Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-09


Loan Observation-Disclosures a.
Peacock, Rubber Goods-The Ar
rivals of Yesterday.
Supt. A. J. Cromwell, of the motive
power Of the B. & o. railroad, was one
Of the Windsor guests last evening, be-
ing in Wheeling on his regular inspec-
ton trip over the western division of
the road. Mr.. Cromwell is a great
reader and admirer of the newspapers
in this country, and always finds time
to give the public any information
which they may be interested in or de-
sire to know about through such me-
diums, and in his department. "Of
course, said Mr.. Cromwell, 1--WE cannot
tell about the future use and develop
ment of electricity as a motive power
on railroads. 1t may be possible that
it will be used as the coming power to
move trains, yet. at the same time. it
occurs to me that the cost Of generating
sufficient electrical force to operate the
great lines of railroads in this country
will be such that steam power will not
go out of use very soon. My idea, how
ever, without giving the matter much
thought, is that the inventive genius in
/ this country Will soon be directed in
/ the line of securing some kind Of force
| or i'm the development Of the forces now
known to the world and used upon the
railroads at a much cheaper cost than
/ az the present time and of equal if not
better service, but the day has not come
10 write the funeral notice of steam as
! a motive power on the railroads in this
county 1 have been to Wheeling often
since 1852 About the time Of the big
| powder explosion on the river front in
the city was about my first visit. 1t
was a good point for trade in those days
and has ever kept to the front and is
| the best city, taking into consideration
| the size for railroad business on the
line
McLure-M. S. Brown. New York;
/ NJ Heating. Oil City; Geo. McEroy,
+ Philadelphia: J. L. Sims j. Bertly Al
/ bert %. Frank. p. J. Winke j. A. Fitzel,
]. =. Sampal. G.. A. WeegOn, Ptttsburg;
/ II. A. Stress. Geo. Cohen, H. d. Austin,
John G.. IT. Jeffrey. New York; A. 5.
| Schoemaker. Chicago; Henry P. Fink
Detroit. J. B. Whitney, Boston; John n.
/ Hess. FairmOnt: A Apple, T. A. Peyser,
/ Cincinnati. H. c. Yahn, Columbus
/ Mr.. G.. W. Mercer. a former resident
of this city and well known insurance
and loan man, was at the Hotel Mcclure
/ last evening. Il have been away from
this city for about four years. said
! Mr.. Mercer to the Register, engaged
/ in business in different sections Of the
/ country. and notice that the citizens
/ of the cities of this country to-day are
/ paving a great deal Of attention 10 the
/ matter of Improvements, public and
/ private. and they seem to know how 10
/ do the work better than ever before IN
the history of the country. The good
/ aDDearance Of streets and buildings in
the modern city is much studied as well
/ as the service features. Wheeling, we
all know. is a good city. but l believe
/ that q good many modern improve
| ments are needed here, especially IN
/ the matter of buildings, and owners OF
| the same should not wait until they
are destroyed by fire before remodellng
/ or rebuilding the same. The destruc-
/ tfon of property by the hre of yesterday
morning would have been very great
/ FIN nv Judgment if it had not occurred
i'm the dav time and if the city did not
/ support a good FIRE department. just
/ for tine reason that the buildings are
old and were not built in recent times.
W.ndsor-H. j. Hartman, Baltimore;
w. L. Bridges, Washington, ID. C.;
/ Amos y. Prichard. Mrs. A. j. Clark,
/ Warrington: John Shorts, Grafton; {.
/ C. Hunter. John II. Brown, Wadestown;
| j. G.. Conna.lg and daughter, Sisters
vile: Fl. T. Morrison, East. Brady,
| David Dick. Charleston; c. e. Berry,
/ j. r. Miles. Chicago; @. II. Worries, Kal-
/ amaz00. Mich; Z. J. O'DOnneu, Toledo.
Mr.. Mercer Brown, of South Carolina,
! an old-t.me manager of building and
| loan companies IN this country, is IN
/ Wheeling at the MoLure He said:
( "a new feature for modern times in the
| building and loan business is the addi-
| tion Of the life insurance features, 50
that the person who is a patron of the
/ loan company can know that his prop
euy viii not be fOreclOsed upon in case
Of his death and payments yet to be
made on his loan. The loan companies
act as q trustee for the insured, and they
are relieved of the disagreeable feature
/ of having TO foreclOse the property in
case of the death Of their customers"
s.amm-J. F. Allen. Clarksburg:
Mrs B. NJ. Allen, Sistersville J. p.
Hawks. Parkersburg: c. C. Harter.
Waterown. w. Va; Joseph Post, Salem;
/ w. j. Flickingeri Columbus: E. H.
eager. Cleveland; j. c. Reynolds. Free
/ port. o.; S. y. Grove. J. Friday and wife,
r. A. Bradford, Pittsburg; w. Fl.
Schuyler Chicago; C. o. Butler, Spring
| field, Ills.
Mr.. Edward A. Peacock. of Akron.
O.. travelling representative of the
Goodrich Rubber Company, Of that city,
is enjoying he Inequalities of the Nc
! Lure Rubber goods of all kinds ad-
vanced 10 per cent. on The LIST of Janu-
airy Of this year" SAID Mr. Peacock,
"and because. I think, directly of the
trouble in South Africa All of the rub
Der which comes 10 this country is shin