The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-22

NAMING inc 6tI6etb anu AlAOlo huu
Numbering the Houses. -.
Laid on the Table and Ordered 10 be Printed
February 20, 1874.
To the Mayor and Council:
The Special Committee on remaining
the Streets and Alleys and numbering
the Houses, would report, that owing 70
The fact THAT from time to time there have
been so many additions to this city-each
one with It's own peculiar system OF
naming the streets, and oGlen with the
same names In one or more additions;
and also from the peculiar formation OF
the land on which the city islocated, they
find great difficulty in recommending any
plan Of naming the streets and alleys to
Council, which may meet It's approval.
After some consideration of the subject,
they would offer the following plan for
your consideration
Nyst-That the present names Of the
streets running east and west, In
that part Of the city east of the river, be
retained, with the following exceptions,
viz; extend Union street through Spruce
to the creek; Monroe through Walnut 10
SAINT; and Hampden through Chestnut TO
same. iH E j ifiI 9iIHkN t;l
Change First, Second and Third streets
In Centre Wheeling, to Chapline, EolF and
Jacobs. Make North and Walnut streets,
at the upper end OF the Labelle Mill, one
street, TO be called Fillmore, and change
the name oil Elm street, In Lagrange, to
Filbert street.
The alleys running east and west TO be
numbered alley l, alley 2, SC, cOmmenc.
ing al the alley between List Il Mcclure
streets, and running down 10 the southern
line Of the city.
Second: To number the streets running
north and south as follows, viz:
First &Tcct-To embrace all Of Water,
North Water and West streets,
Second Street-Present Main street TO
D. d o. shop.
Third Strvet-Market, Fillmore and
Second streets. ..
Fourth Street Present Fourth, Chaplitre,
Jacobs and Third streets.
NM-Present Filth, Eof, Bolton and
Fourth.
Sian-Present Sixth, German, James
and 9th. ~
SecenM-Present Seventh, Lee, George
and 9th. ...-g
Nghh-FuIton, 9Th and Moyston.
MnNt-Baltlmore, High, Coal and 9TH.
IenM-Warren and 9Th streets.
The above streets TO DO called LIST, I'd,
81, 4th, 9th, Sc, north and south from
Wheeling Greek, with the exception of
Tenth street.
The alleys running North and South to
be lettered, as follows Alley A, B, 9, SC,
&c, north and south from the Greek,
commencing OF the alley between LIST and
I'd streets, and running back TO the cas-
tern line Of the city.
Ihird-To name the streets on the Is.
land, as follows: The streets running east
and west, commencing at Ohio, 10 be
named avenues Ohio avenue for Ohio
street, Virginia avenue for Virginia street,
Delaware, for Goodrich street New York,
for Zane. Kentucky, for Second. New
Jersey, for Third. Maryland, 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 N. Y.
Avenue and South Front below. Penn
street 10 embrace Penn and Pine and to
be North and South Penn street, from N.
Y. Avenue; Locust and Broadway to be
North and South Broadway from N. Y.
Avenue; Chestnut and York TO he North
and South York from N. Y. Avenue;
Walnut and Huron TO be North and South
Huron from N. Y. Avenue; Cedar and
Wabash to be North and South Wabash
from N. Y. Avenue. There are a lew
streets such as Morrow, Coal, High, Grand
view, Ellet and Palo Alto, for which 1t
would be as well to retain their present
Names 1ht.fr
The committee offer the following reso.
lutiOns for your consideration.
ReS0lrei, That the streets running cast
and west in the LIST, ID, Sd, 4Lh 9Th, 9th and
9th Wards retain their present names,
except Spruce, which shall become part Of
Union; Walnut part Of Monroe aud Chest.
nut part Of Hampden; First, Second and
Third streets in the 9th and 9th Wards,
to be EOf, Chapline and Jacob streets.
North and Walnut Streets in the 9th
Ward, 10 be Fillmore street; and Elm
street in LaGrange, to be FilbCrt street.
ReSoIred, That the streets running north
and south, east Of the river, shall be mum.
bered as follows: First Street embracing
West, North Water and Water streets; Sec.
Ond StTeet-AIainAtreet, from the north line
OF the city TO theB B. Il o. shops; Third
Street Market, Fillmore and Second streets;
Fourth Street-Fourth, Chaplinc, Jacobs
and Third streets; hVM Street-Finh,
Eofl, Bolton and Fourth streets; Sirth
StreGt-SiXth, German, James and Fifth
streets; tSerenM Street-Seyenth, Lee,
George and Sixth streets; Eighth Street
Fulton, Eighth and MoystOn; Ninth
Sret-Baltimore, High, Coal and Sew
enth streets; and Tenth Street-Warren
and Eighth streets. The above streets to
be north and south 1st, I'd Sd streets,
&c, from Wheeling creek, except Tenth.
Resolved, That the streets running east
and west in the Seventh Ward be named
avenues, Us follows: Ohio street to be
Ohio avenue; Virginia street, Virginia
avenue; Goodrich street, Delaware ave.
nue.; Zane street, New York avenue i;
Second street, Kentucky avenue; Third
street, New Jersey avenue; Fourth street,
Maryland avenue; Fifth street, Indiana
avenue. The streets north and south be
named as follows: Elm street and South
Zane street, Front street, North and South
from New York avenue; Penn and Pine
streets, Penn street, North, and South,
from New York avenue; Locust street and
Broadway, Broadway, North and South,
from New York avenue; Chestnut and
York, York street, North and South,
from New York avenue; Walnut and Hu.
ron, Huron street, North and South, from
New York avenue; Cedar and Wabash,
Wabash, North and South, from New
York avenue.
ReSOlued, That the alleys running east
and west, on the east side of the river, be
numbered alley 1, ., &C., Sc, commenc.
ing at the alley between List and Mcclure
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