Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-11-05

During the coming week there
should be some energetic action on the
part of the Chamber Of Commerce of
this city in the direction of carrying
through the idea originated by Hon.
N. B. Scott of starting up the Hobbs
glass works. Mr.. Scott, as is very
well known, has recently been very
sick man, and even now is under or
ders from his physician that he must
stay within doors. This necessarily
precludes him from taking an active
part in the solicitation of stock for
the new Company, and it should be at
tended to right away. No individual,
perhaps, can devote the necessary time
to this important industrial matter, and
yet it should be attended to, and at
once-during the coming week. Why
should not meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce be held and committee
appointed to circulate subscription
lists on both the South and North
Sides of the city, and close the matter
up? 1t will be the additions of one
more industrial plant to the city, and
will be of general benefit, both to the
stockholders and to the city at large.
Mr.. Scott was seen yesterday, and
on the course of a conversation about
the matter, he said:
81 cannot, in justice to my health, go
out of doors to engage in the solicita-
ton of stock 1t is true that l have
seen a few people, and have met with
some encouragement, but the time is
slipping away. Monday will be the 9th
of the month. and the option only ex-
tends to the Goth. Prompt action is
necessary. The capital stock neces-
sary is seventy-fve thousand dollars.
I will put in five thousand dollars my
self, and the South Side people should
raise twenty-five or thirty thousand.
The rest, / am confident, can be OBJ
tanned up town from men of means.
But some one will have to attend to it,
and l am fearful that the opportunity
will be lost. There should be sub
seription paper circulated in the Eighth
ward, and if there is anything like a
fair response down there, the remain
der of the money will be secured up
town. Something has been said in the
newspapers about the recent removal
of material from the factory. | re-
ceived a letter from President Ripley
to-day, and he explained that the Or
der for the removal of that stuff was
given long ago, and in thes hurry OF
business he forgot to countermand 1t,
after he gave me the option. He also
said that the difference would be ad-
justed all right, so there is nothing IN
that to cause hesitation. The matter
ought to be pushed, and | am physical
ly unable to do it myself. This is not
a matter in which l have personal
interest in the sense that | expect to
obtain position, or anything of that
sort. / already have one glass house,
of which I am President, and have no
personal ends to crafty. But l beileve
in aiding the town in which | have
lived for thirty years, and the way to
do it is to improve every opportunity
to increase our manufacturing indus
tries. The money is here, but some
body will have to do the work of solicit
ing the stock, and l cannot do 1T. 1t
is a case where volunteers must be
called for"
Mr.. Scott did not suggest the Calling
of the Chamber of Commerce and the
appointment of a committee OF tna5
body, but it occurs to the Register that
II would be a short cut to success to
have that body act during the coming
week. In two or three days three or
four gentlemen COULD doubtless make
such Roadway that the remainder
would be easy. VIII the motion re
ceive a second from business men?
And will it be adopted?
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL.