Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-28
A NEW P~OSTOFFICE.
| MOVEMENT ON FOOT rosECgRgTHE BREC'
TON OF ONE HERE.
Tie Present Building Is NOtOriCusly Inadequate to tn
Needs Of The Government officials, and It Has
Oufiysd lis Usefulness Generally.

There is no reason in the world why
Wheeling should not have o new postottic'
and custom house building, and Their
is every reason why she should have one
The present building, constructed a gener
alton ago, when the city was scarcely one
fourth its present size, is VIGOROUSLY mad
equste to the needs either Of the postothc'
department or Of the Federal Courts, ant
has long been o source Of complaint fror
the officials compelled to transact bushes
within its walls. And lot only Is tn
building far too small, but it is many year
behind the modern idea of what such al
edifce should be. All over the country
cities and towns Of not ~one-quarter TIT
Importance or size of Wheeling, are secur
ing appropriations for fine buildings, som'
examples of this being found right here IL
our own State. In many instances, thes'
buildings are out of all proportion to TIT
places in which they have been located
while cities like Wheeling, in absolute
need oflarger and more modern buildings
are compelled to put up with very made
quate facilities.
1t is scarcely worth while to call atsen
ton to the particular shortcomings of thu
Wheeling Federal building. The facts arr
we'll known, and the time is ripe for {
movement to secure something very mucf
better. A number Of citizens, principally
business men, are quietly at work e~xertipl
On influence in favor Of a new public
building, aud the matter will probably b
brought before the big Convention to-mor
row, by the Ohio county delegates, to the
end that the influence of that body may bt
secured with our Senators and Representa-
lives in Congress, and it will also be laid
before the Chamber Of Commerce ut it
next meeting. Council will probably pas:
a resolution this evening, and the Board Of
County Commissioners will be asked tc
take cognizance Of the project. 1t is g
matter that all citizens are interested in,
by which all will be benefited, and
Id be no effort spared on the
pai'oi cur Pe"r'> 70 accomplish the re.
suit sought to be attain,
A representative business n,., ..;a Inc,
evening:
This matter of securing an appropria.
ton for a new Federal building is a matter
ola great deal Of Importance to all citizen:
of Wheeling. Just at this time, when wei ar
going ahead, and while the spirit ofprogress
i makipg Itself felt, il would be of very ma,
terial value fer US to know that q new gov
errment building wa 70 go up somewhere
in the neighborhood of the present made
quate house. Oar representatives in Con-
gress ought TO be urged to 90 TO work at
this with all the energy. they cab COM
mand. A quarter Of a million dollars
ought to be asked for, and that sum would
be none too much when compared with the
sums appropriated to other towns and
cities. Here there is a genuine necessity
for the improvement, as the quarters set
aside for the officials are VIGOROUSLY made
quate. Ask the Federal Court Judges or
the United States District Attorney, or the
Surveyor, or the Inspectors, or the Pos
master, or the railway mail service people,
or any Of the heads Of departments, and
see what they say about the building.
The matter ought to be agitatcd and kept
going until We get what VIC want"