Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-22
STILL BUILDING.
WORK GOING FORWARD ON IMPROVEMENTS
ALL OVER TOWN,
Although We are in the Middle Of Winter
Masons Carpenters Plumbers and the Build
ing Trades Generally Busy Upon
New EtifceS.


Although it is mid-wlnter and "freez-
Ing weather" has prevailed for a week
past throughout this section of country,
building operations in the city OF
Wheeling are going forward as rapidly
Is though the season was anything but
what it is. Property owners bent upon
Improvement seem anxious TO expedite
matters in every possible manner, and
,sa result masons, carpenters, timers
md all other branches of the building
rades are giving employment to large
,pmber OF men, with no immediate
prospect of any noticeable diminution
n the prevailing activity. This work
8 bv no means confined to buildings
Itartad during the summer or autumn
months. In the residence portions OF
,he city, and particularly on the Island,
,gidtngs can be seen in all stages,
rom the embryotic hole IN the
ground which in time will be
cellar 10 the. building rooted In, pro-
vided with windows and doors and un-
5ergoing clustering. In some cases the
stones have merely been hauled for the
foundations, in others the masonry IS
completed, In still others the tlm6ers
are uu are and are being boarded In,
and so on up TO houses in the last stages
NJ completion. On the city side OF the
river there is very much the same state
of affairs, as far as residences are con-
rerned. while a number of big business
and manufacturing buildings are being
pushed with great rapidity. In all,
work is going on upon at least hIty
bindings. and unless the winter should
he much more severe than during the
mast few wears, men in the building
trades will have steady employment
right along until warm weather
comes. All this indicates that the com
ing summer will see fully as many I'M
prouements in this city as during
any one OF the last three
wears, as number Of big improvements
and changes are being put on paper by
architects and figures being obtained
from contractors. On the Island there
is considerable inquiry for eligible va
cant lots, for building purposes, ana
several pieces Of ground have changed
hands during the last month at stiff
prices, for Improvement during the
coming wear. As a result OF this, ell
gible lots are very firmly held in that
norton of the city, in most cases an APP
ureciable advance over figures asked
during the past year being demanded.
In fact, available lots Ia all portions or
the city are showing a healthy advance,
ia keeping with the MEMORABLE law OF
supply and demand, and the real estate
OF the town was never in better condl-
tiOn for holders.
At the new Peabody Office building,
on Market street, the bricklayerS have
run the walls up almost or quite TO the
roof line, aud the work OF setting the
granite front is we'll under way. At
the new Bank of Wheeling building
the handsome stone front is nearly up
Go the roof line, and presents an impos-
ing and handsome appearance. AT the
mammoth Baer grocery warehouse the
walls are uD past the fourth story, aud
rising higher rapidly aud steadily. AT
the new church building on South
street, the masonS are well up on the
second story, the large windows
being almost bricked in, and
the edifce will present very
fine appearanCe when completed. Just
across the creek the new Baking Com
usny building is almost done, as far as
outside works. concerned, and the in
aide work on the new business house
for the GoshOrn estate is far advanced.
Farther down town other new manu-
facturiug buildings are being pushed
RAPIDLY, and most Of the improvements
named will be ready for occupancy
early In the spring, The new building
1T South and Market streets is almost
ready for tenants, the interior work Ia
The upper stories Of the Stone & Thorn
as building is almost done, and in the
central portion of the city and in East
Wheeling several residences are almost
ready for occupancy, notably the two
6ne houses on Twelfth street, built for
W. II. Frank. These are fine buildings.
with stone fronts, and add much TO the
appearance Of that portion Of the city,
Among the new work 10 be under
taken in the early spring are the i'm
provementS by the Rogers estate, at the
corner OF Main and Fourteenth streets,
ard the Egerter buildins, at Market
aud Eleventh street, both of which will
be handsome improvements. The ROg-
ers estate building will be largely re-
modelled but still will be virtually a
new edifce, as the walls fronting upon
both streets will be pulled down, that
on Main street TO make way for a mod
ern front, and that on Fourteenth be-
cause the building is a foot or more Off
the line of the lot. Architects are pre-
Iaring plans for several fine suburban
residences, but names are withheld for
the present.
Taking these signs together, it looks
as il the work OF improving 1.-THE old
town" was 20 go steadily forward dur
ing the coming year, 10 the correspond