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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-04
BETTER SERVICE
Demanded of the wheeling Trac-
ton Company.

Demanded of the wheeling Trac-
ton Company.
To the Editor of the Register.
Sir:-A frequent patron of the across
the river lines of the Wheeling Trac-
ton Company, corporation having
monopoly of business with little or no
compensation to the municipality, de-
sire to call attention to some shortcom-
ings on the part of the corporation and
its employees.
Three car lines cross the Island,
while there is a fourth on the short
Fair Grounds loop. A passenger, pos
sibly a lady, wishes to board car at
Ohio and South Huron streets. 1t is
raining heavily. She stands there for
five to twelve minutes waiting for
car. Finally a string of three come
down Huron street, one right after the
other. The lady is in hurry, and has
been for some time. She walks out as
the first car approaches. The conduc-
tor gives his bell two rings, thus sig
mailing the motorman to go ahead.
The second car comes along, but refuses
to stop. The lady, by this time well
moistened, is finally accommodated"
on the third car which is subject to
all the ueldyS lHClu6Ut " Tic III 81 tNC
stopping at Main and Bridge Place, at
Main and Eleventh. going down the
hill" at Main and Twelfth and Main
and Fourteenth. and by the time she
reaches Schnepf's corner she Tor he. as
the case may be- is probably too late
for an engagement, wet and miserable,
and out Of patience besides. Often
there are no seats, and about every
other car, with the mercury in the
nineties or at 100. is closed car, stuff
fly and out of season. The service, to
put it mildly, is abominable. A car
should be compelled to stop for pas
senger, no matter whether it is be-
hind time or not, for the first consid-
Grafton should be the accommodation
of the public. Some of these days a
log of wood or a plank will stop one
of these behind-time cars with round
turn, and thereafter there may be more
consideration for PATRONS.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-04
THE C. H. S. GRADUATES
HAVE GOOD POSITIONS.
Some of Them VIII Go to Colleges.
Work to He Exhibited at the Com

Some of Them VIII Go to Colleges.
Work to He Exhibited at the Com
ing state Fair.
The work of the Cathedral High
school pupils during the past year.
which was exhibited in the school
rooms in June, will be on exhibition
among other school work at the COM
ing State Fair. The Church Calen-
dar gives the present employment of
the members of the graduating class,
as follows:
Albert Mooney, bookkeeper for Geo.
M. Shook & Co.
C. Menger Truschel, medical student,
University of Pennsylvania
w. J. Michigan, bookkeeper and
typewriter, P. Welty Co.
Raymond w. Myles, clerk, c., L. &
w. K. R.
Vincent P. Duffy, bookkeeper and
typewriter, Philadelphia, Pa.
H. w. Gundling, bookkeeper, Sea-
bright's, tailor.
l.. V. Thornton, law student, L. S.
Jordan's.
Leo. A. Buch, stenographer and type
writer. B. & o. R. r.
V. G. Gundling, clerk, c., L. & w.
R. r.
James Corcoran, salesman, McFad-
den's, Gents Furnisner
Leo P. Hillenbrand, bookkeeper, John
L. Giesey's, Contractor
E. c. Jepson. stenographer and type
writer, B. & o. r. R.
George f. Carenbauer, salesman
George NJ. Shook & Co. s.
Frank l.. Rock, salesman, McFad-
den's, Gents Furnisher
A. j. Hasenauer. stenographer and
typewriter, B. & 0. R. R.
Joseph w. Nolty bookkeeper and
stenographer. Swift & Co.
Oscar j. Mueller, stenographer and
copyist, B. & o. R. r.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-04
M'MECHEN.
Special attention given to Piano Tun-
ing and Repairing.
F. w. BANNER CO.
DAO MEN OO.,
Wheeling w Va

wheeling, w. Va.
John Dillingham;, of this place. an en-
gineer on the b. q o.. was struck bv train
No. at Fairmont yesterday morning and
received injuries to his head. arms and
back. but they are not thought to be SER
ious The injured man was brought to the
Reynolds Memorial Hospital at Glendale
for treatment.
Rev. Father Werhle, of Bellaire, was
here yesterday. the guest of Rev. Father
Harris
C. e. and w. d. Goodwin left on No. s
this morning for Mt. Lake Park. The for
mer will remain about two weeks and the
latter will return home on Tuesday.
Jos. l.. Campbell, Jr. or Braddock. Pa.
will be the guest of friends here to-day.
Miss Hattie Patterson has returned to
her home here after being the guest of
friends at Clinton.
Willie Johns. of McKeesport, is the
guest of friends here
The funeral of the unfortunate four
year-old child of MI. and Mrs. Richard
Marble will occur from the family resi-
dence this morning.
The poles for the Home Electric Co.
are being DISTRIBUTED about town and the
work of wiring the town will begin at
once.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-04

