The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-01

street improvements.
A very general sense Of the Importance
and necessity Of doing something looking
towards permanent improvement d our
tborouphfsreS in order 10 facilitate travel
and transportation within the city limits
Seems to be impressed upon all classes Of
our citizens. u 800
There has not been Of late years SO
thorough an appreciation otthe unseemly
condition Of our internal and external
lines Of communication % has developed
itself the present season. Hence the pub
lie mind Is teemipg with various projects
for improvement, from the turning ofthe
Creek through the hill, in order to re.
deem its bed for useful purposes, down to
the practical redemption Of few OF
our streets from. the mire and swsmps Of
The rural districts. Suddenly awakened
TO q proper realization Of the necessity
for certain improvements, there Is likely
to arise a dangerous determination "a. I'M
dertake too much.
In almost every section oithe city there
Is important and necessitous work TO be
done, the accomplishment Of which In o
permanent and useful manner Is for be-
You'd the financial ability Of the city Of
the present time. This important money
consideration has limited tho attention Of
Council to, comparatively speaking, q
very small, portion Of certain atreets, and
Notwithstanding the limited extent Of the
proposed improvements avery judicious
expenditure Of money! win be required to
do well even that small extent.
A very important consideration will
b, the availability Tor permanent
purposes Of the mAcadsmized portions ,ol
the streets named in the ordinance. The
vast amount Of stone which has from time
otime been put upon certain streets has
become deeply imbedded, and ought tc
avail something In reducing the expense
offurther improvement. Everything thai
has already been done, II Of no account ID
the future work, Is mot only money
thrown away in the past, but becomes, OF
account Of the additional expense In
volved In digging up the streets, an eff
iectual bar 10 any large amount Of paving
on those streets under the contemplated
expenditures. --,=,------
Although no action has been, taken by
the people on the proposed ordinance,
We feel like, in every possible manner
and from every possible standpoint, keep.
Ing the matter in the thoughts Of those
whose duty 1t will be TO carry out the
work when 1t Is once ordered to be done.
The people do not want patch work, nor
yet do they want unnecessary work. The
limited amount Of means for the accom-
plishmento Of the proposed work will not
admit offruitless experiment It becomes
necessary to have the bearing Of the work
already done accurately determined, and
the cost Of finishing the work thorough
lyas 1t progresses calculated with mathe-
NAUTICAL exactness, 80 far as such calcu-
lRtiOn Is possible. a., r-I.--,
Upon this and similar points rests The
solution Of the problem as to how much
OF the work can be done we'll with the
amount Of money contemplated in the
loan which the people are 10 be asked to
sanction. =. f..
Our own opinion is that upon some
important points more light should have
been developed than has transplred from
the debates Of Council thus far. Ttoi
The practical men OF Cotncil and
among citizens should not DO backward
In suggesting practical ideas, and the
Council should not be backward In Civ
Ing such suggestions respectful consider:
alton. IN. ID shAt,A ali Js-! ~ !
As an example Of wha. we mean in the
above paragraph we will refer to the ar:
ticle in yesterdays. issue Of this paper
written by an Islander. =
That the character Of the rails laid on
the Suspension bridge has been Of i'm
meuse utility in protecting 1t from the
wear incident 10 the heavy transporta-
: tion wagons, we presume there exists no
two opinions. What objections there
may be to continuing thesame character
Of rails along Zane street on q double
track, and what advantages may
be derived therefrom In The way
of perlectiug and maintaining auch
improvement Of Zane street at q compar-
5idvely small cost as would make II a first
class thoroughtare, alike competent to ,ac.
scommDdate travel and creditable to the
city, aFeimatters worthy Of the considera-
tion OF Council.
The facilities for obtaining certain ma
+, tetiAls necessary to make q first class cob.
blestone pavement are not lying around
looseto any great extent hereabouts. 1t
viii therefore be very essential that what
ever Of per1nanence has been given 10
street beds by our matchmaking, shall be
utilized as far ss possible. i
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