Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-01-06
PURE ICE.
Something Wheeling People Are Greatly In
terested In.
4 Big PROJECT Oh FOOT,
Which Promises to Put an End to Ics-Cutting
About Wheeling.
4 TRIP, AND WHAT CANE OF 1T.

nat soluttuluk We Ie iii interested ID.
1t has been surmised for some time past
that the creeks about Wheeling, and
even the river itself, on those occa.
siOns when Zee can be cut from it, do not
supply strictly irst-class article Of ice,
and knowing the desirability of something
better in that line, as well as the difficulty
of procuring it in the vicinity ofthis city, a
number Of gentlemen have, for some time,
been quietly looking around for solution
Of the problem.
Tney think they have it.
About nine o'clock last Thursday morn
ing, party Of Wheeling gentlemen, COM
posed OF Messrs. John w. Mitchell, Thos.
P. Shallcrcss, Fred Happy, n. Kuhn,
John II. Hobbs, Captain F. r. Stewart,
Henry Sctmulblch, W. W. Lambert,
Peter Erb, and Dr.. T. o. Edwards, re-
paired to the Bridgeport depot Of the C.,
L. q ". road, and there boarded a special
car, which had bsen provided by the con-
pany, snd in which were found WI lam
GrOute, General Freight and Passenger
Ageot, Captain J. L. Green, Travelling
Passenger Agent, a1d Others OF the officials
Of the railroad company. The train pulled
cut of the station very promptly, and ran
through to Chippewa Lake, and thence to
Cleveland, where Friday was spent in a
very pleasant manner at the Hotel Hollen-
den. The party returned last evening, and
reported Themselves highly delighted both
with the business and pleasure features Of
the trip.
This most pleasant excursion, was IN
dertaken solely in the interests Of the
proposed improvement Of the ice supply OF
the city, and although no formal business
association has yet b en- formed, it can be
stated that the gentlemen named above, or
a majority of them, associated probably
with Mr.. Anton Reymann end others, will
embark ia the shipment Of ice TO this city,
in the near future, upon a very extensive
scale. The supply will be drawn fiom
from Chippewa Lake, well known to
Wheeling people as a pleasure resort, and
lying upon the line of the G., l.. x W.
road, about one hundred and twenty-five
miles from this city. The water Of the
lake has its source in springs, and Is
az pure and fresh as any natural supply to
be- found upon the top of ground. Al
though the winter has been a mild one,
the Wheeling excursionists found that ice
twelve inches thick had been cut on the
lake this season, ard the supply is irex-
haustible. The Ice VIII be shipped to this
city ard stored here in sufficient quanti-
ties to supply the demand, and It ia
Thought that active operations ty the pro-
moters of the enterprise Will practically
put an end to the cutting Of ice in this Vi
ciriny. When spoken to about the matter
last evening, gentlemen interested could
not say how soon operations would be COM
menced, az it would very largely depend
on the weather, but 40 very considerable
delay will ensue.
While en- route TO the city, yesterday,
the Wheeling gentlemen held alitt!e meet
ing in their special car and drew mp AID
adopted the folloaiDg preamble ard reso-
lutiOns:
WHEREAS. The undersigned have bsen
the recipients OF the hospitality OF the
Cleveland, Lorraine end Wheeling Rail-
road Company, on an excursion from
Wheeling 10 Cleveland, January to ., In
elusive; and,
WHEREAS Those princes Of good fel-
lows. w. H. Gioute, General Freight and
Passenger Agent; J. i. Green, Travelling
Passenger Agent; J. f. Townsend, Preei-
dent Knickerbocker Ice Company; George
s. Ross, Manager Hotel Hollenden, and
Judge J. W. Tyler, by personal attentions
en- route, ard during the stay in Cleve-
land, have won our lasting regard and es-
teen; therefore, be it
Resolred, That the O. L. & W. Railroad
Company is worthy the patronage OF the
public
Resolred That Messrs. GToute, Green,
Tyler, Ross and Conductor j. l.. Court
wright are worthy representatives of the
twin cities OF Cleveland and Wheeling,
now linked together by bands Of steel.
Reso'red That earth bears not on its sur
face more courteous gentlemen.
]. II HOBBS, President.
F. r. STEWART, Secretary.