Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-09
MANY SITES SUGGESTED
TO THE LOCATION COMMITTEE FOR
THE PROPOSED NEW THEATRE
1UILDING.
SELECTION WILL BE MADE
To-day in All ProbabiIity-The Com
mfttee Invites Further SuEges-
lions From Citizens-Court House
Location Has Many Friends-Others
Favor q Site on Business
ThOroughfare.

Favor Site on q Business
Thoroughfare.
There is great deal of speculation
as to the probable location for the
new theatre, and the average citizen
favors some certain site for the build
ing. AS matter of course, the stock
holders will determine the question,
and in doing so will take into consid-
GRAFTON the cost of ground, the proba-
BILE revenue to be derived etc. How
ever, the committee on location has
invited suggestions, and with a view
to learning the opinions citizens a
Register man interviewed several per-
sons yesterday.
Mr.. W. E. Stone of the location COM
m1ttee appointed by the board, when
seen yesterday afternoon, stated that
the committee had arrived as yet at
no definite opinion to submit to the
board, and would not do so until noon
to-day at the earliest. He further
stated that they had five or six sites
under consideration and would consid-
er any suggestions made to them be-
fore the stockholders meeting.
Mr.. F. C. H. Schwertfeger-"I favor
location somewhere on Market
street. There should be an entrance
on that thoroughfare, but the theatre
could be in the rear, where property
is not so valuable for store room pur-
poses. Theatrical people say that a
location on street thai is used by
pedestrians, brings a transient patron
age WA4ch they cannot secure if the
theatre is located on a back street.
However the cost of Market street pro-
perty may preclude the possibility Of
selecting a site there
b. & o. Passenger Agent 7. C.
Burke-"In my opinion the new thea
tire building should be located on Mar
ket street between Sixteenth and
Fourteenth streets. If the postofiice
should be removed that location at
Sixteenth and Market would be the
very place"
H. P. McGregor-"Undo the
old court house property is the place.
OF course, the very best location would
be somewhere on Market street in the
central portion of the city, but the ex-
cessively high price of real estate any
where along that thoroughfare makes
that out of the question. The court
house property is the best they can
do"
Prosecuting Attorney Frank w.
Nesbitt-''If the fact that the new
building on the LANCE property at the
Southeast corner of Market and Four
teenth streets, would not raise the
price to too high a figure it would, in
my estimation, be the best location.
The next best would be the old court
house property. My reason for favor
ing either of the sites is the fact that
a stage could be conveniently located
on the street level
j. C. Devine, Real Estate-"There
are several places which in my mind
would make excellent locations for the
new theatre. The very best would be
the Hawley block at Tenth and Mar
ket streets, if it could be secured at
reasonable figure. In that case the
List property on the opposite corner
might he secured. There are 1865 cars
passing that corner every day, and
aslue from along the route of the SUD-
urban line, the place is accessible by
street cars from every section of the
city and environs. And before the
building could be completed the
Moundsville line cars will be added.
AS second choice | would say the old
court house property. Again there is
a L..lrd excellent place, north on the
east side of market from the alley, be-
tween Fourteenth and Sixteenth
streets, the two estates, owneu by the
Bailey and Crawley heirs"
Mr. Julius Pollock-'"The best loca-
ton for the proposed new theatre
would be at Chapline and Twelfth
streets-the old court house property.
Aside from being very easy of access
from all street railway lines, an aud
fence would not be disturbed by the
noise of traffic, as would be the case
on a busy thorougbfare like Market
street. Of course the Lange property
at Fourteenth and Market streets
would also be very desirable and con-
venient location, but it can hardly be
considered, owing to the excessive
high price of real estate in that vicin-
ity The old court house site Is the
only practical location"