The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-28
WEIRTON

Two substantial buildings. built OF
red brick and equipped with modern
hospital fixtures, will be erected here BY
the wcirton Steel company, 10 be used
as emergency hospitals for the local
mills.
Speaking Of the proposed new hospi-
tails today, an official OF the mill stated
that, owing to the great amo0nt OF work
now being done in the completion of the
new blast furnaces and crectin Of new
mill, work on the hospitals would not
be started for few weeks. but they
would be completed and ready TO take
care Of patients by early fall.
One of the hospitals will be erected
next to the main plant Of the Wcirton
works and the other will go To the strip
steel department below Crawford's
crossing In each trained nurses Will be
placed to take care of emergency cases
which would later go to the Ohio Valley
hospital in Stcubcnvillc.
Captain G. a. Clcmmcr. former Weir
ton physician and surgeon. returned 10
Camp Gordon. Ala. this morning after
tend days leave OF absence spent with
| friends here. DR.. Clemmer. who has
been in military service for tho past
eighteen months. expects 10 be discharg-
| From Gordon he will 20 to Miami. Fla
TO make his future home. His visit here
was 10 say goodbye to WCirton.
The Hancock county circuit court
which heard pury cases this week WAS
dismissed this afternoon by Judge Adj
dlcma nuntn Monday morning. Samuel
Muto. Weirton Italian. WAS found guilty
of shootin gwith intent TO kill. He was
| charged with attempting To shoot his
employer at Wcirton a month ago. Mo-
| ton was made for q new trial. \. r.
Grecnwald. Stcubcnvillc. was sentenced
| to two months in the county jail. and
! began to servo sentence Immediately.
! He pleaded guilty to a larceny charge
! in connection with the alleged robbery
| Of the Adams express office In Wcirton.
! The county road leading froom StCuh-
| cnville into the undergrade below the
! PcwiCkcy railroad tracks below :he Cove
| is being wdCned. Street car mon arc
now engaged in moving trolley poles
| back several feet where the new road
will be built. This has always been con
/ sidcrcd bad spot" on account Of the
narrow margin along tho street car
tracks used by vehicles Numerous ac'
| cidcnts have occurred hero in late years
The fast Mingo 4. c. baseball 'luh
| meets the steer foam AT MIL park tOHloT
row. Arrangements wcrc completed by
J Manager Weir Th" game starts a,
| $50. The local club has been out praC-
ticing all week. and having defeated
J MnEo last Sunday it looks like a sure
I victory on the homo grounds.
Mrs. John Powers and son of St"ub.
+, envillc were calling on friends here
! Thursday.
/ Rochrt r. Bell OF Toronto. who has
just returned from l6 months service
with tho 4. T.. r. as a member of Camr
! hospital NJ. ?. is spending few days
with friends here.
! AN inspector from the Wheeling Trac'
| tion company's office in Wheeling made
| II trip over the local branch yesterday.
, Inquiries from Cleveland. Detroit
| Charleston. Philadelphia and ms far east
! as Boston arc coming into WPirtOn every
! day regarding prospects of building
here. according 10 a local real estate
man. He predicts that Wcirton. now
! with population Of 5000. will grow &c
a city Of between 10000 and 10000
! within five years.