Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
GEO. f. BURR.

Mr.. George f. Burr, the artiStreferred
| 10, arrived in the city yesterday after
noon. and AT once sought out Mr.. c. W.
| Franzheim. chairman Of the committee
/ of subscribers OF the illustrated edition
fund. The gentlemen had short pre-
/ liminary talk over the matter pending,
and when they separated, il was with
the understanding that the committee
appointed by the subscribers should be
called together at half-paSt seven O'Clock
/ i'm the evening, 10 discuss the matter
more fully with Mr.. Burr.
AT the hour named the committee,
consisting or Mr.. Franzheim, President
| II. II. Cochran, OF the Bridge and Ter
minal Company, and Secretary Howard
| Hazlett, of the Chamber OF Commerce,
met aud discussed the matter very freely
and fully. The entire history OF the
effort to illustrate the city, from the
I first visit of MeSsrS. Ertle and Leubrie
was detailed by the members of the COM
lmittee. and 10 say that Mr.. Burr was
surprised, is TO put il rather mildly. lie
said the plan mapped out by the two
gentlemen named was simply prepoSter-
Gus for any such sum a. they talked
about. and said that they must have
told their version OF the affair TO Wheel
ing people, and then cut down the stuff
for the paper TO suit the amount Of
money they had agreed 10 pay. Mr..
Burr said MeSSrS Arkell n Harrison
were indignant that they should have
been innocently made a party 10 any
such Misrepresentation, and announced
that he was present tomake any reason
able reparation for the injustice done
the city.
On further discussion, Mr.. Burr
said his idea was that about two pages
OF additional Illustrations, selected from
among the most striking buildings and
street scenes of the city, would make
very good appearance, when backed by
such descriptive matter aS might be
necessary or appropriate, which brought
ont from the committee the statement
that while they were not authorized TO
do ANYTHING binding upon the SubScrib-
erS. they still felt that "a majority OF those
who money would be content
10 see the city get good showing as 4
whole. without regard 10 individual
concerns or special or particular inter-
ests. 1t was upon this line that a Sug-
gestion was advanced TO get up two
page view OF the entire city and It's
Surroundings, taken from some point
of vantage on the Ohio side OF the
river. and it was agreed that such a
view. well executed, would do more to-
wards giving people away from the city
some conception of the situation and
appearance of the town, than volume
az such sketches as were worked OIL on
the community and the paper by MeSsrS.
Ertle and Leubrie. Mr.. Burr thought
such a picture would be fine thing,
proyided a sufficiently clear day could
las obtained at this season of the year,
and after some further talk over the
matter. the gentlemen separated with
the understanding that the subscribers
were 10 be called together this after
noon about four o'clock, to discuss the
matter Of agreeing upon some basis OF
procedure. and that in the meantime
Mr.. Burr would look about town and
take in the local situation.
In a conversation with representa-
tive OF the REGISTER, Mr.. Burr said his
people felt greatly agrieyed at the con
duet of the two men who came here.
The representations the men had made
As to what they proposed to do were
simply ridiculous, rs they would make
about twelve or fifteen pages Of Frank
IcSlic'S only equal to about two
pages Of the New York sun. in the
matter of cost. That, certainly, was
not reasonable. The trouble seem
ed 10 be that they had told all sorts of
things here. but when they came to
deal with the paper, they had simply
cut down the stuff to tit what money
they had. Mr.. Burr thought the pro
nosed two page view Of the city would
look well, and would be satisfactory.