Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-03
THE Town OF HARVEY. III.

a Correction OF Some Statements Here
tofors Made, Through Detective Inior-
nation.
On the morning Of May 18th the kEs,
rsTrR published 3 brief article, oaseo
upop what was believed 70 be Roou
authority, TO the genera eHect sue .
many OF the workmen who hao gone
from this city 10 Harvey, H. a re"
miles from Chicago, were much olssat-
isfed with the state Of affairs tnere' a
Others had been with the conditions 10
other "boom" towns, and that great
many Of those who had gone out Win
the ReiIaire Stamping Company had re-
tnr,od n their former homes, as many
other workmen, induced 10 leave Wheel
ing and neighbOring towns In the past'
had concluded there was no place IKE
tbeir old homes. In the course OF the
.rticle II was stated that the locality OF
Harvey was swampy, water being oo-
tainahIe a foot or two from the surface,
that mosquitoes abounded, and that MI.
Harvey. following the inevitable plan
FOR forcing the growth Of all "manuI fac
tnriug towns" expected ''to get his
money back by unloading lots upon ter
derleet, "a somewhat unconventional
expression intended TO illustrate the
truism that in the end all the money
paid for bonuses, free sites, etc., must
be settled for by the workmen, profess
sional men, and others who are induced
70 purchase lots and build homes In
"bOOm towns"
Exception has been taken to this
statement by the Harvey Land Assocla-
ton and the Bellaire Stamping Com
pany, the latter writing under date OF
Harvey, May 25, 1892, as follows:
'.RarUsy Land Association:
"GENTLEMEN:-In reply to your inquiry
regarding the correctness OF the statement
published in theWheeling DAILY REGISTER,
under date Of May 18th, TO the effect that
About 100 men went out with the BeIlalre
Stamping Company's OUTFIT, but most OF
them are back in the Glass CITY, would
saw that out of the number OF workInen
that came 10 Harvey with the Company,
that we know of but seven who have since
returned-two Of these returning on ac,
count of sickness, but have since applied
for their positions again.
ave are glad to make this corrected
statement and would be pleased TO nave IL
published in the Wheeling REGISTER, as 1t
does the Company an injustice.
yours very truly,
"Bellaire Stamping Company,
-. +. MERCER,
president"
With a view to correcting any inJus-
tice which may have been done to the
Harvey Land Association, and OF get
ting direct information from Wheel
ing gentleman who has been there sew
eral times, reporter yesterday called
upon Mr.. Andrew Sweeney, Jr., son OF
Col. A. j. Sweeney, whose firm Will
shortly remove to Harvey. Mr.. Sween-
ey said:-
Harvey is eighteen miles from the
Illinois Central depot in Chicago, the
northern limit of Harvey being two
miles from the southern limit OF Chi
cago. 1t is laid out TO conform with the
plat of the city, and with view to ulti-
mate annexation. Harvey thus begins at
what would be 141st street, going out
from Chicago, and extends to 159th
street. The land is higher than most of
Chicago, being about twenty-six feet
above the level Of the lake, along the
Calumet river, and is high, dry soil for
that part of the country. As a resi-
dence place the town of Harvey only
started in August, 1890. AT that time,
where the center of the town now is,
Mr.. Harvey shot prairie chickens. The
population now is about 5000. The
town is on the Illinois Central Railroad,
on the Grand Trunk, Big Four and Cal
umet Terminal. The Calumet Termi-
nal is a terminal road built by the Nor
thern Pacific giving Harvey manufac-
turers direct connections with
twenty-eight railroads, without any
switching charges, this charge
being absorbed by the trunk
line taking the freight. The freight
rates are the same as from Chicago.
There is an electric railroad two miles
long, one good boulevard, $50 feet wide
and mile long. The other streets are
backward. There is water works, and
electric light-both arc and mean
descent. 1t is strictly temperance
town, and is growing rapidly. The
foundations of our buildings are nearly
finished, and we expect to get out there
by September So far, we have been
delayed by wet weather"
Col. A. j. Sweeney was also seen, and
corroborated the above statements In
the essential particulars. The REGISTER
takes pleasure in thus correcting any
misstatements Of fact it may unwit-
tinCly have been led to make.