Bids were opened at the office of
President Howard Hazlett of the Pan
Handle Traction Company for grading,
masonry, timber and trestling on the
Pan Handle Traction Company's road
from this city to Wellsburg. and the
contract was awarded to Stringer &
Hallock, of this city. their bids aggre-
eating about $4,000 Other bidders
were Wade & Sloan, Baltimore, Md:
fri. S. Kerker, Wheeling; r. T. Martin,
Parkersburg; West Fork Construction
Co., Clarksburg; Miller Construction
Co., Of Pittsburg. The contract for
rails was some time ago awarded to the
Cambria Steel Company, of Johnstown,
Pa. 1t is said that cars will run from
Wheeling to Wellsburg in forty-five
minutes.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-04
WHEELING HILL.
a Market House-"Greater
Wheeling"-A Writer Who Thinks
There has Been "TaIking Through
the Hat"-A Valuable Comm unica-


To the Editor of the Register
Sir observe a great lot of big talk
in the local press of late about Greater
Wheeling" removing Wheeling hill,
making a cut through the Peninsula
for new channel for Wheeling creek,
annexing the fragrant suburb of Fulton,
ETC., ETC., which sounds very much as if
there is much talk through the hat and
very little which is practical and to the
purpose. II this town wants really to
be greater in territory and population,
let her people tan of something rea-
sonable, something that is within the
limit Of minimum outlay for maximum
return.
Here is a suggestion to that effect.
Build tunnel from Tenth street to
Baker street. Let it be wide enough
for a double roadway and a six foot
walk on each side. The distance is be-
tween 800 and 1000 feet. An estimate
of the cost maze by ex-City Engineer
White several years ago was between
$50, 900 and 100000 Use the city work.
house prisoners for barrow and shovel
purposes in connection with the work.
labor to bore, drill and direct. With
such a thoroughfare all the contiguous
territory to Fulton will be in demand
for homes, because a short, easy and
excellent route Is opened to the heart
of the city. Much low lying land along
the creek could be reclaimed for build
ing purposes with the excavations from
the tunnel. With such an improvement
~ ta,. art 0p 81 1ifx f1 a
Thompson's would build up so rapidly,
both with factories and homes, that in
side of five years one couldn't find Full
ton for the houses. The above sugges-
ton is a pointer for the Board of Trade.
l hear the question asked, how shall
the money be raised? There is no
doubt as to its feasibility. Let the
Board of Trade pull itself together, sit
down upon the opposing Individual and
corporate interests, and recommend and
urge upon Council to submit to the
voters loan ordinance which will cover
the expense of this tunnel, the building
of a suitable market house in the Sec
ond ward, the purchase of the electric
light plant and the payment OF the $S2,-
600 compromise loan bonds. Do not let
a penny be diverted for any other pur-
pose. With the construction of such
subterranean street and the building OF
a modern market house, what have we
accomplished? Much more on the road
to prosperity and Greater Wheeling
than it is possible to devine; and yet
there are two things so pra.n that he
who runs can read, to wit: The IN
crease of taxes on new buildings and
improvements in the Second ward and
east of the hill would more than be
sufficient to pay the interest on the debt;
and with these improvements would
come the cleaning out and stampedlng
of that Internal nest Of iniquity which
is located near Tenth street and east
of Market Square. l doubt if there is
worse place in Chicago or New York
than in the locality referred to above.
It would be blot on Sodom. There
fore it cannot be designated by the mild
term of being a disgrace to this COM
munity. n
ELM Grove, August 2, 1901.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-04
A SUFFERING CITIZEN.
Wants Better Restaurants.

