Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-07
ALONG TIE NATIONAL ROAD
Many improvements are in Progress
This Summer.


CONSIDERABLE GRADING ON
STEEP HILLS, PARTICULARLY
AT ECHO POINT AND STAMPS.
THE NEW RESIDENCES WHICH
ARE BEING ERECTED-THE
ELECTRIC CAR SERVICE WILL
CAUSE A BUILDING BOOM NEXT
SUMMER.
The magnificent drive and the beau
tiful suburban residences along the
National road east of the city, are to-
gether a source of pride to the people
of Wheeling. and with the splendid car
| service i~naugurated this year, the
dream of a continuous line of resid-
ences, stretching from Fulton to Elm
Grove, promises to be realized within
a decade. The Wheeling & Elm Grove
road will be the most important factor
in bringing about this end, since its
admirable car service has simplified
the question of rapid transit to and
from the heart of the city. One who
has not gone oyer the pike to the park
for ten years, would be astonished at
the extent of the improvements which
have been made, and the next decade
will see ever greater changes.
Not only has the w. & E. G. road
bene Improved, but a vast amount of
grading and paving has been done on
the pike, making that t~horoughfare
much more attractive to horsemen and
wheelmen. The grading and paving of
the road, full width, from Pleasant
Valley Park to Wheeling Park, was an
improvement for which the change in
motive power on the w. & E. G. was
in a measure responsible. Now the
wset side of the road in Pleasant Val
ley is torn UP, preparatory to the con-
%struction of a substantial board side
walk.
Improvements are also being made at
ether points. At Echo Point a big
force of men has been at work for sew
eral weeks reducing the grade of
chicken neck" A great amount of
%excavating has been done. Another
force of men is cutting a slice off
Stamm's hill, at Wheeling Park. 1t
ranges from ten to twenty feet. Other
and less important improvements are
being made at other points.
While the advance in the price of
building materials has caused many
persons who contemplated building to
change their minds, there are never
theless as many suburban residences
in course of construction as during any
recent year. Next season is expected
to be a very busy one, as many per-
sons who have purchased lots this
year, as well as other property owners
along the road, will erect country
houses. A number will go up on the
Thompson farm, which has not hither-
to been available for building purposes.
Dwelling in various stages of con
struction are to be seen on both sides
of the National Road, between Woods
Run and Wheeling Park. Contractor
Newt. Wilson is erecting a two-story
dwelling east of Woods Run.
A handsome two-story frame dwell
ing is being erected near Altenheim
by Klieves, Kraft & Co., for James Nc
Cahon. 1t will be completed and ready
for occupancy within a few weeks.
Klieves. Kraft & Co. have also nearly
finished the large modern tWo-story
frame dwelling at Echo Point for Jesse
McCausland, and have started the ex-
cavation for a $4,000 residence fo-
William Schempf.
In the rear of Echo Point the two
magnificent dwellings erected for o. G..
Dewey have been completed ;also a
modern tWo-story frame residence for
DR.. Etz.
At E%dgington Lane two two-story
frame dwellings have been completed
and another is in course Of erection.
The residence of Birney~ K. Nc
Mechen, zeal Pleasant Valley Park, is
undergoing extensive Improvements. A
porch of generous proportions will run
around the front and sides of the build
ing.
The handsome frame residence of
Mrs. Chas. Bailey, IN the plat adjoining
Paxton's, will be completed within a
few weeks, and another dwelling is
being erected on the opposite side Of
the road.
At Greenwood cemetery the improve
ments have been almost completed.
The massive stone arch gate is very at
tractive, and the buildings on each side
of the entrance correspond in material
and design, and will give an imposing
| appearance TO the beautiful cemetery.