Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-16
CHARLESTON.
A New Occupation For Convict Labor,
The
Special Correspondence Of me Register.

Inc eeNss
Special Correspondence Of me Register.
CH~ARLEsroS, w. VA, April l3-Capt.
Moffat, who is in the employ OF King X
Dyer, of Philadelphia, one OF the con-
tractors on the Ohio River road extension
was here last week, trying to secnre labor
ers to 90 to work on the grading. de
only met with partial success. The labor
ing element Of this section are mostly
composed Of colorsd people, and they are
very independent, especially since toe dis
intuition OF provisions to the flood spierers
Besides the contractors only oher one dol.
lar per day. Mr.. Mofat Gays they aIe al
ready at work on different sections OF the
road, particularly in Jackson county.
Mr.. MoHst says King L Dyer will pro5a-
NV make an effort to secure labor Of the
c~ouviets in the Moundsville penlten;isry.
II is understood here that the contractors.
heretofore using convict labor have refused
IN hid for their services, and for TINT reascn
the railroad contractors will be able TO Sc.
cure them. The failure 10 procure bills
for the labor, it is said, is due 10 the fact
that the wares manufactured at the penl-
tertiary are %boycotted, and there ls no
market for the product u conyicts. L am
further informed, whether correctly CT not
cannot asy, q law exists permitting the
employment Of copyicts on public improve
ments or railroad construction,
To thus employ the conVicts would be IN
accordance with the views recently ex'
EXPRESSED by the REGisTEs, and which
views | am personally assured are endorsed
~ many skilled laborers and prominent
a;rilaps The labor of the convicts would
hen only come in contact with the ut,
skilled labor Of the State, which "oEid moi
sork such Q hardship upon q large casa oil
our citizens as the present system.
The entire question can only be effect
aIly solved by the employment ct conglc's.
"a suggested by :he REGIsTER and above
referred 10. upon internal public improv-
ments. This would be a bar to the com
petition between uuskilled as well as skill,
ID labor. What better occupation could
rbe safe find for her wards than the
making Of public roads? The practical
working of this method would relieve lee
labor from working the county roads. 1t
would relieve the man Of properly from
oayipg an onorous road tax. IL is really
the only simple and practicable way OFT oil
The convict labor problem.
NOTES
Clever Frank Daley who resigned his po-
sitionin the Auditor ofice, left tor his home
nv the Chancellor on Monday. The force
in the Auditors Office is decreased upon
economical grounds.
Diving 10 the high water o. est week
tle Chancellor laid up at this place for q
week. -, r,
last week a tow boat went to ksnsWns
Falls. the first boat TO make the trip IN
twenty wears. The Ksnawha Is naVigsoIe
- Yitnin q few miles OF the Falls and as
Soon ss 10 locks are completed navigation
no 5onbt will be cuen to the Falls.
SUPERINTENDENT of Schools Morgan has
nrepared the annual programme Tor a's'fl,
button throughout the several counties :.
The Ksnawha L Ohio railroad is run
ming mon schedule time, the damage
70 the trestlipg and rosdbed being thor
oushly repaired throughout the entire
length OF the road. ., =.
The State Medical Society will meet In
| this CITY about the middle OF May. Inc
local society have taken steps 10 see thai
the visiting disciples ot AesculsP'us are
properly entertained.
The Henderson Brothers, proprietors Of
| thu ST. Adams N~onpsrell, who burned on'
last week. expect to commence the puoica
ton OF their paper again next week In
surancs Agent Boremsn, OF ParkeisourS
vss here adjusting their loss.
Barnum, minus Jumbo, OF course, and
uspy other attractions, no doubt the hama
whaian will find TO his sorrow, IS billing
me town.
SAD DROWNING.
The Quimby brothers, Samuel spd Bh J
together with Charles hood. OF the Z. U
engineering corps, who we're drowned Ss'
urSay last, an account Of which appeared II
,bess columns, were well and svorsbiy
knoWn ali along the line of the road Th'
Opimby brothers were from New Jerse!
and Hood was from kentucky, not iron
MARYLAND and Virginia, as e~rroGeousl.
stated in some of the papers, The pscu
6srly sad part Of the drowning is that on,
of the Ouimby brothers leaves q young an'
interesting wife, whom he had only mArris'
RECENTLY. The bodies have not been reco'
cred up to this time.
UHEELTNG's STAR.
Mr.. Frank Hennig, of your city, wa
hare last week with the Bella Moore con-
nany. The Wheeling colony here 500
po;ssd the fact about that Frank was on
Of uS, and especially us" Of Wheeling an
bronVht out q large and sppreciatiV
audience to greet the young man at bot
b;s performances. To say the Wheehn
Deopie were pleased is not half expresSln
tbsir admiration for their fellow.toWnsmsi
The natives were delighted. Some the
Wheeling boys went so tar as to say .
setins is quite up to that Of Kesne; II
Tr;ter, who knew the young man VIXEN
nlayed ~"sixty-out' and fox horn" arour
The classic square above Eleventh stree
known in early history as "HelIs 6a
Acre" "a certainly sstoniaheds at Ms d
ambition of "Pygmshon," in Gilbert
lsPysmaiop Gnd GslAtss'"