To the Editor of the Register.
Sir:-I often visit your city, and
am surprised that it has no good res
taurant within its limits. Cannot some
thing be done to remedy this? | must
say that of all the cities | visit in my
travels, Wheeling is the worst place of
them all as regards restaurants 1t
seems simply impossible to get an up
to-date meal in any OF them that
have visited. Then, again, the
majority of the restaurants seem
to be run on the confidence-game
plan. No menu or bill of fare contain
ing prices of articles is furnished the
customer, who, therefore, must pay
whatever the waiter or proprietor sees
fit to charge. I have made the expert
ment of ordering exactly the same ar
ticles for a meal on two different days.
and yet have had the price nearly double
at one of what 1t was at the other neal
can only conclude that the price
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-04

charged depends entirely upon the
within of the proprietor or waiter. Can't
something be done to secure for so pro-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-04
TIME FOR A HALT.
The Present Municipal MIDDLE Has
Gone Far Enough.


To the Editor of the Register
Sir:-As a citizen and taxpayer, and
as q sympathizer to some extent with
the old regime at the City Hall, wish
to enter a protest against any further
continuance of the present disgraceful,
costly and dangerous muddle. In all
conscience it has continued long
enough, and its prolongation can do no
possible good On the contrary, 1t
holds the possibility and probability OF
much harm. Only a few days ago
weapon was drawn by one OF the rival
forces on the Streets and it is current
report that arms are being carried IN
violation of law. A spark may result
in serious injury or murder. In add
ton, the public is being lily served, ana
bills of expense are being piled up to
the certain future financial embarrass-
ment of the city government.
The old Board of Public Works may
have claims, but it should certainly
have the good taste to await the
action of the Court of last re-
sort, to which it appealed. 1t should
likewise recognize that the new Board
is not only de facto, but has been sus-
tanned by the courts up to the present
time. The old Board may, with pro-
priety, sustain its claim to the last legal
resort, but it lily serves the public
when it persists in carry out daily
pretense of performing duties, which
only results in interminable conflict
and in grave danger of breach of the
peace with results that all will de-
plore.
Let us have an immediate end of this
foolishness attainted with danger. Let
the old Board withdraw its forces and
abide with what patience it may be
able to summon the decision Of the
Supreme Court of Appeals. If that tri-
bunal sustains the contentious OF the
old body it will have been reinstated
lawfully and legally. If the decision,
on the contrary, supports that OF the
lower court, the old body will be in
position to retire gracefully and with
honors from lost cause, and will take
with it, in it's departure, measure or
public respect that will be denied IN
any event with a longer exhibition OF
bellicose spirit. Let us have peace
NORTH WHEELING.
City, July 81.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-04
people guilty alike of giving brides and

people guilty alike Of giving brides and
of accepting them. That sort OF thing
will not be further tolerated. A watch
full eye will be kept on the votes cast
by members, as well as upon coDdi-
tons leading up to those votes, and
If there be crookedness upon the part
of any one, either for or against the
pending measures, the guilty parties
will find their names before grand
jury and win make a fair start for a
trip to Moundsville. without regard to
official status or prominence. An ex-
ample will have to be made of some
body to put an end to municipal ras-
cality, and those interested will do
well to make a memorandum Of this
caution. There's a cheil' among ye
takin' notes." and faith he'll use EN-.
OBSERVER.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-04
A NOTE OF WARNING.
Attention Called to RumOred or Con-
tempiated Use of Money.

tempInted Use of Money.
To the Editor of the Register
Sir:-There are rumors floating about
the city to the effect that persons in
terested in certain applications TO.
franchises now before Council, or
agents acting for them, contemplate
undue influence upon members of Coun-
Gil in furtherance of their projects, and,
per contra, that parties interested in
killing these ordinances are contempt
lating steps in the same direction. Let
me give word Of warning to these
parties. upon both sides. Wheeling has
had a sufficiency OF that sort of thing
in times past, and there is an element
among our citizenship that proposes
to have no more of it. That money
has been freely used among members
of Council during the past fifteen years,
upon sundry occasions. is undoubted
Public opinion holds quite . number Of
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-04
OUR LETTER BOX.
INTERESTING AND TIMELY CON-
TRIBUTIONs BY OUR CORES
PONDENTs.

