Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-29
rHE DER BUILDING.
some Oplnioas Of Prominent osou
Concernipg It

same OpInioas Of frominent oso
concernipg It
The R~EdIsrER's agitation yesteroAJ
morning Of the needs Of a LANCER and more
modern Custom House in Wheeling. me-
with general favor among prominen' o"'
zeps, yesterday, and it was generally cen
coded that the matter should b properly
brought TO the attention of represents
tiyes in Congress, urging upon them tne
necessities for such Q building In this CAY,
~ meet tina requirements Of the business
transacted at this point -
At its meeting Last evening, Councu ea-
animously adopted 3 resolution Iasee
The proisct of q new Government buiidine.
and urging upon the Chamber OF Csm'
merce and the Board Of County Conmis-
sioners 10 take like action, and that . copy
of the resolutions be sent to Oongressmsn
Gcff and Senators Kenna and Faulkner,
requesting that they give the matter tne'r
prompt attention.
a RsarsrER man circulated among .
good many business men yesterday, aod
the general expression was that WheeainS
certainly needed q new and more cou,'
modious building, aud the effort to secure
one is q very laudable one and should q
encouraged.
Meeting Senator John E. Kenna, last
evening, the REGISTER man asked nun
what he thought Of the scheme.
"well, said he, this 10 the fnt intima-
ton I have had that such . move 10 con
templated, and / cannot say much about
it. / believe, however, that Jon Wheeling
people deserve something and II You need
a new building to properly accommodate
the business, and I understand you DO,
why you are right in wishing TO secure II
Well, when the matter is formally brousht
up I will see what can be Alb, Judge
how are you" aud the Senator was
swallowed up in a crowd Of friends, Civ
ing the news PAPER man NO further chance
at him.
Judge Jackson, what do you think OF
the new Government building scbem,p'
Think? Why | think that yeu ought
TO have il, for while the present building
is a splendid one rs far rs stability 10 con-
cerned, il is certainly not large enough to
accommodate the business OF this city,
and it is not modern enough 10 its arrange
ments. You push the matter along and
I'll help you all | can. There Is no reason
why Wheeling should not secure tie
building"
What do ycu think Of the new luilf-
ing scheme, Postmaster Simpson,
why, we reed IL badly, because we
are greatly disconnected on acColnt OF
lack of room, and could easily make use Of
double the room we have now, and ! would
certainly like to sec n new building put
up. Rash it through"
Col. julius c. Holmes. Of Jefferson
county, General Superintendent OF Repairs
Government buildings, arrived In
the city last evening, and when asked
about the building said:
at is a good move. ! read your article
this morning and was well pleased with II.
II will cost from $l2, 900 to SIS. 900 to re
pair the present building, and think you
had better have a new onc Keep the ball
and I'll do all l eau to help you
Many business men ard others were in
terv;ewed on the subject and they were al
Of the opinion that the movement wal In
the general line of the boom and should
DO pushed through il possible, and IL
will be.