Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-01-01

This morning the REGIsrER presents 70
its readers q brief bnt comprehensive re-
snns Of the c1mmsrcisl ard industrial
conditions 10 this city snd adjoining towns
daripp the pas. year, and the relative i'm
provemeut over the preceding year, as nesr
as possible; ard also the prospect, IS seen
through the prophsho specs Of shrewd
business men, for the coming year.
With one or two exceptions the review
contains the most gratifying information,
snd the future is as rosy as the most hope
fal and sanguire could wish.
There is lot a boom on hand, IN the
sense Of the wild Western affair Of that
name. 10 moderate COINS, steady i'm
movement in an bra5ehes Of trade, that Is
tbe outcome Of healthy growth Of the
town. supplemented by the improvement
IN several manufacturing lines.
The date OF ihe up pFsrd turn in Wheel
i,g'. growth in business and population Is
easily Fixed It began little over year
ago with tds commencement CT work on
tbs aion bridge and ie'minals-a worE
tb,t was brought into being, mainly
through tbe undrIag efforts Of the REG
IsrFR Tbs. Improvement set the ball
rolling aud With i,s progress and increase
of expenditures. feeling OF buoyancy
and confidence sooa began 70 manifest
itself i5rougb an ihe ramihcations OF
trade Up 70 the present time it is esh-
mated there bss been fully 200 600 ex-
psaded by the Union Bridge and Terminal
C,npa1v. iu bridge h1i'dinq. turnei'ne.
cats and 6lls, and the purehase Of real
estate. half Of which has been expended IN
.ais city. This outlay was IS mint ID
she tsEn, coming new money. 1t brought
Eorkmss and strangers here who spent
their earnings among as, and to that *
tent increased the demand FOR what We hsd
20 sell. This, in turn, stimulated our OWL
usoole to improve, build and enlarge their
businesses. and start their surplus funds
INTO circulation. The effect upon tlade OF
an increase Of several hundred thousand
dollars in our circulating medium, was sp-
p,reut There followed sn unusual IN
ouirv for real estate, which began 70
change hands at sthsniBg prices. The
tendency kept steadily upward, and to-
day eligible city property Is worth twenty
i've per cent. more than il was a year sgo.
And so it has gone an along the line. EK'
tension Of city railways and motor lines
aev dwellings popping up everywhere
merchants enquiring for larger store rooms
others tearing down, Identifying, enlarg-
ing and building. industrial establish
ments enlsrging their plants and expand
ing their facilities for trade. and finally
outside capitalists and business men look
ing in the direction Of wheeling will
more interest than ever before.
Il will be noticed that a number o
business houses sad manufacturers art
90. included in the iists which follow
This is due to two causes. FIRST, in 6
number Of instances business men, seeFs
taries Of corporations. etc, we're not il
iheir ofhCes or stores when the reporter
called upou them, and in other cases, in
formation acquired, had TO be omitted, or
account Of a lack Of Ioom for its insertion.
The REGISTER thinks Wheeling ought tC
usher is $50 With q brass band shd sev.
eai drum oOrps. Her people feel that the
oId year has dous well by them, and the
prospect for the new is bright as a gold
eagle inst from the mint
Here llllow The aiories.