The Old Project of TunneIinE
wheeling Hill Discussed - A
Warning to Council-The Trac-
ton Company servfce-The Board
of Public Works Situation, and
Various Other Matters.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-04
wbeeIins Re9ister
For. HOT WEATHER.

line of summer Serges, which
we are prepared to make up on sh Ort
notice. {. HESS n SONS,
fashionable TaiIors, FiRe FuInish-
crs, 1921, 1878 MARKET street.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-04

Turtle Soup at VIM. Happy's place,
IN Fulton, on Monday night.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-04

The Tri-State Osteopathic Institute
d located at No. 1413 Chapline street
A. !. DONEGHY, D. O., Manager
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-04

Special summer rates during the
month of August at The Elliott School,
1913 Market street, Wheeling.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-04

Special summer rates during the
month OF August at The Elliott School.
1913 Market street, Wheeling.
The times., 1901-04-12
The Slaughter of Birds.

A correspondent Of the New York
SUM-, who believes In pigeon shooting
matches, has this to say in favor of
that gracious and manly sport:
among the officers and patrons Of the Inter
state Park Association be found many gen
tlemen possessing as tender and humane feelings
as the officers Of the S P. c. A, who If they will
learn 10 shoot well enough to kill a fast bird on
the wing then much better understand why
gentlemen enjoy this sport whether it be shoot
ing birds at the traps in the field
should a man be called cruel wicked be-
cause ne does not XIII instantly everything he
shoots at at the traps OF in the fields? I think
not.
1T IS much more difficult to kill live birds
from traps than 10 break CLAY targets. rs every
shooter knows, and, Of course, it is better
test OF skill"
The average person will find IL rather
difficult TO understand what fun there
is in shooting birds by wholesale. 1t
viii seem to him much like the amuse-
ment for which Chicago is famous. The
Chicago citizen always. unless prevent
ed by vigorous protest, takes his visl-
tors through the stock yards 1t is sup
posed 10 be improving To the mind to
see sheep. hogs, and cattle butchered on
such a tremendous scale, and the inno-
cent rural person. who would never
dream Of making a social function of
hog killing, meekly accepts the judg-
ment of his city cousin and supposes
there must be something fine in doing
the thing in such grand fashion
The difference between pigeon shoot
ing for the love Of it," as described by
the Suns" correspondent and the
amusement OF the amateur sportsman
who roams the woods and fields in
quest of his game, is much the same as
the difference between a naturalist and
a butcher Both these individuals may
know a good deal about anatomy, and
be very skillful In dissecting the bodies
OF animals, but there is a considerable
distinction between the two characters.
The sculptor also understands anatomy.
but he did not learn it on the battle
field
There is something to be said for the
sport OF the old fashioned type of
hunter. His enjoyment Of that amuse-
ment consisted not so much in the size
Of the bag as in the adventures encoun-
The times., 1901-04-12
THE FIRST WIRE RAISED.
The Towers of the New East River
Bridge Connected

NEW YORK. April n.-Amld loud
cheers and the waving of handkerchiefs
from crowds gathered on each side Of the
river, the first wire that is the forerunner
of the enormous mass of the new East
River Bridge was swung into place this
afternoon and now hangs. a cobweb-like
thread from tower top to tower top. Its
lowest point about 145 feet above the wa
ter. Tomorrow it will be pulled up until
its minimum height above the river Is 1sS
feet
Its hnal adjustment and fastening 10
the Brooklyn anchorage will require sew
erai hours When done. all will be In
readiness for raising the second wire and
hanging 1t side by side with the one sus-
pended yesterday, and after the second
wire comes the third and last When these
are united into one. the first OF the four
temporary cables, from which will hang
the scaffoldIng and footbridge to be used
In building the 1sA-inch cables of the
bridge proper will be in place.
The wire was pulled up by steam power,
and the work was witnessed by the mayor
and other officials on a steamer.
A great many mathematical calculations
have been a necessary preliminary TO
hanging this first wire exactly In the
place 1t is TO stay, calculations involving
the relative contraction and expansion of
the wire rope through a wide range OF
temperature. The points in space where
the big bridge cables are to hang are
fixed TO within a fraction of an inch
These cables are TO be built from plat
forms hung from a group OF wire ropes
like the one swung aloft today, hence
these platforms must be within easy work
ing distance of the arcs Of the big cables
making the adjustment of the first wire
ropes swung across matter Of much
nicely.
1t is probable the second Of three wires
strung across the river bed on Tuesday
will be raised on Saturday. just as the
first one was raised today. The third will
go up on Monday or Tuesday Then three
more will be stretched across on the river
bed and in their turn raised and so on
until all the twelve wire ropes, out of
which the three temporary scafolding and
footway cables are to be made. are in
place.
1t IS expected the scaffolding and foot
ways will be completed about July l.
The times., 1901-04-12
DIFFICULTIES In THE WAY.
The 'Tnterior" Foreign Mail station
Plans Nay he Abandoned

