The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-01-03
STEUBENVlLE

sTEUBENvILI@E o. Jan. Great
er Steubenville had a healthy builtinr
Don In 1918. and 1914 promises
quite a lot OF building. This buildins
DON has been phenomenal. in thai
" has lasted for fourteen years, with,
0ut any interruption by high prices o;
The year 1913 showed its bufldins
A zap ahead OF 1912 In the number ot
houses built and the amount invested
IN building operations. This year there
We're ia residences erected, which II
Ten more than the previous ear. The
amount invested In building the past
year was s~l.144.5oO. as against sSss.
SUI the year before. The million
marx was passed this year.
IN All these years the million mark
was only passed nee before and thai
as IN goo IL began AZ a quarter
OF a million In 1900. doubled the fol
lowing year and has varied as the
years went on. but never fell below
nalt a million any year. The wear
1907 It'll holds the palm with sos
residences built. greater than in any
year before or since.
The total OF residences IN fourteen
years has been 1902. which includes
double houses, fats and with remodel
ing means additional homes for nearly
s.vVO families. In those years owe
slv:OoO.O0o has been invested in Local
undin improvements. With indus
trial improvements in and about this
up over SIS, 900. 600.
The building figures for 1918, a to
,ai or 10000, speak for themselves
IN uetall they are rs follows: 143
residences, 1895 600; ? bank buildings
.lsO,OOO; III business blocks and fats
sss,ooO; 10 additions and remodellngs
sSS.oVO; : Industrial structures, $1,000,
. garages. s15.25O; l church. siOo. 900:
stable. $1,000: 1 carpenter shop
SZoO; general improvements. 800 900:
3 hats. l hospital. $4,000: high
SHAFT improvements, $780, 200.
The Ohio Valley Clay works Is plan
ming a four story structure where its
presnt Office is. as they need more
room. Everett Ferguson is planning
10 erect a handsome residence on his
lot on North Fifth street.
h Market House on South Third
street will be an imposing structure
h a Will rise up over the ruins OF
or more. IL will be a brick structure
with a stone foundation. II will GOV.
er a space OF III by so feet. There
VIII be three big entrances to the
nrst floor. where will be 30 stalls,
I2xlS feet, for market purposes. There
VIII be basement room at the rear
Tor boiler purposes and for fuel. The
auditorium on the second floor will be
57x112 feet. IL win have a stage 10
ieet deep n "a feet wide. with a
dressing room, kitchen. toilet. In the
front will be a yestibule. ticket office
and public lobby.
North OF here at Yellow Creek has
been erected the Mccullough Chill.
dren's Home, an imposing brick struc.
ture, at a cost OF $l25.OOO. II has two
stories with big dormitories, chapels,
play rooms. dining rooms and officers
quarters. A manual training and do
nestle science building is due TO be
erected nearby.
lndustrially this section has gone
ahead some steps. At Weirton this
year was erected the Weirton Steel
Co, the Phelos Ear Co, while the
Phillips Sheet AZ Steel Co. has made
costly improvements.
New hotels and restaurants are still
being incubated in S~teubenville.
OF course, the biggest thing for the
new year is the big eight story bank
building 10 be erected by d. J. Sinclair
at the corner OF Fourth and Market
treets. IL will be modern in every
way and beside the banking rooms
Will have even stories OF classy office
rooms.