The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-23
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Notes,
"Cold Short" Mr., Philip Henry Moore
In his letter to the last issue Of the St
Louis Age cfSttel, has the following mat
tsrs OF local interest:
Since writing my last letter the second
pipe line, which, by the way, Is tho moHt
important and Berylceable to the city, has
bsen completed to Wheeling, and she
Is now In the ring ready to dispense iayors
10 all appllcantP. l have written in such
a laudatory strain Of the advantages Of
this city that It might be suspected that
was graduate Of Chicago or tho Future
Great, but am plain, uututured uCrlbe,
simple relating fdcIs without any word
painting. Wheeling has been slothtnl In
making:known her great advantages as a
manufacturing point, and she needs
aiimulus in the shape Of new blood. She
Is not near oyerrighteous in her modeaty
as she Is ungodly in her want Of virIuous
enterprise. 1t would make q Carnegie
shudder to see such inducements going to a
begging. A slight dose Of PiLtsburgh's
shove and nerve would make Wheeling
bound with enthusiastic vitality, and her
arteries throb with the rich blood Of pro.
preesiye enterprise. Tho field Is here,
only waiting the stimulating hand OF en-.
ergy to respond with bounteous results.
Wheeling people believe In tho future Of
their city, but the very certainty OF their
advantages and their very ponderosity
seems to deprive them OF knowledge Of
the fact that the outside world will re.
main ignorant Of their existence until
they take upon themselves the trouble Of
publishing them in an intelligent and
gystematiC form. II dared TO take tho
Liberty with them would term this ultra
conservatism Of sufficient density to con-
Rtitute stupidity. There lis one matter
which the Wheeling people should recog.
nizs and maniiest-enough OF energy and
care for seliproteCtion to correct and pro.
vide against, that Ia, that 1t neither brings
them any measure OF estimation from
abroad nor contributed anything to their
commercial reputation or prosperity, 10
remain for ever puppets in the hands Of
the Baltimore K Ohio Railroad.
From 1850 to the present time tho Bal.
timore ana Ohio have been doluding them
with Bpecious promises, only made to be
broken at convenience, into granting the
railroad company certain valuable phvil
eyes. At this time their main track &C.
Cnpies, to the virtual exclusion Of ordinary
business traffic, one Of the principal thor
oughiares, not only rendering anlentlre sec
ton Of the city unavailable for business
purposes, but griming and defling 1t, and
making 1t insecure and unbearably noisy
from the constant passage Of trains. The
company are deluding them by the pre-.
tense that they are preparing to build an
other route along the creek, aud when II
sfininhed that they will vaCate the present
one. The Baltimore and Ohio havenevei
fulfilled q promise to The city yet, and II Ia
lcarcely In the range OF possibility that
they even dream OF carrying this one into
accomplishment.
Speaking Of the iron market, the same
writer says:
Another marked feature Is the strength
ened demand for structural iron and steel
The change in this direction during the
last year Is nearly on a par with the won
deriul progress made by steel, aud the
ChanRe is not only apparent In metropol
Titan Centers, but 1t is very noticeable IL
INLAND towns and villages, and Is ever
Imsnilesting itself In rural precincts. The
substitution OF iron and steel for wood Il
Of such manifest advantage for even ordi
mary architectural purposes, as well 81
bridges and public buildings, that tht
trade bids fair to receive extraordinary
Stimulation during the next year, and thu
production Of spGCialities In those depart
lments Of the iron business, offers excel
Ilent opportunities for the investment o
capital and the employment OF enterprise
IIt Ia well TO remark, in this connection
that the tendency In these lines 10 mort
direct towards steel than iron.
The production Of iron 10 unprecedent
led, and its conversion into steel keeps vi
la more than even pace comparatively
lT'he question which department Of thu
Iron business offers tht best Inducements
n asked and discussed very frequently
Most branches are worked up To the SAT
limits Of consumption and demand
Those have mentioned above have, iron
Imy observation, room left YET. IN bot
Pittsburgh and Wheeling, without Oh.
remote danger Of being crowded. ! mad
Ian allusion above TO the decadenCe Q
prestige. this was intended 10 apply t
the production Of certain epeciRltieg, no
by any means to tho distinctive and isola
ted positions enjoyed by Pittsburgh htH
land Wheeling next, In the general iToi
and steel manufacture these are impreg
Unable and immulable.