| semi-oficial announcement was made
several days ago Of plan TO improve
the foreign mall service OF this country
| by establishing interior foreign mail
postoffices. 1t was proposed to make up
mails for foreign countries not only in
New York City, but at Boston, Phila-
delphia, Washington, Chicago. Cincin-
natl, St. Louis. and San Francisco. there
by relieving the congestion at the New
York Office
According to the announcement, nego-
tiations were to be begun without delay
with the postal administrations of the
sixty countries concerned, and the new
service would be begun as soon as replies
were received from these countries, which
should have been In about two months
1t has now developed that many prac-
tical difficulties oppose the fulfillment of
the project. Under American postal regu-
lations, packets must be made up, num-
bered and sealed. whether any mail is
to be sent or not. and the effect of that
ruling in case these new offices should
be created would be TO send from each
one sixty sealed packets for every mail.
Cincinnati. Washington, Boston. and Chi
cago, 1t is stated, cannot possibly send
even one letter in each mail to more than
half the sixty countries included in every
transatlantic schedule.
The effect of sending these empty
pouches day after day would be two-foid-
first the labor 10 be done by the post
office force would be greatly increased;
second, the cost Of the transatlantic mail
service would be heavily augmented.
third objection is advanced by those
who are particularly interested in estab-
fishing the most speedy transatlantic
service possible. The existing regulations
provide that such packets must be held
for the last through train that can con-
meet with the outgoing steamer; an acci-
dent to the train would thus delay the
entire MAIL while II the letters were
sent to New York such an accident would
delay only the few letters sent by the last
mail
Whether these considerations will change
the plan of the Department cannot be told
now. They are regarded as sufficient OBJ
jections against the entire project, but the
Department may be unwilling to with
draw from its purpose outright. 1t is
thought more likely that some insur-
mountable obstacles may be discovered In
the course of the negotiations with the
foreign postal administrations.
The times., 1901-04-12
A ZIONIST INCORPORATION.
A Legal Federation Formed Under
New York State Laws

ALBANY. April I1.-Assemblyman Har-
burger introduced bill today incorporat-
ing the Federation of American Zionists
with the following corporators: Richard
Gottheil. Gustav GottheiI. H. Pereira
Mendez, Aaron Friedmald, Morris Jas
trow Benjamin Leventhal. Isidore Myers.
Kathreil II. Sarasohn. and Isidore d.
Morrison
The objects of the federation are to
foster the national idea in Israel. to CO.
operate with other Zionist societies I'm
their endeavor to obtain for the Jewish
nation legally assured home in Pales-
tine; to unite all Zionist societies of the
United States, to act as the medium of
communication between the Zionist Con-
gress. through its central committee, and
the Zionist societies in the United States;
to foster the knowledge of Hebrew as
living language, and TO publish periodical
publications for the furtherance of the
cause OF Zionism.
The principal office of the federation
will be in New York City.
The times., 1901-04-12
THE GARBAGE MONOPOLY VOID.
Court Decision Against the Omaha.
Neb., Company.

OMAHA. Neb.. April 1.-THE Omaha
garbage monopoly was today declared
void by the District Court. This has been
the source Of more trouble criminal prose
cutions, and charges of Doodle than any
thing in the form of municipal legislation
that has been enacted in Omaha in many
years.
Several years ago the city council for
consideration of 81, gave to a corpora
tion composed of Omaha politicians the
exclusive right 10 haul and dispose Of
garbage within the limits of Omaha for
twenty years The excuse for this act
was that the company would act under
the rules Of the board and put stop to
individuals scattering garbage all over the
city.
The monopoly thus secured enabled the
company to put up the price for hauling
garbage enormously