Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-01-19

groceries and department. stores.
Where in some of these Stores a year
ago there was but one and two clerks
employed there are now dozen and al.
of them are kept busy. There are
some stores in JhiI city which year
or TWO ago were but small boxes, but
now they have branched out until IN
some instances they occupy handsome
big store rooms and are doing a bust
ness of hundreds of dollars day.
Another branch of business which is
restricted solely ito the oil country that
is booming in this place Is that OF the
oil we'll supply houses. AL the present
time lhere are five or six of these places
in the city to say nothing of any num-
Der of large houses located ether places
which are only represented by agents.
All the houses Ieem Ito be doing an i'm
mense business and In fact they are.
There is not a day but there are any
where from fifteen 10 fifty teams load
ed at EIhe warehouses OF these mer-
chants.
In addition Ito handling a full line Of
all kinds Of supplies that are needed TO
supply operators some Of these supply
houses have a sort of machine shop in
conjunction in which are employed
number of men and there places also
are kepi1 very busy. The machine and
repair shops of the city of which there
are four, are kept running day and
night Ito keep up wiki their work and in
many instances they have been unable
to get work out as rapidly as they de-
sired, an on account OF the lack OF facil-
:t;es.
There is a great building boom on
here now. but II is principally in oil
country houses. This Is greatly to be
regretted, but It cannot be helped as It
IS almot impossible to get a piece Of
ground on which to erect a house of
ones own. During the coming year
there promises Ito be one Of the greatest
building blooms here THE city has ever
experienced. Quite a number of the
prominent business men of the city
have sign.fed their intention OF build
ig handsome business buildings and be-
sides these there will be THE new
thirty Thousand dollar school house TO
erect and two handsome new bank
buildings.
During the past year there we're alt
least fifteen If not more hand-ome
dwellings, and business houses erected
in this city and the coming year il is
expected that Hhere will be twice that
many built. The people who have been
living in OIL country houses since they
came to the city see that SiSersville IS
destined TO have a very brilliant future
and they are now looking about to Sc
cure a piece of ground on which 10
build a permanent home and the
chances are that a great many of them
will make th,s c1y rheir home forever.
In the past uie residents of this city
have paid very little attention to any
thing except oil and for this reason
there has heen no effort made TO get
po.a2iulactories of any kind to locate
here, bun now some of those who have
been in l.he business for some time and
have made their pile are looking around
for an investment for their surplus cash
and as they want 10 put ID into some
thing near at home ii Will not be a
great while until there will be con-
cer,ed movement on the part of those
people TO get some manufacturing es-
adjustments of some sort TO locate
here. There Is every advantage here
for any kind of business no matter
wha, 1t may be an already some of the
persons Interested in establishments
in other towns have commenced TO
make inquiries about the place.
Il might. perhaps, be well 70 mention
some OF the advantages OF the city. To
start with The cry has a water depart
ment second TO none in any city of
twice its size in dhe country or ay other
State. This is one great advantage as
3 will be seen that there is ample pro-
lection from fire. Another thing is
that thsre is now one good telephone
system in operation and another one
building. The city has HE principal
streets paved and che coming year I is