William Linton, Esq, civil engineer of
the c. & p, railroad, was in the city yes
terday.
Mr.. David Thoburn of Scotch Ridge,
was in town yesterday without crutches,
the first time since his leg was broken
some months ago.
Mike Lacy, cook, and Billy Donovan,
captain OF the Center Pole Fishing Club,
were in town yesterday, laying in supplies.
Mr.. Frank Brooks and Miss Annie Davis
were married at the residence Of the brides
parents last week.
Allan Huskins and a Mrs Miller, of
West Virginia, were also joined in we'd
lock laat week
Chris Branigan is in Steubenville visit
ing his parents.
Mrs. Remedia Barr is in New Hagers-
town, Ohio visiting relatives.
Steph Houghton, Boss Barr, and George
Hopkins are at Adena visiting a crowd OF
boys who are camping out in that vicinity.
There are almost daily inquiries rs to
why the curb stones on Fayette street are
not set in position to do some good and not
allowed to lie in the way of teams and pc
destrians. Council should surely he able
to make some disposition of them, and if
there is no place to put them, vacant lot
might be rented.
Complaint is made that in several parts
of town hogs and cattle are allowed to
roam about the streets, in violation of an
ordinance and statute.
On Friday night peculiar but unsuc-
cesSful attempt was made to rob the house
and cellar of Officer Robert Hanson, in the
Orchard.