The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-17

with new, ana NlhGu ldtSci Hi"ih ""''i
pipe will have to be laid on Main street
REPAIRING THE STREETS. - We are
gratifed To I've able to state that the
work of repairing the streets has at last
been began No one possessed OF sight
can fail to notice that the streets IN near
ly every part of the city are sadly ont Of
repair At various intersections, where
a moderately smooth surface IL most
needed, this is particularly noticeable 1919
One can hardly walk Il square without
observing any number of loosened boiil
ders, with the consequent rnts, III many
cases a. had as those at a country mud
road The ordinary ioltinE which one
experiences in driving over paved or
bouldered street. however well conditions
ed it may be, is severe punishment; hnt
where there is added to this the iniliction
. of innumerable holes and Obslrnctl-ns,
the experience becomes torture 1" the
driver aud most destructive IL the vchl-
Gle. We have, in this viciuity, mum
ber of roads and avenues which, with
their adOrnment of scenery, made
beautiful by both nature and art,
afford opportunities for the enjoy
ment of pleasant drive. But one
attempting to realize this enjoyment
is forced, in reaching good roads, I" ell
lure the torture of travelling over some
distance of wretchedly ont OF repair
streets, where, at every step Of his horse
he is jolted and tossed about in the most
excrutiating manner until he ~ COM
pelled to believe that the result i, 10 be
the destruction of his carriage, ii not
himself We hope the good work will
be continued until all our thoronghfares
are thoroughly repaired.
CoMMUNICATIoN FROM THE MAYOR
We commend the following commnnica-
ton from his Honor Mayor Sweeney to
the careful pernsal of our readers None
can read it without being convinced that
the suggestions made are both apt and
timely:
MAYORS OFFICE, I
WHEELING, August III, lc"o
10 the Citizens:
Occurrences at the fire last evening
must demonstrate the necessity Of prompt
measures nor To prepare sufficient ana
reliable means to control and snbdne
fires i'm the future II was fortunately Il
still and calm evening: had there, been
any breeze, then, notwithstanding the
noble and continued cNertiOns Of the
hremen, for which they merit OFT thanks,
there must have been an immense de
struction of property, as many sections oil
hose were burSte and there vas no sut1i
cient supply of water. A proposition
was communicated to me to-day by a
committee of the United Fire Company
and it is so manifestly the interest OF the
community to secure it, that cannot too
strongly urge its acceptance. IL Is rs
follows:
The citizens, Insurance Companies and
Banks to raise sum sufficient In pu-
chase steam fire engine, which the Com
pany agree to take charge of, keep i'll com,
piete order and work and operate, not re
quiring horses, (thcy drawing it by hand
to and from fires, receiving no other than
the usual annual appropriation made by
council to one Fire Company. These gen
tlemen are eminently proper persons to
take and keep in complete order n steam
fire engine, as they are nearly all practi'
cal mechanics and engineers. Ii is not
proposed to attempt to supply the engine
from the water pipe in the streets, unless
experience should show them capable OF
doing it, but always to go TO the river oil
creek for supply The cost of the engine
will be $500
In addition to this request q commit
tee from each fire company of the city t.
meet with myself and the Council com
mittee on Fine Department, to ascertain
what quantity of new and strong host
should be purchased, and to consider an!
other matters that may present them
selves as of Importance to the interest
of the city fire department, so as to pre-
pare full report upon which the Coun
ell can act at its next meeting. l mann
Monday evening, August 2lst, at tn
Council Chamber, as the time and place
of meeting. Immediate measures vii
be taken to raise the sum necessary +
purchase the steam fire engine Let al
give literally.
Respectfully,
A j. SWEENEY, Mayor.