Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-03-01
BRIDGE OPENING.
MAYOR SEABRIGHT ISSUES A CALL TO CELE-
BRATE THE EVENT.
Tia City TO Bear None Of the Expense, but to
Cons From Private Contributions-A List of
the Committees Appointed from the
Different Wards.

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The proposed celebration Of the open
ing of that remarkable piece of engin-
eering, the new stone bridge, was sug-
gested by the REGISTER in the Sunday
issue, and the idea was received with
much favor.
As there have been many inquiries as
to how and when the celebration will
take place, and as Mayor Seabright has
frequently been importuned in regard to
the affair, he has decided to issue an ad-
dress to the citizens of Wheeling rela-
tive to the affair. 1t is the intention Of
Mayor Seabright that the city be SUBJ
jected to no expense in the celebration,
but that it be met wholly by private
contributions. IL is also the idea of the
Mayor to commemorate the opening up OF
the electric light at the same time. The
following is the address:
MAYORS ADDRESS.
To The Citizens Of Wheeling:
Inasmuch as the city electric light
plant and the stone bridge promise to be
completed soon and opened for the use
of the public, and as the Wheeling and
Terminal railway have already complet-
ed their lines, l would respectfully rec
ommend that the following committee
meet, at date to be hereafter named,
for the purpose of arranging for dem
onstration to properly commemorate
the completion of these great improve
ments and conveniences. l would sug-
gest that the committee named below
ask that all manufacturing and business
houses close at noon on the day set for
the celebration of the opening of
the stone bridge and the Inaugural
ton of the electric light plant;
that speakers be provided for the
christening of the bridge in the after
noon, and that it might be advisable to
erect two Sandstone at the north and
one at the south end of the bridge. In
the evening would suggest thatarrange-
ments be made for speaking in front Of
the public building; that all the socie-
ties and organizations be invited to turn
out TO do honor to the occasion; and
that simultaneous with the forward
movement of the procession and the
speaking, "the button be pressed" and
the light turned on. These are merely
suggestions, which the committee can
improve or modify at their pleasure.
For the purpose of carrying out the
matters suggested / respectfully name
the following gentlemen to act as COM
mittee to make all due arrangements
for the same:-
First Ward-Henry X. List, f. j.
Park, General Alfred Caldwell, James
Mccain, George +. Stifel, Louis G. Sti-
fel, ]. A. Hess, David Gutman, Alex.
Frew, David &. Morgan, Fiddelins
Reister.
Second Ward-Campbell IL. Richards,
Henry Baer, Morris Horkheimer, S. S.
Bloch, George X. Wheat, c. William
Welty, IL. V. Ogden, DR.. r. w. Hazlett,
Henry w. Weisgerber, John S. Welty.
Third ward-Augustus Pollack, q.
Ed. Mendel, Thomas O'Brien, Joseph
Speidel, William f. Peterson, David
Gundling, Gibson Lamb, B. f. Caldwell,
George s. Feeney, j. +. Acker, John
Frew, Anton Reymann. Charles Goethe,
Thayer Melvin, n. B. Scott, f. IL.
LANCE.
Fourth ward-Henry Floto, Charles
Smith, Richard Robertson, William Nc
Mechen.
Fifth Ward-Frank Arber, William
Myles, Charles Reed, Charles Menke-
meler. T. L. Hutchinson, II. L. Beh-
rens, John e. Hoffman,, Sr., William
II. Travis, Hullihen Quarter, John
Waterhouse, II. c. Moffat, Andy Ham
ilton, Nelson Whitaker, r. L. Devries,
Peter Moore.
Sixth Ward-John Weisgerber, Frank
Cruise, Frank Weber, ST., Nicholas
Riester, Sr. Henry Schmulbach, Ed.
Schaffer, Louis Colmar.
Seventh Ward-J. Elwood Hughes,
c. w. Franzheim, Capt. John Mcclure,
J. S. Naylor, George Wise, H. p. Nc
Gregor, Charles Lukins, DIR. Curry,
Lewis Bayha, James B. fancy, Ken
nedy Friend, Geo. Flaccus.
Eighth ward-Henry Schrabe.
Smith Butler, J. j. Jones, r. M. Gille-
Ian, DR.. II. T. Ford, S. L. Brice,
Charles Rohrlg, w. C. Handlan, j. II.
Hobbs.
Pike and Fulton-Frank Hearne,
Sheriff Lewis Steenrod, Michael Stein,
Joseph DUBOIS, Jacob w. Grub, VIM.
Cracraft, j. c. Brady.
G. w. SEABRIGHT, Mayor.