Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-26

peiioiture OF $4,000 will be required tx
put the grounds in proper condition
Ioi lhe coming fair. Secretary Georgt
iiooh MADE tour of the Fair ground:
IN a skif yesterday. and found de
pioraoie state Of affairs. One hundred
ana nine stalls We're gone from tn,
lower end of the grounds, and most O
the pens and remaining stables were
raised skewed around or upset, while
me rem street Office building and The
structures in the vicinity
WE'RE ALSO OVERTURNED
An Immense amount of work will b.
necessary to make good these losses
out the labor Will be undertaken lust
as soon as circumstances will permit
II was 1881 oyer again, so far as the
association is concerned, and the situa
'ion Is naturally very discouraging tc
the management. The water will moi
an De out of the grounds before to-
night.
Inc resumption Of railroad traffic
during the day was a great relief. The
.. 4 Q. got No. 46 out east over the
main line at 1920, about half an hour
late and also got a train through west
as Tar as Cambridge. The Panhandle
also got their liSe omen Yesterday
morning. The opening of these roads
brought an enormous mass of mail 10
the postoffice, and early in the after
noon mail bags were filled high all
over the floor. A postal car was Sc
cured in the B. & o. yards, and all
west mail sacks were hauled down
there and put ON board, and the mail
VIII be assorted ard distributed en-
route.
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
The city carriers were laden down with
mail yesterday afternoon, no less than
fifteen pouches Of city letters coming
IN one BATCH but by last night con-
siderable Roadway had been made in
working the accumulation off. 1t is a
very fortunate thing, indeed, that the
PittsbuIg division Of the B. & 0. re-
manned open, all through the food
There were many narrow escapes
from more serious loss and damage in
the business district In number Of
instances the water just failed TO en-
ter first floors, and those who thus
avoided the wet and mud were happy.
A notable instance of CLOSE calP' was
THE Pollack cigar factory, where
the water was on the floor Of the bust
ness Office, but not on the warehouse
floor. Another instance was in the
warehouse just in the rear of the
Stamm House Many thousands of
dollars worth of goods were piled in
this building, and they just escaped.
The same thing was true Of a num-
Der of business houses on Main street
between alley and Twelfth street,
Another foot of water would have been
a very serious matter indeed.
A TOUR OF THE ISLAND
last evening showed at once a bad
and good condition of things. The
water was off of Penn street as far
south as Fink, and South Broadway
as far as the corner Of Ohio. Much Of
Virginia and Zane streets We're dry and
the cross streets in the central portion
of the Island were in very good shape.
Everybody was at work in the district
vacated by the water, the payements
fati been MaSfed off With street hose,
the yards raked up, and in dozens OF
instances grass seed had been sowed
in the fresh and rich deposit of mud
left by the receding water Children
were out with their bicycles on Penn
and other streets, babies were being
wheeled about in carriages, furniture
and carpets were being put back in
place, and by tonight the usual situa-
lion will have been well restored IN
this favored district. On lower
ground. however, the outlook was still
very dismal. Many house was deep
in the water when night fell, with no
hope of relief before noon to-day, and
miles of fences were down, steps and
porches upset and ut-buildings cap
sized or carried away. Vast accumula-
lions of drift were TO be seen in many
places. a notable instance being on
South Front street, from Ohio south
fOr nunufSu anu MY ydluo' L i4OA :
the full width of the street was filled
with logs and all sorts of lumber to a
height of two or three feet, and the
B. P. w. will have beautiful time Of
it clearing the mass away. The west
ends of Vermont and Florida streets
were also
JAMMED FULL
of out-buildings and drift, while on
Fink street the new boardwalk had
been f1oated out of place and partially
lodged in adjoining property, until ii
looked like a wrecked suspension foot
bridge. These scenes were duplicated
in many other parts of the Island, and
the removal of the wreckage and re-
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