West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-07-03
WIFE ELiNG.
The advantages ofthc Wheeling District
for the Lecifisn OF Manufactures arc
UnexeelIed. and AZ "a Distributing
psIut are UnqMalled.

>U"ee'"' Pcp"'otou VI dOoui 40,
900, her suburbs in Ohio and West
Virginia give her an ad,iitiona! popu
latio, of 100, 900 to draw upon
through her well. equipped stree, car
systems. In the field of manufactur-
ing and industrial pursuits Wheel
ing's position is becoming more
prominent each year. Her natural
advantages for manufacturing pur.
poses are the very best in the United
States.
I-Abundant and cheap fuel.
both coal and natural gas
Ample and competitive ship
ping facilities, both by river and
rail, freight rates being the same at
Pittsburg
3-Convenience to markets.
4-Proximity and supply of raw
materials.
5-Abundancc of labor, both skill.
ed and common.
The Ohio Valley is lined with
manufacturing plants largely operat-
ed by Wheeling capital, being such
independent concerns as the La Belle
Iron Works, the several plants of
the Wheeling Steel and Iron Comp
any, the Whitaker Iron Works and
Corrugating Company; also the
Mingo, the Laughlin, Aetna. Stand
ard, Bellaire Steel Works, and the
Riverside Works of the United
States Steel Corporation. The
Crystal, Atlas Glass and Metal,
Eagle. Imperial, West Virginia,
Century, Central, North Wheeling,
Glass Letter and Novelty, Fostoria
and Northwood glass making essab-
lishments, and other plants such as
the Can, Stamping, Hollenbeck
Gun, Tack, Mattress, Tanning,
Piano-forte, Carriage, Furniture,
Calico Printing, Mold and Foundry,
Bridge and Construction Companies
brewcries, pork packing, fruit
preserving establishments, have re-
congnized its advantages and are
established iH~a1 district.
The manufacture of tobacco,
cigars and stogies is one of the most
important industrial interests Of the
city, the Wheeling stogic and scrap
being known wherever there are
chewers and smokers. In the
manufacture of pottery the following
concerns take first place among the
establishments of the country: The
Wheeling, Warwick, Riverside and
Vance Faience.
The commercial Importance of
the city is typilied by sixteen solid
banking institutions, with an aggrc.
gate capital of SI,555. 900. The
railroad facilities of Wheeling district
are unsurpassed, comprising as they
do the Cleveland &Pittsburg; p, c.,
c. & st. l. Cleveland, Lorain &
Wheeling; Wheeling * Lake Erie;
Baltimore & Ohio; Bellaire, Zanes-
vile * Cincinnati, and Ohio River
roads. Wheeling Is distant from
Pttsburg 90 miles, Cleveland 40,
Toledo a2I, Columbus r47,
Cincinnati ass, Washington $50,
Baltimore 3o3, Philadelphia 42o,
New York $40 miles, these lines
giving her lake and seaboard outlets
The street railway systems, cover
ing about eighty miles, are practically
perfect in the facilities they afford,
not only for getting about the city
proper. but for reaching suburban
points, as well.
The volume Of business carried
on in the jobbing district of the city,
it is conservatively estimated.
amounts TO upwards of $40, 600, 900
per annum, and $40, 900, 900 worth
of merchandise is annually sold in
the retail stores. Many things might
be mentioned to attract the attention,
among them the efficien: police and
fire department, excellent water
supply, superior educational adj
vantages, hospitals, both public and
private, electric lighting, public
library, strong fraternaI, religious
and social organizations, magnificent
churches, theatres, parks, four
enterprising daily newspapers, and
an orderly, home owning, hospitablc
people. No attempt is made IN
this sketch to depict all the adj
vantages of the district, which is so
wonderfully equipped with natures
capital, namely, coal, natural gas
and river, to which is added mans
capital competing railroads.
Through the courtesy of the i &
o. K. r., the West Virginia State
Editorial Association visited many
of Wheelibg's industrial establish
ments, juno 20, 1909.
Perhaps we arc coming to railways
without rails. Several automobile
o,yncrc in Moo, VT 80 H. .