From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 351.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


KLIEVES, KRAFT & COMPANY

Klieves, Kraft & Co., proprietors of the Central Planing-mills, is 
one of the most enterprising firms of the city, and has been in 
successful existence for about a quarter of a century.  The works 
cover an area of about 250x160 feet, and an extensive lumber business 
is done.  The firm also stands at the head of the contracting and 
building business of Wheeling; and Washington hall, the Reilly block, 
among many other business buildings, and such residences, as those of 
A. W. Kelly, G. E. Stifel, Dr. Hazlett, A. W. Paull and other elegant 
structures, testify to the efficiency of the firm in that particular.  
The firm is composed of Theodore Klieves, Bernhard Klieves, C. C. 
Kraft and E. W. Wells. 


(Linda Fluharty)