Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-02

Of it's withdrawal will be hul,d with
/ pleasure
! In the absence Of any public record Of
real estate improvements, kept through Il
/ building inspector. or in other ways, i, j.
very difficult to arrive ut anything Tx" 1t
| correct estimate OF the actual Inrrer CN-
/ pended in this way during the wear. but il
may. IN the city proper I've divided Ip-
proNtmat,!y ~ follows:
/ rGnir bu.Iiur- ................... .onn,
Bg,iTy,, aurlsrs ............. .... 900
! Dwellings. AMI other improvement, HOOD
Outside the city, but within milc or
so OF the corporation line, nearly ~ much
more money was expended in such strIr.
tur"8 Is tine Riverside tube work, the n,H
LaBelle glass factory, the fertiIIzjng fac.
| tory az Fulton, etc II il entirely saf, to
SAY that M all directiODs-pubir, corporate
and private including municipal cxpenii-
lures for various matters Of improvement
there has been disbursed in Wheeling and
| suburbs during the past year, in the mat.
tpra to which this article pertains, fully
one million dollars.
1t is impossible even within the limits
~ lllt = lllit 1T N'lllIlAllAi NllN llOiulI, w
give but the brietest mention OF the many
improvements wrought during the past
year. And indeed, list oil this desrTip-
tion is hardly necessary. Such notable
improvements ~ the West Virginia pottery
buildings, the First ward school house.
the widening Of the suspension bridge, the
annex 10 the Seventh ward school, the
Rogers and other business blocks on Main
street, the extensive addition 10 the
Genital Glass Compauy's plant, the
L. Il O. switch Ia Fulton, the
new bride. over the creek and the
large additions 70 the Ohio river freight
depot, the round house Of The same Com
pany, the rebuilding at the old and the
erection of the new buildings for the War
wick China Company, the new It Al
| ph0usus chu~ch and school, the Riverside
steel plant he new La Belle glass fac
tory, aud many Others, will rcCur every
reader, while there rs scarcely a npighbar-
| mood in an the length and breadth of the
city which has not seen the ldlton of
/ aur 10 half dozen residences. New
streets have been laid ont and old ones
paved and ppcd fer water AMI gas. sew
rrS have been laid, new car tracks, both for
railroads and street railway traffic laid,
and countless other improvements made
The year hI- all through hrcn busy one,
and las demonstrated Enthusiastically that
the cid town has at LAST awakened to a re-
alizlIiun Of her possibilities.
For ths coming wear there are still larger
! Things outlined m Il real estate and indus
trial way. The big Union railroad bridge
| j. the greatest Of these, but there are in
preparation p'dus aud estimates tor many
very Important projects upon much
smaller scale. \ Chamber OF Commerce
building. a new modern hotel, new
pottery the addition to the present Wheel
iug Pottery. in the Eighth ward, new
business blocks, q new glass works, new
axle works. still another pottery, and a
| long array Of handsome residences. are hut
few OF the things promised in a very deli
mite way. while there are rumOrs OF n new
theatre, and other enterprises OF both pith
and moment The L. X O. Company has
hig project o. somewhat uncertain char
ucter on foot. and other projects are ma
turing Last year was a great one Tor
Wheeling, hut the coming twelve months
will STE hlg things