The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-22
REPORT
or Special Committee on Remaining
the Streets ind Alleys and Num-
herring the Houses.

| To the Mayor AND Council:
The special committee on Remaining
the Streets and Alleys and Numbering
the Houses would report that, owing to
the fact that from time to time there
have been 80 many additions to this
CITY, each one with his own peculiar
system of naming the streets, and often
with the same names in one or more
additions, and also from the peculiar
formation of the land on which the city
is located, they find great difficulty In
recommending any plan OF naming the
streets and alleys to Council which may
meet its approval. After some consid'
Grafton of the subject, they would offer
the following plan for your consldera
ton:
Frst-That the present names OF the
streets running east and west, In that
mart of the city east of the river, be re-
famed, with the following exceptions,
niz: Extend Union street through
Spruce to the creek; Monroe through
Walnut to same, and Hampden through
Chestnut to same.
Change First, Second and Third
streets, in Centre Wheeling, to Chap
line, Eoff and Jacobs. Make North
and Walnut streets, at the upper end OF
the La Belle mill, one street, to be
called Fillmore, and change the name
of Elm street, in Lagrange, to Fllber'
street.
The alleys running east and west to
be numbered alley one, alley two, Nc,
commencing at the alley between List
and Mcclure streets, and running down
to the southern line of the city.
Second, To number the streets run
ming north and south as follows. viz:
First Street.-The embrace all OF
Water, North Water and West streets.
Second Sreet-Present Main street to
Baltimore and Ohio shop.
Third .Street--Market, Fillmore and
Second streets.
Fourth .Street-Present Fourth, Chap
line, Jacobs and Third streets.
FVth-Present Fifth, Eoff, Bolton
and Fourth.
,Sirth-Present Sixth, German, James
and Fifth.
Serenth-Present Seventh, Lee
George and Sixth.
Eiqhth-Fulton, Eighth and Moy'
ston.
Nmh-Baltimore High, Coal and
Seventh.
Tsnth-Warren and Eighth streets.
The above streets to be called First,
Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, &c,
north and south from Wheeling creek,
with the exception of Tenth street.
The alleys running north and south
to be lettered as follows: Alley A, B
C, &c, &c, north and south from the
creek, commencing at the alley between
First and Second streets, and running
back to the eastern line OF the city.
TNird-To name the streets on the
Island, as follows The streets running
east and west, commencing at Ohio, to
be named avenues. Ohio avenue for
Ohio street, Virginia avenue for Virgl-
MIA street, Delaware for Goodrich
street, New York for Zane, Kentucky
for Second, New Jersey for Third, Mary
land for Fourth, and Indiana for Fifth
The streets running north and south
to be named as follows: Front street to
embrace South Zane and Elm streets
and to be North Front above New
York avenue and South Front below;
Penn street to embrace Penn and Pine
and to he North and South Penn street
from New York avenue Locust and
Broadway to be North and South Broad
way from New York avenue; Chestnut
and York to be North and South York
from New York avenue; Walnut and
Huron to be North and South Huron
from New York avenue Cedar and
Wabash 20 be North and South Wabash
from New York avenue. There are a
few streets such as Morrow, Coal, High
Grandview, EIet and Palo Alto, tor
which it would be az well to retain
their present names.
The committee offer the following
resolutions for your consideration:
Rcso!vsd, That the streets running
east and west in the First, Second, Third
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth wards
retain their present names excep,
Spruce, which shall become part Of
Union; Walaut part Of Monroe, and
Chestnut part OF Hampden; First
Second and Third streets in the Fifth
and Sixth wards, to be Eof, ChapIine
and Jacob streets; North and Walnut
streets in the Sixth ward, to be Fillmore
street, and Elm street in LaGrange, tC
be Filbert street.
ReSolvcd, That the streets running
north and south, east OF the river, shall
be numbered as follows First Street.
embracing West, North Water and
Water streets; Second Street-Mair
street, from the north line Of the city tc
the Baltimore and Ohio shops; 1hid
.Street-Market Fillmore and SeconC
Streets Fourth Street-Fourth, Chapline
Jacobs and Third streets; Fth Stree
Fifth, Eoff, Bolton and Fourth
streets; Sixth .Street-Sixth, German
James and Fifth streets; SsUsnM Stree
Seventh, Lee, George and Sixth
streets; Eighth Street-Fulton, Eighth
and Moyston Ninth Srset-Baltimore
High, Coal and Seventh streets; anc
Tenth ,Strcet--Warren and Eighth
streets. The above streets to be north
and South First, Second, Third streets
&c, from Wheeling creek, excep
Tenth.
RsSo!ved, That the streets running
east and west in the Seventh ward b.
named avenues, as follows: OHIO street
to be Ohio avenue; Virginia street
Virginia avenue; Goodrich street
Delaware avenue; Zane street New
York avenue; Second street, Kentucky
avenue; Third street, New jersey
avenue; Fourth street, Maryland ave-
nue.; Fifth street, Indiana avenue.
The streets north and south be named
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