The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-12
THE BUILDING BOOM
In tho Clty--Faotorios, Store Rooms
and Dwelling Houses.
THE SOUTH SIDE IMPROVED
Iiyn Number Of Handsome Structures.
Houses In All Stages Of Progress.
Some with Foundations just bc-
gun, Others Almost Fluishcd...1ho
Eighth Ward being Built Up.

II any ono has doubts as 10 the future
prosperity OF Wheeling ho has but to
make trip through tho South sidc and
SEQ evidences OH all sides, In all the
wards lying below the creek there arc
numerous buildings in various stages
Of erection, some with just tho founda'
lions laid and others in IN almost com.
plcted state. On ally Sides houses nrC
undergoing extensive repairs, and arc
being renewed by iresh paint, giving
everywhere fresh, clean and inviting
look. In n great many cases large i'd
ditions are being made, Among the
most prominent buildings just finished
is the large addition made by the Nail
City Lamp and Stainping Company.
It ia 4 handsome four-story brick build.
Ing, with glass front and back. AL.
ready the three upper stories have been
occupied for storing and packing pur.
poses. BY next week the machinery
will be moved in on the first floor,
which will greatly relieve the crowded
condition OF tho old building.
Another building siniilhr to tho one
mentioned is tho one being built by
the Donaldson Carriage Company on
Main street, OIL tho site OF the one
burned down recently. 1t will DO Iour
stories high, built OF brick and stone,
with glass front and back and with all
the modern improvements. The foundn.
tions have becn laid and, the side walls
finished to the second story. The hand
some dwelling OF Christian Schnopi,
the druggist, now in course OF erection
on South Chapline street, is another
marked improvement. 1t will be q
three story residence with pressed
brick front, highly ornamcnted with
dressed stone trimmings, With man
sard roof. When completed it will be
one OF the handsomest residences in
that portion OF the city.
Good progress has been made in the
new Sixth ward school house. Tile
dwelling house that formerly occupied
tho ground has been togh down and
considerable work has been accom-
plished on the foundations. The hand
some club house being built nv tho
Young Mems Democratic club il almost
finished: not much remains to be done
eycept few minor details in thu inte.
rior. The building, which stands on
the site OF the old Hrarne pronertv ON
Main street, Just south OF the new stone
bridge, is oui,e nm addition I, that
neichborhood, being atwo-storv build.
ing, with pressed brick front, contain.
ing large, commodious hall and ante
rooms on tho second floor, and two large
store-rooms on the first.
The immense building o. the Scbmul.
bach Brewing Company is about fin.
ished, with some detail work in the in.
terror still to be done. Work has be.
gun on large bottling house on the
west side OF the brewery.
In this, the Eighth ward, are seyera,
dwellings which are rapidly annrooch.
ing completion. A handsome two.story
frame dwelling on Eotf street. lust south
OF Caldwell's run, for Mr.. William
Beckmyer, and a double two-story
brick dwelling on Cbapline street for
Mrs. D. NJ. Carey. will soon be done
Down here the number of DWELLINGS,
in course of erection is ospecinlIy
noticeable, most ali of them bcino
frame structures Of excellent onncor,
ance. judging from the rate at which
they are being erected, that ward viii