The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-28
MOuNDSVILLE NEWS
WILL RESIST
NEW INCREASE
City Solons Instruct solicitor Moore TO
Resist New Traction Rate to
Wheeling.


Resist New Traction Rate TO
Wheeling.
A. tho last meeting Of city council
a." c''y fathers authorized City Solict.
tor L.. r. Moore TO resist the new street
rar rate that Is to be proposed 10 the
Public Service commission BY the
Wheeling Trpction company. Al cf-
: forts Will b. made 10 restrain the trac-
ton company from making any furthe-
increase in their fare 10 W heeling II -
said.
Tho proposed rate Is said 10 BE- al bout
rhirty-;hre" cents and II II Is granted
tho traction company. II is believed, tne
citizens Will ASK council 10 take the
same action as did Bellairc officials
against It. As III" rat" 10 Wheeling
! now stands the round trip IL Al cents
and should it be- raised It Will mean an
| Increase IN tho round trip fare OF TWEEN
t!-S!A cents th" rould trip.
Wan Play Mackg Saturday.
TIL" local American Legion team VIII
again cross bats with the strong Nc
| Cnnkey Aggregation next Saturday ar
tcrnoon en- the Fifth street ball grounds.
This will have been the second game
Of the season between these tvs" teams
the other game having won't ten In
ninGs before the winning run was made
by the Macks
The locals continue tn claim grip
on the pcnnant fluG Of the Ohio Valley.
and should they win the coming game.
Il will be necessary for them TO play
m, nnal or third game to eliminate thu
Macks from the Iacc and give the lo-
calls II crack ~ the Valley champion.
ship. All the local players are hard AZ
work practiclnS al every opportunity
In preparation for their next game anu
II is tho belief Of many that they Will
glvo the MaCks the battle OF their ives.
Strand Theatre
| Tho brick work on IN" new strand
thcatcr now under way Of construction
is rapidly nearing completion and via
the large ornamental plates already
placed in front OF the structure, tho
1 front wall Is practically done. The walls
ARE all about finished with tho eNcep-
ton Of the one big wall in the rear
which will he finished in Few days.
Carpenters will be put to work al an
carly date TO do the work on the inner
par, OF the structure. Tho building WI
DO one OF the finest IN the city When
II IL completed. II Is said.
Police Court
At tho last session OF ponce court.
two Offenders faced Mayor ChaddocK
and both drew the same hneT. one ana
costs or 's.lG In AL Mack Mi l,,r,, vas ras
Barking his machine TOO far from tho
Sidewalk.
| Pids are now open for tho paving OF
Tomllnsom avenue between Fifth and
Third streets. This iS one OF the streets
most used ny students in the winter SS
Il faces In front of the h'Hh ErIi.oii
1
IN Ia done before winter sets In.
| Called Meeting
4 meet!ng has been called hN the
Marshall county RepuolicanS NOUS
! Chairman J. W Lander, to be held mere
! on Angus, srd The purpose or the
meeting Ia to elect delegates I" Rttepu
the state Republican ConNention 20 De
! hold in Wheeling on August l2th. Nee
inrs ~ WEr kind viii lie held in all IN"
disir,c,. OF the county for. the same
purpose.
The work Of reHllinK the iarbe H'sH-
hai. thai was made in front ~ the
Eirst NJ. E. church on seventh street tSr
! tn" purpose Of making repairs 10 tn0
s,we? has begun and the work - bPi TSh
Ersrs!ng rapidly. The manner IN %hle a1
| the hole is being rehlled is quite novei
ns the contractor Is using the leTSs
hoistinE engine to pull r scraper Wnion
rakea IN" dirt in the mole Inc e"s'"'
| acts In place OF horses.
Placing Beams
The work OF placing the beams .ro
the construction OF the leTklh> $500
begun this morning at e'E.n, t.oist.
ia! ,nTs nut in place which will he
- sed for raising the mammoth sFoerS
I I'm their respective places. lnr
snd wtll be ole Of the finest IN the stage
| when completed. II Is sAlu'
| Mouudsy1lle Briefs.
Misses Catherine and IN" '"Hhn'."
Of North Jefferson avenue nave e."
pad.n City where they VIII NiS'' '''"'
Misses Lots and June Lilly. VINO hhNe
| hesn attending the university ~ ~ ~
6an;own. are amending rev rHirI
Sr. aad Mrs. r. \. Ash~or'h ot ih"N
% John W. Meredith has returned
70 CHARLESTON after an s1tehaeo H,n''
with DR. y. !. McWatters "a, h ms
m,r home in Bracdoon. NeWoui!p"'"
Ms, Ress Livingston has returned
from a visit with her 0rotheES !" AN
Nj Mr. and Mrs. O. L.. CorcorAn Or S'Ath
street have as their guests. Nj nn1
Mrs Gene Novel; 81 Detroit. Mich
former residents Of this city. r..
,uI mtS Wn"re shr will spend several
weeks in the millinery department. u
thu Parke-Davis company. r,,r,
u. y. Mccardle has returned ron
Pittsburgh where he tfahs"C'e" o"''
Miss Mary Powell. who has been
nuite III Al her home OF Fourth street.
is getting along niseiy ,s nseu the
v,.rt Of US grandmother. Mrs J. W
Shimps Of Laroka Heights, has LETT 1"r
his home In Cleveland. ..
w W. Yoho. who has BEEN VeeEy
sr-tously III at the Glendale hosp!ta,
is reported to be very much im:royed'
Mrs Frank Mcdaniel ot Grant ~
nue. Gus rona 10 Steubenvllle, O.. where
shc will visit relatives ,, -
Mrs Louis Guthrie was called 10
Elk,ns Monday Oh account of tho SER
GUS illness Of her mother 49, ,,.a
VI O. pierce and family. who nave
been visiting MI and Mrs. L. Alley on
eastern Second street. left this morning
in their touring car for their nome !"
New York y -
Visiting relatives and friends III '"'S
DR. and Mrs. Byron w. Steel" haNc
returned to their homo at Mniiens. W.
Va after visiting the formers parents
! Mr. and Mrs s N Steele here.
/ Albert Slokeu ~ Glendale, WI" sul-
rered n broken hand several GAYS ago
when ha attempted 10 crank a Fora ~
reported 70 he getting along nicely
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Guthrie ana
children have returned home from Eu-
rcka where they visited relatives.
Mrs. William Hudson and son tH't.
m~r have gone to Bellaire where they
Will visit relatives for several DAYS.
Miss Luella Hipkins underwent an OPP
d.la hNFDlfgl