The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14

idly or alphabetically, but becar.,
are In material existence, inst aa they
been publishing them. They Sa,ts Lave
oee1 waiting an opportunity To be d.slly
at hand, pp'''u'A'ya
There ia not sCinIilla Of diiIeraro.
tween Pltlsburgh's present and y I',s. De'
i've advantages and those which WVilPeS'
ing Is developing and will have IN "G Gn
lruition by the hnt Of September pe az 'u'I
There Is a very stable ionpdot;ou
build on in Wheeling; in iact tbS.oH 10
but very few as soltdly substsn,ii"Si' e are
as wheeling; With natural gas sbs uii
make as splendid an exhibit as "I pi SLl
buIgh. While It may not run Ga Giab ''s'
in the figures, taking the conditions up
consideration, ! believe the Commute; mo
will be favorable to Wheeling, IT. '' ron
more room Tor expansion within rsaso us
BILE limits i It Is properly utilized 'V nhE
there are features connected viii Glu
condition, financial and o,herwiSe Chg, III
should have strong weight in inllnsnnatigSH
the Investment OF capital and ths II.S
ton Of enterprise. So far no V n 'Vva'
polltSn improvements, advaptsssSo
possibilities and certainties Of '1 w.
gress are concerned, she can B aU'
as attractive and yeraCious an eyI%I,
any OF them, She has been NIhu Ivy
ward, but there have been factors mi WGA'
Cidents in her career which hava o, We
PEELED her to be cautious and IN n rOa'
haste slowly, She is now well rid of iI".e
restraining influences aud too well t,rof N
by experience TO be bamboo2ed by I spa
ious triCksters again, She 10 modes, p pei
not given to balooning, but the stun I tSa
honest, simon pure grit is there AMI S te
course henGetorwNTd will ba upward s ~"
onwaTdi all tho more certain becapsS Y.
will be without ilimsy PRESUMPTION oT
pothetiCal claims to dislinctiyeIy nrs'onH
nent advantages, There is so mucb i,o oI'
aud bluster given oil in the prptan,o o@
vaporinga OF our American cities, Thai Ua
til investigation Conlrma the yerity w "
these wonderful latter day ciW ha3r, VI
they are received with cOntcmDtuoro
CTedulity, Pittsburgh has denonstra,''an ~
that she Is entitled 10 more than sbe syo.
claimed. Wheeling is unobtrusiyeIy b%
confidently presenting her ulimes, sa,,s.
fed that honest merit will ALWAYS alI ',,'a
ths attention Of sa2aClous iRyesligation
and win in the long run, ''4
Wheeling Is on her mettle, her blood 4,
up, and | eau promise, rs yeracono
ChroniGler, to report some neryy uro r,,ySa
sive movements shortly, These beanie Il
a shade procrsstlnRting, arc sponauqon,@
and they will, stimulated by the are0m
plishments Of Pittsburgh, SHOW that tb"v
are emulous also,
1t does not require any large meosp,a
Of presCience to assert, that before mo"v
months, Wheeling will have eiditior;
railroad facilities Of great value, wIirG
will give her the use Of three Rdditi@".i
trunk lines, nor does II need any exlrao,
binary horse sense TO anticipate th2tn
soon as the city Ia thoroughly in po,,
session OF natural gas equipments ami
supply that capital will come to inyeSli,
gate and to invost, despite all the onb,
bles and iorebodings Of pessimiSs, M,
ture has furnished an extraordinary nS
tent element; foreign Ontorpriseis furnish,
ing the supply, and home enterprise viii
in proper season, manifest Ito apprrc,,
ton OF this great endowment and N
ability to properly utilize oil possibilities
RcCruing.
l have been writing lately in ia lsndalov
strain about this part OF the Ohio Valley
| was not attempting to boom il, bot
merely assisting nature, which is most
substantially booming II. Pittsburgh fog
not need any pertunCtory booming from
any one, Shells an accomplished fact. fila
centre Of the manufacturing indnstTyd
this country; her course from this lmcon
ls fixed and Cerlain-but q few years and
she will be supreme. With bnt Two
years practical use Of natural gas Pits
burgh has made not only wonderful no.
gress but that progress has been snbstsn,
ttRl and OF permanent character, When
full development has been made OF all the
uses, possibilities and advantages Of this
great fuel, and 1t is controlled by legi.
mate competition sufficiently didused 10
prevent monopoliStiC extoriiouB, Pits
burgh and Wheeling will forge ahead Of
All rivalry as iron, ateel and glass produc.
ing Centers.
And this desirable condition will como
about, for whilst this gas in paying qnan.
titles ia confined TO thisregion II is moi by
any means local, but is found at different
and not contiguous districts, in n pretty
extensive territory, geographically trbl.
tary, however, to Pittsburgh ind Wheel.
Ing. Pittsburgh, according to reliable
census figures, has increased IN population
81 900 since 1880, and venture The pre-.
diction that 1888 will show an increase Of
10000 for Wheeling; for her spirit Is
aroused, ahe Is girdinG up her lOins and
buckling on her arInor, and when these
mountaineers, whether Penn2ylyanisnsOr
Virginians, get their metLle up, the loads
have to come or the tugs break. Nor arc
they selfish; they possess unprecedented
and uneaqualed advantages, and maguanl'
mously they invite their competition IN
the iron and steel trade elsewhere to come
to this promised land and share in theSa
advantages.
Wheeling, through her Chamber Of
Commerce, Is about TO enumeratB aud
classify these advantages and publish
them, and at the same timO exlenda regular
old.time hospitable invitation 10 all who
labor and are heavy burdened" with dis
advantages and equalitieB as to facilities
to come 10 her and find relief. She has
acres upon acres OF splendid factory sites,
unlimited water supply, cheap taxation,
genial, liberal citizens and facilities for
unexCellod on this continent
A NATURAL GAS CHRISTMAS.
A Wheeling Lady IteyIsits tho SC0ncsOf her
Youth and TeiIoth Of Them.