Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-29
WHEELING.
ExuOsitlOn Of Her Manufacturing
Facilities.
Piuinu of Natural Gas Into the
City---Great Benefits
Thereof.
Opportunities offered to PrOspeC-
tive Investors.
Brief Mention Of Her Mills, Fac
tories, Mercantile Establish
ments and Other
Industries.
The Registers Mite Contributed
towards Giving the City
a Boom.
The largest, Most Prosperous and
Most Substantial City
in the State.

~ tn9 SIate.
The Wheeling Chamber Of Commerce
a. ,akau wise step, looking TO the 6es'
s,.srss,s OF our people, in urging upon all
,,s necessity OF calling the attention OF
,-isn manufacturers to our superior sd'
.v,..agss "a = manufacturing city. That
II s.cb is very f,,o:iar 10 Us and to our i'm
,,s3.,,e u,ig 6ors, may be news to those
,y,o never saw Wheeling Il is the pur,
r-.s then OF his sr,icls to make known,
b .,r as posyiola in the brief space al
l,gs3 r5, claims Of the Ci,y Of Wheeling
b he favorable notice Ct prospective in
V..,,rs ~ manufacturing plants.
To The manufacturers who are seeking
! s.,,r their facilities, 20 the capitalists
Nh, sre contemplating the formation OF
,csr Dou,,rial enterprises, TO the practical
nan vbo sre ABOUT TO unite their savings
co-o.srstiye concerns, to all these, East
= Ws., We sould respectfully say, give
wbeshpg's clsims passing consideration
l.bsp casting about for desirable locations
b. yo,r pl1rs While cheap snd abundant
H. Of sry kinj, whether coal or natural
sv,.i.a confederation Of meimPortsGce
gB connection with the establishment OF 3
Manufacturing enterprise yet this ls not
-, ONLY advantage Clalcet Tor our
There s-s very many otners
-, -r. lsasr ot which are
........ ,. a..s ot help, a Law abiding
r..r.. -Ne~,-r- yalca. dre protection
4 .-,. --ats. rr.-,u4ole prices Tor real es-
h. I.s rax-- aud ojHsr superior con
n-p,s7c-s Tns manufacturing enterprises
4sl-as-v .,,a.e! here bayP Su been emi-
hen. successful. welding abundant diYt-
dsrds 10 stockholders, and characterized
h. ssrH wI.s manage meut that It ls q mat
h., g.: D-..a that during the panic which
{c,,ygE,-t rna fnsucisi wOrlG ~ 1873 TO.
b .lug.e Wheeling institution went down
with the crash. The mills and factories
nov here are very extensive, particularly
t1a nsll mills. iron mills, steel works and
gsss factories, and their products are
Standard articles I'm every market. But
sthsra Is room i9r mOre, greater diversity r.
vhs, We wan rGe people will gladly
v-lr0ale those who come here with their
works and wilt aI Aud encourage them
in every proper mAuler. Wheeling Is
essaarislly worsIug community her
Eorslrgmeu ara her pride, and the man
vno does no. work, either with hand or
brain il considered an Indigenous plant IN
the commute. Eypr the lien Who can
count tb..r hundreds Of thousands, aud
there are numbers Of ,ht u, toll as earnest
4 Il as the poorest cjr'l,u. Hence the de-
are OF our p-3I4 10 adj 70 the list Of their
industrial institutions
Wheeling con,sius population Ofabout
Is 600 with co~"soHus population IN
nsighD1rry ciuss rad towns OF perhaps
i 2jOOl more I,s principal industry Is
mAnuac,uri8g and in this It ls surpassed
4 by no oyaer cry Of ra7 same size IN the
4 country Fo, to- pU-pose Of mauutsciur'
i. ing and 5riugi7g tn r,UD,etsd articles 10
ms-k-; a, small cos II mas uuezeePIonal
4 advantages A large scam OF coal crops
/ on, in the hills arougd and almost over
hangs the furnaces consuming IL. The ONO
RIVER iucuisue, aoandAuca OF water, while
the river and the railroads give easy ana
cheap access 10 aU parts o, the world
Some Of Wheehug's greater industries are
,ha vsri9rs Manufactured forms OF iron
anisasl dressed feathers and hight cloths,
,se production OF cigars, glass, malt and
liquors
During a single year Wheeling makes as
bi9h as g. 1000 900 cigars. 10000 barrels
0: peer, ale and porleri is the annual espac.
l'y Of hsr breweries, while single one oi
b-vGlnerou5 nail mills can turn out over
n 5000 kegs OF nails in week Wheeling
is In &c.. bss, knoRu abroad for her nails
bs,ng widely known "a the Nail City, IS
'de ciry aud vicinity il he greatest nsl'
make, 'l the world The growth OF this
business w The pas, was oSing to the
abundance Of cheap and excellent fuel
coal, and -rsuU.emacy will os maintained
m'hp itru5e by the neg aud slil cheaper
tls.-1a'rral gas Cheap fuel, easy aud
chasp SO ess 10 the markets Of the world,
hF- siVAys f,gored Wheeling merchants
asi ungs,tlrsrs. These advantages
nA'a mr. d-par5ai, on ,h4 contrary they
a'e ot i-c-sasiDg imp1rJsnce IN the close
4 con7a.l.40 Slich noE characlerIzss the
a1s'ness and connsrcial world.
N.S'' m mat ,rruri1y has been 40 i'm
i Pg7a0r i-1U-rrv in WhselIeg since 1870,
sd ' viIi coa5,ie's b. brought to even
1'-,'.r ra'te.uon ander the msglc IN
alsn"- OF Jna TEX fuel There are many
''a'r IL5r,trss successfully carried on IN
.'re.y sri- il no, 'he Wsiu purpose ol
ia,5 a7t.t.- ., les sriaa hem; but rather tc
''''' ~ the dtsirsSiH-v Ct Whselirg as Z
NAa1'.e ring center, and 10 urge the &C
h's e)-'gara'ion Of orr citizens With pros
i Pc wa Iayestors loOkiag to their mutus
improvement We invite other industries
oc0n9 h-re There are many lines o
manufacturing Etrle and big which COAX
'e successfully established here and b
made to yield to their projec
o's handsome percentage upor
:ls investments Among the many
Industries which Wheeling WoulC
encourage in her midst might be named
go.te''e', cracker factories, soap works
Sahn works, match factories, structure
HoI works, tank Works, pipe and tub
"o'Ss, bridge works, woolen factories
so'S' Tor the mAnnfac urs Of sewer pipe
I's and pressed brick, red brick
SoIa aud nuts, saws, hles
Ofa,s tOaG3ries, additional stow
so'S', wood works, furniture factories, ant
u snort any kind Of industrial establish
msn'' mems furnishing hoasas employment 4
ISn aud women, IL is confidently ssserte,
% D. %co practical men as CsptSin G. "
SS1,eas.Or Of PiItsburg, that pipe work
~ s3''sohshsd here nov, would pay for i
''N ID avery short time. Hundreds