The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-30

uNQNE NNANAN Own AIANNAa AAeN
yet lamentable lack OF confidence IN
The situation. People have their cars
on the ground listening for the wheels
OF the chariot % prosperity, ana are say
Ing With the mother OF hisera' why
are the chariot wheels 30 long delayed
Caming back once more 70 the electric
lines pf 81. Louis, urbnn and suburban,
they have. as noted NJ the outset OF this
letter. made visible prOgress since was
a solGnrner hercabouts eve years ago.
They have put out their tentacles in
every direction. and have absorbed
frarmsntary lines Into the rival sys-
TENS and have built up "a greater 81.
I,oulE| outside OF old boundaries. The
new houses along the various lines tell
their own story OF investors OF small
means or modest salaries; OF pent up
t,fnnle. OF the work -a-day world, seek
inC for an outlet where fresh air and a
Garden and a green plat could be
bought cheap, on the insiallmeut plan
This Is the explanation they give me as
10 why the population Of the city proper
has not gone forward with greater ra-
pltiltV, although Il has gone forward.
ana why values do not show up strOn-
ger on tha tax duplicate although they
have Increased Comparing small
things with larger things. Il Is some
what Ike the emigration OF persons ana
property that has gone out from
Wheeling eastward. along the motor
line. or down into M9rShall county on
the ''IenEOod Southern" and thus kept
the old town down to the 1880 census.
OHIy the nsEinning.
Ny 9th sr oId-ume Wheeling friend.
Jimmy Campbell, whose bond and In
vsstment o0Oms stlll adorn the hrst
fiSor OF the Rialto building on Fourth
street, and who Is q klng-bee In these
electric lines and systems OF which
have been speaking, tells me that these
ahsorptions to which have referred,
are an preliminary to one grand and
Anal absorption by which two hundred
or more miles OF cables and trolleys
will pass into the hands OF single
ownership and MANAGEMENT. and that
b. means Of economies thus made pos
sIble the ground plan OF the lines will
he perfected and system OF publication
I in The matter OF fares introduced that
win enable a man 20 travel AL day Tor
a nickel. and thus give invalid people
and all the nurses and babies OF the
city a chance To spend the entire sum
! r1er out OF doors and on the cars al a
purely nominal expense. need not
say that Jimmy Is an enterprisi1g hui
manitnrinn. who always sees the benev-
client aspects OF his large undertakings.
through the magnifYing medium OF the
handsome plate glass that eliminates
his counting rnoms.
Nv the way. our friend Jimmy has
given me some interesting reminiscent
ces OF the late editor @cCull1Eh. OF
the GLOBE Democrat, whose financial
adviser he often was, one OF whose
pail bearers he also was. and for whom
ne cherishes an unbouuded admiration
NJ
,Iebted to him Tor q visit 90 McCullaEh
two years ago. He takes no stock In
Ire suicide theory promulgated at the
time OF his death. which happened In
die night. from hts fall from a window
az his room down 10 the pavement be-
low. and SAYS that the true explanation
undoubtedly was that AcCullREh, who
was a very sick man, suffering IN
ten sily from asthma. threw up his win
dow for air, and leaning out too iar,
lost his balance and fell. hnd that this
y row the generally accepted theory
~ Ills death. There is no known re1-
son why he should have destroyed him
self as ne was prosperous and iniiu-
entail man, who welded pen that
had 4 most eaviable influence on public
opinion throughout the wide domain
coUered by the circulation OF his great
M,,CuiIaIh had a great aversion 20
seeing visitors, or having them take IN
his tame, and was apt 70 be abrupt and
unsorlal with them. because, as ne ex-
plainsd, his work had 10 be done within
certadn hours and he could not afford to
have Il sll1:hted by neglect. He was par
ticuElrly aVerse to tne visits OF strong
mind ed women, who we're possessed by
an Invaluable idea Of some sort FOR
which the world WAS waiting. He al
ways insisted that they should be turn
ed o-Fer TO some one OF his assistants,
INT There came one day q certain WO-
man who would not be thus disposed Of
hut who insisted and persisted that she
must see Mr.. McCullagh himself as she
had a manuscript TINT he WAS
the one proper person II pass up
on Well he had 20 see her. and he had
10 listen 10 the reading OF her manu-
scrlyJs, during which he never said a
word. Finally she wound up by saying:
'sNoV. Mr. MOCUIlagh, this Is paper
that should 20 into your Sunday edI-
tIon. A. understand II has the largest
circulation and is the most carefully
made-up OF all your editions, Don't you
think so?'' no. madam. do not,
why not. Mr.. McCullaEh? Is It not
the most select issue OF your papers
yves, madam, 1t IS our most select edl-
/ klflIl, anu LUE NlAfk WI ANAAHNfA "
not admit intD II such a papeF as that
OF yours. We have reputation 10 pre-
serve"
II Is unnecessary 70 say that this par
| ticuiar woman never again insisted on
reading a paper to Mr.. McCnliaGh,
Had / not already written you long
enough letter ] would euter into an
account OF q visit which l made the
other day to General William u. POW
iii. colonel OF the Second West Virginia
| cavalry during The war. at his home q;
/ Belleville, Illinois. where he now enjoys
| he Quiet OF a happy domestic life after
| having faced death on the battlefield
| 40 often as any man who served in the
g-eat conflict. / spent a couple OF days
1 with him, In pursuance OF promise
| / made him at Washington IN the
month OF March. and came away in
| the possession OF some "reminiscences
| that should prove quite interesting to
your readers. You may look for them
! 6Hy time A. ". c.