Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-07-13
THE SILVER SITUATION.
A FORMER WEST yRsNIlN TALKS OF NON
fANA MINES
ne klscric Car as Railway Factor = The
Ohio Street, Car COmpany-A Big
Wheat Yield.

Mr.. E. G. Mot ter, formerly Of Man
nlngton, but who has been in the West
for the past sixteen years. being now
located at Butte, Mont, with George
Rick. the Moifet boys, Of the Island,
Charles Bigelow, and other Wheeling
people, is in the city hunting up old
friends. Mr.. Motter hardly recognized
this city after so long an absence, and
thinks this whole community has very
. prosperous look
Asked about the silver situarion, Mr..
Molter said:
''Our position is very bad. Silver
can't be handled proftably for less
than eighty-dv5 cots an ounce, and as
the price has lately been as low as htty-
three cents, we had 10 shut down our
mines. / think the number Of men
now idle can safely be placed at eighty
thousand, while there are millions OF
tons of ore in the dnmpS, from which
the silver cannot be extracted az pres
ent prices As a result, every sort OF
business is affected and there is great
deal OF popular excitement \ few
mines. having exceptional facilities for
handling the stuff cheaply, are run
ming. but 10 is only
drop ia the bucket, and does
nothing TO alleviate the universal depres-
sion. One or Two people with money
aud nerve are buying up silver stocks,
and seem 10 be willing 70 run the risks
OF better times, but they are precious
few. The copper interests are very
much better of than the silver men,
Just now, aud l would much rather be
in that business than in silver, as things
now are"
"The Wheeling AID Lake Erie is run
ming along smoothly and getting its
share OF 0usinesS-same rs usual, SAID
General Passenger Agent James Nj.
Hall, Of the Company named, last even
ing.
"How is the Chicago excursion bust
nssS?"
''Well, 1t hasn't been very large, so
far. l understand the b. y y. ala right
well here to-day, but some excursions
run out OF Pitts6urg and Toledo by
other lines lately were not conspicuous
successes"
"What do you hear strange regarding
the local railroad SltuationY
Nothing, much; but do you know,
the electric railway systems here are
going to play an active part 10 rallroad
matters hereabouts in the future Ihey
will very shortly be better prepared
than the regular railroads 10 transport
Ia 79ssengers aud mails from the ONO
skulh and II 1 mistake not you will ind
+ oVerF roads, in years TO come, set'inE
n retr passengers down on the Ohio bank
y ar W -
Therel be taken up by electric cars, and
! smolisked away TO their homes or places
ury. business or the hotels in this city
expeditlously, cheaper aud with
rs, eveater comfort than II they remained
the cthe cars aud were landed after the
swavf yitable delays In q depot whence
,iecfty must walk or ride 70 their homes
side places Of business anyhow.
. rith't know whether this matter
md been looked at In this light or not,
/tft am convinced that 10 will ultimate
IN be found much more convenient Tor
messengers 70 leave the cars At Bridge
port aud Martins Ferry, or at some
Doiat between these towns, 10 be here
after agreed on, and come TO the city by
the electric cars, when the systems are
fully developed. That system Is being
used out our line in just this way"
ssWbat is the electric railway situa-
ton this morning, Mr.. h. M. Russell?"
eve are not going TO let the matter
rest In its present shape. II the people
want US TO come into the city, we will
make further effort to 10 so. The vote
of last evening in Council was not at all
on the merits Of the proposition, and no
one so understands it. 1t was very IN
fair"
oIam told by some Of the Short creek
-,rmers, 4" said Judge John A. Campbell,
nat they never had such fields OF
eat as they are cutting this year.
WELD seems TO DO unprecedented In
Ohio Valley. Some farmers are act
ily talking about one hundred bush
TO the acre. "
~ was in Chicago Monday, and saw
burning Of the cold storage build
?, Just st the edge Of the Fair
ounds," said Charles Morningstar
sterday. The death Of the tiremen,
the presence Of so many people pow
less TO aid them, was a terrible sight,
d one never want TO see again"
TIRES going to be fun shortly on
awning question" said business
a yesterday. Somebody complained
,ipst q Market street business man,
he got notice from the Board Of
blic Works to raise his hanging avn
70 a height OF eight and one-half
4 above the pavement. Then he went
nning for other business men, and l
derstand ne has list Of ia business
uses whose awnings are less than
ht feet and half from the sidewalk.
he says they shall all raise them, II
costs him $500 personally. The out
* is for fun"